The Duskwhales are an incredibly smooth and savvy trio whose musical sensibilities give a nod to the past while forging into the future. They're celebrating their EP release with Nah. and Griefcat at Jammin Java on Saturday night. Photo by Carter Louthian.
Week Of: August 5 — 11, 2019
Summary: Light and Heat
It's hot out there. The music is the same way around the DMV this week, with some seriously sizzling shows to see.
There are lots of INCREDIBLE LOCAL ARTISTS making waves, including:
- Fort Reno: Pagan Reagan / Trajectories / The Feed at Fort Reno
- Shannon Gunn's Firebird Trio (Trombone/Keys/Drums) at Blues Alley
- FREE, Live & Local: Laura Tsaggaris at The Pub & The People
- Honey, Born Dad at Black Cat
- Orchester Praževica and Phantom Scimitar at New Deal Cafe
- Luce Unplugged: La Marvela at Smithsonian American Art Museum/Renwick Gallery
- BOOMscat at Sticky Rice
- Oh He Dead, Super City, Friends of Friends, ILL DOOTS at Union Stage
- The Whips Record Release w/Des Demonas and The Mostly Dead at Black Cat
- Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band at AMP powered by Strathmore
- Gloria Deo / Miss, Understand Me / Humilitarian at Colony Club DC
- Don Zientara and Freakout Squares at Villain & Saint
- Davy Knowles with Mary-eL Band at Gypsy Sally's
- The Duskwhales CD Release Show w/Nah. and Griefcat at Jammin Java (featured)
- Frankie Valet/ Lost Dog / Saffron at Slash Run
And some tried and true DCMR favs including:
- Chris Isaak at The Birchmere
- The Struts at The 9:30 Club
- A Very Jerry Celebration featuring Cris Jacobs at Gypsy Sally's
- Runway Gin at The 8x10
- The Flaming Lips w/The Claypool Lennon Delirium and Particle Kid at Sprint Pavilion
- Grant-Lee Phillips w/Steve Schillinger of Braddock Station Garrison at Jammin Java
- The Garcia Project at The Soundry
- Thievery Corporation at The National
- Bumper Jacksons at City Winery DC
- Sol Roots at Market SW
- 2019 "Days Between" Concert Series: Funky Feat at The Hamilton Live
- Better Off Dead at The Soundry
- MarchFourth with American Dumpster at The Jefferson Theater
- Runaway Gin at The Broadberry
- The Fruition Experience's Tribute to Herbie Hancock/Chick Corea at An die Musik
- Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band at Wolf Trap
- Bad Religion at The Fillmore Silver Spring
And COOL NON-SHOW OPPS, like:
- Immigrant Artist Appreciation Happy Hour at Smittys Bar
- Songwriting for New Songwriters at St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church
- William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock 'N Roll: Author Q&A at Songbyrd
- First Ladies to Anthology of Booty: Women DJ Collectives in D.C. at Lost Origins
- Avalon Docs: Blue Note Records - Beyond the Notes at The Avalon Theatre
- Open Studio: Sacred Sounds at Smithsonian's Freer Sackler
- The Social Power of Music at Lost Origins Gallery
- Meet & Greet Jam - Cosmic Classics Flashband at 7DC
So get out there and check out the ear-melting magic— MORE shows are listed in the links below, with personal choices in bold, along with a list of the DCMR staff top picks and hot "gems" that you don't want to miss.
