Chic: They're Still Family
Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 5 April 1992
AFTER AN 8-year layoff, Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards relaunch their group Chic but worry that their soulful sound may be dated. Can the architects of one of the most striking pop-R&B sounds of the disco era connect with today's audience?
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