Join us for a virtual town hall to discuss the history and legacy of Go-Go music, how the music serves as a platform for African Americans to address issues such as class struggles, gentrification, and the music’s impact on black culture.
Today it became official! Go-Go is the sound of D.C.! Mayor Murial Bowser signed the go-go bill to make what all native Washingtonians already knew and felt, documented. https://twitter.com/MayorBowser/status/1230244958067658754?s=20 This signing started to come together nearly a year ago in efforts to preserve DC’s own and unique music genre. After the Metro PCS controversy last […]
Go-Go music, the homegrown sound of the streets of Washington, D.C., retained its relevancy and prominence by way of a corner store in the Shaw district. However, when complaints of noise came from new transplants in the swiftly gentrifying section of town (in the shadows of Howard University no less), the store was reportedly ordered […]
The Music/Jazz icon and legend of go-go, Chuck Brown, who helped to make the chocolate most known for its go-go music a unique flavor of jazz, funk, soul, dance hall and a twist of hip hop. The Godfather of Go-Go will soon have a pavilion named in his honor in the Nations Capitol Washington DC, […]
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