Articles tagged "donna summer"

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Some Highlights from the 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ballot

by AJ Ramirez

[30.Sep.09] :. The 2010 nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have been announced. The ballot includes KISS, the Stooges, Genesis, LL Cool J, ABBA, Jimmy Cliff, the Chantels, Darlene Love, Donna Summer, Laura...

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Brooklyn Dreams 2.0: A Conversation with Bruce Sudano and Joe “Bean” Esposito

by Christian John Wikane

[7.May.09] :. Snoop Dogg and Donna Summer, doo-wop and disco. Brooklyn Dreams have had an anything but predictable career trajectory since their 1977 debut. Nearly 30 years after their last album, Bruce Sudano and Joe "Bean" Esposito remember the long, winding, and sometimes bumpy road from Flatbush to Hollywood.

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Q&A with dance-music icon Donna Summer

by Glenn Gamboa [Newsday (MCT)]

[21.Jul.08] :. Donna Summer could have taken the easy way out. She could have hopped on the nostalgia train and trotted out “Hot Stuff” to a backing tape at every high-priced disco revival night and sat...

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Music Review

Donna Summer: Crayons

by Christian John Wikane

[15.Jul.08] :. The core theme of Crayons is variety. It brazenly flaunts a collage of sounds, while showcasing the multiplicity of Donna Summer's musical selves.

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Notes from the Road

Donna Summer - 3 June 2008, New York

by Christian John Wikane

[9.Jun.08] :. Pictures by Craig Bailey / Words by Christian John Wikane.

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The Queen and Her Crayons: An Interview With Donna Summer

by Christian John Wikane

[20.May.08] :. Donna Summer colors outside the lines on Crayons, drawing the arch of an iridescent rainbow. Guess what her favorite color is.

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She’s a Rainbow: A Tribute to Donna Summer

by Christian John Wikane

[19.May.08] :. Wynonna, Ziggy Marley, Liza Minnelli, and more than 20 other artists, songwriters, and producers explain who they "love to love" as PopMatters studies the remarkable four-decade career of Donna Summer.

 

Q&A with ‘70s disco icon Donna Summer

by Michael Hamersly [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[15.Feb.08] :. The Queen of Disco is still going strong at age 59. Donna Summer’s groundbreaking disco anthems have provided the soundtrack for countless gyrating hedonists on the dance floor. Summer took...

 

A Long Way from Wonderland

by Christian John Wikane

[11.Apr.07] :. In 1980, Donna Summer walked away from disco's strobe-lit boogie wonderland on The Wanderer. Critics embraced her bold statement; audiences less so. Where exactly was Summer going?

 

Donna Summer: Bad Girls (Deluxe Edition)

by Mervin Malone Jr

[8.Jan.03] :. Originally released as a double-LP in 1979, Bad Girls fully established Donna Summer as pop icon. Replete with the epic production work of Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, in addition to...