Articles
Guides, history and tips for Lindy Hop dancers and DJs.
The First and Last Fifteen Minutes of a Social
The start and end of a swing night matter way more than all the songs in the middle. Here's how to fill an empty floor at the start and send everyone home happy.
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How to Read a Swing Band: A Dancer's Guide to the Instruments
Drums, bass, rhythm guitar, horns: each instrument in a swing band sends a different tempo signal. Here's how to hear them, and what it means for dancers and playlist builders.
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Great Swing Vocalists for Lindy Hop: Six Voices for the Floor
Ella, Billie, Ivie, Helen, Anita, Jimmy. Six swing-era voices every Lindy Hop DJ should know, and where each one fits in the night.
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Lindy Hop in Europe: From Harlem to Herräng
Lindy Hop crossed the Atlantic twice. Once with American soldiers and Hollywood films, then again decades later when a Swedish dance troupe flew to New York. Here's how Europe found, lost, and rebuilt the dance.
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The Lindy Hop BPM problem: why playlist software gets swing music wrong
If you've ever asked Spotify or Apple Music for the BPM of a swing track, you've probably noticed something weird: half the time, the numbers are flat wrong. Here's what's actually going on, and how to read around it.
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How to build a Lindy Hop social playlist: a DJ's guide
A three-hour social needs more than a shuffled list of swing tracks. Here's how experienced DJs shape tempo, energy, and pacing to keep the floor full from the first song to the last.
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BPM zones for Lindy Hop: slow, medium, fast, and why it matters
Why does a 110 BPM song feel completely different from a 160 BPM one, even though both are "swing"? A practical guide to the three tempo zones and how to use them.
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A Brief History of Lindy Hop: From Harlem to the World
Born on the dance floors of 1920s Harlem, Lindy Hop turned swing music into a global movement. Here's how it started, why it nearly disappeared, and how it came roaring back.
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