Nile Rodgers’ record label once told him “Le Freak” was worst song they’d ever heard
Bet they feel stupid now If you don’t know “Le Freak” by name (firstly, shame on you) you’ll definitely recognise it from the first few seconds of it being played. Selling over seven million copies as a single, it gave Chic and Nile Rodgers their first number one record (on several different charts) and went […]
7 years ago
Prince’s estate launch weekly release of rarely seen music videos
The videos were made between 1995-2010 The Prince Estate today announced that in partnership with Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, they will continue to reunite Prince’s music on all digital services. Revealing previously unavailable music videos from the 1995-2010 era, with more to come, the videos will arrive in weekly batches by album […]
8 years ago
Chromeo’s Dave 1 explains why artists like J. Cole, Logic and Russ “offend” him
“The weirder an artist is the better” If you’re unfamiliar with Chromeo then I would be doing you a disservice if I didn’t tell you that you’ve been missing out on feeding your soul with some of the funkiest music its heard in quite some time. Originating from Montreal, Canada, the electro-funk duo, made up […]
8 years ago
Nile Rodgers: “Music has been therapy for my mother’s Alzheimer’s”
The word legend is thrown around way too much But if you were to look up the word legend in the dictionary you’d see a picture of Nile Rodgers in his trademark hat and shades smiling right back at you. Unfortunately though legends aren’t exempt from tragedy or the many bumps in the road of life. […]
8 years ago
Nile Rodgers and CHIC to release incredible 40th anniversary box set
Wow, has it really been 40 years since “Le Freak” was released? Apparently so. CHIC released the chart-topping smash on September 21st 1978. It sold more than seven million copies on its way to becoming the best-selling 7” single in the history of Atlantic Records and its lasting influence was recognised by the Library of Congress […]
8 years ago
Childish Gambino debuted a new song last night on first date of “final” tour
Childish Gambino last night kicked off his “final” tour in his home city of Atlanta Taking place at the Infinite Energy Centre just outside the city limits of Duluth, Georgia, Childish Gambino aka Donald Glover, on the first night of what he called the “final Gambino tour”, debuted a new song, much to the excitement of the […]
8 years ago