Apple Music today announced the latest featured artist in its Africa Rising artist development program is Nkosazana Daughter, an Amapiano singer-songwriter hailing from KwaZulu-Natal. “I am over the moon to be the cover star of Africa Rising for my debut album that’s just dropped! Thank you to Apple Music and to all of you [...]
Founder Joe Shanahan never intended to be in the live music business. But his passion for house music transformed his Chicago venue into a nightlife hotspot and a "beacon of hope" for US dance music. The story begins on the North Side of Chicago in 1982. In the aftermath of Disco Demolition and the advent of [...]
Founder Eric Williams said the annual show, which started as a small gathering of neighbors in a Wicker Park alley, has gotten too expensive to produce. The final edition will be July 29-30 at Oakwood Beach. OAKWOOD BEACH — After almost 20 years, one of Summertime Chi’s favorite street festivals is calling it quits. [...]
The sessions will take place at FOLD and give priority to Black and Queer musical creatives. London-based Black and queer/trans led collective, Black Obsidian Soundsystem, have announced that they will be providing gratuitous DJ and production sessions at FOLD in Canning Town, London. The workshops are part of an effort to contribute to an “ecosystem that stretches beyond nepotism”, [...]
“The Warehouse,” at 206 S. Jefferson St., regarded as the birthplace of house music, could be granted historic landmark status by the city as early as Wednesday. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Time From 1977 through the mid-1980s, the resident DJ at the Warehouse was Frankie Knuckles, a record producer and remix artist hailed as the “Godfather of [...]
Compared to tools like Chat GPT and Midjourney, music-making AI is behind the curve. But what's coming next? And how can these tools help producers? This article is part of Water & Music founder Cherie Hu's guest-edited month of June, featuring specially curated content exploring new possibilities in music and tech. By now, ChatGPT is a [...]
Label founders Mad Mats and Tooli sit down with MusicTech to talk about the triumphs and challenges of running an independent imprint Being a tastemaker in music sounds easy enough, right? We can all make carefully-curated playlists that are primed for myriad moods and parties. But when you start a record label, you’re truly committing to the [...]
The comprehensive compilation includes club hits such as ‘You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)’ and ‘Dance (Disco Heat)’ A new anthology of music by disco legend Sylvester has been released via Real Gone Music and Second Disc Records. The 26-track compilation, titled 'Disco Heat: The Fantasy Years 1977-1981', is spread over two CDs and features music he released on [...]
The City of Chicago has announced the full line-up for the 2023 Chicago House Music Festival and Conference taking place on June 23 and June 24, 2023. The city previously announced that this year’s festival will be taking place on the Humboldt Park Boathouse lawn on June 24, 2023 from 11am to 9pm. The initial line-up [...]
Held in Detroit, the birthplace of techno, the three-day festival should be on every clubber’s bucket list On Memorial Day weekend in Detroit this year, Kenny Dixon Jr. was on a mission. Better known as Moodymann, one of the city’s most beloved producers was out to spread the gospel about another legendary local, an architect of Detroit techno. “If y’all [...]