Featured above is DC-Baltimore folk/roots/blues/Americana band, Wicked Sycamore, the 2019 winner of the Charm City Bluegrass Festival band competition who will be playing two sets this Saturday at the festival. Their debut EP, Growing Roots, was nominated for a WAMMIE award. Photo by EMG Photography.

Week Of:  April 22 — April 28, 2019

Summary: Whole Lotta Cool

This week there's just a lot of cool going down this week. So many opportunities to see some sweet shows by locals and visiting artists, but there's at least one a day that's just straight-up plain cool/mesmerizing/atypical:

• Mon: Marc Rebillet at MilkBoy ArtHouse
• Tues: Los Amigos Invisibles & Aterciopelados at The Howard Theatre
• Wed: Acid Mothers Temple w/Yamantaka // Sonic Titan at Black Cat 
• Thurs: Death w/s/g Thaylobleu at The Howard Theatre
• Fri: Joan Baez at The Warner Theatre
• Sat:  VeVe & tha Rebels and DuPont Brass at Sixth & I
• Sun: Girlpool at Black Cat (and also Sunn O ))) at The Howard  Theatre)

...and that's only naming a few. (Look below, there are more!)

Plus, this weekend is Baltimore's 2019 Charm City Bluegrass Festival which is one of DC Music Review's favorite festivals of the year and promises the best-of-the-best in Bluegrass, including performances by: The Bridge, Deer Tick, Steep Canyon Rangers, Jeff Austin Band with Jay Starling & Bobby Britt Music, Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen, Seldom Scene, Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley, Hawktail, Front Country, Town Mountain, Charm City Junction, Jon Stickley Trio, Fireside Collective, Gangstagrass, Maybe April, Wicked Sycamore (x2) (featured above!), Geraldine, 19th Street Band, Ultrafaux, Blue Octane Bluegrass Band, and BLUETRAIN.

There's much to experience with MORE shows listed in the links below, with personal choices in bold, along with a list of the DCMR staff top picks and cool "gems" that you don't want to miss.  Get out there and stay cool, like you do.