We challenged more than 50 musical artists to cover disco songs. This is what happened.
Worcester Magazine
If you ask most musicians, regardless of what kind of music they play, to give an opinion on disco, it's most likely going to be negative. When asked, Worcester musician Daniel Gay said he thought it was, “vacuous and soulless, hedonistic and cocaine-fueled.”
“I used to say, 'Disco is why God created punk,” admits Pamela Tiger, of the band Punk Rock Treehouse, “and I still do, because I still don't like it much more than I ever did back then.” Veteran Worcester rocker and poet David Jahn says, “Once upon a time, I despised disco. Found much of it genuinely unlistenable. But held pretty much anything commercially successful in contempt as well.”
WORCESTER — WCCA TV’s “New Voices” 2020 competition got stuck in its tracks as COVID-19 struck. But you can see some of the young performers at their auditions last year in a special episode that will be broadcast at different times May 24, 25 and 27.
The show's founder and executive producer, Mauro DePasquale, along with his production team, felt those who did participate in the audition phase deserved some recognition and encouragement. The episode includes comments and advice given by the judges. The finals were canceled.
Last year's competition was open to singers, rappers and instrumentalists. Contestants had to be between the ages of 14 and 21.