DC Music Summit Goes Boom! offers insight to the DC MUSIC SUMMIT 2020 with a discussion on "Women in Music and Sparking Change" from This Could Go Boom! and a performance by the seriously super DC-supergroup Iza Flo, FREE on Wed at The Kennedy Center.
Week Of: January 20 — 26, 2020
Summary: Engaging Artistry
This week! So many artists who mesmerize and engage you completely. Top of mind:
- LEGENDARY: Chaka Khan is performing at Let Freedom Ring Celebration feat. Chaka Khan (FREE) at The Kennedy Center on Monday.
- RIVETING: Go to An Evening With Taimane, Her Quartet & Polynesian Dancer at The Hamilton Live on Wednesday and be prepared to leave mouth agape.
- FRESH: I caught The New Respects a few years ago at a local dive bar and danced my heart out. Want to get some energy, get out to see the so hip and groovy Ripe with The New Respects at 9:30 Club on Thursday.
- RAW: Grace Potter puts everything she's got all out there every time she hits the stage. Catch Grace Potter as she rocks out The Anthem on Saturday night.
- FUNKY: Yep, Cory Wong is coming to town to lay it all down at a show you don't want to miss at 9:30 Club on Sunday night.
- JAMTASTIC: Come out and see Twiddle on Friday night as they launch their 2020 Winter Tour at the 9:30 Club on Saturday night.
...and LOCAL: If you're a DC musician, music lover, or care about our scene, be sure to check out check out DC Music Summit Goes Boom! FREE on Wednesday night at The Kennedy Center. This event offers a preview of the DC MUSIC SUMMIT 2020 with a panel discussion on "Women in Music and Sparking Change" presented by This Could Go Boom! and live performance by the (seriously super) DC supergroup Iza Flo (featured photo). It will be an educational, eye-opening, insanely good time, and a great way to get/stay involved in the scene.
So do get out there this week for sure and check it ALL out. MORE shows 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!
Mon — January 20
DCMR Staff Picks
- Let Freedom Ring Celebration feat. Chaka Khan (FREE) at The Kennedy Center
- Three Dog Night at Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
Jams, Mics & Such
Sparkling Gems
- Crys Matthews, Lea Morris, and Tom Prasada-Rao at 49 West Coffeehouse (Annapolis)
- 9:30 Presents Temples w/ Art d'Ecco at U Street Music Hall
- Upwards CD release at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
Tue — January 21
DCMR Staff Picks
- Tuesday Concert Series: Walking the Steps: MLK Musical Tribute at The Church of the Epiphany
- Mateusz Smoczynski Quartet at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Jay Campbell at The Kennedy Center
Jams, Mics & Such
- Dan Steele N' Friends Tues Nite Tiny Jams at Clare and Don's Beach Shack (Falls Church)
- Open Mic feat. Miss, Understand Me at Sauf Haus
- Open Mic at Settle Down Easy Brewery (Falls Church)
- Idiomatic Styles in Irish Traditional Music at School of Musical Traditions (Rockville)
Sparkling Gems
- Lohesh / dog (nyc) / Antilagom at Rhizome DC
- Rami Kleinstein at City Winery DC
- The Adicts at Rock & Roll Hotel
- Ebban and Ephraim Dorsey at Keystone Korner (Baltimore)
Wed — January 22
DCMR Staff Picks
- An Evening With Taimane, Her Quartet & Polynesian Dancer at The Hamilton Live
- National Symphony Orchestra: The Planets at The Anthem
- The Sugarhill Gang at City Winery DC
- Eric Scott at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- Brian Wilson at MGM National Harbor (Oxon Hill)
- Shanghai Chinese Orchestra (part of KC Lunar New Year 2020) at The Kennedy Center
- The Devil Makes Three with Matt Heckler at The Jefferson Theater (Charlottesville)
- Too Many Zooz with Birocratic at The Southern Cafe and Music Hall (Charlottesville)
Jams, Mics & Such
- DC Music Summit Goes Boom! — a FREE preview of the DC MUSIC SUMMIT 2020 with a panel discussion on "Women in Music and Sparking Change" presented by This Could Go Boom! and live performance by DC supergroup, Iza Flo at The Kennedy Center
- Open Jam (Neel’s BDay!) at Caddie's on Cordell (Bethesda)
- Capitol Hill Jazz Jam at Mr. Henry's
- Open Mic hosted by Alex The Red Parez aka El Rojo Ft. at 10: Constantine Titov! at Rhodeside Grille (Arlington)
- Clawhammer Banjo Workshops with Brad Kolodner at Appalachian Bluegrass Shoppe (Catonsville)
