Featured above is jazzy, funky, fresh DC-based band novo who are presenting a "jam-packed-with-talent" (and horns!) Tribute to Amy Winehouse at Pearl Street Warehouse on Saturday night. Photo by Jason Herman.
Week Of: June 24 — 30, 2019
Summary: Long (and Longing for Music) Days
This week, some DC Music Review highlights include:
- 2019 Smithsonian Folklife Festival — focusing on the Social Power of Music and explore the history of DC music —at The Mall in DC on Friday and Saturday (NOT TO BE MISSED!)
- Dead & Company at Jiffy Lube Live on Wednesday
- Diana Ross at Wolf Trap on Thursday
Plus this week is chalk full of SO MANY LOCAL ARTISTS playing great shows, including:
- Shamans of Sound + Gordon Sterling & The People at Dangerously Delicious Pies DC
- CBDB w/ Pleasure Train at Pearl Street Warehouse
- Moon Tooth, Deaf Scene, Caustic Casanova at Atlas Brew Works
- novo presents: A Tribute to Amy Winehouse, Featuring special guests TBA + all-star DC horn section at Pearl Street Warehouse (featured above)
- Fanoplane / Joy on Fire / Love Trio / Corey Thuro at Rhizome DC
- Holly Montgomery Solo/Band at Kalypso's
- Black Dog Prowl at Rock & Roll Hotel
- FREE, Live & Local: Elena Lacayo at The Pub & The People
- The Grasping Straws • Camp Saint Helene • Sonic Eddy at Dwell DC
- Piramid Scheme / Harrison Ford Mustang at Slash Run
- Don Zientara/Stripmall Ballads at Songbyrd
- Chris Urquiaga w/ Rock Creek Kings, Anjali Taneja at DC9 Nightclub
- Apple Storymakers Festival Block Party at Apple Carnegie Library
- DUMP HIM // Company Calls // Closet Goth // Merry Pranksters at The Shrine
- Over Easy with a Side of Geraldine at Little Market Café
...and that is only naming a few. Below are many, many more!
So get out there and check out our kinetic scene— 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.
Tue — June 25
DCMR Staff Recs
- FREE, Live & Local: Cristian Perez at The Pub & The People
- Stray Fossa, Not Your Groupies, The Young Birds at Dangerously Delicious Pies DC
Tuesday Mics, Jams & Cool Stuff
- OffTheBeatenPath Music Composition Workshop w/ Lewis Krauthamer at Rhizome DC
- Open Mic feat. Schreiner at Sauf Haus
Hidden Gems
- Commander Salamander/Knope/Guitar Fight/Mikau at VFW Post 9274
- Jazz 'N More at Don Berto's Kitchen
- George Adamson, Tyler Meacham, Bon Ki, Nancy Raygun at The Camel
Wed — June 26
DCMR Staff Recs
- Dead & Company at Jiffy Lube Live
- A-WA at The Hamilton
- Robert Mwamba (Guitar) featuring CYNDA Williams at 8p and 10 p at Blues Alley
- Juliana Hatfield w/ Bird Streets at Union Stage
- Trey Sorrells, Jazz Saxophonist at Strathmore
Wednesday Mics, Jams & Such
- Capitol Hill Jazz Jam at Mr. Henry's
- Open Mic Night hosted by Alex The Red Parez at Rhodeside Grill
Hidden Gems
- The Tributary Project at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- District of Raga Presents Mangal at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Dumb, Boston Cream, Clear Channel & Knife Wife at Rhizome DC
- Marbin at Seasons and Sessions
- Kate Bollinger at Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge
- Hannah Jaye and the Hideaways, Lucy Isabel at Vinyl Lounge at Gypsy Sally's
- The Campfire Sessions at New Deal Cafe
- Love Your Friends / Fake Bodies / Scorpio at Epicure Café
Thu — June 27
DCMR Staff Recs
- Diana Ross at Wolf Trap
- Cate Le Bon at Black Cat
- Erin & the Wildfire + Surprise Attack at Dangerously Delicious Pies DC
- Weird Al Yankovic at The National (Richmond)
Hidden Gems
- EmiSunshine at Jammin' Java
- Celso Pina - All Standing In The Flex Stage at The Birchmere
- Geovane Santos & Bruno Lucini Brazilian Jazz Duo at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Faye Webster at DC9 Nightclub
- Ozmosys Omar Hakim, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Rachel Z, & Linely Marthe at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- Drew Beckman + BBs, His Hem, Dawnathan, and Ricky Steece at The Dew Drop Inn DC
- Dan N' Friends at Vinyl Lounge at Gypsy Sally's
- Thursday Jazz: Vibraphonist Chris Barrick at Petworth Citizen
Fri — June 28
DCMR Staff Recs
- Shamans of Sound + Gordon Sterling & The People at Dangerously Delicious Pies DC
- CBDB w/ Pleasure Train at Pearl Street Warehouse
