We are beyond sad to say goodbye to our dear friend, multi-talented musician, and above all a beautiful, humble, and kind human being Kofi Burbridge (pictured above, left with Derek Trucks, right) of Tedeschi Trucks Band. Tedeschi Trucks carried on this past weekend with a "performance for the ages" at The Warner Theatre, where they will be returning again this Friday and Saturday night in what will be an emotional celebration of this beautiful person. Photo and quote by Josh Brick.
Week Of: February 18 — February 24, 2019
Summary: Bookends
This has been a hard week for the band and fans of Tedeschi Trucks, who played shows this past weekend on the heels of the news that beloved keyboardist/flutist Kofi Burbridge passed away on Friday. They powered on and played what was an emotional, inspired set of shows as part of their regular Warner Theatre run. They will be doing it again this upcoming weekend on both Friday and Saturday night.
Kofi was raised in DC and his fans here adored him. In some ways, we are lucky to be able to honor him with these bookend shows while we continue to process the news of his passing this week.
There are so many sublime musicians that come from this region and we are fortunate to have so many opportunities to experience such diverse, passionate, and inspired live performances. Supporting local music continues to be a wonderful way to connect with the community, this week being no exception. Many of the incredible artists listed below (personal choices in bold) consider the DMV their home.
The billboard at The Warner Theatre read over the weekend: "We will miss our brother." To Kofi, that sentiment rings true for this city. DC will miss your warmth and talent and we are so grateful for all the music and humanity you shared.
Mon — February 18
DCMR Staff Recs
- Susan Jones Quartet at Blues Alley
- The Knocks, Young & Sick, Blu DeTiger at 9:30 Club
- Deerhoof and Spooky Cool at Richmond Music Hall (Richmond)
- Car Seat Headrest at The National (Richmond)
Monday Jams and Open Mics and Cool Stuff
- JAMonday at Epicure Cafe
- Monday Django Jazz Jam at Avenue Kitchen & Bar
- Shayla Breneé featured Open Mic at Busboys & Poets Shirlington
- Monday Night at the Mic at MilkBoy ArtHouse
- Teavolve Open Mic w Marc Avon Evans at Tealove
- Mural Mondays at Listen Vision Recording Studios
Hidden Gems
- Empress Of with Salt Cathedral at Rock And Roll Hotel
- OrchLab Chamber Music Concert at Strathmore
- Funky Miracle at Marvin Social
- Robert DeLong at Union Stage
- Experiments in Sound Meditation and Post-Meditation Concert: Peter Webb, Liz Durette at Rhizome DC
Tue — February 19
DCMR Staff Recs
- LP with Korey Dane at The Lincoln Theatre
- Gina Sobel, Free Union, Indiana Jonesin at Dangerous Pies DC
- SWITCHFOOT - The Native Tongue Tour at The Fillmore Silver Spring
Heartfelt Tuesday Jams
- Gordon Sterling Presents: The Gypsy Sally's Jam at Gypsy Sally's
- Real Live: Show & Jam with Dior Ashley Brown at Anacostia Arts Center
- Jazz Jam for All at Trinacria Ristorante & Bar (Baltimore)
Hidden Gems
- Adia Victoria with Joshua Asante at DC9 Nightclub
- Empress Of W/ Salt Cathedral at Ottobar (Baltimore)
- Julia Holter at U Street Music Hall
- Celebrating Cuban Music and Dance in the Community FREE at Union Stage
- Cherish The Ladies at Wolf Trap
- Chromatic Vibrations - Joshua Espinoza & Irene Jalenti at An die Musik (Baltimore)
- The Songster Series w/ Marian McLaughlin at Creative Alliance (Baltimore)
Wed — February 20
DCMR Staff Recs
- LP with Korey Dane at 9:30 Club
- Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals w/ Tayla Parx at MGM National Harbor
- Radii, Sun & Rain at Gypsy Sally's
- Kayla Waters at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
Wednesday Jams and Open Mics and Cool Stuff
- Femme Open Mic at Epicure Cafe
- Neel Singh's Open Jam & Workshop at Villain & Saint
- Takoma Park Old Time Jam at Takoma Bev. Co.
