Go-Go on the Rooftop is a concert series that takes place each Sunday in June in the Rooftop Garden of the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library in celebration of Black Music Month . Come ready to dance! Outside food and non-alcoholic beverages are welcom e.
\nDC Public Library is proud to be the home of the Go-Go Archives. Learn more by visiting the library's permanent exh ibit on the 4th Floor of the MLK Library \;Up From the People.
\nBLACK ALLEY has been pushing the art of music to its rhythmic l imits for some time now. Determined to create a unique musical elixir\, Bl ack Alley has taken the finest ingredients of funk\, jazz\, soul\, and roc k to create a sound and genre all their own\; they call it &ldquo\;Hood Ro ck." The band is one\, each musician surrendering to the union of sounds\, each delivering music from their soul\, while they are in dialogue with o ne another through their instruments. Each member of this collective is es sential to the workability and funkability of the unit which is Black Alle y.
\nBlack Alley has become one of the most followed\, trendsetting and sought-after music groups hailing from the nation's capital. With endo rsements from national recording artists such as Grammy Award nominee Rahe em DeVaughn\, Hip Hop standouts Big KRIT &\; Wale\, and the legendary S heila E\, Black Alley is untouchable\, striving to rock harder and heavier each time they unite and contribute to the greater good of music.
\nBlack Alley has been featured on various media outlets to include Okaypla yer\, EarMilk\, ThatsEnuff.com\, Washington City Paper\, and Washington Po st. Black Alley's music catalog contains two critically acclaimed independ ent releases. In 2012\, the band released "Soul. Swagger. Rock. Sneakers". The 16-track compilation features original music from Black Alley in coll aboration with Raheem DeVaughn\, Nicholas Ryan Gant and Phil Ade. Their fo llow up album\, "Black Alley: Live from the RNR Hotel" is the live recordi ng project chronicling their powerful performance at their SOLD OUT album release event. Both albums are available on iTunes and BlackAlley.Bandcamp .com. The video for their single "Artist Prayer" is in heavy rotation on V H1 Soul and the video for their single &ldquo\;Bad Girl&rdquo\; recently d ebuted exclusively on MTVHive.com.
\nBLACK ALLEY has been honored to share the stage with renowned artists like Common\, Erykah Badu\, Hiatus Kaiyote\, Wale\, Talib Kweli\, MC Lyte\, Doug E Fresh\, Gin Blossoms\, Mar sha Ambrosius\, Mack Wilds\, Raheem DeVaughn\, Wale\, Bilal\, Busta Rhymes \, Scarface\, and Chrisette Michele just to name a few.
\nProducer\, Composer\, Musician and DJ are a few of the hats Rico Anderson wears. A prodigy who has come of age\, Rico was born and rai sed in the Washington\, D.C. metropolitan area. In high school\, a chance meeting with New Edition/BBD member Michael Bivins started Rico on his pro fessional journey in the world of entertainment.
\nRico moved to Los Angeles\, CA and joined Bivins Motown distributed label BIV/10 Records as a staff writer and producer. Rico produced several hits for the label's a rtists including Boys II Men\, and Bel Biv Devoe. Rico also produced for F at Joe\, Mya\, and Will Smith.
\nRico relocated back home to Washing ton\, D.C. and established Triple Team Entertainment with partners Reynard Strawbridge\, Marquette Coley\, and Isaiah McIver. Since then has done pr oduction for albums Warning Shot and Hard Hat Area and released mixtapes T his Is How I Feel About Hip-Hop and his latest \;A-Game Vol.1.
\nA phenomenal DJ who highlights EVERY corporat e event\, party\, or function! He goes by the name of DJ BIG JOHN ~ DAT BA MMA BE CRANKIN! John Royster\, professional known as &ldquo\;DJ Big John&r dquo\; is a native Washingtonian. He was raised in Southeast\, DC and grad uated from North Carolina Central University. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Public Administration.
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