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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Two years ago today, we made Go-Go the official music of Washington, DC. DC is Go-Go and Go-Go is DC! #DontMuteDC | Mayor Bowser
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Two years ago today, we made Go-Go the official music of Washington, DC. DC is Go-Go and Go-Go is DC! #DontMuteDC | Mayor Bowser
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1990. DC. When Pleasure was making Go-Go history. Live footage of Pleasure — one of DC’s earliest all-female Go-Go bands — performing at the height of their era. Young, fearless, and fully in the pocket. From PA tapes to national stages, Pleasure helped push Go-Go beyond the city and into the broader conversation. This clip is more than nostalgia — it’s documentation. If you remember Pleasure, tap ❤️. If you were outside in this era, drop a comment. If you’re learning the history — welcome. | Lo
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1990. DC. When Pleasure was making Go-Go history. Live footage of Pleasure — one of DC’s earliest all-female Go-Go bands — performing at the height of their era. Young, fearless, and fully in the pocket. From PA tapes to national stages, Pleasure helped push Go-Go beyond the city and into the broader conversation. This clip is more than nostalgia — it’s documentation. If you remember Pleasure, tap ❤️. If you were outside in this era, drop a comment. If you’re learning the history — welcome. | Lo
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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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"I felt Chuck [Brown]'s spirit." Hip hop legends Doug E. Fresh and Kur...
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"I felt Chuck [Brown]'s spirit." Hip hop legends Doug E. Fresh and Kur...
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Before the sound spread everywhere, it lived right here. Go-Go Mickey on the congas. Donnell Floyd. John Cabaloo. Jungle Boogie, the originator of the Go-Go percussion sound that every band still uses today, performing the Rare Essence classic “One on One.” This is not a remix or a reinterpretation. This is the source. The blueprint. The rhythm that built the pocket and shaped generations of Go-Go. If you ever wondered where that feel comes from, you are watching it spoken fluently. If you respe
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Before the sound spread everywhere, it lived right here. Go-Go Mickey on the congas. Donnell Floyd. John Cabaloo. Jungle Boogie, the originator of the Go-Go percussion sound that every band still uses today, performing the Rare Essence classic “One on One.” This is not a remix or a reinterpretation. This is the source. The blueprint. The rhythm that built the pocket and shaped generations of Go-Go. If you ever wondered where that feel comes from, you are watching it spoken fluently. If you respe
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