Spinner : In an email message sent to his fanbase the Roxy Music star said that he had brought in Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood and the ‘Chili’s bassist Flea to play on his forthcoming album. To add to the esteemed personnel working on the project Ferry has also said that Chic man and super-producer Nile Rodgers will collaborate with him too. Read and comment. From spinner.com.
On Monday night, the new hard-rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures played the coziest room of its very young career, charging through a semi-surprising 90-minute set at West Hollywood's Roxy, roughly 24 hours before the band was set to appear at the much larger Wiltern for a sold-out performance.
. One of the most important progenitors of rap music, Gil Scott-Heron's aggressive, no-nonsense street poetry inspired a legion of intelligent rappers while his engaging songwriting skills placed him square in the R&B charts later in his career, backed by increasingly contemporary production courtesy of Malcolm Cecil and Nile Rodgers (of Chic). Disregard the understated title, "Small Talk...
This is utterly repulsive, what kind of fucking kids are we raising in the black community? A damn COLLEGE... (read the rest of the story by clicking the headline)
Bestival 2 weeks ago signalled the end of the festival season. Out of the hundreds of DJs, new bands and artists two heritage acts came through as highlights of the summer in my mind. One was Nile Rodgers at Camp Bestival. I always get a tingly feeling of dread when I go to see old school acts because they were part of your youth and they might be mince! They're just doing hits way passed their
Music interview: Nile Rodgers, the influential musical maestro tells Metro that after nearly 40 years in the industry, he still has plenty to say to his audiences.
Disco opportunist, Black Panther, producer, performer, composer, party animal, activist – remembering the old days is proving time-consuming for Nile Rodgers of Chic
I am absolutely in love with this album! I heard a track a month or so ago on t'internet called "Catch A Ride" which was superb! A very groovesome, spaced out affair with 80s sensibilities with vocals that reminded me of - wait for it - Lily Allen! Please, please, please do NOT let that comparison put you off. This is the only song that she actually sounds like dear young Lily!!! Shae Fiol...
by Amanda Marcotte So I’ve been reading Peter Shapiro’s Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco, and I was tickled to read the parts about Chic. I already knew they were the greatest disco band ever, and that songs like ...
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Edinburgh Jazz Festival: Edinburgh Jazz Festival appeared, in Friday’s opening concert, to have picked up the baton from Chic’s visit to the capital the previous weekend. Because just as Nile Rodgers and Co ended with Good Times, the music here presented that same feelgood message.
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