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Tuesday, May 20 2008

The Queen and Her Crayons: An Interview With Donna Summer

Donna Summer colors outside the lines on Crayons, drawing the arch of an iridescent rainbow. Guess what her favorite color is.


Monday, May 19 2008

She's a Rainbow: A Tribute to Donna Summer

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.


Wednesday, April 11 2007

A Long Way from Wonderland

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?


Reviews

Tuesday, July 15 2008

Donna Summer: Crayons

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


Blogs

Wednesday, December 14 2011

She's a Wanderer: 10 Reasons Why Donna Summer Belongs in the RRHOF

Icon, music innovator, and trailblazing artist: Donna Summer epitomizes what rock and roll is all about, and that's why she belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.


Monday, August 16 2010

Donna Summer: To Paris With Love (new single)

Add another color to that crayon box. Highlighting yet another facet of the vocal versatility she exhibited on Crayons (2008), Donna Summer delivers a late-summer…


Monday, June 9 2008

Donna Summer - 3 June 2008, New York

Pictures by Craig Bailey / Words by Christian John Wikane.


News

Monday, July 21 2008

Q&A with dance-music icon Donna Summer

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…


Friday, February 15 2008

Q&A with ‘70s disco icon Donna Summer

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…


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