DC Music Review favorites/Grammy Nominated for Best Bluegrass Album, Della Mae, will be performing at The Hamilton on Wednesday night for what will be an exhilarating night of music. Photo by Jason Herman.
Week Of: April 29 — May 5, 2019
Summary: May the Musical Force...
This week is chock full of great shows, but there's also a lot of interesting musical experiences and festivals and workshops that always provide a richer experience to the music scene. A few to note:
- Mon: The Kennedy Center 2019 Arts Summit (annual one-day convening to investigate the power and potential of the arts) from 8a-8p at The Kennedy Center
- Mon: Experiments in Sound Meditation at Rhizome DC
- Tues: Sound Bath with Tibetan Singing Bowls at the Washington National Cathedral
- Thurs: Sullivan Fortner w/ Bethesda Blues & Jazz Youth Orchestra (and a Tribute to DC's Fred Foss) at Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club
- Fri-Sun: Catharsis on the Mall 2019: Our Mothership at The National Mall
- Sat: Kingman Island Bluegrass & Folk Festival 2019
- Sat: The Baltimore Mixtape 2-day music festival happening at the Crown, the Windup Space, and the Ynot Lot
- Sun: Workshop: Drum/Perc Improv for Women, NonBinary & Trans Artists at 7Drum City
- Sun: Sunday Drum Classes w/ The Drumlady at Roda Movements
Plus, Star Wars fans might want to check out these May 4 specials:
- Sat, May the 4th: Eighties Mayhem Strikes Back - Star Wars 80's Dance Party at Black Cat
- Sat, May the 4th: May the 4th DC - An Outer Space Dance Party at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
Truly, so many good shows this week. Many are 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 check them out. (There is no try.)
Mon — April 29
DCMR Staff Recs
- The Kennedy Center 2019 Arts Summit (annual one-day convening to investigate the power and potential of the arts) from 8a-8p at The Kennedy Center
- Faux Ferocious | Liquid TV at Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge
Monday Night Mics & Jams
- Monday Night at the Mic at MilkBoy ArtHouse
- Monday Night Spotlight: Open Mic Forum at Ben's Next Door
- JAMonday 1 year Anniversary at Epicure Café
- Free Acoustic Open Mic Hosted by Ryan Burke at Jammin' Java
- Velvet Goldmine screening at Slash Run
- The Session Hosted By Clarence Ward III at Terra Cafe (Baltimore)
Hidden Gems
- Axxa/ Abraxas w/ Grand Vapids & Pagan Reagan at Galaxy Hut
- Camp Cope at Black Cat
- Experiments in Sound Meditation at Rhizome DC
Tue — April 30
DCMR Staff Recs
- Iron & Wine with Orchestra at The Kennedy Center
- Chris Potter Circuits Trio at Blues Alley
- Andy Black with The Faim/Kulick at Baltimore Soundstage - (see interview with The Faim below!)
- Gina Sobel at the Melting Pot (Charlottesville)
Tuesday Night Mics, Jams & Cool Stuff
- Sound Bath with Tibetan Singing Bowls at the Washington National Cathedral
- Sauf Haus Open Mic feat. Badassassins (Single Release) at Sauf Haus
- Then and Now Rare Grooves at Marvin
Hidden Gems
- Mahidol College of Music Faculty Jazz Ensemble FREE at 6p on The Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center
- The 9 Songwriter Series spotlights the Kingman Island Bluegrass and Folk Festival at Pearl Street Warehouse
- FREE, Live & Local: Philip Basnight at The Pub & The People
- ELHAE at Union Stage
- Julia Jacklin w/ Black Belt Eagle Scout at Rock & Roll Hotel
- Charles Rahmat Woods and DC Love Orchestra at Rhizome DC
- Frass Green & Stray Fossa w/ Tuff Lover at DC9 Nightclub
- All The Way Live Tuesday: Featuring Clifford Cartel & Friends FREE at Anacostia Arts Center
- Slash Run Anniversary Party w/ The Nuclears & R’N’R DJs at Slash Run
- The 19th Street Band Pre-Game Party at The Bullpen
- The Medium | Ethics Committee at Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge
