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 ...

Pop vocal trio the Bee Gees performing at the Music for UNICEF Concert at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, January, 1979. The 1970s were an eclectic time for music and cultural ...

While disco music is innocent and was created for the sheer pleasure of dancing, it is one of the more divisive genres. Why is that? Well, there are a multitude of different reasons and answers, but ...

Just when you thought that the obnoxiously cheery ’70s logo “Have a Nice Day” was gone for good, along comes Rhino records with its bubblegum blasts from the past. The record label has released five ...

Disco Demolition Night, which happened 40 years ago today, is the day two genres were marked for death. Disco itself was one of them, of course: Chicago radio DJ Steve Dahl, infuriated that his ...

The 1970s was arguably one of the most transformative decades in music history. It was a time of creative freedom, where artists pushed boundaries, blended genres, and created anthems that would last ...

The Summer of Love went up in smoke with Altamont, but where did peace and love go in the aftermath? As the 1960s faded into a new decade, the world began to come down from years of war and social ...

MORE THAN A thousand Saturday nights have passed since the opening of Studio 54, the midtown club that for a hot minute in the late ’70s became a national symbol for the glamorous decadence of the ...

The decade of the '70s was perhaps rock's most interesting. This era began as a requiem, with final albums by the '60s legends like the Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel, but quickly developed an attitude ...

Tributosaurus, one of Chicago’s best-kept secrets, never especially cool, not exactly challenging, pushing nearly 25 years as a mainstay of local bars and theaters, without an original song to their ...