What cultural conditions lead to a rock shock jock blowing up disco records and starting a riot at a ballpark? That is the question that "The War on Disco," the October 30 American Experience ...

One day in 1979, Chicago radio DJ Steve Dahl encouraged thousands of fans to bring disco records to a White Sox game and destroy them. “He felt like it was just ‘that Black stuff,’” Vince Lawrence ...

Chicago house pioneer Vince Lawrence recalls witnessing Disco Demolition Night as a teenager, and later recognizing the racist undertones of the infamous incident, in a new clip from the fascinating ...

Disco is having another moment. Two powerful documentary films, a definitive coffee table book, and a $14 million high-tech Las Vegas experience have arrived in recent months to celebrate the music ...

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From Disco Demolition Night to Bad Bunny, why is dance music often the sight of controversy? From Disco Demolition Night to Bad Bunny, why is dance music often the sight of controversy? Seen as an ...