Georgetown students and local artists collaborated to tell the story of the development of go-go music, a funk music genre originating in D.C., and its cultural and political impact on the District in ...

Fashion, community, life: what do these three words have in common? Each comes together to compose the soundtrack of Washington, D.C., go-go music. With a vibrant funk-style sound and an energetic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Go-go music took shape in the mid-‘70s through D.C.’s live band scene, built around extended grooves and real-time crowd ...

A local band's latest break sounds as if it were divined in a bowl of alphabet soup: D.C.'s UCB plays the MTV VMAs! Decoded, UCB, one of Washington's leading go-go troupes, will perform Sunday night ...

Perhaps no one is more excited about the reunited Go-Go’s upcoming slate of high-profile gigs than Gina Schock. The 67-year-old drummer missed the band’s last big Los Angeles shows — in 2022 at the ...

Two groups of rival teenagers shot icy glares at each other, furrowing eyebrows and clenching fists to square off for a fight. One girl lost her cool as she rolled her neck and swung her braids wildly ...

“Go-go Music is a mix between jazz and R&B with a little reggae that’s heavy on congo and bass with a whole lot of percussion,” says Antwoine McCoy, one of the organizers of Art of Go-Go Culture Fest, ...

WASHINGTON — D.C. is trying a new approach to curb gun violence -- connecting high schoolers with the city's musical roots. They get to make a go-go band. “We're here to change lives. We're here to ...

Rare Essence, Washington, D.C.’s iconic go-go band, has performed to the delight of its ever-growing fanbase for more than four decades. Now considered a D.C. institution, the band has secured a ...