Giorgio Moroder won a bet. His brothers challenged him to play as well as they did — three months later, he returned home during Christmas break from boarding school and played for them. They lost.

“We hadn’t had big hits, but he [Moroder] could be very convincing and told them, ‘Oh, they’ll be huge’,” Nunn told The ...

Country music anchors the "heritage" part of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. This year's Jazz Fest has a noticeably large lineup of well-received country music and country-inspired rock and ...

It's weird how life works. Giorgio Moroder's credentials in the world of music have been rock solid since disco was the thing; he's the man behind productions for Donna Summer, produced the Scarface ...

Perhaps without you realizing it, there’s a strong chance that the last 12 months of your life have been graced by the classic, sequenced electronic disco of Italian songwriter, producer and ...

Synth pioneer. Disco architect. Film composer. Giorgio Moroder has had an undeniably heavy if cloaked hand in popular music since the ’70s when he helped Donna Summer craft “Love To Love You Baby.” ...

Giorgio Moroder and Iconoclast have struck a deal to work on the development and marketing of the “Father of Disco’s” name, image, and likeness rights. Iconoclast acquires the Grammy and Oscar-winning ...

Duran Duran keyboardist Nick Rhodes recalls being in Los Angeles several years ago when his girlfriend mentioned that she had a birthday surprise in store for him: a lunch with the esteemed Italian ...

Duran Duran team with disco legend Giorgio Moroder for the new song “Tonight United,” the latest single from the band’s upcoming LP Future Past. “Giorgio Moroder, Duran Duran… this is music for a ...

After getting a nice profile boost on Daft Punk’s smash 2013 album, electronic dance music pioneer Giorgio Moroder is fully back in action and will release a new album via Sony Music next year. The ...

There was plenty for Future Music’s Matt Overton to discuss with Moroder when they sat down for a chat, then - here’s the full interview from FM51 (December 1996). Forget punk, my memory of 1976 was ...