Madonna's 'Confessions on a Dance Floor': All 12 songs ranked

Ahead of this week's release of Confessions II, we run down Madonna's 2005 dance odyssey.
Rolling Stone

My Favorite Dance Tracks: Eight Artists on Their All-Time Dance-Floor Burners

Ellen Allien is a German electronic musician and producer, and the founder of the techno label BPitch Control. Kraftwerk, “Das Model” Biggest input for my ears when I was a little girl. They changed ...
Vulture

A Brief History of Beyoncé Making Dance Music

Beyoncé’s sample of Donna Summer on “Summer Renaissance” won’t just call back to disco’s greatest — it’ll also call back to a time Beyoncé interpolated the “Last Dance” singer. Though “Naughty Girl” ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Fifty Years Ago, This Irresistible Disco Song and Dance Craze Swept the Nation and Changed the Music Landscape

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 ...
The New York Times

Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Embodies Decades of Dance Music. Here’s a Guide.

Chicago house, hyperpop, classic ’70s disco: The pop star’s new album is a tour through some of the genre’s most well-known touchstones as well as more underground sounds. By Michaelangelo Matos ...