DCMR Staff Recs

• Indigo Girls at The Birchmere
•  El Septeto Santiaguero at The Kennedy Center Millennium Stage 
• The Struts with White Reaper, Spirit Animal at The 9:30 Club 
• Charalambides // Weed Tree // Zizia at Rhizome DC

Jam Opportunity

• ​JAMonday at Epicure Café

Hidden Gems

• Girls Rock DC 2018 We Rock! Camp Camper Showcase! at U Street Music Hall
• Scarves, Mr. Solo/Cru Crude (Pygmy Lush), Teething Veils at Dwell DC
• Soaked Oats at Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge
• 10 String Symphony at Saint Mark Presbyterian Church

DCMR Staff Recs

• Gina Sobel at the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center 
• Nine Inch Nails with The Jesus and Mary Chain and Kite Base at The Anthem 
• Cigarette Bums w/The Mantis + Teen Mortgage at Slash Run

Jam Opportunity

• Gordon Sterling Presents: The Gypsy Sally's Jam at Gypsy Sally's

Hidden Gems

• Carolyn Malachi w / BOOMscat at City Winery DC
• 6-week series: Experiments in Sound Meditation at Rhizome DC
• Hypoluxo with Tosser at Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe
• Swearin' and Sheer Mag at Black Cat​

DCMR Staff Recs

• ​AJ Croce at Blues Alley
• Three Dog Night at Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis) 
• Sun-Dried Vibes with The Ries brothers & Oogee Wawa at Gypsy Sally's 
• The California Honeydrops at Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore)
• Moon Hooch with Shagwüf & Lavender Fields at The Broadberrry (Richmond) 

Jam Opportunities

• Neel Singh's Open Jam and Workshop at Villain & Saint 
• Capitol Hill Jazz Jam at Mr. Henry's

Hidden Gems

• This IsMerelyAn Ensemble at Twins Jazz
• Peach Pit with Sun Seekers & The Vernes at DC9 Nightclub 
• Bobby Mahoney & the Seventh Son with Right Stuff & Easy Sleeper at Dangerous Pies DC
• AKKU Quintet, Accordo dei Contrari at Rhizome DC
• Joey Dosik w/Choose Your Own Adventure at Pearl Street Warehouse
• Zhou Family Band and Orquesta el Macabeo at Tropicalia
• Ezra Mae & the Gypsy Moon / Gladshot / Honey at The Velvet Lounge
• Jordan August Band with Trace Friends Mucho at The 8x10 (Baltimore)

DCMR Staff Recs

• ​Ben Howard with Wye Oak at The Anthem
• Steely Dan at The Modell Lyric
• Fruition & The Lil Smokies + Aslin Tap at Union Stage
• Three Dog Night at Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
• The Jayhawks with Harrow Fair at The Birchmere 
• Getting Weir'd and The Jerry Tripsters at The 8x10 (Baltimore) 
• Tim Reynolds and TR3 at The Broadberry (Richmond)
• Perpetual Groove and Kung Fu at The National (Richmond) 

Jam Opportunity

Hidden Gems

• Orquesta el Macabeo from Puerto Rico at The Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center
• Vim & Vigor, Annie Stokes Band at Gypsy Sally's 
• Mija (open-to-close) at Ten Tigers  Parlour
• Bobby Muncy at Sotto 
• The Detroit Cobras with Jumpin Jupiter at Hill Country DC 
• Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas w/Boaty Otis at Pearl Street Warehouse 
• Río Mira Live in Concert at Tropicalia
• Ross Hammond, Tyrone Page Jr/James Young at Rhizome DC
• Nana Grizol, Bad Moves, BRNDA at Comet Ping Pong

DCMR Staff Recs

• Public Image LTD at Black Cat
• Antibalas with Gordon Sterling and The People at The Hamilton 
• Mystic Bowie's Talking Dreads with Shamans of Sound at Gypsy Sally's
• Syria to Egypt: A Musical Continuum at The Kennedy Center
• Perpetual Groove & Kung Fu at Union Stage
• The Currys Acoustic at City Winery DC 
• The Record Company at The National (Richmond)
• The Lil Smokies with Rock Creek Revival at The 8x10 (Baltimore) 
• Jimmie's Chicken Shack - 25 Year Anniversary at the Canal Club (Richmond)
• Sports Bar (LP Release), Nana Grizol, Bad Moves and more at Strange Matter (Richmond) 

Hidden Gems

• An Evening With Fink, Marxer & Gleaves at WTMD (Towson) - CANCELLED
• Berndsen (Reykjavik), Thunderpaw & Heavy Breathing at Comet Ping Pong
• Chelsey Green and The Green Project at Sotto
• Anamon at Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge
• Billy Moon // Pagan Reagan // Krobopl at Slash Run
• Busty and the Bass at DC9 Nightclub 
• Indie Current Presents: Bottled Up, Rob Stokes, Knife Wife at Dangerous Pies DC 
• Molly Burch | Olden Yolk at Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe
• Anna Connolly Record Release Show! at The Dew Drop Inn DC
• What So Not at 9:30 Club
• Beauty in the Backyard Festival in Camp Ramblewood, MD

DCMR Staff Recs

• ​Fink, Marxer & Gleaves LIVE at Allyworld in Tonal Park
• OPUS Merriweather 2018: Experiences in Art + Sound at Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Trouble Funk with Nappy Riddem at Gypsy Sally's
• Perpetual Groove & Kung Fu at Union Stage
• Umphrey's McGee at MECU Pavilion (Baltimore)
• The Record Company with Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear at 9:30 Club
• Goo Goo Dolls at The Anthem 
• Ryan Montbleau Solo at City Winery DC
  
• Maimouna Youssef (part of The Bridge Concert Series) at The Kennedy Center
• Dance Party: Soul in the Horn with Natasha Diggs and DProsper at The Kennedy Center

Hidden Gems

• This Old Town: Appalachian music celebration with Geraldine, Caleb Stine, Katherine Fahey at the Howard County Historical Society Museum
• H Street Festival FREE at H St NE from 4th to 14th St.
• HyFest #2 (ft. Staycation, The Effects, The Osyx, Spice Boyz, and Just Rock Youth Performers) at 4320 Hamilton St, Hyattsville
• Neguinho da Beija-Flor at MilkBoy ArtHouse
• Kate Teague with Julie Odell at Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge
• Sound Sampling Workshop at Rhizome DC 
• Heavy Breathing, Quattracenta, Kamyar Arsani at Rhizome DC
  
• Most Savage Gentlemen in Their Element at Tin Roof (Baltimore)

DCMR Staff Recs

• The Record Company at Rams Head Live (Baltimore) 
• The Beths, Nowadays at Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe
• Jethro Tull's Martin Barre Band at Jammin Java
• Michael Franti & Spearhead at The Fillmore Silver Spring 
• White Denim at U Street Music Hall 
• The Cold hard Cash Show at Hill Country DC 

Hidden Gems

• Rock The Vote featuring a huge range of talent from DC at Dew Drop Inn!
• Sugar Grits, We The People at Villain & Saint
• The Caribbean, Mariage Blanc, David Bernabo at Galaxy Hut
• Alright, Planet Nine & Weston Smith at Slash Run
• The Toasters w/ Caz Gardiner & Free Lobster Buffet at Dangerous Pies DC