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Favourite album: Risqué by Chic

5526 days ago
Guardian Music — Our writers are picking their favourite albums. Here, Paul Lester takes a tour through love's darker chambers with ChicChic's third album came out in 1979, the same year as Michael Jackson's Off the Wall and Earth Wind & Fire's I Am, those other symp... more info

Click to Download: Radio 2 in Hyde Park, Techno Dads, This is Fake DIY

5538 days ago
Guardian Music — The remnants of the festival season and a site built with lapsed ravers in mind provide succour to Chris SalmonReading festival may have provided the BBC's last festival hurrah of the summer (on-demand highlights are still at bbc.co.uk/readingandleed... more info

Nile Rodgers Back In Hospital For Surgery

5561 days ago
The Quietus — Our best wishes are with Rodgers, who was readmitted to hospital yesterday for further cancer surgery more info

Readers recommend: songs about dance styles – results

5586 days ago
Guardian Music — From the Harlem Shuffle to the Moon Hop, here are your favourite songs about 'public displays of rhythm'Last week's request that you suggest the greatest songs about dance styles produced an avalanche of groovy tracks. Anyone would think you lot spen... more info

Nile Rodgers - Nile Rodgers Fears Cancer Every Time He's Ill

5637 days ago
ContactMusic — Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers will forever be plagued by fears his cancer has returned whenever he feels "out of the ordinary". The veteran music producer underwent intensive medical treatment to battle an aggressive form of the disease following his d... more info

Nile Rodgers admits to 'stealing' from Green Day

5638 days ago
NME — Chic star also talks about possible UK shows for Chic later in the year more info

XL Recordings boss/producer: 'Gil Scott-Heron had immense talent and spirit'

5647 days ago
NME — Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers also joins tributes to late musician more info

Sleeve Notes: Our 1,000th New Band of the Day

5697 days ago
Guardian Music — A thousand days and nights he laboured, but finally Paul Lester reached a milestone in his coverage of new bands, even if it cost him his marriage along the way …Five things we discovered about New Band of the Day (and its author)Uncovering 1,000 N... more info

Nile Rodgers: 'Your music is your soul'

5697 days ago
Guardian Music — Producer and Chic mastermind Nile Rodgers tells Paul Lester about jamming with Hendrix, flatlining after a cocaine binge with Mickey Rourke and walking on 'Planet C''It has been a very serious struggle," says Nile Rodgers of Chic, when asked how he i... more info

Nile Rodgers - Nile Rodgers Is Cancer Free

5718 days ago
ContactMusic — Nile Rodgers is now cancer free. The producer and former Chic guitarist wrote a blog post saying he is winning in his battle against fight against the disease - which he was diagnosed with last October - but warns he faces a long road to recovery&... more info

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