As the city government moves closer to designating go-go as the official music of Washington, D.C., what that will mean for the culture remains unclear. In the meantime, longtime community activist ...

Exactly four years after Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the law designating go-go as the official music of the District, the city is celebrating its annual Keep the Beat Week, a full week of programming ...

Throughout February, WTOP is celebrating Black History Month. Join us on air and online as we bring you the stories, people and places that make up our diverse community. Four years after Go-Go’s ...

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Go-go music has been percolating in local clubs since the 1970s, but D.C.’s homegrown style of syncopated funk has experienced a whirlwind 15 months. In April 2019, a neighbor’s complaints about the ...