District Dialect: The Dubliner

The District Dialect: The Dubliner by igorgerman

Nico Dodd goes behind the scenes of The Dubliner, DC's best known Irish Pub, and explores the culture of live music that exists there.

District Dialect: Moving the Tradition Forward

District Dialect: Moving the Tradition Forward by igorgerman

Igor explores the history and development of Bluegrass Music in DC, focusing on some of the challenges the genre is facing as the demographic of Bluegrass listeners begins to shift. He interviews some Bluegrass hosts from WAMU as well as local musician, Bob Perilla.

District Dialect: Duke Ellington School of the Arts

Graham Wolf explores the Duke Ellington School of the Arts just north of Georgetown University.  He profiles the school, covers their dual arts-academics curriculum and asks what makes Ellington students so successful in a public school system with many historic challenges.  Finally, he touches on the sensitive subject of location change.

Duke Ellington School of the Arts by igorgerman

The District Dialect: Go-go Music

Kaitlin Karano tracks the history and development of the Go-go movement in DC by highlighting the impact of Chuck Brown and how, years later, the Beat Ya Feet Kings have revitalized the genre.

The District Dialect: Go-go Music ft. The Beat Ya Feet Kings by igorgerman

The District Dialect: Life Pieces to Masterpieces

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Avi Ascher-Shapiro helps tell the story of Life Pieces to Masterpieces, a DC Non-Profit dedicated to supporting the arts for DC's youth. The Program is undergoing a change in leadership, and its future success depends heavily on the competence of the young, new leaders.

The District Dialect: Life Pieces to Masterpieces by igorgerman

The District Dialect: Meridian Hill Park Drum Circle

Photo by Elvert Barnes, used under the Creative Commons License

Mike Shanahan goes into Meridian Hill Park to capture the sounds of the drum circle and the community that forms around it for the second edition of The District Dialect.

The District Dialect: Meridian Hill Park Drum Circle by igorgerman