You can’t write the history of D.C. go-go music without Trouble Funk. Frontman “Big Tony” Fisher is ready to rock Wolf Trap this Sunday at 8 p.m. “This is our first big gig back,” Fisher told WTOP.

Go-go music is the soundtrack of Washington, D.C. Despite a four-decade history and a few national hits like “Da Butt,” by Experience Unlimited (E.U.), and “Shake Your Thang,” by Salt-N-Pepa with E.U.

Chuck Brown created go-go, but Trouble Funk gets the credit for franchising the music. The D.C. go-go institution, established in 1978, figured out exactly what made the Godfather so great and ...

(Update: ‘The music will go on’: T-Mobile CEO says go-go music will return after complaint silenced a D.C. store) On the corner of a District street named after “the Godfather of Go-Go,” passersby ...

ANAC copy 39088020226171 gift of Alcione Amos. "The Beat is the first book to explore the musical, social, and cultural phenomenon of go-go. Rooted in funk and hip-hop, go-go - the only musical form ...

WASHINGTONWASHINGTON — Chuck Brown, who styled a unique mix of funk, soul and Latin party sounds to create go-go music in the nation’s capital, has died after suffering from pneumonia. He was 75.

WASHINGTON – Chuck Brown, who styled a unique mix of funk, soul and Latin party sounds to create go-go music in the nation's capital, has died after suffering from pneumonia. He was 75. Brown died ...

Chuck Brown, who styled a unique mix of funk, soul and Latin party sounds to create go-go music in the U.S. capital, has died after suffering from pneumonia. He was 75. Brown, widely acclaimed as the ...