Washington, D.C.'s Homegrown Funk: Go-Go Music | Craftsmanship Magazine
Washington, D.C.'s Homegrown Funk: Go-Go Music | Craftsmanship Magazine
Jun 16, 2021
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DC’s official sound turns 50 in 2026! 🎉❤️ Go-go music, the infectious, percussive beat born in the mid-1970s by Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers, has kept DC dancing for half a century. This uniquely DC genre blends funk, soul and Latin rhythms into a nonstop groove. 🕺🏻🎶 Celebrate ‘Go-Go @ 50’ throughout 2026 with special events, performances and the @The GoGo Museum in Anacostia, which honors the legends, the culture and the beat that defines our city. 🎥 : The GoGo Museum and Café #Only1DC
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DC’s official sound turns 50 in 2026! 🎉❤️ Go-go music, the infectious, percussive beat born in the mid-1970s by Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers, has kept DC dancing for half a century. This uniquely DC genre blends funk, soul and Latin rhythms into a nonstop groove. 🕺🏻🎶 Celebrate ‘Go-Go @ 50’ throughout 2026 with special events, performances and the @The GoGo Museum in Anacostia, which honors the legends, the culture and the beat that defines our city. 🎥 : The GoGo Museum and Café #Only1DC
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