Impact! Songs that Changed the World - Like a Virgin / Madonna, Nile Rodgers, Betsey Johnson, Mark Bego, Billy Steinberg
DIVA INCARNATE (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
With a motionless voice that demands female-jealousy, gay-loyalty and a reminder for her P.A to buy more KY, Sheena Easton delivered an album funky in its sexiness and sexy in its funkiness. Structured to evoke an everlasting night, Sheena bleeds in dancefloor agony, and whether its latent self-indulgence commited the project to refuse commercial triumph is anyone's guess, it's a compulsive experience...
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Photo: Tama/Getty Usher’s Raymond v. Raymond has been delayed. The singer’s post-divorce album is moving from December 21st to an undetermined date, Billboard reports. Bryan Ferry sent a note to fans announcing that he’s begun work on a new solo album that’s due in summer 2010 and features Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood, Flea and Nile Rodgers. Ferry [...]
Zero G Sound (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
. 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...
Radio Facts (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Here’s the co-founder of 70’s super group Chic at the Michael Jackson This is it release this... (read the rest of the story by clicking the headline)
Scene B Seen (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
The who’s-who of New York society joined hosts Alexander and Brenda Von Schweickhardt at their penthouse Monday evening for a private launch of Oceana New York , a nonprofit international advocacy organization dedicated to protecting and restoring the world’s oceans. Welcoming guests were Keith Addis , Oceana Board Chairman, and Jim Simon , Executive Vice-President of Oceana… and...
PUT ME ON IT (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
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
Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
farrago \fuh-RAH-go; fuh-RAY-go\, noun: A confused mixture; an assortment; a medley. Farrago comes from the Latin farrago, "a mixed fodder for cattle," hence "a medley, a hodgepodge," from far, a sort of grain. pirate bath The process of washing just the arm pit area and the private area with a wash cloth or handful of water. People will ask you to define a pirate bath, the easy...
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Nile Rodgers says that every Chich record had a "deep hidding meaning".
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
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.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009
Disco opportunist, Black Panther, producer, performer, composer, party animal, activist – remembering the old days is proving time-consuming for Nile Rodgers of Chic
Events at the New Museum (Free subscription) | 08/03/2009
Program 1: Saturday, September 12, 3 p.m. Program 2: Saturday, October 17, 3 p.m. In conjunction with the exhibition “Emory Douglas: Black Panther” at the New Museum, Jessica Green and Philip Maysles of Maysles Cinema have selected a series of films illuminating the history and legacy of the Black Panther Party with the guidance of Panther archivist Billy X Jennings. The series features...
Events at the New Museum (Free subscription) | 08/03/2009
Program 1: Saturday, September 12, 3 p.m. Program 2: Saturday, October 17, 3 p.m. In conjunction with the exhibition “Emory Douglas: Black Panther” at the New Museum, Jessica Green and Philip Maysles of Maysles Cinema have selected a series of films illuminating the history and legacy of the Black Panther Party with the guidance of Panther archivist Billy X Jennings. The series features...
The Herald (Free subscription) | 08/03/2009
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.
Damn Fine Day (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
Among the most distinctive groups to emerge from the disco era, Chic made music that was as sophisticated as it was danceable. Risqué, released 30 years ago today, is arguably Chic’s peak; its massive hit, “Good Times,” made Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers (the band’s bassist and guitarist, respectively) the hottest producers in pop. The [...]
videogamesblogger.com: (Free subscription) | 07/29/2009
Capcom’s 2009 Bionic Command soundtrack has been released thanks to Nile Rodgers’ Sumthing Distribution record label. It is now available to purchase. The soundtrack includes 20 tracks and can be bought in physical form at various retail outlets or you can download the Bionic Commando soundtrack on either iTunes or Sumthing Digital Music Works. And the [...]
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