Karis Hill interview, 2021-11-03
Content Description
The Go-Go Museum & Café and partners collected 11 oral histories, produced two go-go concerts, and organized a major conference on go-go: “Go-Go Preservation Week 2021” in collaboration with the Traditional Arts DC project at Howard University. The Go-Go-Preservation Week panel discussions, concerts, and oral history collections.
Dates
- Creation: 2021-11-03
Creator
- Hill, Jawatha (Karis), 1971- (Person)
- Sims, Dayesha (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions to accessing this collection.
Extent
From the Collection: 26 Gigabytes
From the Collection: 270 Files
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Ms. Hill, a founding member and Lead Talker in the all-female Go-Go band Be’La Dona, discusses growing up in the District of Columbia and Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and being mentored by music teachers and Go-Go stars including Chuck Brown and James Funk, learning to play the drums and the art of being a lead talker whose job it is to read and move the crowd.
Repository Details
Part of the The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library Repository