The other night I stumbled across a website that took me on a historical journey and set me in a musical trance. The website is called DC Soul Recordings, and what it consist of are pictures. Tons and tons of pictures of bands, events and...
DC's mayor has unveiled plans for a park to honor the Godfather of Go-Go on what would have been Chuck Brown's 76th birthday. Wednesday, Mayor Vincent Gray proclaimed August 22nd "Chuck Brown Day," and released renderings of the proposed park. The mayor propose d legislation earlier this year...
It's hard to believe that reggae music immortal Bob Marley once struggled to appeal to any fan base, but according to his son, Ziggy Marley, Black Americans were late to the party. In the documentary, Marley, which was released on DVD Tuesday [August 14], there are...
One of the greatest Audio Engineers and Songwriter/Producers to ever come out of the Washington D.C. has passed away. Paul Minor died on Thursday morning of cardiac arrest after finishing a recording session at Powerhouse Productions studios located in Dover, Pennsylvania. Paul had been staying at...
The audience was given a heartfelt surprise during the Summer Fest, which took place at that Merriweather Post Pavilion on Saturday, August 4. Take a look a the videogram clip below as it captures a moving moment during the show. All eyes were brought to immediate...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The queen of television, Oprah Winfrey is the richest African-American and one of the most lucrative brands in the world. Winfrey tops the inaugural Forbes list of the Wealthiest Black American. She is the only African-American billionaire on the Forbes’ 2012 Billionaires...
As Natalie Hopkinson, the author of the new book "Go-Go Live: The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City", continues her scheduled book signing tour, more signs of a city continually dividing rears its ugly head. See below as Natalie recounts her book signing...
The Sasha Bruce Youthwork is currently on a mission and You Can Help! If 100 People Donate $10, then Sasha Bruce Youthwork can purchase newer instruments for its youth Go-Go Band. But they only have until Sunday, July 22, to get it accomplished. The Issue: Youth...
Melvin Lindsey was an American radio and television personality in the Washington, D.C. area. He is widely known for originating the "Quiet Storm" late-night music programming format. Lindsey began his broadcast career as an intern at Howard University radio station WHUR-FM. In 1976, he brought the...
As we in the Go-Go community sit back and continually come to the realization that the creator of this music culture, Chuck Brown, is no longer physically with us, I hear whispers coming from many directions ask the question, "What is Go-Go going to now?" ...
The D.C. Public Library is working to build a collection honoring "The Godfather of Go-Go", Chuck Brown. The library says it's looking for posters, photographs, ticket stubs, videos or audio recordings of Brown and other go-go musicians. The library is also interested in letters that...
National artist Charles Jean-Pierre, who also happens to be a teacher at Macfarland Middle School, felt that there needed to be some type of acknowledgement for Chuck Brown’s influence on the community — including his ability to bring the community together. The art teacher says that...
One thing about Chuck Brown is so true: just about each and every person in this culture has their own stories of up close and personal moments that they have shared with him in some form or fashion because that’s exactly the kind of man...
I was moved to dig into the TMOTTGoGo archives crates and pull out an audio session of an interview the we had done with Chuck Brown. I just merely wanted to sit and listen to it. After listening to all the wealth of knowledge and...