‘My life had no meaning’: the dark days of disco queen Donna Summer
In public she oozed glamour, but in private the disco star battled depression. Her daughter speaks about film she made to understand Summer’s silent struggle
Donna Summer
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Drop the needle, it’s the 1970s on screen – again
Decade of brown carpets and complicated hair lives on in a long line of retro movies
Switched-On Bach: How a transgender synth pioneer changed music
Wendy Carlos’s 1968 album of Bach music for Moog synthesiser brought electronic music into the mainstream and influenced artists from Giorgio Moroder to Daft Punk
En Vogue: like a volcano meeting a lightning bolt
The coolest queens of R&B unload the hits from their back catalogue and take a gallop through their musical influences in a whirlwind power hour of music
Dalkey Book Festival a delicious cocktail of politics and culture
Eclectic line-up of speakers tackled Turkey, Brexit, Trump and Donna Summer
Weekend in . . . Memphis
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Nirvana nominated for rock hall of fame
Candidates must have released their debut album or single at least 25 years before 2012 to be eligible
Giorgio Moroder: in the Moog for dancing
After years in the wilderness plotting pyramids, watches and supercars, the dance-music pioneer Giorgio Morder is back in the electronic limelight
Cannes Film Festival: Behind the Candelabra
It might have been made for TV, but this biopic of Liberace makes for excellent Cannes entertainment
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