Fashion, community, life: what do these three words have in common? Each comes together to compose the soundtrack of Washington, D.C., go-go music. With a vibrant funk-style sound and an energetic ...

A local band's latest break sounds as if it were divined in a bowl of alphabet soup: D.C.'s UCB plays the MTV VMAs! Decoded, UCB, one of Washington's leading go-go troupes, will perform Sunday night ...

Georgetown students and local artists collaborated to tell the story of the development of go-go music, a funk music genre originating in D.C., and its cultural and political impact on the District in ...

Rare Essence, Washington, D.C.’s iconic go-go band, has performed to the delight of its ever-growing fanbase for more than four decades. Now considered a D.C. institution, the band has secured a ...

For Be’la Dona, the end of the year wouldn’t feel complete without a return to The Birchmere. On Dec. 28, the pioneering all-female go-go band is once again set to turn the storied Alexandria venue ...

Go-Go Awareness Week kicked off Nov. 17 with a press conference held at the Go-Go Museum & Café in Southeast Washington, D.C. Sign up for our Daily eBlast to get coverage on Black communities from the ...

The 2026 Go-Go Awards will close with performances by Backyard Band’s Anwan “Big G” Glover (pictured) and Leroy “Weensey” Brandon as well as Junkyard Band’s Steven “Buggs” Herrion, all backed by the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CAMP SPRINGS, Md. ‒ It was nearly 2 a.m. Saturday. The go-go band was about to start its next set when Tony Lee got the nod – it ...

The Go-Go’s wrapped up a string of concert dates Saturday, May 17 with a set at the Cruel World festival in Pasadena, Calif. A day after the big event, singer Belinda Carlisle took to Instagram to ...

This Saturday, the Chuck Brown Band headlines a free concert at Watkins Regional Park in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on a lineup that includes Trouble Funk, the Luther Relives ...

We Got the Bubbly: An outtake from the photo shoot for Beauty & the Beat, whose back cover’s bubble bath pictures were inspired “by an old Shelley Winters publicity shot.” Credit: Photo by George ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Go-Go’s wrapped up a string of concert dates Saturday, May 17 with a set at the Cruel World festival in Pasadena, Calif. A day ...