WASHINGTON — Dressed in their finest, more than a thousand people gathered Tuesday night to celebrate five decades of Go-Go music at the 2026 Go-Go Awards, honoring the genre’s deep roots in ...

Go-go is the official music of D.C., but on streaming services, which so many use to listen to and buy music, go-go artists say they’re being snubbed. Go-go music has deep roots in the D.C. area, and ...

The unique sounds of Go-Go music took center stage at the Bandshell. The 17th Annual Miami Beach Takeover wrapped a four-day cultural festival at the end of last month that celebrated community, art, ...

District of Columbia residents are continuing to turn up the funk but now with the support of a new bill that could potentially make Go-go music the official music of D.C. Introduced by D.C. Council ...

WASHINGTON — Protests and Washington D.C. go hand in hand at times due to it being the Nation's Capital, but recent protests over police brutality and social injustice have seen something uniquely D.C ...

#DontMuteDC went viral last year after the owner of a Metro PCS in Shaw was told to turn off the go-go music he has been playing for 24 years. (WTOP/Michelle Basch) Exactly one year after more than 80 ...

AT SIX. WELL, THE FINAL RUN OF JAZZY SUMMER NIGHTS CONTINUES THIS WEEK WITH THE GO GO MUSIC ALL STARS AND JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING WITH THE PREVIEW. WE HAVE RONALD MOTOWN. MOTOWN. WE HAVE CAMEOS.

There is a sound of Washington, D.C. that is loud, funky, rhythmic, and distinctly theirs. Comprised of live-performing percussions, drums that find their roots in Africa, this sound amplifies one’s ...

Anthony Harley, 46, a Washington trumpet player better known as Little Benny who helped define the city's homegrown style of funk music as a member of the Rare Essence go-go band during the 1980s, ...

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Sirus XM hosts Charles "Shorty Corleone" Garris and Rico Anderson, who are giving the D.C. region's go-go music a national boost with the new Crank Radio show. There ...