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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Go-Go's hug each other at Mates Studios in North Hollywood. From left are Charlotte Caffey, Belinda Carlisle, Gina Schock, ...

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 ...

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. Go-go music took shape in the mid-‘70s through D.C.’s live band scene, built around extended grooves and real-time crowd ...

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 ...

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.

“Go-go Music is a mix between jazz and R&B with a little reggae that’s heavy on congo and bass with a whole lot of percussion,” says Antwoine McCoy, one of the organizers of Art of Go-Go Culture Fest, ...

Of the many perks that draw so many young musicians into go-go bands in this area, one looms large in this male-dominated industry: the women. Throngs of ladies fawn over go-go bands. The phenomenon ...

The Go-Go's hug each other at Mates Studios in North Hollywood. From left are Charlotte Caffey, Belinda Carlisle, Gina Schock, Jane Wiedlin and Kathy Valentine. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) ...