My House Radio Showcase Pool Party is a MUST during Miami Music Week!

By |2024-03-17T14:47:51-05:00March 15th, 2024|Announcements, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, Entertaiment, House, House Music, miami, My House Radio, Promotional|

MyHouseRadioShowcase.jpg   There are pool parties, and then there is the My House Radio Showcase Pool Party! The My House Radio Showcase Pool Party features an over-the-top stellar lineup of talent: Block and Crown, Georgie Porgie and Jason Walker, Saliva Commando, James Deron, Mr. Realistic, Bryan Peroni, Mike NYCE, David Ohana Aviance, Marshall [...]

Festivals booked 30 percent women in 2022 and 2023, new female:pressure report finds (Resident Advisor)

By |2024-03-09T19:03:48-06:00March 9th, 2024|Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, electronic music, Entertaiment, House Music, International, Music News, Report, Resident Advisor, Women|

Out today, the latest FACTS study examined 175 editions of 110 different festivals. female:pressure, an online database and network of women and nonbinary people in the music industry, has unveiled its 2024 FACTS report. Published today, March 8th, the report analyses the gender demographics of festival lineups. The organisers collected data from 175 editions of [...]

NEW EDITORIAL AND MUSIC PLATFORM WAV.WORLD WILL COMPENSATE DJS AND PRODUCERS FOR MIXES (MIXMAG)

By |2024-03-09T19:17:04-06:00March 9th, 2024|Announcements, Clubs - Nightlife, DJ, DJ Equipment Tools Software, electronic music, Entertaiment, House, House Music, Internet, MixMAg, Music News, playlist, producer, Promotional, Report|

  The platform has launched with a mix and interview from Fever AM co-founders Rhyw and Mor Elian wav.world, a new editorial and music platform aiming to "champion the art of the DJ mix," launched yesterday (March 4) with a mix and interview with Berlin's Fever AM founders Rhyw and Mor Elian. According to a statement from [...]

New show features Muzic Box interviews & unheard Ron Hardy mixtape (5 Mag)

By |2024-03-04T18:58:20-06:00March 4th, 2024|5 Magazine, Chicago, Classics, Dance Music, DJ, House, House Music, House Music History, Ten City|

  Jacob Arnold interviews about the classic Chicago club the Music Box precede a Ron Hardy mix from 1984 from the archives of DJ M-Traxxx. Today marks 32 years since the passing of one of the greatest DJs in history. Ron Hardy died on this date, March 2, 1992. In honor of Ronnie — universally [...]

Gauteng style: a history of house music in South Africa (DJ Mag)

By |2024-02-25T18:21:03-06:00February 25th, 2024|Afro House, Afrobeats, black History Month, DJ, DJ Mag, House, House Music, producer, South Africa|

South Africa's love for house music flourished in the early ’90s as the Apartheid era ended, pushed primarily by DJs in and around Johannesburg and Pretoria. Now, it's a focal point, filled with local styles and stars. Martin Guttridge-Hewitt heads to Gauteng to learn the story of the scene’s origins, and the risks its pioneers [...]

Chicago’s Global House Music Pioneer Terry Hunter Is Still Making Waves (BET.com)

By |2024-02-22T21:45:41-06:00February 22nd, 2024|African American, black History Month, Chicago, Classics, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, electronic music, House, House Music, House Music History, Interviews, producer|

  From his underground hit ‘Madness’ in 1990 to remixing legends like Michael Jackson and Chaka Khan, the Grammy nominee reflects on Chicago's music legacy, the birth of house music, and his latest venture into the world of documentary with BET.com. Terry Hunter has been one of the seminal purveyors of house music across the globe. [...]

DESIREE: the ascent of South African house music’s brightest star (DJ Mag)

By |2024-02-21T21:37:44-06:00February 21st, 2024|Afro House, black History Month, Dance Music, DJ, DJ Mag, electronic music, House, House Music, International, LGBTQIA+, South Africa|

Soaring ascents, the kind that can take an artist from obscurity to stardom in what seems to be the blink of an eye, don’t occur often, in dance music or elsewhere – those who are lucky enough to have that experience often disappear just as quickly. But there’s little chance of a quick fade for [...]

Black Futures: In the ’90s, dance music was in a ‘constant state of mutation’ (NPR.org)

By |2024-02-20T21:30:36-06:00February 20th, 2024|African American, black History Month, Chicago, Chicago House Music Festival, DJ, electronic music, House, House Music, House Music History|

If we had to pick one word to describe electronic dance music in the '90s, it'd be variety. "In the U.S. and the U.K., in particular, electronic dance music was in this constant state of mutation," says World Cafe correspondent John Morrison. "There were new subgenres and micro-genres popping off. Just in that 10-year span, we saw the emergence [...]

Black Futures: How disco set the stage for dance and electronic music (NPR.org)

By |2024-02-17T09:44:10-06:00February 17th, 2024|African American, black History Month, Clubs - Nightlife, Disco, DJ, electronic music, House, House Music, House Music History|

  DJ and World Cafe correspondent John Morrison explains how disco is the nexus from which most veins of contemporary dance music originate. 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. With DJ and World Cafe correspondent John Morrison as our guide, we’ve explored the “Black Roots [...]

Where is house music at home? Check out 7 destinations rich in Black house history (The Grio)

By |2024-02-12T10:54:18-06:00February 12th, 2024|African American, Baltimore, black History Month, Chicago, Classics, Clubs - Nightlife, Detroit, DJ, House Music, House Music History, Ibiza, manchester UK, New Jersey, New York, Techno|

  Visit these destinations to experience and understand the enduring power, prevalence and history of Black house music.  As many already know, house music has always been heralded in Black and marginalized communities, and like many musical genres, it originated at a time when collective frustrations were high. While many identify the genre with the [...]

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