Ever since the 1979 Disco Demolition Night in Chicago’s Comiskey Park — a stunt in which an angry mob led by a disgruntled radio shock jock rushed the baseball field to destroy disco albums — people ...

Had anyone in the late 1970s predicted that either Richard Nixon or disco — then both widely disparaged — would one day be held in considerably higher regard, they would have been promptly laughed out ...

“The War on Disco,” a new PBS documentary, explores the backlash against the genre and the issues of race, gender and sexuality that informed it. By Chris Vognar The plan was simple enough: Gather a ...

Has there ever been a musical genre more deserving of a glorious coffee table book than disco? In his new book "Disco: Music, Movies, and Mania Under the Disco Ball" (Rizzoli, 2024), gay writer Frank ...

Revolution” — the first two parts air at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Friday, June 7, on New Mexico PBS, channel 5.4. The third part airs at 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 2, channel 5.1. The three episodes are also ...

Though it's hard to imagine from looking at the sedate facade of 324 Corbett Ave., this condo in San Francisco's Twin Peaks neighborhood once gave shelter to world-famous musician Sylvester James Jr., ...

They’re rolling out disco history! An exhibit at the City Reliquary celebrates the history of roller disco in Brooklyn. “Empire Skate: The Birth of Roller Disco,” showcases artifacts, video, and ...

If you felt the world stop turning for a moment in July, it’s because Beyoncé dropped her new album, Renaissance. Rolling Stone has described her as the world’s “greatest living entertainer”, with a ...