ContactMusic — Chic star Nile Rodgers is eyeing a move to Broadway after penning a musical The veteran guitarist and music producer has spent six years working on the stage show titled Double Time and hes aiming to take it to New Yorks famed theatre district... more info

Guardian Music — It has been a bumper year for memoirs, from Shaun Ryder to Nile RodgersWhen looking back on a year of music books that themselves tend to look back, it makes sense to start with Simon Reynolds's Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past (Fa... more info

Guardian Music — From Beethoven's letters to Bob Dylan's Chronicles, the musician chooses books that reveal the private lives behind the public melodiesSongwriter, arranger, producer and guitarist Nile Rodgers is one of the most influential pop musicians of the last ... more info

Guardian Music — The most mortifying, brilliant moment in the whole of Jane Austen is the bit in Emma where Mr Knightley reproaches the heroine for humiliating kind, silly, elderly Miss Bates. "It was badly done, indeed!" he tells her, and hot tears of shame spring t... more info

Guardian Music — The Chic co-founder and legendary producer's life story is a fascinating romp through the great days of disco, New York, and American counter-culture"There are no second acts in American lives," said F Scott Fitzgerald. Clearly, Nile Rodgers did not ... more info

Guardian Music — The leadman of Chic and hugely successful music producer on singing along to Elvis in little blue suede shoes, dropping acid with Timothy Leary and how Roxy Music led to ChicTHE FIRST SONG THAT MEANT SOMETHING TO ME PERSONALLY"Blue Suede Shoes", Elvi... more info

Guardian Music — In this week's podcast we celebrate the start of the Christmas publishing season with a look at the celebrity titles in contention for the top spot on this year's bestseller lists. And we track down two celebs who have actually written their books t... more info

ContactMusic — Music producer Nile Rodgers was determined to quit drugs 17 years ago after making a fool of himself at Madonnas birthday party The Chic star teamed up with Madonna to produce her Like A Virgin album in 1984 and the two became pals but he tested the ... more info

Guardian Music — David Bowie's return in 1983 was an anticlimax to some, but to no means all To say David Bowie's return in 1983 was eagerly awaited would be an understatement. Bowie had been one of pop's dominant figures in the 70s, his astonishing shape-shifting en... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — UK MagazineIt's Word 105, and it features Noel Gallagher, Tintin, Mick Jagger and Superheavy, Thea Gilmore, Feist, the Best & Worst of The Past, Rob Brydon, Nile Rodgers, Fatoumata Diawara, Marc Ribot, Gary Oldman, Gary Numan, Pauline Black, David Co... more info