- The JOLLY LLAMA Traffic Jam at Veterans Plaza
- Lonely God/Pen Palindrome/Stephen Alexander/Kelly Quigley at The Electric Maid
- Keystone Korner Grand Opening w/ Ron Carter Trio at Keystone Korner (Baltimore)
Wed — May 1
DCMR Staff Recs
- Della Mae at The Hamilton
- Craig Chee and Sarah Maisel at AMP Strathmore
- Parachute with Billy Raffoul at 9:30 Club
- Ronnie Spector & The Ronettes at Wolf Trap
- Tenth Mountain Division, Two Ton Twig at Gypsy Sally's
- Herb Alpert & Lani Hall at City Winery DC
- Chris Potter Circuits Trio at Blues Alley
- An Evening with Zoe Keating at The Birchmere
- The Noise Presents Falling In Reverse at The Fillmore Silver Spring
Wednesday Night Mics, Jams & Such
- Capitol Hill Jazz Jam at Mr. Henry's
- Neel Singh’s Open Jam/Workshop at Villain & Saint
- Open Mic Night hosted by Alex The Red Parez at Rhodeside Grill
Hidden Gems
- GoldPants Party with Emma G // Loi Loi at Sauf Haus
- Femme Night // Music Showcase ft. Skyler Foley/Jesse Mullins/Camilla/Haircuts at Epicure Café
- Foxing & Now, Now at U Street Music Hall
- The Bright Light Social Hour | Walker Lukens at Songbyrd
- The DaGuerrotypes | Stranger in the Alps at Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge
- The SuperChargers/ Krobopl/ Option Paralysis at Slash Run
- Scummy Breakfast / Redgrave+Weeks / Double Trouble at Rhizome DC
- Keystone Korner Grand Opening w/ Ron Carter Trio at Keystone Korner (Baltimore)
Thu — May 2
DCMR Staff Recs
- Maren Morris GIRL tour at The Anthem
- Graham Parker with Adam Ezra at City Winery DC
- Ronnie Spector & The Ronettes at Wolf Trap
- Hellogoodbye at U Street Music Hall
- Driftwood CD Release Party at The 8x10 (Baltimore)
Hidden Gems
- Sullivan Fortner w/s/g Bethesda Blues & Jazz Youth Orchestra (and a Tribute to DC's Fred Foss) at Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club
- Luce Unplugged: Backbeat Underground at 5:30p at Smithsonian American Art Museum/Renwick Gallery
- Boogie: Everything's For Sale Tour w/ KB Devaughn at Songbyrd
- Music in the Mansion: Capital Jazz (Night 2) at Strathmore Mansion
- Joe Policastro Trio LIVE at Twins Jazz
- Songbyrd Open Mic Night! at Songbyrd
- Bacchae / Scrunchies (Minneapolis) / Mock Identity at Slash Run
- Humble Fire Video Release Show with Super City at Dangerous Pies DC
- Slothrust with Summer Cannibals at The Southern Cafe and Music Hall (Charlottesville)
- Bobby Thompson w Karen Jonas at Gloria's Listening Room (Warrenton, VA)
- Keystone Korner Grand Opening w/ Ron Carter Trio at Keystone Korner (Baltimore)
- Mac McCaughan & Mary Lattimore at Ottobar (Baltimore)
- Swing Underground at Rye (Baltimore)
- 3 Legends +1 at An die Musik (Baltimore)
Fri — May 3
DCMR Staff Recs
- Box of Rain Essential Dead - Special Guest Skip Vangelas of DSO at Gypsy Sally's
- GZA Performs "Liquid Swords" at The Howard Theatre
- Charlie Hunter & Lucy Woodward at 7:30p at Union Stage
- ÌFÉ + La Marvela at 10:30p at Union Stage
- The NRIs w/Laura Stevenson at Black Cat
- The Temptations & the Four Tops MGM Grand National Harbor
- Imogen Heap w/ special guest Guy Sigsworth (Frou Frou) at The Lincoln Theatre
- Graham Parker at Rams Head Onstage (Annapolis)
- Road to Disc Jam | Band Of Tomorrow + The Jauntee at The 8x10 (Baltimore)
- Ballad Of Album Release Show ft. Letitia VanSant at Seekers Church (Baltimore)
- H.R. (of Bad Brains) at Ottobar (Baltimore)
Hidden Gems
- Catharsis on the Mall 2019: Our Mothership at The National Mall
- African Collaborations: Sudan, Ethiopia and the Sahel at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Mogli at Songbyrd
- Spirit of Seeger Open Mic: Celebrating Pete's 100th Birthday at Busboys & Poets Takoma Park
- Kayem - "The Long Way Home" with Daryn Alexus at Tropicalia
- Pompeii Graffiti // The Meer // Luna at Cafe Nola
