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Sho' Ya Right: The remembrances of the Godfather of Go-Go keep coming in. Even Mayor Vince Gray had a (previously scheduled) DJ set at WPFW...
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5 hours ago.
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City Desk
Here are some thoughts from fans of Chuck Brown, gathered outside the Howard Theatre last night, on what made the Godfather of Go-Go great, and...
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17 May 2012, 4:43 pm
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Arts Desk
Mayor Vince Gray is currently downstairs at WPFW playing guest DJ while the station has a pledge drive.
When asked what songs he'll be playing, Gray...
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17 May 2012, 4:24 pm
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Loose Lips
Over at New York magazine, the Daily Intel blog had some fun yesterday riffing on this week's Newsweek cover headline calling Barack Obama "The First...
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17 May 2012, 3:56 pm
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City Desk
There's a YouTube clip from a few years ago in which Philadelphia songstress Jill Scott appears to be completely overcome by admiration. She's in...
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17 May 2012, 3:49 pm
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Arts Desk
1000 Block of F Street NW, May 8
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17 May 2012, 3:35 pm
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City Desk
Nick Waterhouse does not make retro soul. He digs more on late '50s and early '60s rhythm and blues—Magic Sam, Ike Turner, British bands like...
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17 May 2012, 2:40 pm
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Arts Desk
D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton released testimony in advance of this afternoon's hearing for a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks in D.C....
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17 May 2012, 2:05 pm
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City Desk
Thursday, May 17
Perhaps the best quote ever given on the "recipe" for jazz came from legendary saxophonist Dexter Gordon. "Jazz is an octopus," he said....
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17 May 2012, 12:55 pm
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Arts Desk
On Aug. 31, 2001, Chuck Brown played one of his annual birthday concerts at the 9:30 Club. It was a kind of go-go carnival; E.U., Backyard...
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17 May 2012, 12:15 pm
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Arts Desk
Ryan Little leads this week's arts section with his look at the career of Robert Hosea Williams, a recording engineer whose exquisite, long lost recordings...
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17 May 2012, 11:51 am
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Arts Desk
