• Nile Rodgers tells the behind-the-scenes stories of disco stars from Donna Summer to Grace Jones

    Nile Rodgers tells the behind-the-scenes stories of disco stars from Donna Summer to Grace Jones

    Nile Rodgers is a legend in the disco world. He was the leader of the famous band Chic and has worked as a producer for everyone from Diana Ross to David Bowie. Now, the 69-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer will get Central Park moving as the music curator for DiscOasis, a roller-skating party that starts at Wollman Rink on Thursday and goes through October 1.
  • Nile Rodgers: Diana Ross didn’t know ‘I’m Coming Out’ was ‘a gay thing’

    Nile Rodgers: Diana Ross didn’t know ‘I’m Coming Out’ was ‘a gay thing’

    When Diana Ross wanted to turn her legendary music career “Upside Down” at the dawn of the ’80s, she enlisted the Chic production team of Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards. “That was our very first time ever producing a star,” says Rodgers. “Not only was it a star, it was, like, the star.” But Rodgers …
  • DJ D-Nice ‘can’t sleep through the night’ during lockdown in LA

    DJ D-Nice ‘can’t sleep through the night’ during lockdown in LA

    When the soundtrack of the coronavirus crisis is played back years from now, it will be the uplifting sets of DJ D-Nice that capture the musical moment. The Bronx-born spinmaster, 49, has kept the party — and listeners’ spirits — going with his epic, hourslong sessions from “Club Quarantine,” broadcast on Instagram Live every weekend. (He …