DCMR Staff Recs

• Music + Poetry (FREE, part of #NSOneighbor) at Busboys & Poets on 14th Street NW

Hidden Gems

• Lipstick Gypsy at Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge
• JAMonday at Epicure Cafe
• The Session Hosted By Clarence Ward III at Terra Cafe (Baltimore)

DCMR Staff Recs

• MØ with ABRA at 9:30 Club
• Tiffany Lloyd (Bass/Funk/Jazz/Soul) at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
• The Crossing Tour: Alejandro Escovedo Band with Don Antonio at City Winery DC
• Guitar Legend Albert Lee (full band!) at Jammin Java
• Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra present Schubert’s Trio No. 2 in E flat Major for piano, violin and violoncello - Free show at 6p on Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center

Hidden Gems

• Church Girls / Frass Green / Poppy Patica at DC9 Nightclub
• Real Live: Live Show & Jam at Anacostia Arts Center
• Fanfaire | Pretty Eyes at Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge
• Jazz Jam for All at Trinacria (Baltimore)

DCMR Staff Recs

• ​An Evening With: Toots & the Maytals at Wolftrap
• Spirit of the Guitar with Lukáš Sommer on Millennium Stage FREE at 6p at The Kennedy Center
• M3 - Marcus Mitchell, Marcus Young & Marcus Canty at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
• Of Tomorrow at Rapture (Charlottesville)

Jams and Open Mics

• ​Capitol Hill Jazz Jam at Mr. Henry's
• January Femme Open Mic at Epicure Cafe
• Neel Singh Open Jam and Workshop at Villain & Saint
• January Gramercy Jam (Swing and Trad Jazz Jam) at Dumbarton House
• Free Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Rachel Levitin at Union Stage

Hidden Gems

• T-Rextasy + Bacchae at Dangerous Pies DC
• Lyuti Chushki Bulgarian Folk Music at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
• Dad Legs with Erik Bradford (Short Lives) at Evening Star Cafe
  
• Pummel, Compulse, Holographic, Plastic Taste at VFW 9274
• Artist in Residence Dante' Pope, soul vocalist at Strathmore Mansion
• Concert: Mozart and Jadin at Washington National Catherdral
• Woven In//Ellen Siberian Tiger(PA)//Sugar Glass//50 Foot Woman at Joe Squared (Baltimore)
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DCMR Staff Recs

• ​Night One: All Good Presents The Wood Brothers with Priscilla Renea at 9:30 Club
• Yesferatu/Social Station/you and me and you at DC9 Nightclub
• Mineral at Black Cat
• John Oates with the Good Road Band at The Barns at Wolftrap
• Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra present Brahms sonatas and songs - FREE show at 6p on Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center
• BSO Pulse: Dan Deacon at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore)

Hidden Gems

• ​Suga Grits, Pleasure Train at Gypsy Sally's ​
• Bluebeat January: The Loving Paupers & Stop the Presses at The Wonderland Ballroom
• The 9 Songwriter Series at Jammin Java
• BOAYT, Max Redding & TDG, Easy
• Schadenfreude Neubauten at Studio Ga Ga
• Janeliasoul Live at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
• Crown Vic's Weird World at Marx Cafe
• Sleeper, feat. Kevin Tit at Dangerous Pies DC
• The Sunrise Review at Mediterranean Cafe
• Tongue Depressor&Trevor Saint, Will Mk, Aether, Zof-e IDk at Rhizome DC
• The 19th Street Band at Samuel Beckett's Irish Gastro Pub
  

DCMR Staff Recs

• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​Night Two: All Good Presents The Wood Brothers with Priscilla Renea at 9:30 Club 
  
• FREE Winter Tap Takeover w/ Last Rewind (Phish tribute) & novo at Union Stage 
• John Oates with the Good Road Band at The Barns at Wolftrap
• Renée Fleming sings Schubert at The Kennedy Center
• Bobby Sanabria MultiVerse Big Band: West Side Story Reimagined at The Kennedy Center
• Chuck Brown Band Go-Go in Mo-Co at Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club
• Frederic Yonnet at Blues Alley
• Free! Billy Price Charm City Rhythm Band at Pearl Street Warehouse
• Town Mountain at The Hamilton
  
• Steep Canyon Rangers with David Wax Museum at The Jefferson (Charlottesville) 
• Jimmie's Chicken Shack at The Vanguard Brewpub and Distillery (Hampton) 
• The Amity Affliction / Senses Fail at Rams Head Live (Baltimore)
• Charm City Bluegrass Battle of the Bands - Round 1 at UNION Craft Brewery (Balitmore)

