Revolution” — the first two parts air at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Friday, June 7, on New Mexico PBS, channel 5.4. The third part airs at 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 2, channel 5.1. The three episodes are also ...
The history of disco is on full display at the Woody Guthrie Center. The exhibit is titled Love Saves the Day: The Subterranean History of American Disco. "It was a wonderful, joyous social experience ...
A landmark, 3-part series that examines the rise – and fall – of disco, and celebrates its continuing musical and cultural legacy. Told by the original musicians, promoters and innovators – as well as ...
Fifty years ago, I heard the future in a disco. It wasn't a psychic experience; it was the mixing of African-American, Latinx and LGBT communities that changed what the world was listening to forever.
The demise of disco was greatly accelerated by the cultural impact of the infamous Disco Demolition Night of 1979 in Chicago’s Comiskey Park. While rockers have used the word in a pejorative sense for ...
David Burton does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
From the very first time someone shortened the term “discotheque” to “disco,” this dance music was poised to change the world. Every album and hit song was an outlet for voices that may never have ...
GLORIA GAYNOR: I started out singing jazz, singing top 40 in clubs, and between sets, disc jockeys would come in to play and I knew that was the next storm coming; I saw that we were going to be ...
In 2017, Kym and Kyle Grinnage proposed teaching a free hustle dance class at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia to give younger folks and others a peek into the memorable past ...
Jun. 4—Nicky Siano is an integral part of the disco scene. He began playing clubs in 1971 and by the end of the decade, he was one of the major figures in the New York scene. "I'm very glad to be part ...