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

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

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

Festival season is in full swing and Isle of Wight Festival might have just proven itself the best… so far There’s always been something quite majestic about the Isle of Wight Festival. It’s a UK festival that feels like it’s in a far away distant land, even though in reality it’s just a one hour […]

8 years ago

“I look at it like this: I need it” That’s what Nile Rodgers said yesterday after I asked him whether or not the world needed new music from him and his band Chic. Speaking to him backstage at this year’s Isle of Wight Festival, on the same day Chic’s new single “Till the World Falls” […]

8 years ago

There are thousands of music-related books in the world that you’ve either read or at least heard of. This list isn’t about them. As a music journalist of 15 years and a music fan ever since birth I can definitely say I’ve read my fair share of music books. I’ve read the popular ones, the […]

8 years ago