The Latin Influences of Go-Go Music
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This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Smithsonian Institution’s “Black Mosaic,” a groundbreaking exhibition at the Anacostia Community Museum that illuminated the Latin American, African and Caribbean roots of the region’s African-American residents. Two decades later, the topic continues to resonate with new stories of how people repeatedly cross paths, mixing not only bloodlines but ideas and inspiration.
Did you know DC’s late blues guitar legend Chuck Brown incorporated Latin rhythms into his signature Go-Go music?
Watch our interview with Go-Go music expert Dr. Natalie Hopkinson, recorded at “Revisiting Our Black Mosaic,” a muy interesante day-long symposium held at the Woodrow Wilson Center on September 19.
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