Disco
Ruth Pointer of The Pointer Sisters: she's pretty excited
Some of the biggest names of disco and their descendants will take the stage at Mt Maunganui this summer. One of those groups is The Pointer Sisters whom Billboard have ranked in the top 5 female… Video, Audio
APO takes us to Funkytown
Studio 54 and orchestral music don’t usually go together, but this week the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra is cranking out the platforms, bellbottoms and big hair as they bring disco hits alive… Video, Audio
Upbeat for Monday 11 June
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa receives a British Queen’s Birthday honour, Renee Fleming is up for a Tony, the APO goes disco and we celebrate rising stars for the start of Matariki.
Mark Williams: 'All these kids would roll up and dance'
The new compilation album Heed The Call! is a celebration of New Zealand's '70s disco scene of which Mark Williams was at the forefront. He talks to Megan Whelan about those heady days. Audio
Casablanca Records - the inside story
The 1970s saw the landscape of American culture become a banquet of hedonism and self-indulgence, and when the disco era exploded in New York Casablanca Records were at the centre of it. Trevor Reekie… Audio
Debauchery comes to Auckland
We go beyond the red velvet rope for a glimpse of what Studio 54 might have looked like if it was a true circus. Aria nominated, Velvet is an Australian created hit show, which has been on the global… Audio
Saturday Night Fever’s dance floor up for sale
The dance floor where John Travolta captured the 1970s disco craze is going up for sale and is expected to fetch up to $1.5 million. Video, Audio
Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy's principle songwriter and band mouthpiece, Pete Wentz, talks to Sam Wicks about straddling the pop/punk divide. Audio
Belle and Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch on chasing the illusive muse from song to screen, and their 2015 album Girls in Peacetime Want To Dance. Audio
Tim Lawrence on Arthur Russell
Biographer Tim Lawrence reflects on the life of the New York music pioneer Arthur Russell on the release of a new Red Hot compilation of his work. Audio