Female artists have risen above ignorant stereotypes and a lack of promotion to create some of the most exciting, radical and nuanced electronic music in recent years.

Whatever your point of origin, every place has a musical backstory. For our curators, these are the songs that bring it all back home.

After stumbling across a gorgeous folk song, I became obsessed with tracking down its innumerable versions.

You don’t have to be a polyglot to appreciate music in a different tongue. For this playlist, our curators are celebrating foreign-language music that enchants them (even if they don’t always understand the lyrics).