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D.C.’s Go-Go Museum and Café pivots to offset financial setbacks

Go-Go music, which now serves as the official music of Washington, D.C., has come a long way since its emergence as an underground musical genre nearly 50 years ago. D.C.’s Go-Go Museum, which ...
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Rare Essence, D.C.’s legendary go-go band, proves they still have the magic touch

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 ...
The Washington Post

D.C.’s underground rap and go-go artists crank it up

That’s what my old neighbor AJ — a.k.a. Jett Black, a longtime D.C. rapper who has been part of the scene for more than two decades — said when I asked him to help me sample what’s been going on ...