How do DJs and MCs coax people onto the dance floor at office parties, bat mitzvahs and weddings? NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to an MC, Chris Schultz, about the best tricks for working the crowd.

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Few periods in music history have been as vibrant as the 2000s. During this uproar of musical excitement, a collection of memorable dance moves emerged and became synonymous with the era. Despite some ...

Michael Jackson‘s “Blood on the Dance Floor” is one of the most underrated songs of the “Thriller” singer‘s career. While the song’s funky instrumental is fascinatingly dark, the song’s backstory is ...

The 1980s were a great time for dance music, electronic tunes, and jam-worthy songs that hit the airwaves and became instant hits. However, many of those “instant” hits from the 1980s were one-hit ...

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Disco music’s time in the sun may have passed, but the legacy of “The Hustle,” a mega hit in the genre, lives on Alice George - Museums Correspondent On April 18, 1975, Van McCoy and the Soul City ...

Through his debut album, 'BABYLON'S CAMP', Tushar Adhav channels his experiences of caste-based indignities into a powerful, subterranean sonic critique of the industry's gatekeepers and tokenism.

Picking a “first dance” isn’t always easy. While some couples have one song they claim as their own, others rely on popularity to decide what they will dance to on one of the most important days of ...

There’s that floor again, that famous floor — geometric, primary colors, flashing in the perpetuity of pop culture memory, an icon of the long-ago disco era. Surely you’ve seen it, pulsing beneath ...