Hidden Gems

• Shamans Of Sound & Nkula at DC9 Nightclub
• James Blood Ulmer Solo at AMP Strathmore
• Kid Brother with Dominy and the Duskwhales at Dangerous Pies DC​
• Wanted Man + Bennett Wales & The Relief at Hill Country DC​
• Sir Alden & Suburban Snoop + Irresponsible + Elizabeth II at Union Stage​
• Spirit Plots, Zero for Conduct, Frend at FS202​
• Dave Sewelson/William Parker/Steve Swell/Nik Franics, Ryan/Franc at Rhizome DC
• Social Musica, Petty Indulgences and NOE Live at The Passenger
• Lighthouse Row, Swwik, Hedera at The Electric Maid
• Crepúsculo: an afterhours fairytale with El Búho on 18th Street (see link)
• 20th Jazz Night Anniversary Celebration at Westminster 
• Freestyle Fridays at Listen Vision Recording Studios
• The Hip-Hop Museum DC Launch Party at Culture House 
• Color School with guests The Heavy Editors at VFW POST 350 "Hells Bottom"
• Ritchie & Rosie at The Carroll Cafe
  
• The Bob Band (Tribute to Bob Dylan) at The Tin Pan (Richmond)

DCMR Staff Recs

• Gypsy Sally's Presents Boogie for Choice: A Planned Parenthood Benefit Party ft. Skip Castro Band at Gypsy Sally's ​
• 9:30 Presents gnash with Mallrat, Guardin at U Street Music Hall
• The All Black Party - MLK Birthday feat. New Impressionz + DJ B. Rose at Union Stage
• The Soft Moon with HIDE and Void Vision at Rock & Roll Hotel
• Free Show! New Orleans Funk & Soul Night featuring Funky Miracle at Pearl Street Warehouse
• Cracker / Camper Van Beethoven at 9:30 Club
• Jonny Grave (w/ Band) at Hill Country DC
• Frederic Yonnet at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley​
• Squaring The Circle & Of Tomorrow w Surprise Attack, Moody Goose (Timonium)
• Japanese Breakfast w/ Hand Habits at Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore)
  

Hidden Gems

• Cat Janice, RadaR, Selena Benally at Dangerous Pies DC
• Haint Blue / Moose Jaw / Geraldine at MilkBoy ArtHouse
• ArtSounds: Landlines at 2p at Hirshhorn Museum
• Purple Black Eye Brunch and Mobius Record Popup at Ocelot Brewing Company
• Winter Band-boozle w/ Uncle Dan & Oh Jeezus (PA) at BraceFace House
• Gabby's World / Yowler / Emperor Plum at Songbyrd
• Lez Zeppelin at The State Theatre
• Refractions String Quartet (Columbia)
• The Price Sisters at Lucketts Community Center (Leesburg)
• Hartford Pussies / Dreambush / Morning Sunshine at Joe Squared (Baltimore)

DCMR Staff Recs

• Jazz and Freedom Festival 2019 - an annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Weekend celebration of live music, learning and activism at 600C H Street, NE
• Mousey Thompson & The James Brown Experience at City Winery DC
• Panic! At the Disco: Pray for the Wicked Tour at Capital One Arena
  
• DuPont Brass FREE SHOW on Millennium Stage at 6p at The Kennedy Center
• The Apollo Orchestra, featuring organist, Julie Vidrick-Evans and cellist, Michal Balas FREE at 4p at The Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church 
• Rare Essence and Be'La Dona at The Hamilton Live
• Frederic Yonnet at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
• Renée Fleming sings Schubert at 3p at The Kennedy Center
• Passion and Fire:The Music of Spain at The Kennedy Center

Hidden Gems

• Phantom Scimitar / Bad Robot Jones / Maulrat / Crash Kitten at MilkBoy ArtHouse
• Kid Claws / Hazel Atlas / The Ducts at The Dew Drop Inn DC
  
• Solace Tap Takeover w/ Two Ton Twig at Whitlow's on Wilson
• Guilt Parade/Truth Cult/Clear Channel/Corvo at Slash Run
• Louis York & The Shindellas in The Wine Garden at City Winery DC
• Alex The Red Parez and The Hell Rojos! at Marx Cafe!​
• Jackie Cohen | Good Dog Nigel at Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge
• Funktronics at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
• Sunday Night Music: Irish Session at Petworth Citizen
• CAS Washington D.C. Presents Aretha Franklin "Lady Soul" at 2p at Songbyrd
• Second DC9 Punk Flea Market at 3p at DC9 Nightclub
• Free Skaliday Sunday ft. the Captivators at Dangerous Pies DC