A (Brief) History of House Music

HOUSE MUSIC ALL NIGHT LONG ALL NGHT LONG

Not widely accepted by the mainstream clubbing set of the early 1980s, gay black and Latino men held parties in a large empty building called the Warehouse, located in an industrial area of Chicago. Music fans gathered and the factory soon became a new type of nightclub. Loud music and free entrance attracted large crowds. The building owner eventually hired a young DJ…

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Iglesias croons on ‘Y&R’

The singer wants to spread his music far and wide, including the make-believe world of daytime television. More and more singers try to put their music out there using every bit of broadcast they can; but you could ask yourself what is Y&R. This is CBS’ “The Young and the Restless.”. That is using every outlet. The 32-year-old Latin heartthrob will sing “Somebody’s Me” from his new CD, “Insomniac,” on the Nov. 7 episode. “Music…

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J.Lo pregnant

The singer/actress is due to give birth in the spring, according to In Touch Weekly. That would not be such a striking thing.However, a rep for the couple is refuting the story, telling the New York Daily News: “Everyone calls about this every month with the hopes that they’ll hit the mark.” But In Touch does not go back and it remains faithful to the story. It looks like Lopez and husband Marc Anthony found…

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Gloria Estefan: ’90 Millas’

Artist name: Gloria Estefan Album name: 90 Millas Label: Burgundy Records/SonyBMG Gender: Latino/Pop Release date: September 17, 2007 ZMErating: 8/10 Website: http://www.gloriaestefan.com/ The artist which split from Miami Sound Machine in 1989 has some memorable hits but her most noticeable efforts are her Spanish-language ones. The fact that that language is not understood by everybody may haunt her but it may also bring more fans. It is a two way knife.

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Lopez, Anthony announce tour dates

Jennifer Lopez and husband Marc Anthony, who co-star in the new movie “El Cantante,” will go on a concert tour together starting next month. They have time to spend together and that is nice to notice. The 14-date tour will open Sept. 29 in Atlantic City, N.J., and wrap up Nov. 2 in Miami. She will perform songs from her Spanish-language album, “Como Ama una Mujer (How a Woman Loves),” which was mainly produced by…

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