The 'amazingness that is go-go music' will be on full display in at SXSW.
of the Aliive Agency has spent most his professional career in Washington, D.C.
Go-go music dates back to the late 1970s in D.C., thanks to groups like the Young Senators and Agression, and later the music of singer-guitaristBrown was a fixture on the Washington, D.C. music scene with his band the Soul Searchers and developed a relaxed style of funk and Afro Caribbean rhythm that he would infuse into go-go. One of Brown’s signatures was the use of percussive breaks in between sets.
Go-go music would reach its zenith in the mid-80s and early-90s with artists like Kurtis Blow and E.U., Slim and Junk Yard Band — but the genre largely remained centered in Washington D.C., where go-go performances still take place most nights. Johns will host South by Southwest’s first-ever go-go showcase. “SXSW A Go-Go” will feature the all-star house band Crank Caviar with sets by Big G and Weensey from Backyard Band, Chris “Rapper Dude” Black with the Northeast Groovers, Frank Scooby Sirius of Sirius Company and the Chuck Brown Band. Daily newsletters straight to your inbox
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