News & Updates — Chuck Brown

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...