Dominated by drive and momentum, heavy on percussion and bass, go-go music is all about the beat. Live, "songs" can continue on for half an hour, as the percussion continues to simmer and punctuate ...

Judging by the way this bike looks, you’d never guess that it’s been ridden for almost 70k miles. Following the introduction of the K series back in the early eighties, BMW decided to bid a proper ...

Monty King, 69, a retired special-projects coordinator with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. living in Winston-Salem, N.C., on his 1984 BMW E30 Alpina C1 2.3, as told to A.J. Baime. One day six years ago, a ...

Look past Washington, D.C.'s bland, khaki-suited reputation, and you'll find one of America's funkiest homegrown genres. Born in the '70s and pioneered by Chuck Brown, go-go borrows funk's ...

It is January, and Rare Essence, one of the longest-running and most respected go-go bands, takes the stage at New York’s Webster Hall. It is a nightclub better known for its hipster audiences, and at ...

Rare Essence took Brown's original idea, "cleaned up the sound" and messed with the beat a bit to invent what you will hear today. Over the last four decades, Rare Essence has released dozens of ...

Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. It all started with an Instagram post. Back in the summer ...

Ahead of Rare Essene's 45th Anniversary Virtual concert, the legendary Go-Go band talks EXCLUSIVELY with HL about the show and their collab with Snoop Dogg, a song the hip-hop icon calls a ...

In D.C. Dream Day, we ask our favorite people in the area to tell us how they would spend a perfect day in the District. What makes Rare Essence the “Wickedest Band Alive”? For starters, the go-go ...

Dancing on the eve of Labor Day means you can party without having to worry about work the next day! Rare Essence performs live at U Street Music Hall. (Courtesy U Street Music Hall) The beloved D.C.