If someone says they’re not a fan of 70s disco songs, there’s a good chance they’re not being truthful. Despite the backlash the dance genre has gotten through the years, who wouldn’t boogie oogie ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. The dazzling ...
Rooted in racism, homophobia and the death of 70s rock, the Disco Sucks movement took aim at the new genre sweeping all before it ...
Disco is finally getting its due, thanks to works like 2024's PBS docuseries "Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution" and a new book by a former Detroit journalist who has given the indelible music genre ...
Nostalgia will always be the original it girl. For decades, artists across many genres have reached back to previous time periods for creative inspiration. That stretch has only elongated in recent ...
While disco music is innocent and was created for the sheer pleasure of dancing, it is one of the more divisive genres. Why is that? Well, there are a multitude of different reasons and answers, but ...
The ’70s were a wild time, right? Bell bottoms, platform shoes, and an endless supply of glitter seemed to rule the world. But let’s be real: nothing defined the decade quite like disco music. It was ...
Pop vocal trio the Bee Gees performing at the Music for UNICEF Concert at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, January, 1979. The 1970s were an eclectic time for music and cultural ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Emotions were never just another R&B group. Formed in Chicago by the Hutchinson sisters—Sheila, Wanda, and Jeanette—they carried the gospel fire of their upbringing straight into ...
The Jacksons’ late-Seventies albums — recorded between the time they ditched the Jackson 5 moniker and Michael Jackson became solo superstar — will get a reappraisal in February in the form of ...