Top pick of the week is the funky, electrifying, genre-defying artist Sudan Archives who plays Union Stage on Wednesday night. Photo by Alex Black.
Week Of: March 9 — March 15, 2020
Summary: Hands On Ears Only
Check out the bold DC 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.
UPDATE:
Hi, DMV loves. Some (but not all) of the shows listed below have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 virus. Please contact the venue directly to keep up on the status shows.
As many of our favorite artists are full-time musicians whose income is dependent on performing live, let's consider other ways we can support them during this challenging time, including:
- purchasing their music and merch online
- checking in to let them know they are appreciated
- asking how to best support them as shows are being cancelled
Be safe out there and to keep up with the latest information, please check the CDC website.
Mon — March 9
DCMR Staff Picks
- The Light is the Same: Celebrating Women Composers at The Kennedy Center
- Destroyer, Nap Eyes at Black Cat
- Enter the Haggis w/s/g/ The Pigeon Kings at Rams Head On Stage (Annapolis)
Jams, Mics & Such
- Open Blues Jam w/ Linwood, Westcott & You! at JV's (Falls Church)
- JAMetropolis 2 at Epicure Café (Fairfax)
Sparkling Gems
- Natural Velvet • Cindy Cane • HNRY FLWR • Aertex at Songbyrd
- WIRE at Union Stage
- Herb Scott (Alto Sax) at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- Steve Swell Quartet at Rhizome DC
- Clever Girls | Honey Cutt at Songbyrd Vinyl Lounge
Tue — March 10
DCMR Staff Picks
- Crystal Bowersox at City Winery DC
- An Intimate Eve of Songs and Stories with Graham Nash at The Birchmere (Alexandria)
- The Districts at 9:30 Club
- Moonshine Society at JV's (Falls Church)
- Dead Kennedys at The NorVA (Norfolk)
Jams, Mics & Such
- Gordon Sterling Presents: The People's Jam at Pie Shop DC
- Trifling Tuesday 3yr Anniversary Party at The Wonderland Ballroom
- Tuesday Night Jam at Marx Cafe
- Open Mic at Sauf Haus
- Open Mic at Settle Down Easy Brewing (Falls Church)
- Acoustic Open Mic and Musician Jam Tuesdays at Dive Bar
Sparkling Gems
- Ali Barter / Emperor Plum at Songbyrd
- Halo Wheeler on Millennium Stage FREE at The Kennedy Center
- George Burton's Reciprocity (Piano) "Album Release Party" at 8p or 10p at Blues Alley
Wed — March 11
DCMR Staff Picks
- Sudan Archives at Union Stage
- Dead Kennedys with D.O.A. at 9:30 Club
- Dior Ashley Brown and Flotus Band FREE at The Millenium Stage at The Kennedy Center
- Crystal Bowersox at The Tin Pan (Richmond)
- Celine Dion at Capital One Arena
Jams, Mics & Such
- Good Vibes Jam ft. 1identity at 7DrumCity
- Capitol Hill Jazz Jam at Mr. Henry's
- Open Mic at Spacylounge DC
- Open Mic with Alex The Red Parez aka El Rojo Hosting at Rhodeside Grill (Arlington)
Sparkling Gems
- Don Fredrick, Humbalaya, and Bluewreck at Pie Shop DC
- Collective Shows Presents STOUT LIVE in concert at Takoma Station (Takoma Park)
- Lotion Princess with Jake Sherman Release Show at DC9 Nightclub
- Marshall Keys & Soulful Path "A tribute to Billy Strayhorn" at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- Riley Knoxx: An Illusion of Queen Bey at City Winery DC
- David Bertrand Quartet at Twins Jazz
- Mike Richards at The Renegade
- Shing02 & The Chee-Hoos: A Tribute to Nujabes at U Street Music Hall
Thu — March 12
DCMR Staff Picks
- Stephen Marley Acoustic Soul With Mystic Marley at The Howard Theatre
- Algiers, Hammered Hulls, Light Beams at Black Cat