Mon — August 5
DCMR Staff Recs
- Fort Reno: Pagan Reagan / Trajectories / The Feed at Fort Reno
- Shannon Gunn's Firebird Trio (Trombone/Keys/Drums) at Blues Alley
Monday Mics, Jams & Such
- Crank Jam (Monthly Go - Go Jam Session) at City Winery DC
- JAMonday at Epicure Café
- Frame Drum (Daf) Circle at IACC
- Music Trivia at Songbyrd
Hidden Gems
- Sir Woman at Songbyrd
- Smokin' on Planes & Anemoya at Galaxy Hut
Tue — August 6
DCMR Staff Recs
- Sirius Company featuring Scooby & Ms. Kim (GoGo Soul) at Blues Alley
- Chris Isaak at The Birchmere
- The Flaming Lips with The Claypool Lennon Delirium and Particle Kid at Sprint Pavilion (Charlottesville)
Tuesday Mics, Jams & Such
- Immigrant Artist Appreciation Happy Hour at Smittys Bar
- Open Mic feat. Ginny Hill Project at Sauf Haus
- NDC OM SAW Night with Emi Delia-Featured Act at New Deal Cafe
- Songwriting for New Songwriters by Girls Rock DC at St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church
- OffTheBeatenPath Music Composition Workshop w/ Lewis Krauthamer and Off the Beaten Path Composers' Collective Performance at Rhizome DC
Hidden Gems
- Angela Johnson w/ Kenny Wesley at City Winery DC
- FREE, Live & Local: Laura Tsaggaris at The Pub & The People
- Molly Burch | RF Shannon at Songbyrd
- The Aristocrats feat. Guthrie Govan, Bryan Beller, Marco Minnemann at Union Stage
- Ever More Nest on Millennium Stage FREE at The Kennedy Center
- The Human Fly | Taylor Kelly and Metro to Paris at Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge
Wed — August 7
DCMR Staff Recs
- The Struts with The Glorious Sons, Bones at 9:30 Club
- Honey, Born Dad at Black Cat
Wednesday Mics, Jams & Such
- William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock 'N Roll: Author Q&A at Songbyrd
- First Ladies to Anthology of Booty: Women DJ Collectives in D.C. at Lost Origins Gallery
- Avalon Docs: Blue Note Records - Beyond the Notes at The Avalon Theatre
- Wednesday at The Wharf: Transit Pier Concerts at The Wharf
- Spacy Open Mic ft. Diamond Force Time Machine at Spacylounge
- Capitol Hill Jazz Jam at Mr. Henry's
- Open Mic hosted by Alex The Red Parez at Rhodeside Grill
Hidden Gems
- Orchester Praževica and Phantom Scimitar at New Deal Cafe
- Live from the Lawn: Josanne Francis Septet at Strathmore
- Lara Driscoll Trio at Twins Jazz DC
- Jackiem Joyner (Sax/Smooth) at Blues Alley
- Hibou, Weston Smith, Flo Petite at Pie Shop DC
- From the Vault, Seven Bends at Gypsy Sally's
- Emma G - Together We Rise kick off! at The Ugly Mug
- The Grinns | The Red Pears and Makeup Girl at Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge
Thu — August 8
DCMR Staff Recs
- Grant-Lee Phillips w/Steve Schillinger of DC's Braddock Station Garrison at Jammin Java
- Aerosmith at MGM National Harbor
- The Garcia Project at The Soundry (Columbia)
- Thievery Corporation at The National (Richmond)
Thursday Mics, Jams & Such
- ProjectHERA Ladies Night Open Mic & Networking (All Ages!) at Songbyrd
- Mashriq Maghreb jam night with Dan Kurfirst's Quartet at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- 2019 Summer Evenings Concert: La Colombopercutiva at United States National Arboretum
- Grateful Jams at El Golfo
- MONSTERS FROM THE SURF and the TAILDRAGERS at VFW POST 350 "Hells Bottom"
Hidden Gems
- Luce Unplugged: La Marvela at Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery
- Sticky Rice Food & Music Sessions presents BOOMscat at Sticky Rice
- Drab Majesty at Union Stage
- Laurin Talese at City Winery DC
- Queens of Soul' Soul Music Series FREE at Dorothy I. Height Place DC
- Calista Garcia / The Young Birds / Augustus James at Songbyrd
- Powers/Rolin Duo / Clendaniel+Perry / Mamet/O'Connor/Sandel at Rhizome DC
- Copper Chief w/ the Virginia Southpaws at Gypsy Sally's
- ilyAIMY at The Midlands
- Sitcom, J. Mamana, The Place Names at Comet Ping Pong
- Jerome's Dream w/ Vein, Black Matter Device at DC9 Nightclub
- Queen Wolf, Pagan Reagan, VORRH, Life Puzzler at Ottobar (Baltimore)
Fri — August 9
DCMR Staff Recs
- Train/Goo Goo Dolls at Merriweather Post Pavilion
- Oh He Dead, Super City, Friends of Friends, ILL DOOTS at Union Stage
- A Very Jerry Celebration featuring Cris Jacobs & Friends at Gypsy Sally's
- Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band at AMP powered by Strathmore
- Bumper Jacksons at City Winery DC
- Sol Roots at Market SW
