How freestyle—a frenetic, synthetic Latin-flavored ’80s dance genre—bridged the disco and hip-hop eras while racking up scores of hits. If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support.

Apparently, the best dance music has come out of Boston. Donna Summer’s 1977 smash hit “I Feel Love” was named the best dance ...

Disco Demolition Night, which happened 40 years ago today, is the day two genres were marked for death. Disco itself was one of them, of course: Chicago radio DJ Steve Dahl, infuriated that his ...

While some may say the narrative of Flashdance is a bit silly, the power of its soundtrack, which topped the Billboard charts in 1983 and went Platinum six times over, cannot be overstated.

Get it here: Suffice it to say it begins with Soul II Soul’s “Keep on Movin’,” ends with Massive Attack’s “Unfinished Symphony,” and features plenty of Seal, PM Dawn, Snap!, and Janet Jackson in ...

In his fifteen years as a San Francisco resident, DJ Stanley Frank built a reputation as an artist, performer and promoter whose influence is still felt in the city’s nightlife, despite his departure ...

Over the past few years for Black History Month, World Cafe has dug into different genres and their importance in the Black music canon over the decades. "What I'm talking about when I say dance music ...

Join Aretha Franklin and belt out “R E S P E C T” while soulful beats (aka saxophones, drums and bass guitars) play in the background. It’s one of the greatest songs of all time for a reason. We can ...

SPARKLE. THE THING ABOUT GLITTER IS, ONCE YOU GET IT ON, YOU, YOU CAN’T GET IT OFF. IT’S FRIDAY NIGHT IN CAMBRIDGE. WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL DANCE PARTY AND BOSTON EVERYBODY AND THE AIR AT THE ...