- Capitol Hill Jazz Jam at Mr. Henry's
- Open Mic Night hosted by Alex The Red Parez! at Rhodeside Grill
- Open Mic & Jam at Fat Tuesday's
- Joan Jett: Bad Reputation (Movie) FREE at WTMD (Towson)
Hidden Gems
- Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 at The Howard Theatre
- Buck Meek (of Big Thief) w/ Twain & Mothpuppy at Joe Squared (Baltimore)
- AIR Workshop: Exploring the Mind-Body Connection in Vocal Music with Anjali Taneja at Strathmore Mansion
- MNEK at Union Stage
- Superbody, Sir E.U, Crab Legs at Dangerous Pies DC
- Cherish The Ladies at Wolf Trap
- Smithsonian Folkways "Songs of Our Native Daughters" Listening Party at Songbyrd
- SiMoN (Japan) / Weston Smith / Easy Sleeper at Slash Run
- Emma G at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Cat Janice w/ No Pterodactyls at DC9 Nightclub
- GoldPants Party with Elena Lacayo // Party Like It's at Sauf Haus
- Not An Airplane, Houston/Hughes/Hurlbut/Palumbo/Young, 2 2 1/2 2 at The Undercroft (Baltimore)
Thu — February 21
DCMR Staff Recs
- Traffic Tribute Show at Gypsy Sally's
- Pacific in Motion features NIDIA GÓNGORA as part of THE RISING VOICE OF AFRO-COLOMBIAN WOMEN at American University
- NSO Pops: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (film with live orchestra) at The Kennedy Center Concert Hall
- Shannon Gunn and the Bullettes at Sotto
- Kim Waters at Blues Alley
Thursday Jams and Open Mics
- Songbyrd Open Mic Night! at Songbyrd
- Swing Underground at Rye at Rye Fells Point (Baltimore)
Hidden Gems
- Thelma/Antonia/Keeper/Emperor Plum at The Dew Drop Inn DC
- WAYTA at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- De Tierra Caliente Duo and Ryan Tennis at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Waterside Vibes at Bistro Bohem
- Take 5! Ali Ryerson Quartet at 5p at Kogod Courtyard - Smithsonian American Art Museum & Portrait Gallery
- Gerardo Contino y Los Habaneros on Millennium Stage at 6p FREE at The Kennedy Center
- The Toccata Players at Capitol Cider House
- Lowland Hum at Jammin Java
- Schadenfreude Neubauten at Studio Ga Ga
- DeBonis/Allen Trio featuring Larry Joseloff at Great Sage (Clarksville)
- Baltimore Honky-Tonk & Two-Stepping with Jesse & Emily at Waverly Brewing Company (Baltimore)
Fri — February 22
DCMR Staff Recs
- Tedeschi Trucks Band at The Warner Theatre Night 3
- 10,000 Maniacs at The Birchmere
- Rachael & Vilray (feat. Rachael Price of Lake Street Dive) at The Miracle Theatre
- Rockn' to LOCKN' 2019, Suga Grits, Black Masala, Surprise Attack, Nkula at Gypsy Sally's
- Vince Staples with Buddy, Armani White at 9:30 Club
- Vasudeva, Mary El Band, The OSYX at Chapala Blue Beetle Rock Bar
- Sol Roots Trio - DCBS 4th Friday Blues Happy Hour at The DC Blues Society
- Kat Wright at The Hamilton
- Greyson Chance at DC9 Nightclub
- NSO Pops: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (film with live orchestra) at The Kennedy Center Concert Hall
- Color School at The Pinch
- Kim Waters at Blues Alley
- Frozen Harbor Music Festival: RDGLDGRN & ¡Mayday! with Little Stranger at Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore)
Hidden Gems
- Taylor Ashton at 3p at The Miracle Theatre
- Rock Creek Revival / Haint Blue at The New Deal Cafe
- Adina Howard and Big Daddy Kane at Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club
- Remembering the Queen of Soul - A Tribute to the Music of Aretha at Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club
- Miss, Understand Me / Weston Smith / Quick 'o' Clock at Slash Run
- LBG Trio & Reed Appleseed at Boundary Stone
- Yeni Nostalji / Time is Fire / NaH at Gallery Five
- Chris Cassaday & The Cassaday Concoction, Sauce, Higher Numbers at Dangerous Pies DC
- Vim & Vigor at Songbyrd
- PRIME TIME: FUNK DISCO BOOGIE SOUL W/ DJ TREV-SKI AND FRIENDS at Songbyrd
- Pocket Bells w/Kid Brother at The Soundry
