The following video clip portrays behind the scene and stage action of Backyard’s 25th Anniversary. A celebration of excellence which took place at the Howard Theatre on Friday, January 11. Directed By @MuddyDistrict1 WATCH VIDEO CLIP BELOW: Continue reading BYB (Backyard Band) 25 yr Anniversary [Howard Theatre] [RECAP]
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DC native and music maven Linda Lou McCall has been given a call to duty. As a special request by the Smithsonian Institute, a piece of history that she has had in her possession for almost 40 years, will now be part of an exhibit within the National Museum of African-American History & Culture. Mrs. McCall, who is the widow of the band ConFunkShun’s co-founder/drummer, Louis A. McCall, has submitted her piece of history to a multi-media exhibition entited “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment” – and exhibit celebrating the 75th anniversary of … Continue reading DC Native Linda Lou McCall Submits to the Real Thing
By Thomas Sayers Ellis I grew up on 7th and O Streets, NW so the sight of people dancing in the rain, on 7th and T Streets, NW, while Chuck Brown, the Godfather of Go-Go, was having a part of a street named after him was amazing. A part of a street is a Way, a way in, a way out, opportunity. The man who made a way now has a Way, Chuck Brown Way, a green sign, with his name on it, in one of our city’s most historic districts. This is Go-Go’s city. We go on, don’t sleep … Continue reading As Long as There is Memory, There Will be Chuck