News & Updates — Chocolate City DC!!

POSTER by Tess Gadwa for artmeetscode.com We're two amazing parties in!! And more to come! Check out our tour schedule for Spring: Peace & Rhythm Spring 2018 Tour continues... May 11 Washington DC Safari DC Restaurant & Lounge Details: Funky Tropical Party: Leon City Sounds and Peace & Rhythm DJs with Leon City Sounds May 12 Richmond VA The HofGarden details: Skyyline with special guests Peace & Rhythm Records! with BODY TALK May 13 Richmond VA Steady Sounds with Armando Muñoz details: Peace & Rhythm Records In-Store at Steady Sounds May 14 Chapel Hill NC Nightlight Bar & Club details:...

One of the greatest of many, many great DC musicians, Chuck Brown and his band the Soul Searchers practically invented the infamous Washington DC go-go style. Hugely popular in the clubs of DC and Baltimore, go-go was a percussion heavy brand of funk (although very much informed by the gospel beat from black churches, as well as African music) that was native to DC and was very much a live music, with audience call-and-response an essential aspect to the style and never-ending percussion jams. In a way it was DC's answer to hip-hop. Chuck is widely considered the godfather of...

Peace & Rhythm's DJs Andujar and Bongohead will be hitting the road next week to spin some funky latin vinyl delights in a few spots. We'll be joining some friends and some P&R bands. We'll also have plenty of merch with us available for purchase. You will also be able to hear test pressings of forthcoming Peace & Rhythm releases! Come and hang out with us! Here are the details: UPDATE: Sorry but we had to cancel this night. NYC Trust DJs will be there with the band. We'll be back soon Barbés. Mon 8/31 Barbés--Brooklyn...We'll be spinning after excellent...

Jim Thomson is an enthusiastic promoter of music, with a hand in booking, producing and distributing the wide variety of sounds he digs. A percussionist with several notable ensembles (discussed within), his Electric Cowbell label puts out (mostly) 7" records with seemingly no stylistic boundaries. Since 2009 the label has released "a marching band that thinks it's a rock band" (Mucca Pazza), a funk band with people from USA Is A Monster (CSC), an Ethiopian groove band (Debo), a progressive salsa band (Bio Ritmo), a collaborative 7" with ESP-Disk (Talibam!), a record by Greg Ginn...and that is just a tip...