- The Remix at Marvin
- MidMountain/Abby Wendle with David Schulman/Rex Delafkaran at Rhizome DC
- No/Más, Mosquito Drone, Taciturn, MSD at Atlas Brew Works
- Mistress Tigers at Electric Maid
- Jammin Java Final Battle Of The Bands at Jammin Java
- Freestyle Fridays at Listen Vision Recording Studios
- 4th Annual Charm City Django Jazz Festival at Creative Alliance (Baltimore)
Sat — February 23
DCMR Staff Recs
- Tedeschi Trucks Band at The Warner Theatre
- Big Sam's Funky Nation at The Hamilton
- Tedeschi Trucks Band Afterparty featuring Big Sam's Funky Nation at The Hamilton
- Procol Harum: Still There’ll Be More Tour at City Winery DC
- An Evening with Keller Williams at Tally Ho Theater
- Vince Staples with Buddy, Armani White at 9:30 Club
- Holes in the Sky: Lara Downes with Rhiannon Giddens at Sixth & I
- An Evening w/ Better Off Dead at Gypsy Sally's
- Black Alley at City Winery DC
- Sweet Something EP Release Party w/ Gordon Sterling & Agmité! at Vinyl Lounge at Songbyrd
- NSO Pops: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (film with live orchestra) at The Kennedy Center Concert Hall
- Goose, Surprise Attack (Feat. Jarreau) at Pearl Street Warehouse
- Kim Waters at Blues Alley
- A University of Whales with Choose Your Own Adventure and Prabir at The Southern Cafe and Music Hall (Charlottesville)
- 10,000 Maniacs at Gordon Center for Performing Arts (Owings Mills)
Hidden Gems
- Conversation: The 5% - A meetup and discussion for women, girls, and non binary people interested in, studying, or working in sound and recording arts at 1p at Ivakota
- Jay Electronica at The Howard Theatre
- Rising Notes: Funky Dance Party with Clones of Funk at American Legion Cook-Pinkney Post Auxiliary Unit 141
- Doc Rotten // The Xiles // The Screws // Creep Crusades at VFW Post 9274
- Ritmos Raros BRAZILeiros Vol.7 Carnival Edition at Songbyrd
- Saturday Night Live Ft. Form of Expression at Mariachis Tequileria & Restaurant
- Noches de Rumba y Blues - Bossa Series at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- October ‘71 (fka RobStokes) w/ Stray Fossa and Not Your Groupies at Rock And Roll Hotel
- Diary of an R&B Legend: The Legacy of Earth, Wind & Fire at Songbyrd
- Kompa, Zouk & Kizomba Night at the Port! at Port-au-Prince Haitian Cuisine by Don Berto's Kitchen
- Alex The Red Parez and The Hell Rojos featuring Terry Boes and Derek Evry Free Late Night in The Loft at The Hamilton!
- The Return of Shout Bamalama at Haydees
- Tom Reyes & Friends Jam Session at The Maryland Music Academy (Columbia)
- Women in Blues w/ Ashleigh & Carly at Colonial Tavern Home to the Irish Brigade (Fredericksburg)
- Strange Attractor, Manners Manners, Leisure Sport, Gloop at The Undercroft (Baltimore)
- Sad & Boujee - An Emo Meets Trap Rap Party at Ottobar (Baltimore)
- Violinist Emil Chudnovsky & Pianist Michael Sheppard at An die Musik (Baltimore)
- Joseph and the Beasts / Mess / Tremendous Athlete / Swoll at The Windup Space (Baltimore)
- Letitia VanSant and Laura Wortman at NXNE at Function Coworking Community (Baltimore)
Sun — February 24
DCMR Staff Recs
- Delfeayo Marsalis at The Hamilton
- Butcher Brown at Gypsy Sally's
- You Me At Six, Dreamers, Machineheart at 9:30 Club
- Adeline at Union Stage
- Feelin' The Funk! & Guest Ray, Goodman & Brown at Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club
- Gopal, Gunn & Gleason at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Kim Waters at Blues Alley
Hidden Gems
- 7DrumCity presents Erin Frisby FREE at The Pub & The People
- The Chills at Black Cat
- Tvameva's Album Release Party at Bump n' Grind
- The Acoustic Guitar Project Concert (DC Edition) at Allyworld
- Grace Ives / Jack Whitescarver / Spyne / ROSS at Rhizome DC
- Born Dad / Twatsnot / Panini Girlfriend at The Dew Drop Inn DC
- Mike 'n' Ike's Jazz Jam at Germano's (Baltimore)
