House music pioneer Frankie Knuckles’ collection of 5,000 vinyl albums has been digitized. The job was completed on the 10th anniversary of his passing by members of the Theaster Gates Rebuild Foundation. Knuckles made house music a cultural force as the DJ at Chicago’s Warehouse Club and then the PowerContinue Reading
Detroit DJ, producer, and musician Andrés has released Andrés V on Moodymann’s Mahogani Music. The former Slum Village DJ started releasing house music on Kenny Dixon Jr.’s label in the early 2000s. He has kept his hip-hop work mostly under his DJ Dez moniker but V blends both aesthetics andContinue Reading
Dance music legend Crystal Waters shares the video for her single “Dance, Dance, Dance.” Waters co-wrote the song with fellow house music veteran Jovonn. She released the track last year on DJ Spen’s Quantize Recordings and it will be included on a forthcoming EP. The video is a black-and-white partyContinue Reading
House music singer Michael Watford died on January 26th at 80, according to a Facebook post by his son Solomon Watford. Watford’s voice was heard on numerous songs in the ’90s and 2000s. He broke through as a distinct voice with his 1993 single “So Into You.” Watford was bornContinue Reading