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Queen of Go-Go Maiesha Rashad Takes Her Groove to Heaven

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• Rare Essence

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D.C.’s Rare Essence becomes the first go-go band to play at SXSW

Fans flock to reunion show of go-go legends Rare Essence

Rare Essence leader still go-going strong after three decades

• Northeast Groovers

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• Mambo Sauce (band)

Mambo Sauce’s Black Boo on creativity and sustainability in go-go music

• Pleasure (go-go band)

Salt N Pepa Spoke Up for Go-Go 30 Years Ago

The Beat: Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C. by Kip Lornell and Charles C. Stephenson Jr. Page 120 and others.

• Draft: Maiesha and the Hiphuggers
• Draft:Be'la Dona

Meet All-Female Go-Go Band Be'la Dona

Bela Dona Always Puts on a show But This is a Big One

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Black Alley: D.C. Band Battles to Victory at Prince’s Paisley Park

Black Alley headlines Neo-Soul Night at Carter Barron Amphitheatre

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• Draft:Suttle Thoughts

A Suttle Segue by Eric Brace, Washington Post, 2001

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#DontMuteDC: An Oral History

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The Beat: Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C. by Kip Lornell and Charles C. Stephenson Jr. Page 252 and others.

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• The Beat: Go-Go Music from Washington, D.C. by Kip Lornell and Charles C. Stephenson Jr. See pages 121 and beyond for 'Women and Go-go'
• Go-Go Live: The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City by Natalie Hopkinson. Full text not available online. Check Overdrive through your local library for a digital copy.
• TMOTTGOGO Magazine
• On Their New Single, Rare Essence Won't Mute D.C.
• Washington Informer
• And Now, Let's Hear From the Ladies: FAB Disk to Include Stylings of 2 Fans by Natalie Hopkinson, Washington Post 2002
• Meet All-Female Go-Go Band Be'la Dona
• Being a Woman in The Go-Go Scene Is An Uphill Battle
• Michelle Blackwell Looks Back on 15 Years as Go-Go's "Leading Lady"
• Shooting Back: A Conversation with Go-Go Photo Laureate Thomas Sayers Ellis by Stacey Palmer, Washington Informer, 2011
• Go-Go Lives to Fight Another Day
• Make Go-Go D.C.’s Official Music
• Go-go music is the soul of Washington, but it's slipping away
• How Go-Go Music Became Kryptonite for Gentrification in D.C.
• What does go-go being made D.C.’s official music actually mean?
• Black Alley headlines Neo-Soul Night at Carter Barron Amphitheatre
• The Music District. Directed by Susan Levitas. San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 1996
• Michelle Blackwell Interview Session
• LOC resources
• Team Familiar knows go-go inside and out
• Go-go is signed into law as the official music of D.C.
• D.C. go-go bounces back
• How long can go-go keep going?
• Go-go is making headlines again. Now it’s time for a history lesson.
• Go-go, the funky, percussive music invented in Washington, D.C.
• How Washington, D.C., Turned Its Back on Go-Go, the Music It Invented
• Meet the activists and musicians keeping go-go alive in a rapidly-changing D.C.
• On Facebook Live, an uneasy look at the past, present and future of go-go, an art form that has always spoken to the moment.
• GO-GO Forever: The rise, fall, and afterlife of Washington, D.C.'s ultimate rhythm
• Can the Go-Go Go On?
• Make Go-Go D.C.’s Official Music
• How Two Distinct Go-Go Movements Are Changing D.C. Culture
• Go-Go Awareness Week is almost over, but go-go culture is here to stay
• ‘Go Go Live’: An oral history of the genre’s biggest night
• How go-go, the music of the nation’s capital, is trying to go mainstream
• Go-go is D.C.’s official soundtrack. It deserves equitable funding
• Go-go scene memorializes Chuck Brown with new music
• Mother’s Day offers little rest for On Stage Divas Off Stage mothers
• Where's Go-Go Going?
• D.C.’s Local “Go-Go” Music Gets Its Due
• SpeakeasyDC's Crank & Groove: A Go Go Love Story - Sept 2013
• Go-go bands make their way back into city, but D.C.’s music is still a neglected treasure
• Going For Go-Go
• the beat go-go's fusion of funk and hip-hop
• Here’s how Suttle keeps the longest residency in go-go going
• What’s your favorite go-go song? Northeast Groovers have an answer.
• Trying to Make a Go-Go of It: The Band Mambo Sauce Hopes Genre Will Cross the D.C. Line

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