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Chuck Brown provided the soundtrack of our lives

The first time that I ever heard Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers, I was 11 years old. I was on the school bus #82 travelling back and forth to...

It’s a Saturday afternoon as the members of No Sins featuring Lady Day climb the very narrow staircase to their rehearsal spot above the...

This Saturday night, March 17 will mark the date for the most highly anticipated reunion in music in the Washington, DC area. The Original Ayre...

Malachai "Redds" Johns is an ambitious music promoter, graphic designer, talent consultant, and independent label boss. But more...

At the time that one of Rare Essence’s all time greatest hits, “Take Me Out to the Go-Go” was written and recorded, Rare Essence...

Behind the Beat, a new weekly series, will give an in depth look at the music that became the heartbeat of the nation’s capitol, Go-Go, as we...

A couple of weeks ago I interviewed Roc Mikey (from the UCB go-go band), and he made some rather unkindremarks about Wale (see: Roc Mikey Clears...

May 30, 2011, will mark the 1 year anniversary of the death of Washington, DC music icon Anthony “Little Benny” Harley who died...

The Junkyard Band’s rehearsal looks nothing like it did 30 years ago. Nowadays the 8 to 14 year old kids that you see running around are the...

Gone are the plastic 5 gallon buckets, the Quaker State oil cans, the hubcap rims, the plastic toy horns, and the red Toys R Us keyboard with the...