Rory “D.C.” Felton, Original member of the band Rare Essence was stabbed to death in D.C. on Friday. D.C. police found 57-year-old Felton inside a house on Forrester Street Southwest near Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue on Friday around 2 a.m. Felton was also a part of the band Little Benny and the Masters. D.C. […]
The 4th Annual MLK Birthday Celebration feat. Rare Essence, Sugar Bear & EU and Trouble Funk comes to the Howard Theatre this Sunday and Majic’s own DJ Rico will be the host. Rare Essence’s own Andre “White Boy” Johnson and Vic Jagger talks about the event, digs back into PA tapes and why out of towners […]
Rare Essence is back with the visual from there new single! The title track from the forthcoming album from Rare Essence, “Turn It Up!” More Rare Essence! [Video] Rare Essence Teases Us With A Snip Of Their New Video “Turn It Up” Dj Gemini & EZ Street #LunchBreakMix 2-27-15 (Rare Essence Edition) EZ STREET THROWBACK: Rare […]
On Friday, August 17, DC Commission On The Arts And Humanities sponsored an art exhibition called Go-Go Swing: Washington DC’s Unstoppable Beat. The event, currated by Zoma Wallace, depicted the untold story of DC’s indigenous music via photography, paintings, mixed media art, and memorobilia including Chuck Brown’s Gibson guitar. The event was hosted by DC […]
Listen to Majic and Call in for your chance to win a Rare Essence Prize Pack…It Includes: 1 CD – Rare Essence PA 16 – live at the Tradewinds May 25, 2013 Keke’s Birthday – 1 CD Rare Essence Mixtape Vol 2 – a continuous mix of RE Classics – 1 pair of tickets to […]
Join me tonight as I give you four songs from 1982. As I was putting the playlist together, I noticed that this one was hitting hard in the DMV in early 1982.
He is rare video footage of go-go legends Rare Essence performing at the Capitol Center in 1986. Rare Essence performs hits such as “Hold Your Head Back”,“One On One”, “I Must Be Dreamin”, “Do The Mickey” and “Shake It But Don’t Break It”.
