Local Music

D.C. celebrated loud and proud with no mute button in sight during the sixth annual Funk Parade, a day-long celebration of the District’s rich and diverse music, art and culture.

For a moment, things weren’t exactly going to plan at the main stage of the Funk Parade music festival. Rain was in the forecast. And because of glitches with some speakers, the live musical performances were delayed.

It’s official—the Funk Parade is coming back to U Street on May 11, helmed by new leadership and under the banner of the 2019 theme “Keepin’ The Funk Alive.”

If the massive Backyard Band concert and protest that shut down the corner of 14th and U streets for hours on Tuesday is any indication, go-go isn’t going anywhere, and neither are its fans—the longtime Washingtonians who cultivated the…

Go-go is many things. Dance music, party music, proudly local community music, black music, sacred music. And when it feels like all of those things at once, it’s a model of everlasting life.

Fans of Fugazi can now learn about the punk band’s history in an unconventional way — through data.

The local music award show returns this weekend after a three-year hiatus.

Not long ago, Greenbelt, Md., writer Mark Opsasnick decided to listen to his entire CD collection in alphabetical order, from beginning to end. He’s currently in the Bs, almost done with the Beatles. (“Only ‘Abbey Road’ and ‘Let It Be’…

It’s Friday night in Southwest Washington, and Dick Smith is holding court.

The D.C. Council will resume its quest to limit noise in the city, a mission that led to an uproar from local musicians over the summer.

WASHINGTON — This week marks 30 years since the public got its first view of a photo-heavy book depicting the earliest days of D.C.’s hardcore punk scene — and its author says the anniversary is both rewarding and disappointing.

The Anacostia River used to be a dumping ground for Washington’s trash, sewage and industrial waste. Now there’s a massive cleanup effort, and the city has declared 2018 “the year of the Anacostia.” But for D.C. musician Brent Peterson, the…

WASHINGTON — ‘Baby has grown older,’ but still knows how to pose for a photo.

From jazz to go-go, D.C. has a rich musical history. But it’s never been quantified. For the first time, the city is preparing to launch a music census in order learn more about the role musicians play in the local economy.

It was the 1960s, and the Washington Evening Star’s nightlife columnist John Segraves happened to be working at the precise instant that the typical newspaper music critic was morphing from someone like him — short hair, white shirt, jacket…