- WFTBO w/Selena Benally (live) + DJs Erin Frisby & Greg Svitil at Marx Cafe
- Reflex Arc / J$Fur / Brandon Moses & Mattson Ogg at Rhizome DC
- BroadSound at Sotto
- Hassan El Tayyab at Vinyl Lounge at Gypsy Sally's
- Colonel Josh at VFW POST 350 "Hells Bottom"
- Boy Named Banjo at MilkBoy ArtHouse
- Vocalist Aimée Allen at An die Musik (Baltimore)
- King Buffalo w/ Black Lung (LP Release!) and Foghound at The Windup Space (Baltimore)
- FUNSHO’s Baltimore EP Release Show at Motor House (Baltimore)
Sat — May 4
DCMR Staff Recs
- Kingman Island Bluegrass & Folk Festival 2019 (Kingman Island)
- The Baltimore Mixtape 2-day music festival happening at the Crown, the Windup Space, and the Ynot Lot (Baltimore)
- Imogen Heap at The Lincoln Theatre
- Delta Rae with Noah Guthrie at 9:30 Club
- Roberta Gambarini (Jazz Vocals) at Blues Alley
- The Allman Others Band at Hill Country DC
- Charlie Hunter and Lucy Woodward at The Soundry (Columbia)
Saturday Off The Beaten Path
- Catharsis on the Mall 2019: Our Mothership at The National Mall
- Eighties Mayhem Strikes Back - Star Wars 80's Dance Party at Black Cat
- May the 4th DC - An Outer Space Dance Party at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- The Barbershop Project Community Kick-Off at 1901 Mississippi Ave SE
- Action. Reaction. Action: Visualizing Fugazi at Lost Origins Gallery
Hidden Gems
- Sweet Something at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Hat Band DC 2019 Showcase fundraiser for Girls Rock!DC at St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church
- The Yawpers w/ In The Whale at Pearl Street Warehouse
- Nina Sky: 15-Year Anniversay Tour at Songbyrd
- Tunic | Walk the Plank at Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge
- WJAI Jazz Benefits Concert Sat May 4 Honoring Davey Yarborough at Peoples Congregational United Church of Christ
- Choose Your Own Adventure at Willie's Brew & Que
- An Evening with Bea Miller at U Street Music Hall
- DC punk ft. Venray Band, Weird Babies, and Minimum Balance at Dwell DC
- Zud, Voarm, Radamanthys, Gridfailure and Valence at Atlas Brew Works
- KING DUDE (full band), Kate Clover, Maggot Heart at Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
- New Orleans Jazz at Albemarle Ciderworks (North Garden, VA)
- Box Era + Luna at Sky Stage (Frederick)
- Stewbone w/s/g/ Kenny Brooks at The 8x10 (Baltimore)
Sun — May 5
DCMR Staff Recs
- Stephen Malkmus w/ Eleanor Friedberger at Union Stage
- Roberta Gambarini (Jazz Vocals) at Blues Alley
- Marianas Trench - Suspending Gravity Tour at The Fillmore Silver Spring
Sunday Workshops and Jams
- Workshop: Drum/Perc Improv for Women, NonBinary & Trans Artists at 7Drum City
- Cinco De Mayo Open House Potluck Jam at 7Drum City
- Sunday Drum Classes w/ The Drumlady at Roda Movements
- The Old Time Session at Petworth Citizen
Hidden Gems
- DeSanguashington Desconectado at The Liberty Tavern
- MURS / Locksmith / Cojo at Songbyrd
- Imani Grace - Brunch Show at Sotto
- Etana at Pearl Street Warehouse
- Combo Chimbita at DC9 Nightclub
- Strange Ranger | Spirit Was | Doe Deer at Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge
- Cinco De Mayo with The Funktronics! at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Feels, Pearie Sol & the Raindrops, Twatsnot at Comet Ping Pong
- Heather Lloyd/Kipyn Martin/Victoria Vox + Shanna in a Dress at Focus Music
- Project Locrea at Casa Phoenix
- Phil Wiggins and Eleanor Ellis at Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church
- 4th Annual Live Music Beach Festival at Clare & Don's Beach Shack
- Local Cream ~ with guests Brooksie Wells and Maddi Mae at VFW POST 350 "Hells Bottom"
- Tambor! : Proyecto Piquete + La Marvela at Linx Deli (Stafford, VA)
- An afternoon with Kristin Callahan at An die Musik (Baltimore)