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Dec 01, 2020

A Powerful New Documentary Captures The Impact Of Go-Go Music On Protests Against Gentrification

Go-go legends and local scholars appear throughout the film, which interweaves archival footage and videos from this summer’s protests in D.C.

May 30, 2012

Chuck Brown Memorial Service to Feature D.C. Officials, Go-Go Artists and One Oddball Celebrity Guest

As many as 14,500 people will flock to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center tomorrow as the District gives its last send-off to Chuck Brown, the local music icon who died earlier this month at age 75.

May 17, 2012

‘Wind Me Up, Chuck’: Washington Dances Outside Howard Theatre to Send Off the Godfather of Go-Go

Hours after Chuck Brown died, hundreds of D.C. residents swarmed to the Howard Theatre to pay their respects to the Godfather of Go-Go with an impromptu dance party.

 
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