All posts tagged "dance music"
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Crystal Clarity
Two decades ago, Crystal Waters was just another bored D.C. government employee. On a lark, she turned to recording music, and in short order, the...
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Stateside Arrival
''One of the things we wanted to do was bring some of the fun back to dance music,'' says James Wiltshire, referring to the impetus...
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Soundwaves
Tracy Young D.C.'S YOUNG VALENTINE... Last fall, DJ Tracy Young spun in her hometown of Washington for the first time in way too many years,...
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Globetrotting Groove
DJ Luke Johnstone Luke Johnstone is a globetrotting gay club DJ, but he most frequently goes west to California and far east to Asia and...
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Cherry Buds
Cherry 2008 won't pop until April, but organizers of the city's circuit-party fundraiser are hosting two preview parties this weekend to get the buds --...
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35's a Charm
A jukebox instead of a DJ -- at a dance club? ''I'm serious as a heart attack,'' says Chuck Bowers about Baltimore's Hippo when it...
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Cherry's New Taste
Months removed from its namesake cherry blossoms, this year's Cherry circuit party instead takes its cue from even further back in time -- all the...
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Her Time, Again
Dance music hitmaker and '90s pop sensation Crystal Waters has always had strong support from the gay community, in part because of her chosen genre...
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Looney Tunes
He may sing ''I've gone identity mad!'' on his debut album's opening tune and single, ''Grace Kelly,'' but Mika doesn't actually sound as confused about...
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Retro Fit
Don't ask him to explain it. Jason Royce just knows it's for real. ''They all know Rick Astley, and they all know Donna Summer,'' says...
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Suddenly Susan
When DJ Susan Morabito plays Apex next Friday, March 30, you won't hear a certain diva on an endless loop shout ''Throw your hands up...
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Tainted Infamy
All Karl Jones asks for is a little dance music diversity. ''When I first moved to D.C. six years ago, there really was nothing,'' he...
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Musical Flexibility
''Movin' Up'' may have a religious provenance with its powerful chorus delivered by a church-reared belter, but God had nothing to do with DJ Mike...
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Mixing It Up
While it may have been a simple and ''silly'' thing when he made a short video to audition as DJ for the daytime talker Ellen,...
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Beats and Buzz
It may have taken some time, but the buzz on DJ Tony Ruiz is finally booming as big as his beats. Ruiz is Pittsburgh's most...