- 2019 "Days Between" Concert Series: Funky Feat at The Hamilton Live
- Better Off Dead at The Soundry (Columbia)
- Davy Knowles with The Tom Euler Band at The Vanguard Brewpub & Distillery (Hampton)
- MarchFourth with American Dumpster at The Jefferson Theater (Charlottesville)
- Runaway Gin at The Broadberry (Richmond)
- Fun on the Waterfront ft. LITZ & Voodoo Visionary at West Short Park, Inner Harbor (Baltimore)
- The Fruition Experience's Tribute to Herbie Hancock/Chick Corea at An die Musik (Baltimore)
Friday Mics, Jams, & Such
- Drum Hang with Larnell Lewis of Snarky Puppy at Chuck Levin's Washington Music Center
- Spacy Jazzy Soul and Blues Jam at Spacyloud
- Chinatown Block Party 2019 at Chinatown Park
Hidden Gems
- The Whips Record Release w/Des Demonas and The Mostly Dead at Black Cat
- Reginald Cyntje at Twins Jazz
- Bowie Ball - The Labyrinth Masquerade at U Street Music Hall
- Carly Harvey at Lubber Run Amphitheater
- Rock Creek Revival and Wicked Sycamore at New Deal Cafe
- Ian Ferguson at Songbyrd
- Shacara Rogers at Sotto
- The Advertisers | Venray at Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge
- Gloria Deo / Miss, Understand Me / Humilitarian at Colony Club DC
- Don Zientara and Freakout Squares at Villain & Saint
- Jazz in the Garden 2019 at Sculpture Garden Pavilion Cafe
- Neurosis with Bell Witch and DEAFKIDS at 9:30 Club
- The 9 Songwriter Series 10th Anniversary Show at The Birchmere
- Flowerbomb, Trying (OH), Weston Smith at Smith Public Trust
- An event to benefit the Baltimore Sex Worker Outreach Project (SWOP) at Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
- Songs of 1969: 50th Anniversary Show at Creative Alliance (Baltimore)
Sat — August 10
DCMR Staff Recs
- Davy Knowles with Mary-eL Band at Gypsy Sally's
- Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band at Wolf Trap
- On the Bus with Ron Holloway and David Gans at Villain & Saint
- Backyard Band at City Winery DC
- Blues Night with Moonshine Society at The Crown & Crow
- Aerosmith at MGM National Harbor
- Kendall Street Company at Union Stage
- Tribute to Van Morrison: Into the Mystic at Tally Ho Theater (Leesburg)
- Runway Gin at The 8x10 (Baltimore)
Saturday Mics, Jams, & Such
- Summer Concert Series - World Music Night at Ft. Dupont
- Open Studio: Sacred Sounds at Smithsonian's Freer Sackler
- Girls Rock! DC End of Summer Celebration at St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church
- THE CARIBBEAN CRAWL DC at multiple U Street venues
- Tropical Beat: Leon City Sounds & DJ Shabbakano (PR/NYC) at Haydee's
- Summer Daze Fest: The Sweet Life And Friends (Martinsburg, WV)
- Dead on the Bay: Live Music Festival at Cedarhurst Community Center (Shady Side, MD)
Hidden Gems
- The Duskwhales CD Release Show w/Nah. and Griefcat at Jammin Java
- Reginald Cyntje at Twins Jazz
- The Lodestones, Idaho Joe Winslow, & Anna Connolly at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Shining Blade Theory EP Release w/ Prowess, Blood Moon Carnival at Hole In The Sky DC
- The Perfectionists Darty at Sauf Haus
- smrtdeath, LIL LOTUS and guccihighwaters at DC9 Nightclub
- Jakob Ogawa at Songbyrd
- Harlan | Trajectories at Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge
- The Kerosene And Rex at Spacycloud
- Albino Rhino at Crooked Run Brewing (Sterling)
- Swing Underground at The Elk Room (Baltimore)
Sun — August 11
DCMR Staff Recs
- Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band at Wolf Trap
- Bad Religion at The Fillmore Silver Spring
- Nappy Roots at City Winery DC
- Thunderpussy, Hollis Brown & Thunder Club at Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
- SOJA at Seacrests Jamaica USA (Ocean City)
Sunday Mics, Jams, & Such
- The Social Power of Music at Lost Origins Gallery
- Meet & Greet Jam - Cosmic Classics Flashband at 7DC
- The Frederick Record Fair at Olde Mother Brewing Co.
Hidden Gems
- Billy Kemp at Rooster & Hen (Catonsville)
- Rochelle Rice at Sotto
- Aaron Martin + Lionel Lyles | CapitalBop's DC Jazz Loft at Rhizome DC
- FREE, Live & Local: Emmanuel Withers and Cody Summit at The Pub & The People
- La Marvela and Konjur Collective at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Frankie Valet/ Lost Dog / Saffron at Slash Run
- Fanclub, Nowadays, Distant Creatures at Comet Ping Pong
- KOTA the Friend | Tre' Yung at Songbyrd
- Yeek at Union Stage
- A Music Tribute to Big Al Sevilla at 9:30 Club
