The kids keeping go-go music alive

孩子们让迪斯科音乐焕发新生

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2025-12-25

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Schools and community programs in Washington, D.C., are teaching students to play go-go music to help extend the legacy of the official music of the District. Producer Sabby Robinson spoke with enterprise reporter Marissa Lang about the history that these students are keeping alive and the impact the programs are having.  Today’s show was produced by Sabby Robinson. It was edited by Maggie Penman and mixed by Sean Carter.  Subscribe to The Washington Post here.
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  • Last month I went to a public charter school in Southeast D.C.

  • and I walked in through the building and into the back of the library into this tiny little music room where there were a bunch of kids getting instruments set up.

  • That's Enterprise reporter Marisa Lange.

  • She recently went to some schools around D.C.

  • to check out their new music programs.

  • So there were a handful of students, these are teenagers, aging between 14 and 18 years old,

  • and they were setting up drums and a keyboard,

  • bass guitar, they were getting ready for band practice.

  • This band is sort of unique because unlike a lot of public schools,

  • they weren't setting up to play jazz or classical music, they were getting ready to play go-go.

  • Gogo is a type of music signature to DC.