Vulture

Dance Music Waited Until 2020, of All Years, to Get Its Mojo Back

Here are 21 of the songs we’ll take with us from this year into 2021 — where hopefully we can dance together again. Photo-Illustration: Vulture, Getty Images and YouTube This was the sort of year that ...
The New York Times

Dance Music Is Booming Again. What’s Different This Time? A Lot.

Performances in N.Y.C. Fans emerged from pandemic lockdowns primed to hit the floor. Now online platforms are bringing fresh sounds and budding stars to bigger audiences worldwide. Fans emerged from ...
Rolling Stone

Nile Rodgers’ Favorite Dance Songs: “It’s Just That Thing That Hits You.”

When considering Rolling Stone’s list of the 200 Greatest Dance Songs All Time, one name kept popping up while examining decade-after-decade of hits: producer and guitarist Nile Rodgers. The Chic ...
The New York Times

25 Ways to Get in on Dance Music’s Renaissance

Performances in N.Y.C. Where to club, which artists to follow, five songs you’ve got to hear and more. Where to club, which artists to follow, five songs you’ve got to hear and more. Credit...David ...
Billboard

7 Ways Madonna Changed Dance Music

You can dance for inspiration. By Joe Lynch Executive Digital Director When “Everybody,” Madonna’s debut single, hit in 1982, it had all the makings of an era-specific club classic from a one-hit ...
Vulture

Dance Music at the Grammys: A Brief (and Frustrating) History

A-Trak, Skrillex, Diplo, Photek, and Armand Van Helden (from left) at the Grammys in 2012. Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images Considering how many dance crazes have figured into pop since the Grammys’ ...