Team Familiar Band (formally Familiar Faces) performing live at the Inauguration Ball for incoming DC Mayor Muriel Bowser. Friday, January 2015 @ Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Visit Team Familiar HERE: WATCH THE VIDEO CLIP BELOW: ...
We are very saddened to find and report the passing of the Go-Go Family's own and fellow musician Troy Williams (fondly known as Droopy Dogg) who passed away to cancer on last Friday, January 2, 2015. He was 48 years old. Williams, who we at TMOTTGoGo...
[caption id="attachment_102774" align="alignnone" width="716"] Photo property of Genevieve Konecnik[/caption] In a post from her Facebook page, Genevieve "Genny Jam" Konecnik has announced her decision to leave the DC famed All-Female band Bel'a Dona. (see announcement below) ...
by Wade Sutton, Rocket to the Stars I am writing this article fully aware of how likely it is that the comment section below will turn into a blood bath. This is a very touchy subject with a lot of singers and bands and I'm certain...
Let’s face it: We all know the hustle. Sometimes we find ourselves trying to market our music more than we actually have the opportunity to play it. If a tree falls in a forest, does it make a sound? If we shout into the Twitter...
When the Benedict College president officially conferred the title of graduate on Monica Watts and her classmates on the morning of Saturday December 13, the Southeast Washington native pumped her right fist above her head in triumph...
Reesa Renee provides the music industry with a nostalgic sound yet simultaneously hits her audience with something new -her sound embodies an energy that connects directly to the Soul. Reesa Renee brings us in close to a personal memoir to her passed friends and family who...
[caption id="attachment_102593" align="alignnone" width="800"] Photo by DJ DMoney[/caption] Sending a big Congratulations to DC/Go-Go's own Bootsy Vegas on his new position as the New Morning Show Host on 101.3 FM Jamz, Charlottesville. Now go on show your love and support, like he has always and continues to...
In this episode of Metro Magazine, entertainer Michael Muse sits with show hostess Bonnie McDaniel and discuss many things, including his career in music, his roots in music, his influences, inspirations, achievements and disappointments. Music, who has been a staple in the Go-Go music scene for...
[caption id="attachment_102453" align="alignnone" width="644"] Oliver Johnson, Jr., holds an acrylic painting he did of former Mayor Marion Barry and Chuck Brown, during a vigil to honor former Mayor and current DC City Council member Marion Barry, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014, in Washington[/caption] Three days of services...
See this picture right here? It was taken in 1981 during a Street Theatre rehearsal of gospel musical entitled "Spirit Song". This production consisted of an entire cast and crew of about 50 or more teens (mostly students from the Duke Ellington School of the...
Images of the Big Chair, which is located in the heart of Anacostia, SE Washington DC, being draped as Ward 8 and the rest of Washington DC mourns Marion Barry, who passed away early Sunday morning, November 23, 2014. ** Photos property of The Great Ward...
[caption id="attachment_102448" align="alignnone" width="735"] Marion Barry speaking to attendees of the Chuck Brown Memorial Park Opening on August 22, 2014.[/caption] At times when Barry was covered negatively in the press, many of his supporters identified not only with the given newsworthy circumstance, but the sentiment that...
It has been reported by Bruce Johnson and WUSA9 that our Mayor For Life Marion Barry has passed away. Thank you, Mr. Barry, first job I ever head in my life as a teen under the Summer Youth Employment Program! And for always looking out for...