Correction: This story has been amended to correctly reflect that Rand Sevilla’s name was misspelled. The style of music that Rand Sevilla and Eric Lee Gale produce together as Sich Mang is called ...

Exploring footwork music and dance from Chicago’s underground scene ...

There’s a moment in Robert Townsend’s Motown-inspired film The Five Heartbeats in which Sarge, the titular vocal group’s newly appointed (and visibly drunk) choreographer, meets the group for the ...

Last month I saw Chicago footwork producer DJ Taye perform in the middle of the afternoon in 38-degree weather on a stubby stage set up in the street next to the Empty Bottle. His set was part of the ...

A new version of the viral game 'Heardle' has been made for footwork lovers, containing tracks from across the genre for fans to guess in the shortest time they can. Players are given six attempts, ...

Listening to Vallejo producer SELA is akin to wandering through a bleary, dew-laden field at dawn, accidentally falling down a rabbit hole, and then getting sucked up by a rainbow tornado before ...

After the sudden death of footwork’s most prominent artist – DJ Rashad – last year, the genre had to take stock. A year on older heads and new players are pushing Chicago’s rapid-fire sound to new ...