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 ...

When we think of changing music scenes, we often think of clean breaks during a new year or a new decade. But that’s not exactly how it works. Genres evolve and often blend into one another, as is the ...

The 1980s had many twists and turns musically. We were still very much in classic rock territory. New Wave had taken us on from punk rock and added in more keyboards and electronics. Power ballads ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Playlist During this fertile period the way revelers received dance music — and what was considered dance music — shifted as new kinds of spaces ...

The moment “Love Come Down” plays, you already know what it is. Get ready to do the Smurf or the wop dance. King had already blown up with the release of her disco-era song titled “Shame,” when “Love ...

Classic rock may have been on the decline in terms of popularity in the 1980s, but a handful of tracks proved to be popular ...

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 ...

Singer E.G. Daily returned to the music biz of her own accord, but is being brought back to the fore by popular demand. After her website logged more orders than it could handle for Tearing Down the ...

The 1980s were a time of immense upheaval for popular music. Established genres like rock were thrown for a loop as music videos blew up and MTV made bands’ aesthetic presence just as important as ...

As club culture continues to evolve, so does the music that drives it. Electronic dance music, or EDM, has reached new ...