Over the past few years for Black History Month, World Cafe has dug into different genres and their importance in the Black music canon over the decades. "What I'm talking about when I say dance music ...

If you’re looking to sell The Brutalist’s three-and-a-half hour runtime to a friend who hasn’t yet seen the movie, tell them ...

Disco! The very word hustles you back to the 1970s, the decade in which it was gloriously born in the loft parties and basement clubs of New York, where it blossomed into a national obsession and ...

Disco music originated in the 1960s at underground venues popular with LGBTQ+, Black, and Latinx Americans. Still, it wasn’t long before the subculture spread from clubs in New York and Philadelphia ...

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 ...

The 1970s was the decade when it comes to disco music. People flocked to clubs with their dancing shoes on wanting to hear music that gave them the combination of joy and thrill. It was all the rage ...

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 ...

Welcome back to our queer film retrospective, “A Gay Old Time.” In this week’s column, let’s revisit 1978’s disco era time capsule, Thank God It’s Friday, which gave us one of the all-time great gay ...

Apparently, the best dance music has come out of Boston. Donna Summer’s 1977 smash hit “I Feel Love” was named the best dance song of all time by Billboard staff. The track, which was included on ...

One of the best parts about going out to a dance club to cut a rug is not necessarily the cutting of the rug part. Sometimes getting on the dance floor can be a fun time. But not everyone loves to ...