A History of Trax Records and the Fight for Chicago’s House Pioneers’ Royalties (DJ Mag)

By |2023-03-13T17:31:45-05:00March 13th, 2023|5 Magazine, Chicago, DJ, House, House Music, House Music History, producer|

Chicago’s Trax Records released some of the most influential records in house history, but decades later, many of the artists behind them are still waiting to be paid. Harold Heath investigates the long and complicated history of one of house music’s most infamous labels HAROLD HEATH Tuesday, March 7, 2023 The Trax Records saga [...]

A DJ Guide To Black Dance Music Classics — From Chicago House To New Jersey Club (okayplayer.com)

By |2023-02-05T17:34:31-06:00February 5th, 2023|African American, Baltimore, black History Month, Chicago, Classics, Dance Music, Detroit, DJ, House, House Music, House Music History, New Jersey, New York, okayplayer|

Photo Credit: Simon King/Redferns Amid Beyoncé and Drake dropping dance-centric albums, here’s a guide to the classics of Black dance music subgenres — from Chicago house to Baltimore Club. Thanks to Beyoncé and Drake releasing their own respective dance-centric albums — Renaissance and Honestly, Nevermind — there’s been a renewed interest in dance music — specifically Black dance music — in the mainstream. In [...]

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