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Allen Street, New York City's Lower East Side: Dancers in a Turkish club owned by Jo Levyon, December 1942. This photo is from the Library of Congress' American Memories project archive.

January 23, 2012 An esteemed collector shares 78 of his favorite vintage 78 RPM records from all around the world.

Tina Turner's epic version of "Proud Mary" is a full workout in a song. Trust us.

January 16, 2012 You chose the most muscle-pumping, pain-annihilating anthems, compiled here in one gym-ready mix.

Huntsville, Ala., duo G-Side.

January 9, 2012 It's a big beautiful world out there — but you wouldn't know that from tuning into commercial radio.

Malian hip-hop group SMOD is one of the 12 acts playing globalFEST Jan. 8 in New York.

January 3, 2012 From an Irish super-group to Malian hip-hop, hear fabulously diverse bands from around the world.

Every song on this mix is performed by monkeys. Every. Last. One.

December 15, 2011 Everybody takes away something different from the holidays. Shouldn't your music do the same?

Wondering how we listen to music in 2011? There's an app for that. (One of them, pictured, is called Jamboxx.)

December 14, 2011 Hear a mix of what the year sounded like to us — funny, joyful, heavy and always surprising.

American jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis (1926 - 1991), sits with his instrument during a studio recording session, October 1959. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

November 28, 2011 Listen to a mix of 100 quintessential jazz songs, as determined by the listeners of Jazz24.

Songs For Stuffing.

November 20, 2011 Whether you're having turkey, turducken, tofurkey or fish tacos, here's music to help you celebrate.

Jean Carn, whose 1978 hit "Don't Let It Go To Your Head" is part of this Sweet Power mix.

October 31, 2011 Hear rare soul, funk and disco on its original vinyl, handpicked by the DJs of Sweet Power on KUSP.

The 1961 thriller Taste of Fear, starring Susan Strasberg — someone who might have enjoyed Folk Alley's Scream Stream.

October 24, 2011 Murder ballads, ghost stories and goblin myths abound in a mix of spooky songs from Folk Alley.

Song Of The Day

With the band Capullo, Pimienta explores puppy love's trauma in "A quien amas en realidad es a mi."

Lido Pimienta: Love With A Sense Of Doom

With the band Capullo, Pimienta explores puppy love's trauma in "A quien amas en realidad es a mi."

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