This month’s show is on footwork! The story of footwork is entwined with the experience of living in the West and South sides of Chicago. In the city’s housing projects, besieged by poverty and generational unemployment, attacked and undermined by racist policing and corrupted politics, and coping with the effects of mind-numbing levels of violence, black communities nurtured creativity in music and art as a positive influence on the younger generations. Unlike other dance music genres, footwork is characterized by its relationship with the dancer and the way in which people dance to it - ‘footworking’. In the first 30 minutes I’ve done my best to capture and explain the roots and evolution of this special genre, with the second 30 minutes highlighting where it's at now and which tunes I’ve been loving!