- The Mauskovic Dance Band / Time is Fire at Songbyrd - CANCELLED
- The Minks w/ Twin Brothers Band at Pearl Street Warehouse
Jams, Mics & Such
- ProjectHERA Ladies' Night: Open Mic & Networking at Songbyrd
- The Dew Drop Jam with Option Paralysis & Mistress Tigers & OM at The Dew Drop Inn DC
- Run Come Play Open Mic Night at Maryland Meadworks (Hyattsville)
Sparkling Gems
- Data Recovery Project EP Release Party with Allthebestkids, The Watch, DJ Cody Valentine at Public Bar Live
- The 9 Songwriter Series at Hill Country DC
- Yumi Zouma w/ Magdalena Bay at DC9 Nightclub
- Mary Men w/ Louder Messy & Chicx Guapx at 7DC's The Pocket
- Clarence Ward III & Dat Feel Good Live at Jojo's
- The Hall Monitors w/ Teen Cobra - free throwback show! at Quarry House Tavern (Silver Spring)
- La Unica (Latin/Irish rock) at The Renegade
- Oso Oso + Prince Daddy &; The Hyena + Just Friends + Sincere Engineer at Union Stage
- Celebrate Irish Immigration to the USA with Cumbia at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Danube Sessions at The Green Zone
- Funktronics at New Deal Cafe (Greenbelt)
- Peaer, Strange Ranger & Waldo Disc at Joe Squared (Baltimore)
- Horse Lords Record Release Show with special guest Rest at Ottobar (Baltimore)
Fri — March 13
DCMR Staff Picks
- The Motet & TAUK at 9:30 Club
- KRS-One at The Howard Theatre
- Kronos Quartet // Terry Riley's Sun Rings at GWU
- Dweezil Zappa: Hot Rats Live! + Other Hot Stuff 1969 at The Hamilton
- Finals! 2020 Charm City Bluegrass Festival Battle of the Bands at The 8x10 (Baltimore)
- Aoife O'Donovan at Wolf Trap (Vienna)
- An Evening with Better Off Dead at Pearl Street Warehouse
- South Hill Banks, Travers Brothership at The Vanguard (Hampton)
- Broken Arrow: A Tribute To Neil Young at The State Theatre (Falls Church)
Jams, Mics & Such
- 2nd Annual Baltimore Old Time Music Festival at Creative Alliance (Baltimore)
- Jazz Doodle Jam! Jason Moran & Bandwagon + Mo Willems at The REACH at The Kennedy Center
- Jtown Jamz at Wollam Gardens (Jeffersonton)
Sparkling Gems
- FXCK SXSW: A Local Showcase at Black Cat at Black Cat
- Natalie Brooke / Elizabeth II / Pleasure Train at Pie Shop DC
- Squirrel Flower / Cedric Noel at Songbyrd
- Hallelujah The Hills, Gauche, Boston Cream at 7DC's The Pocket
- In Process - contemporary songs of peace, freedom, and justice at Carroll Cafe
- Lyuti Chushki at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Curse, Bricks, Lohesh, Aether & Pillars Of The Elves at The WhyteStone Creative Outcrop (College Park)
- SOB x RBE at Union Stage
- Black Techno Matters: Baronhawk Poitier, Outputmessage, Diyanna at Union Stage
- Mandy Brown & Tatiana Loisha: Flora & Fauna at St. Columba's Episcopal Church
- Cafetín de Buenos Aires at Embassy of Argentina in the United States
- Truth Cult/Asesinato/Ztuped/OCMB at Songbyrd
- Country Singer Kimberly Atwood at Dive Bar
- GDSC Presents - The Bends (25th Anniversary) at The Ugly Mug
- Little Red and the Renegades play Friday the Thirteenth is your Lucky Day Party at Haydees
- Orchestra Praževica and The Yehla Collective in Concert at 10701 Georgetown Road (Rockville)
- Toby Lightman at Jammin' Java (Vienna)
Sat — March 14
DCMR Staff Picks
- Infusion - A Bengali-Western Fusion Concert at the The State Theater (Falls Church)
- The Floozies w/s/g SunSquabi, Defunk at Rams Head Live (Baltimore)
- Nathaniel Rateliff at The Anthem
Jams, Mics & Such
