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...
-From the office of Mayor Vincent Gray WHAT/WHO: The Brown Family, Mayor Vincent C. Gray, Events DC and The Howard Theatre have invited fans of the late Go-Go artist Chuck Brown to a series of events memorializing his life and contributions to the District’s...
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...
The name Chuck Brown might not mean a whole lot to people outside the Washington DC area, and that would be their lost. In DC, Brown is widely known, even revered, as The Godfather of Go-Go. Born in August of 1936, Charles Lewis Brown, affectionally...
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...
In this episode of Powerhouse, Konan showcases clips of an interview he shared with Maxx Kidd regarding Go-Go music and its failed attempts at building relationships with the local radio stations. This episode also includes an interview with Roland, as well as a video presented...
The celebrations continues to flow for the godfather Chuck Brown, as he joined the National Symphony Orchestra for its annual Labor Day weekend concert on the Capitol lawn. The NSO Pops hosted the “Legends of Washington Music” concert on Sunday evening, which celebrate the music of...
TMOTTGoGo would like to Congratulate @DJINITIATE Initiate as being the selected WINNER of the Chuck Brown 75th Birthday Concert Tickets!! @DJINITIATE was selected among many who Tweeted their answers to our trivia contest. HERE WAS THE QUESTION: In the mid-1990s, comedian Sinbad had a sitcom that aired on...
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CNN reporter, Fredricka Winfield, takes a stroll to the Go-Go Capitol of the World, Washington DC, and focuses on the long running go-go scene, spotlighting folks such as Chuck Brown and Sugar Bear. With commentary from Donnie Simpson, Stephanie Stines and JoAnn Smith. WATCH VIDEO CLIP...
Nena Brown Writer View all of Nena's Articles . . -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9:30 Club ~ FlyCandy Media ~ Black Alley Band ~ Noel Gourdin ~ Kindred the Family Soul It’s Sunday night at the 930 Club and Black Alley is onstage explaining, exploring and instilling the soul garage movement into the crowd. ...
Click above on the image of Chuck. Watch the video clips. And then Post below your Shout-Outs And Well Wishes to Chuck as he's out there doing like it's supposed to be done!!...
Video Story By Shawn Yancy/myfoxdc The Grammy Awards will be handed out Sunday to honor the music industry's best and brightest artists. One of D.C.'s own, Chuck Brown, will be there in Los Angeles as he has been nominated for his first Grammy ever....