Nile Rodgers Archives - A Journal of Musical Things

Fun: The story behind the funky bass line of David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance”

“Let’s Dance,” the title track and signature piece of the Serious Moonlight Tour, didn’t start out as a funky dance

Nile Rodgers is one of the coolest people imaginable. It’s that endless style, the carefree stature and the killer playing,

Off to Nashville today for a chat with Metallica. Kirk Hammett and I will inevitably have a conversation on our

Nile Rodgers, the producer for David Bowie’s Let’s Dance album, recently posted this demo version of the title track. It

Getting a case of E. coli might’ve saved Nile Rodgers’ life. Or at least his kidney. Last summer, when he

Have I mentioned how much I hate the flip-top lids on tubes of toothpaste? Who came up with these useless

On this day in 1880, the world heard the first performance of an anthem called “O Canada.” Deadmau5 has settled

Fifty-five years ago today, the US FDA approved the first-ever oral contraceptive. Diddy got arrested yesterday after fighting with a

Summer: Yay! Days are now getting shorter: Boo! Check out these photos of old-school MuchMusic VJs then and now. The

I love that the sun doesn’t set until late this time of year but I hate that it’s up so

Sam Galet in Conversation with TBP Podcast Ep 003 August 5, 2020
Sam Galet is one of the sponsorship industry’s most successful connectors. Over his 20+ year career, he has been directly involved in leading a number of massive sports, entertainment and lifestyle sponsorships, endorsements and naming rights deals. From an early age, Sam knew what he wanted to achieve in his career and he set his […]
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Dave Krikst in Conversation with TBP Podcast Ep 002 July 29, 2020
Dave Krikst (aka My Man D) is the creative mind behind many of the most memorable shareable off the court or ice moments in Canadian sports over the last 20 years. Throughout his career, starting early on with theScore television network and Rogers Media’s’ FAN 590, and then with Bell Media’s TSN, Dave has established […]
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Launch Day – The Backstage Project Podcast July 23, 2020
Welcome to the launch of The Backstage Project Podcast! I’m Mark Silver, and I’ll be your guide as we weave our way through the history, here and now, and future of the Canadian sports and entertainment landscape. The Backstage Project Podcast takes you on a journey into the sports and entertainment world. We focus on […]
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