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Guest Dose: Steven Julien Of FunkinEven

10:50am June 24, 2016

by Piotr Orlov

The don of revered electronic music label Apron Records is about to release his first album under his given name. He brings the future boogie on NPR Music's latest Recommended Dose guest dance mix.

We asked eleven writers to share the songs that helped them make the dance floor home.

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I Was Born On The Dance Floor: A Playlist For Pulse

10:57am June 18, 2016

by Ann Powers

The mourning process reminds those who love to dance together that to gather on a dance floor is to open one's arms to life. We asked 11 writers to share the club song that changed their lives.

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Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

12:15pm June 14, 2016

Hear new music by A Giant Dog, Vic Mensa, Michael Kiwanuka, Ryley Walker and more in June's mix of public-radio favorites.

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Alt.Latino Takes On Classical Composers

12:04pm June 12, 2016

Alt.Latino host Felix Contreras teams up with NPR classical music maven Tom Huizenga to talk about composers from Mexico, Puerto Rico and Brazil, delighting host Linda Wertheimer.

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Recommended Dose: Our Favorite Dance Tracks Of May

4:21pm June 08, 2016

An instant classic from an anonymous source headlines this month's survey of the underground.

Taylor Swift, a pop star who is extraordinary for reasons entirely unrelated to white nationalism.

Taylor Swift, Aryan Goddess?

3:19pm May 27, 2016

by Leah Donnella

Haters (of a multicultural society) gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate. Meanwhile, Swift will continue to bask in her utterly unremarkable whiteness.

Jacob Mafuleni and Gary Gritness, Atuka Mondhoro 808

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Recommended Dose: Our Favorite Dance Tracks Right Now

2:00pm May 11, 2016

by Piotr Orlov

This month's mix features disco-house, '80s throwbacks, some acidic Afrobeat, a mix of mbira and 808s, and a great soulful cover of Prince.

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Refresh Your Exercise Playlist With New Music From Alt.Latino

8:25am May 08, 2016

It's hard to get exercise when you don't have great tunes to pump you up. Jasmine Garsd and Felix Contreras of NPR's Alt.Latino podcast share their new workout playlist with NPR's Melissa Block.

Mdou Moctar, a musician from Agadez, Niger, became the star of a Tuareg remake of Purple Rain.

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Echoes Of Prince — From Everywhere

3:03pm April 29, 2016

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

They may not all be obvious homages, but these artists from Niger, Congo, Portugal, Turkey, Angola, Lebanon and beyond refract different facets of His Purple Majesty's immense talents.

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Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

9:06am April 29, 2016

Hear new music by Big Thief, Sheer Mag, Seratones and more in April's mix of the songs taking over the left side of the dial.