- Jazz Doodle Jam! Jason Moran & Bandwagon + Mo Willems at The REACH at The Kennedy Center
- Ireland Celebration at The Wharf with Scythian - Ireland on The Wharf Afterparty at Pearl Street Warehouse
Sparkling Gems
- 10 Yr Anniversary Pi Day Blowout Ft. Jah Works, Shagwüf & more! at Pie Shop DC
- Tired All The Time / Ménage À Garage / Cherry Ames at 7DC's The Pocket
- Kinobe! Concert & Social Drum Circle at Seekers Church
- Sarod and Tabla Concert with Soumya Chakraverty and Debu Nayak at Gandhi Memorial Center (Bethesda)
- Kath Bloom at Normal's Books & Records (Baltimore)
- LOIDE at Jojo's
- Camila Meza and the Nectar Orchestra (part of Direct Current) at The REACH at The Kennedy Center
- Danielle Nicole at Pearl Street Warehouse
- Courageous Me - Stories & Songs Concert benefiting The Pulmonary Hypertension Foundation featuring Michelle Lockey w/s/g Jill Koshiol, Jen and Dave Hawley at Seneca Creek Community Church (Gaithersburg)
- Hunny / Bay Faction / Mundy's Bay at Songbyrd
- Atlas Presents Jazz: Jamie Baum & Short Stories at Atlas Performing Arts Center
- The Mastersons Album Release at Hill Country DC
- Tracy Hamlin at City Winery DC
- Peter Collins at City Winery DC
- DC Ambiance - An Evening Of Gypsy Jazz at Haydees
- Arabesque: Marouan Benabdallah at Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium
- Thalea String Quartet with Michelle Cann, piano at Dumbarton Concerts
- Friends of Pluto at The Wonderland Ballroom
- Ayreheart with special guest John Seay at Edith May's Paradise (Jessup)
- Saint Paddy's Day party with Shorty Slim at Madam's Organ Blues Bar
- Forms of Expression play St. Patrick's Day Parade After Party at Old Towne Sports Pub (Manassas)
Sun — March 15
DCMR Staff Picks
- Sturgill Simpson w/s/g Tyler Childers at The Anthem
- Sturgill + Tyler Fan Meetup Pre-Party feat. Bobby Thompson (in Tap Room) at Union Stage
- Tony Bennett w/s/g Antonia Bennett at Strathmore (Bethesda)
- Papadosio at The Broadberry (Richmond)
Jams, Mics & Such
- DMP Spring Chorus: Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" at Purple Patch
- Carnaval Afternoon: Ressaca Carnaval at The Brazilian-American Cultural Center
- A Love Bazaar: March 2020 Edition at City Winery DC
- Drumming for Wellness Classes at Shamanic Empowerment Center (Greenbelt)
- Multiflora Productions Presents: My Beautiful Girma (film) at Suns Cinema
Sparkling Gems
- Duke Ellington's Songs for Sacred Concerts at Gaston Hall at Georgetown University
- The Messthetics w/POA - Matinee at Quarry House Tavern (Silver Spring)
- Too-Rye-Ay featuring Ted Leo at City Winery DC
- Uniform + The Body at Black Cat
- The Escape Artist *EP Release* / Stay / Regrown / Collider at Pie Shop DC
- Kristin Callahan at Alice's Jazz & Cultural Society - CANCELLED
- Jazz in the Basement: Steve Arnold, Sarah Hughes & Angel Bethea at Watha T. Daniel-Shaw Library
- Tia Gostelow | Stray Fossa at Songbyrd
- Kath Bloom | Amanda Glasser at Songbyrd Music House & Record Cafe
- Horse Lords / Model Home at Rhizome DC
- An Evening of Irish Music with Jim Fay at Marx Cafe
- Sunday Kind of Love featuring Alexis Smithers & Jenari Mitchell at Busboys & Poets
- Jeff Plankenhorn at The O Museum in The Mansion
- The Izmirlian Quartet Featuring Harry Appelman at Twins Jazz
- The Power of Spirituals: Concert at National United Methodist Church
- Klezmer Music and Dance Workshop at Adas Israel - CANCELLED
- Beethoven at 250, Part II at St. Mark's Episcopal Church
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