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To Teach That Go-Go Beat in DC Public Schools

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Teachers, Authors, and Musicians comment on images and quotes during the Gallery Walk at the Teach the Beat: Go-Go in DC (Feb. 16) seminar co-hosted by Teaching for Change, DC Public Schools, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and the authors of The Beat!  At this full day seminar for teachers,  leading luminaries in the world of go-go engaged in dialogue and held a series of workshops with the participants. Here is an article about the day in The Washington Post: A Seminar on Bringing the Go-Go Sound To DC Public Schools [post_view] Continue reading To Teach That Go-Go Beat in DC Public Schools

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The Beat: GoGo Music from West Africa to Washington DC – Saturday October, 30

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The co-authors of the book, The Beat! Go-Go Music from Washington, DC (Charles Stephenson and Kip Lornell), lead a discussion and demonstration on the emergence of Go-Go music in Washington, DC. Other guests are Shuaib Mitchell, the director of Straight up Go-Go; choreographer/dancer Melvin Deal; and musicians 32 of Northeast Groovers and Go-Go Mickey of Rare Essence. This program is dedicated to the memory of Little Benny, a legend and driving force in Go-Go. Books and DVDs will be available for purchase! Saturday, October 30 | 1:00pm – 3:00pm Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum 1901 Fort Place SE Washington, DC Continue reading The Beat: GoGo Music from West Africa to Washington DC – Saturday October, 30

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The Beat, Reissued

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by Justin Moyer When George Washington University music professor Kip Lornell teamed up with former Experience Unlimited (EU) manager Charles C. Stephenson to introduce academia to D.C.’s primary musical export in 2001’s The Beat, go-go blasted through boomboxes held by guys selling mixtapes out of cars near the intersection of East Capitol St. and Benning Road NE more often than it was heard on WPGC. Eight years later, white frat boys are lining up to watch Chuck Brown headline the 9:30 Club. We asked Lornell and Stephenson about what has changed. City Paper: Why does go-go face such a struggle … Continue reading The Beat, Reissued