Sparkling Gems
- Siren Songs: A Benefit for End The Backlog — a show featuring all womxn artists performing original work to benefit End The Backlog, a non-profit that works to eliminate the backlog of rape kits in police precincts —at Jammin' Java (Vienna)
- Balinese Evening at Indonesian Embassy
- Funktronics at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Joe Cat w/ Petty Indulgences, Melk at DC9 Nightclub
- Son Little - Scotty P from Jah Works at The 8x10 (Baltimore)
- Mona Speaks Mountains + A Shrewdness of Apes at Evening Star Cafe (Alexandria)
- An Evening with Richard Thompson at The Birchmere (Alexandria)
- Kian Soltani, cello & Julio Elizalde, piano at The Kennedy Center
- Noah Nipp at Twins Jazz
- Ider | Den-Mate at Songbyrd
- Sriram Gopal & Friends at Eaton Hotel
- The Campfire Sessions ft. Mary Men, Louder Messy, Mike Bennett at New Deal Cafe (Greenbelt)
- Acoustic Wednesdays FREE at The Renegade (Arlington)
- Blac Youngsta w/ Lil Migo, Holiday Shellz, Phizzals at Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore)
- Sweet Something Jazz Duo at Lake Anne Coffee House & Wine Bar (Reston)
Thu — January 23
DCMR Staff Picks
- Ripe with The New Respects at 9:30 Club
- Too Many Zooz at Union Stage
Jams, Mics & Such
- ALL BLACK EVERYTHING Presents MIC CHECK - A Hip Hop/Rap Open Mic at Brooklyn Restaurant + Lounge
- Jazz Band Master Class at Twins Jazz
- Beginning Guitar Group Class at House of Musical Instruments (Takoma Park)
- A Beautiful, Terrible Thing: Making a life in independent music at Ottobar (Baltimore)
Sparkling Gems
- Karen Jonas, Lauren Calve & Mink's Miracle Medicine at Pearl Street Warehouse
- the Club at Studio K Presents: Elijah Jamal Balbed Quintet at The REACH at The Kennedy Center
- José André Quartet at Mr. Henry's
- The Immigrant Cumbia at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Not My Vice Album Release Show Featuring One Way Out & Címontì at Pie Shop DC
- Thygui and The Colonies at The Wonderland Ballroom
- Concert: Beau Soir Ensemble at The Mexican Cultural Institute
- Hannah Cohen, Renata Zeiguer, Pen Palindrome at Comet Ping Pong
- TLRCS | Sid Kingsley| RoseRiot | Little River Creek Police at Public Bar
- Steve Forbert & The New Renditions at City Winery DC
- Mousey Thompson at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- R&B Night - Smooth Band and The DMV Konnection at 7DC's The Pocket
- Moonwheels / Anna Connolly / Landfall at Slash Run
- Clarence Ward III & Dat Feel Good Live at Jojo's
- Danube Sessions at Marx Cafe
- Paul Galbraith, guitar & Antonio Meneses, cello at Strathmore (Bethesda)
- New Year Rok-In with Casanovela, Sonic Spell, Rok at New Deal Cafe (Greenbelt)
- Danube Sessions at Syriana Cafe & Gallery (Ellicott City)
- The Adicts, Ravagers, The Droogettes at Baltimore Soundstage (Baltimore)
- Jamaaladeen Tacuma Trio at Keystone Korner (Baltimore)
Fri — January 24
DCMR Staff Picks
- Canvas Vibes at Black Cat
- The New Birth at The Birchmere (Alexandria)
- The North Country Single Release w/ Toebow (NYC) + Born Dad at Pie Shop DC
- Justin Trawick and The Common Good at BChord Brewing (Round Hill)
- Eschenbach returns / Tetzlaff plays Dvořák at The Kennedy Center
Jams, Mics & Such
- The Experience Band Music Video Shoot — Be a part of the live video shoot for the "funky feel good music" group, The Experience Band FREE at 7DC
- Vintage #18 DCBS Blues Happy Hour at American Legion Post 41, Cissel-Saxon
- Open Mic at Dive Bar
Sparkling Gems
- Rafael Pondé at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Drew Beckman + The Boundary Boys EP-RELEASE w/Frass Green at DC9 Nightclub
- Charm City Bluegrass Presents: Geraldine at Pitango Bakery + Café (Baltimore)
- A Balkan Journey - Concert by the Orfeia Vocal Ensemble at Takoma Park Community Center Auditorium
- Karen Jonas, Lauren Calve & Mink's Miracle Medicine at Blue Sky Bar (New Market)
- Masters of Hawaiian Music at Wolf Trap (Vienna)
- Alex Parchment at Twins Jazz
- K. Roosevelt + Tommi at Union Stage
- Itzy Premiere Showcase Tour Itzy? Itzy! In USA at The Warner Theatre
- Back to Yours / Deep Sea Peach Tree/ Flaccid Ashbacks at Songbyrd
- Tedd Baker | CapitalBop's Spotlight Residency at Local 16 DC
