Turn the beat around with these essential tracks chosen by the DJs and promoters keeping the classic disco scene alive and shimmying across the U.S. While some thought the days (and late, late nights) ...

Disco was born in New York in 1970 – according to folklore, anyway – when a disc jockey named David Manusco threw a Valentine’s Day party at his invite-only destination The Loft, which didn’t sell ...

In the early days of disco, DJ music was fairly simple. All a DJ really did was manipulate the music with turntables – scratching, mixing, cross-cutting and the like. But as time went on, some DJs ...

On July 12, 1979, a Chicago rock DJ hosted a so-called Disco Demolition during a break at a White Sox double header. It was the rumble heard 'round the pop world, including in North Carolina, where ...

The famous 1979 Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park in Chicago ended about as well as it began. What started as a rallying cry against disco from an aggrieved rock DJ turned into an evening of ...

It gave a powerful platform to artists of colour who were often female or gay – perhaps that’s why it attracted such hostility, writes Arwa Haider. Disco was never designed to grow old gracefully – ...

Put on your dancing shoes and dance the lockdown blues away as DJs across the country plan to hold virtual gigs to keep their fans entertained. So what if the nightlife has come to a standstill due to ...

Photo by: "Disco Sucks" DJ Steve Dahl at the Disco Demolition in Comiskey Park on June 12, 1979. Photo by Getty Images/Paul Natkin. In 1979, Chicago’s music culture, disparate and expansive as ever, ...

As smoke filled the dimly lit concrete dance floor, more than 50 DJs powered 17 days of high-energy sets inside the Super Secret Silent Disco exhibit at the California State Fair. For entry, fairgoers ...

Disco never got enough credit. Recognizing this, the Library of Congress launched “Bibliodiscotheque” in March, a disco tribute to a genre that was — and is — still routinely derided. This weekend, ...

Glitter balls, wigs and flares were synonymous with the 1970s disco scene. Now it’s back, in a big way. Bristol is more famous for trip hop, jungle, and hip hop, but disco and funk was once huge.