- Forward Society Presents: Q Da Fool & Lil Keed Live at The Howard Theatre
- En Vogue at Bethesda Blues & Supper Club
- 9:30 Presents Helado Negro at U Street Music Hall
- A Talking Heads Tribute with Start Making Sense at The Soundry (Columbia)
- Brent Birckhead (Baltimore Album Release) at Creative Alliance (Baltimore)
Friday Festivals
- Grateful Get Down 4 at South Mountain Fairgrounds (Biglerville, PA)
- Hampton Jazz Festival at The Hampton Coliseum (Hampton)
Hidden Gems
- Moon Tooth, Deaf Scene, Caustic Casanova at Atlas Brew Works
- Livingston Taylor at The Hamilton
- Shemekia Copeland at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- Fanoplane / Joy on Fire / Love Trio / Corey Thuro at Rhizome DC
- Holly Montgomery Solo/Band at Kalypso's
- Funsho | Magna Carda at Songbyrd
- Casual Hex | Post Pink | Wisteria at Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge
- Clarence "The Bluesman" Turner at Sotto
- Brazilian Reggae Night at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Jordan Gillis at Vinyl Lounge at Gypsy Sally's
- Cigarette Record Release with Dougie Poole at DC9 Nightclub
- Moral Panic / Stop Worrying & Love The Bomb / Teen Cobra at Slash Run
- Alex Parker, Lorena O, and The Kerosene at Epicure Café
- Jazz in the Garden 2019 at Sculpture Garden Pavilion Cafe
- Friday Music: Black Masala at 50 W. Washington St. (Hagerstown)
Sat — June 29
DCMR Staff Recs
- novo presents: A Tribute to Amy Winehouse, Featuring special guests TBA + all-star DC horn section at Pearl Street Warehouse
- En Vogue at Bethesda Blues & Supper Club
- Start Making Sense- A Tribute to Talking Heads with SeepeopleS at The Hamilton
Saturday Festivals and Such
- 2019 Smithsonian Folklife Festival at The Mall in DC
- Apple Storymakers Festival Block Party ft. BACKYARD BAND + AZTEC SUN + BAT FANGS + PINKY KILLACORN + YADDIYA + IZA FLO + JEROME BAKER 3RD + DOMO + LIONZ OF ZION FREE and all ages at Apple Carnegie Library
- Hampton Jazz Festival at The Hampton Coliseum (Hampton)
- World Premiere: Punk the Capital + Q&A at AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
Hidden Gems
- Black Dog Prowl at Rock & Roll Hotel
- Newmyer Flyer Presents Laurel Canyon: Golden Songs of La 66-73 at The Birchmere
- The High and Wides at Hill Country DC
- Shemekia Copeland at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- Shanice at The Howard Theatre
- Honest Haloway / Low Rose / Yesferatu at Songbyrd
- Teen Body , Emperor Plum , Brnda at Dwell DC
- Death Ray Tango at VFW Post 350 Hells Bottom
- Sam Newsome at Rhizome DC
- ThomasChambersNorrisMeisterBenjamin at An die Musik (Baltimore)
- Jazz in the Sculpture Garden: Vijay Iyer at Baltimore Museum of Art Sculpture Garden (Baltimore)
Sun — June 30
DCMR Staff Recs
- LeAnne Rimes (Acoustic) at The Birchmere Alexandria
- Good Charlotte at Fillmore Silver Spring
- FREE, Live & Local: Elena Lacayo at The Pub & The People
- Jah9 at The Soundry (Columbia)
- Tribute to Jimi Hendrix w/ Bobby Thompson Trio at The Tin Pan (Richmond)
Sunday Festivals & Such
- 2019 Smithsonian Folklife Festival at The Mall in DC
- Film: Punk the Capital at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- New Deal Cafe Drum Circle at New Deal Cafe
- Free Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Rachel Levitin at Union Stage
- The Jazz Workshop Performance: Monday 615p Group at Epicure Café
- Hampton Jazz Festival at The Hampton Coliseum (Hampton)
Hidden Gems
- Shemekia Copeland at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- The Grasping Straws • Camp Saint Helene • Sonic Eddy at Dwell DC
- Piramid Scheme / Harrison Ford Mustang at Slash Run
- XK Scenario (Album Release) w/ Antihero, Cool Baby, Kasey Jones at DC9 Nightclub
- Church Shuttle / Tarpit / Patrick Cain at Rhizome DC
- Don Zientara/Stripmall Ballads at Songbyrd
- Chris Urquiaga w/ Rock Creek Kings, Anjali Taneja at DC9 Nightclub
- Shrewdness of Apes / Heavy Wire / Hari Vasan at Slash Run
- DUMP HIM // Company Calls // Closet Goth // Merry Pranksters at The Shrine
- Over Easy with a Side of Geraldine at Little Market Café (Ellicott City)
- ThomasChambersNorrisMeisterBenjamin at An die Musik (Baltimore)
- Natural Velvet Homecoming Show FREE at Ottobar (Baltimore)
