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Music

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:

Friday Morning Music Club recordings

 Digital Collection
Identifier: FMMC_DCPL

Go-Go Museum and Cafe

 Unprocessed Material — External hard drive DIG_00030
Identifier: 2022.046

Go-Go Museum and Café Collection

 Collection — External hard drive DIG_00030
Identifier: 225
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: 2021

Go-Go Music Artificial Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 101
Scope and Contents

This is an artificially created collection of materials related to Go-Go music and the Go-Go music community. Materials include live and studio recordings of Go-Go performances; periodicals and article clippings about Go-Go performers, music, and culture; academic works regarding Go-Go; and ephemera related to Go-Go music and performances.

Dates: 1975 - 2022

Go-Go Preservation Week 2021 Oral Histories

 Digital Collection
Identifier: 225_01_GoGoMusicCafe

Francis A. Gregory Genealogical Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 005
Scope and Contents The collection was artificially created by the Library and consists of the Shaed and Baltimore family papers; as well materials regarding Elzie Hoffman. It includes photographs, programs, published books, biographies, letters, certificates, diaries, scrapbooks, clippings, and other family memorabilia. The collection has been divided into series by family. Many of the items are related to Washington, D.C. educational institutions that most of the members of the families attended; Dunbar...
Dates: 1902 - 1975

Charlotte Wesley Holloman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 140
Scope and Contents

The Charlotte Wesley Holloman papers contain classical music scores, sheet music, recordings, news clippings, correspondence, ephemera, art and artifacts, books, concert programs, vinyl LPs, and photographs.

Dates: 1797-2013

Jude Hobdy interview, 2021-06-20

 Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc031_02.wav
Abstract Jude tells the story of being born in San Diego, California to a very musical family, where they spent most of their time outdoors, playing sports, exploring. They moved to Seattle, Washington in early 2000s, where a new and different journey starts, including composing music and taking piano and vocal lessons. Jude then goes to Oakwood College in Alabama, where they deepen their musical practices, composing own songs, while facing the realities of overt racism in the South. Jude spends time...
Dates: 2021-06-20

Khalid Thompson interview, 2021-06-20

 Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc031_03.wav
Abstract Khalid Thompson talks about his childhood in Richmond, Virginia, where southern hospitality is juxtaposed to the reality of historical and current social injustices. He reflects on visiting Washington D.C. in the early 2000s, learning about the underground visual and sonic arts, and moving to the District. He then moves and works as a bike messenger, really getting to know the city, including artists who make experimental arts, outside of the “norm”. Following encouragement from family and...
Dates: 2021-06-20

Kristy la rAt interview part 1, 2019-06-23

 File
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc016_04_1
Scope and Contents

In this interview, Kristy Chavez-Fernandez, known professionally as Kristy la rAt, discusses music, family and community memories growing up in the D.C. metro area with strong ties to her family in Lima, Peru and New York. Her work in activism, education and culture, with relationships at the core, led to co-founding Anthology of Booty and throwing intentional parties in D.C. with her best friends.

Dates: 2019-06-23