DJ Samone Roberts rolls through disco tracks

Nov. 18, 2011
For those who frequently go out clubbing in Chicago, the music heard all hour may have sounded familiar. Samone Roberts was Eight Forty-Eight's in-studio DJ and she has made her rounds through the city’s top clubs since 2000.

We asked, you delivered… Asian disco!

Oct. 26, 2011
On last week's Global Notes, we celebrated the international roots of disco with music from around the world. Well, at least four continents. Despite our best efforts, we had trouble finding disco from Asia.So, we defied listeners to produce some Asian disco for us. And produce you did.

Our list of seven great global disco tunes

Oct. 19, 2011
In this week's installment of Global Notes, we examine a genre that may not be as quintessentially American as it seems: disco.Fifty-two years ago this week, Franzkarl Schwendinger opened the "Scotch Club" in the quiet German city of Aachen.

Indian chanteuse a precursor to disco

Jun. 1, 2011
Asha Puthli, a successful Indian vocalist, has been dubbed the original Indian diva of jazz, soul and funk. Born and raised in Mumbai, she trained in Indian classical singing before moving to the U.S.