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Nile Rodgers Chic Tiny Desk

Watch Nile Rodgers & CHIC play NPR’s Tiny Desk room. The dance/R&B/hip-hop pioneer took the audience through all five decades of his work starting with his 1978 hit “Le Freak.” He shared songs he wrote for others including Diana Ross’s “I’m Coming Out” Sister Sledge’s “We Are Family” and DavidContinue Reading

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Nile Rodgers

Chic debuted as a band in 1977 with their self-titled album which was mostly written and produced by co-founders Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards. “Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah Yowsah Yowsah)” was their first single and they had conceptualized it as a tribute to American dance marathons of the 1920s andContinue Reading

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Diana Ross

Diana Ross’s 11th studio album was simply titled Diana and it would make the biggest impact of her solo career. Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards exclusively produced the album and gave it classic danceable grooves that crushed the disco backlash.  Their work as the group Chic was one of theContinue Reading

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Will the record labels become more transparent about artist payments from streaming as Nile Rodgers has suggested?  Came here to find foolishness in my replies. I am rushing to into an interview and this is the last time I’m saying this. Thanks. pic.twitter.com/En49BaoGRK — Dionne Warwick (@dionnewarwick) December 7, 2020Continue Reading

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