- Rogue Collective / Adam Goodwin at Rhizome DC
- NarkotroniK / Jesse Mullins / Matt Fusiek / Dicqbeats at Epicure Café
- Valerio Rinaldi en vivo at Marx Cafe
- Wallace Roney "Blue Dawn-Blue Nights" (Trumpet) Release Party at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
Sat — January 25
DCMR Staff Picks
- Grace Potter at The Anthem
- Twiddle at the 9:30 Club
- Blackalicious at Black Cat
- An Evening with Better Off Dead at Tally Ho Theater (Leesburg)
- Early Elton Trio: The Hits & The Deep Show at The Hamilton Live
- Turkuaz with Neal Francis at The Jefferson Theater (Charlottesville)
- Travers Brothership & Los Elk at Hill Country DC
- at Hill Country DC
- The Wharf Rats, Live! at Lahinch Tavern & Grill (Potomac)
- Kassa Overall's "Blue Swamini" featuring Carmen Lundy at The REACH at The Kennedy Center
- Eschenbach returns / Tetzlaff plays Dvořák at The Kennedy Center
- AZTEC SUN at River City Roll (Richmond)
Jams, Mics & Such
- Saturday Jazz Jam at New Deal Cafe (Greenbelt)
- Master Class with Mr. John Perry at Kirov Academy of Washington DC
Sparkling Gems
- Goodbye Futureman / Little Synth Band at 7DC's The Pocket
- Indigo de Souza / MJ Lenderman at Songbyrd
- American Television, Foxhall Stacks, Crossed Keys, Teen Cobra at Pie Shop DC
- Karen Jonas, Lauren Calve & Mink's Miracle Medicine at Colonial Tavern Home to the Irish Brigade (Fredericksburg)
- Gaelle Solal at Westmoreland Congregational UCC (Bethesda)
- Illiterate Light w/ Camp Howard at DC9 Nightclub
- Tedd Baker | CapitalBop's Spotlight Residency at Local 16 DC
- Dub Addis at Safari DC
- Masters of Hawaiian Music at Wolf Trap (Vienna)
- Midori & Jean-Yves Thibaudet at Strathmore (Bethesda)
- Wallace Roney "Blue Dawn-Blue Nights" (Trumpet) Release Party at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- Vivian Green at Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club (Bethesda)
- Strings for an Evening: A fundraiser for refugee resettlement at St. Mark's Episcopal Church- Capitol Hill
- Alex Parchment at Twins Jazz
- Tsibele at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Christos at Sotto
- Black Masala at New Deal Cafe (Greenbelt)
- S.N.R.G. Album Release Party w/ Beny SUAV and more at Union Stage
- Hand Made Music presents Form of Expression at Mariachis (Manasass)
- Contentment is Wealth at Maryland Meadworks (Hyattsville)
- ilyAIMY at One World Coffeehouse (Columbia)
- High Fidelity and Shannon Bielski & Moonlight Drive at Lucketts Bluegrass Foundation (Leesburg)
Sun — January 26
DCMR Staff Picks
- Cory Wong at 9:30 Club
- Dom Flemons presents Black Cowboys at The Kennedy Center
- Cheikh Ndoye & Friends (Bass/World/Fusion) at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- Nelly’s Harpsichord: Music from Mount Vernon at The Kennedy Center
Jams, Mics & Such
- DC Jazz Jam with special "DC Jazz Collective" house band at The Brixton
- Sunday Night Jams at The Renegade (Arlington)
- Grammy Awards Watch Party at Songbyrd
- The DC Record Fair at Penn Social
- January songwriting workshop with David Julian Gray at Adas Israel
- Modular Meetup at Rhizome DC
- The Fiddle Clinic at The Petworth Citizen
- Classic Album Sundays D.C. Presents Erykah Badu "Mama's Gun" at Songbyrd
Sparkling Gems
- SKYSCRAPERS at The Velvet Lounge
- J Roddy Walston Presents: A Single Dose Of Strangeness at Union Stage
- The NRIs & Don Zientara at Pie Shop DC
- Caleb Stine & The Brakemen, Noble Lake, Small Sur at Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
- Skyscrapers at The Velvet Lounge
- Sriram Gopal & Friends at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Dar Stellabotta's "Hey, I made a Record a Year Ago" Show at New Deal Cafe (Greenbelt)
- Sweet Yonder feat. Mark Schatz & Agi Kovacs at Jammin' Java (Vienna)
- Mark Schatz: The Solo Concert at Takoma Ranch (Takoma Park)
- Low Ways Quartet & Janel Leppin's Ensemble Volcanic Ash at Rhizome DC
- Jack Dunlap Band at Twins Jazz
- Clibbus (NY) Period Bomb [FL] Lucky Baby Daddy {LA} Thee Deluxe at Songbyrd
- NoPlace Safe Presents DeathProof Tour w/ Nascar Aloe at Songbyrd
- Linwood Taylor & Along for the Ride at The 219 (Alexandria)
- Clibbus (NY) Period Bomb [FL] Lucky Baby Daddy {LA} Thee Deluxe at Galaxy Hut (Arlington)