Remembering Billy Stewart And Van McCoy, Two Lesser-Known D.C. Music Legends
Duke Ellington, Marvin Gaye and Chuck Brown may be the best-known musical legends out of D.C. But they’re not the…
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Old Videos Of Fugazi, Gwar, And Psychedelic Furs Now Housed At D.C. Public Library
It was the final show at the 9:30 Club on F Street NW, and Teri Stubs hadn’t worn the right attire….
For Banned Books Week, A Playlist Of Provocative D.C. Music (And More)
This post has been updated. Nationwide this week is called Banned Books Week. At the D.C. Public Library, it’s called “Uncensored.”…
Get To Know Chip Py, The Go-Go Photographer With A DIY Talk Show About D.C. Music
While the Corcoran’s 2013 exhibit “Pump Me Up” might have conditioned some to think of the D.C. area’s homegrown funk…
Looking For D.C.’s Most Interesting Music? Try The Library.
Who’d have thought that the cutting edge of D.C. music could be found in a library? “Obviously, at first, music…
Another Music Archive Is Opening In D.C., And This One Is Broader
George Washington University already has a class about D.C. punk rock. But for the last year, the pricey university in…
D.C. Punk: From Your Basement To D.C. Public Library
When Punk the Capital filmmaker James Schneider approached D.C. Public Library about starting a punk-rock archive, he discovered that the…