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Washington Post: ‘She sang with her eyes closed’: The concert at the Lincoln Memorial that changed…

Editor Apr 9, 2019

As she stepped toward the bouquet of microphones, she closed her eyes — as if to echo the words of the man who had just introduced her by saying, “Genius, like justice, is blind.”

DCist: ‘This Is The Sound Of Florida And Georgia Avenue’: Go-Go Fans Are Trying To Bring The Music…

Editor Apr 9, 2019

On a block called “Chuck Brown Way,” go-go music blasted through speakers on Monday evening.

DCist: Shaw’s Metro PCS Store Has Been Forced To Turn Off Its Go-Go Music, Owner Says

Editor Apr 8, 2019

For 24 years, Donald Campbell has been playing go-go music from his Metro PCS storefront in Shaw, at the corner of 7th Street and Florida NW. Until now.

DCist: Under New Leadership, The Funk Parade Is Returning In May

Editor Apr 5, 2019

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.”

WAMU: ‘It Was A Social Revolution’: The Turkish Embassy’s Surprising Role In Desegregating D.C. Jazz

Editor Mar 18, 2019

In 1930s Washington, two teens changed jazz forever. Their names were Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegun.

WAMU: The Social Movement Mix Tape: Smithsonian Record Label Spotlights The Music Of Change

Editor Feb 22, 2019

Music that inspires resistance. Music sung at church or in temple. Music played at weddings and funerals. Music sung by activists around the world.

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Still testifying — 90-year-old Spencer Taylor Jr. and the Highway QC’s gospel group stay busy live…

Steven Kiviat Feb 14, 2019

The Highway QC’s, a gospel group formed in Chicago in 1945 that once featured soulful vocalist Sam Cooke, is still going strong. The late Cooke is long gone, but the 90-year-old Spencer Taylor Jr., who joined the ensemble in 1956 and moved…

Washington Post: It took 109 years, but Yale’s storied a cappella group has its first female singer…

Editor Feb 8, 2019

When Sofia Campoamor was a ninth-grader at Washington’s Sidwell Friends School, a special-guest group dropped by her chorus class: the Whiffenpoofs, the oldest college a cappella group in the country. The members of the singing group told…

WTOP: Concert Capital: Can DC become America’s next big music town?

Editor Dec 13, 2018

Local music venues hope D.C. will rival Austin, Nashville and New Orleans for live music.

WAMU: How Big Is D.C.’s Music Economy? New ‘Music Census’ Aims To Find Out

Editor Nov 8, 2018

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.

Arts and Culture

Second annual festival will bring global sounds to DC venues throughout October

Steven Kiviat Sep 28, 2018

Former Gwar metal band drummer and current do-it-yourself world music promoter Jim Thomson is bringing a Puerto Rican punk-turned-salsa band, a Colombian hip-hop group, a “Saharan acid western” movie, and more to multiple DC venues in…

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District Links: Congress poised to consider disapproval of DC’s law to ‘decouple’ from federal tax…

Jan 30, 2026 11

The House and Senate are poised to consider as soon as next week whether to overturn the DC Council's recent changes to the local tax code — with the disapproval, if passed, expected to cause a $224…

District Links: Bowser cuts ribbon on all-affordable, net-zero apartment building in Truxton Circle; family’s…

Jan 29, 2026 13

Mayor Muriel Bowser cut the ribbon this morning on a new 18-unit building at 1520 North Capitol St. NW that's described as DC's first net-zero all-affordable housing community.

District Links: Councilmembers say heavy ice hampered cleanup by damaging city’s small plows; new estimate puts DC…

Jan 28, 2026 23

Amid mounting criticism of the pace of storm cleanup, DC officials are highlighting continued plowing and removal efforts — with the DC Department of Public Works tweeting a video this afternoon…

District Links: Norton confirms her retirement after 18 terms as DC delegate; Evans looks to return to DC Council as…

Jan 27, 2026 9

DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton released a statement this morning confirming that she won't seek reelection this year and will retire at the end of her 18th term.

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