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Posthumous Donna Summer song to be released by songwriter Toby Gad

A song Donna Summer worked on before her death with hitmaker Toby Gad is going to be released.

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‘I feel as though I’ve been in chains’: the bittersweet life of lovers rock legend Mari’ Pierre

The British-Guyanese singer topped the reggae chart with 1978’s Walk Away, but despite work with Robert Plant and others, she’s rarely returned to the studio. This interview might change that…

The Guardian - UK

‘Johnny Rotten tore my record off the deck’: the superfan at the centre of disco and punk

Alan Jones somehow straddled the riotous noise of the Sex Pistols, the fetishism of Vivienne Westwood and the hedonism of disco and gay clubs. A new book tells his story

The Guardian - UK

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“It made me feel bad that I didn’t put it on the album”: From Pavement to Donna Summer, here are six more B-sides that became huge hits against the odds

Adding to the collection of songs that started out on the flip side of a single, but went on to become playlist staples

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7 top test tracks that celebrate the iconic Moog synthesizer

Featuring The Beatles, Donna Summer, Parliament and more

What Hi-Fi?

“This single is going to change the sound of club music for the next 15 years”: How a song intended to be an album track would leave a massive mark on music’s future

When Brian Eno first heard it, he could sense its potential to revolutionise the way pop would be made

MusicRadar

From Bob Dylan to Stevie Wonder: the best late-era albums by musical greats

When pop stars are deemed ‘past their peak’, it’s easy to dismiss their work. But do that and you might miss out on hidden treasure. Here our critics celebrate unexpected gems from the likes of Aretha Franklin and The Fall

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9 of the best Quincy Jones tracks for testing your system

From performing his own tunes to peerless production for other artists, the world of music owes a serious debt to Quincy Jones.

What Hi-Fi?

Remembering Quincy Jones: 10 career-spanning songs to celebrate his legacy

Few artists have legacies so mammoth their very name could be considered synonymous with the music industry, but then again, most musicians are not the prodigious producer Quincy Jones

The Independent UK

Delicate ballads, bold brass and the thrill of Thriller: 10 of Quincy Jones’s greatest productions

From his sumptuous vocal jazz with Sarah Vaughan and Helen Merrill to funk with Donna Summer and George Benson, the late producer had astonishing versatility

The Guardian - UK

From friends to feud: Everything Quincy Jones said about Michael Jackson

‘He was as Machiavellian as they come,’ the producer later said of his protege

The Independent UK

5 Quincy Jones songs producers need to hear

In tribute to Quincy Jones, who has passed away aged 91 it’s time to take some tips from the master

MusicRadar

From Elton John at the piano to Stormzy at Glastonbury and Madonna snogging Britney: 41 era-defining music photos

Icons, rock stars – and divas behaving badly: these photographs of musicians struck a chord around the world

The Guardian - UK

Creative life after death − or yes, you can control spinoffs from beyond the grave

Michael Crichton, the creator of “ER” and author of “Jurassic Park,” died in 2008. So why is his estate suing Warner Bros. now?

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Guitar World

“I gave him 35 bucks for the guitar, bought a six-pack of Bud, went down to the studios and they played me the song. Recorded it in one take”: Skunk Baxter on how he recorded his classic Hot Stuff solo on a cheap guitar he bought right before the session

Baxter reveals he very nearly didn't do the Donna Summer session – and how the producer's willingness to experiment clinched the deal

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“There was a Deluxe Reverb already there, turned everything up to 10, plugged the guitar in and said, ‘Roll tape!’ And that was it”: How Skunk Baxter grabbed a six-pack, a $35 guitar and tracked Donna Summer’s Hot Stuff in one take

First-call session ace Jeff “Skunk” Baxter says the opportunity to track one of disco’s greatest anthems nearly passed him by, but when it arrived it went like a flash

Guitar World

“Dolly just sat there and listened very sweetly. I asked the producer, ‘Is there anything special you want from me? He said, ‘I want you to do what Skunk does’”: Jeff “Skunk” Baxter recalls recording guitar on Dolly Parton mega-hit 9 to 5

Baxter highlights the song's R&B feel as a key element that set it apart from the country songs being released at the time

The Guardian - UK

‘I sexed it up’: 1970s disco queen Asha Puthli on Warhol, Dali and influencing Donna Summer

Her spacey jazz-disco almost made her a huge star in the mid-1970s. Now having a long-awaited renaissance, Puthli reflects on working with Ornette Coleman and inspiring young south Asian artists

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The Independent UK

Kanye’s wife Bianca Censori slams ‘abhorrent’ allegations she sent porn to a minor

Allegations against Kanye West’s wife are part of a lawsuit about the working conditions at the rapper’s company, Yeezy

The Guardian - US

‘Should not be played indoors’: writers on their all-time favourite summertime songs

As the weather heats up, Guardian writers pick their defining summer tracks, from Phoenix and Donna Summer to Stevie Wonder

Evening Standard

Kanye West settles lawsuit for using Donna Summer's song in Vultures 1 album 'without permission'

The late Disco icon’s estate did not want to be associated with the rapper

The Independent UK

Kanye West settles lawsuit for using Donna Summer’s song in Vultures 1 without permission

Rapper sampled Summer’s 1977 song ‘I Feel Love’ in 2024 album despite being denied permission by late singer’s estate

The Guardian - UK

Kanye West and Donna Summer estate reach settlement over unauthorised use of I Feel Love

Rapper – now known as Ye – used portions of Summer’s 1977 disco classic on his song Good (Don’t Die) with Ty Dolla $ign

The Guardian - UK

The Secret Public by Jon Savage review – how pop drove LGBTQ+ liberation

A dazzling account of the dreamers and divas who brought a queer sensibility to culture – and changed lives in the process

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10 times metal bands worked with really unlikely collaborators

From members of the Monty Python crew to famous evolutionary biologists, here are some of the strangest hook-ups in rock history

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