Go-go — Washington D.C.'s regional twist on funk — reigned in the DMV during the 1980s, and one of the scene's signature acts was Trouble Funk. More than 30 years later, the collective, led by Big ...

The opening of SportsCenter at midnight Tuesday featured a sound instantly recognizable to fans of DC-area music—the unmistakable pocket beat of Trouble Funk. “That is the legendary sound of go-go ...

If there's one thing we've learned about Foo Fighters over the years, it's that they're not shy about playing surprise shows. So it should have come as no surprise that when Dave Grohl was booked to ...

WASHINGTON — Today’s Most D.C. Thing comes courtesy of Scott Van Pelt of ESPN and legendary go-go band Trouble Funk. The midnight edition of SportsCenter that Van Pelt has hosted since 2015 has ...

After more than 30 years in the group, Trouble Funk leader Big Tony Fisher decided his band needed something new. A fresh track, something to get them back out there. So he used the same method he’s ...

Trouble Funk has been one of the forerunners in the growth and development of the Washington D.C. Go-Go scene since 1978. Along with Chuck Brown, Rare Essence, the Junkyard Band and others they have ...

“Upon walking into the venue the sense of panic grew, the noise was overwhelming, the whole place was vibrating to the sound of air horns… ‘Were they on already…has it all kicked off… what’s going ...

GREENBELT, Md., April 23 (UPI) -- Robert Reed, keyboardist with the Washington-area band Trouble Funk, one of the leading groups of the go-go era, has died at 50. His brother, Taylor, who played ...

For his new single "That's Alright," silky disco-pop synthesist Kindness sampled "Still Smokin'," a track from DC go-go legends Trouble Funk. And when it came time to make the video, Kindness decided ...

Back in my art school days, I once heard an apocryphal anecdote about how Picasso used to tote his freshly completed canvases over to the Louvre to see whether he could hang with the Old Masters.