Featured above is DC-based, funky indie soul band Oh He Dead who are performing on Friday night at Gypsy Sally's with Gordon Sterling & The People, and again on Sunday at The Pub & The People. Photo by Oscar Merrida IV Photography.
Week Of: May 20 — 26, 2019
Summary: Most Fests and Fun!
Let's start off with this: DELFEST!! One of DC Music Review's favorite festivals is finally here this weekend with so many fabulous artists coming together in Cumberland, MD. (See our review from last year to get yourself ready and even more pumped for this weekend!)
And lots and lots of great shows in town (see below), including two performances from the soulful and fresh DC-loves, Oh He Dead, who have been playing in DC since 2015 and recently received some more love from NPR's All Songs Considered for their real, vibe-y, head-nodding entry into this year's NPR Music's Tiny Desk Concert. Plus check out their interview by local legend, WAMU host Kojo Nnamdi!
You can catch Oh He Dead twice this week, on Friday night with the beloved Gordon Sterling & The People at Gypsy Sally's and again on Sunday night for a free show at The Pub & The People.
Plus, so many more great opportunities to see great music 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 — May 20
DCMR Staff Recs
- 9:30 Presents Filthy Friends with Dressy Bessy at U Street Music Hall
Monday Mics, Jams & Such
- BOOK TALK & LIVE Music: The Swedish Metal Story at Embassy of Sweden in the U.S.
- JAMonday at Epicure Café
- Free Acoustic Open Mic, hosted by Rachel Levitin at Union Stage
- Monday Night at the Mic at MilkBoy ArtHouse
Hidden Gems
- Radiator Hospital, Swanning, Art Sorority at Comet Ping Pong
- Third Mondays Presents: Azia Armstead at Busboys & Poets (Shirlington)
Tue — May 21
DCMR Staff Recs
- The 1975 at The Anthem
- The Nils Lofgren Band at The Birchmere
- Greta Van Fleet at MECU Pavilion (Baltimore)
Tuesday Mics, Jams & Cool Stuff
- Gordon Sterling's Gypsy Sally's Jam at Gypsy Sally's
- Real Live: Show & Jam at Anacostia Arts Center
- Sauf Haus Open Mic feat. Femi (with Indiana Jonesin') at Sauf Haus
Hidden Gems
- Coven Tree, Mike Andre at Black Cat
- FREE, Live & Local: Calista Garcia at The Pub & The People
- Dehd, Cool People, Too Free at Comet Ping Pong
- Weston Smith / Karate Chad / Talk to Plants / Morning Sunshine at Songbyrd
- Kjostad / Public Shallows / Farrowing / Orchid Light / Arab Dad at Rhizome DC
- Careful Gaze, pulses., Sunshine Hysteria at Velvet Lounge
- Tenor Cooper Joseph Kendall and Pianist Pierre-Nicolas Colombat at An die Musik (Baltimore)
Wed — May 22
DCMR Staff Recs
- A Tribute to Jóhann Jóhannsson and KC Jukebox: The Music of Stranger Things at Kennedy Center
- Pride Night Out: Tosca at Kennedy Center
- Chromatics with Desire & In Mirrors: DOUBLE EXPOSURE TOUR
- The 1975 at Virginia Credit Union Live (Richmond)
Wednesday Mics, Jams & Such
- Neel Singh’s Open Jam/Workshop at Villain & Saint
- Capitol Hill Jazz Jam at Mr. Henry's
- Open Mic Night hosted by Alex The Red Parez! at Rhodeside Grill
- Sing Out at Sticky Rice
- House Music Group Presents Meet The Team - Industry Happy Hour w/ Live Performances at Union Stage
Hidden Gems
- Seán Heely, Celtic fiddle at Strathmore Mansion
- Jay Dee 4tet present : Eretz - New Album at Twins Jazz
- Daniela Darcourt en Washington DC at The Howard Theatre
- The Duskwhales // Talk to Plants // Dougie at Evening Star Cafe
- Lady Lamb at Rock & Roll Hotel
- Most Savage Gentlemen w/ Hari Vasan and Copper Hill at DC9 Nightclub
- BIG Whitson, UltraSwayed at Gypsy Sally's
- Brazilian Trio - Pocket Show at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Dave Kline at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Del Florida, Velocirapture, Changing Scene at Dangerously Delicious Pies DC
- Candace Mills Music/See-I at 18th Street Lounge
- The Campfire Sessions (May) ft. Data Recovery Project at New Deal Cafe
- Mickey Factz at Songbyrd
- Breathers / Crab Legs at Dew Drop Inn DC
- Brasstronauts at Epicure Café
- Antonia / Big Bend / a&h at Rhizome DC
- Cyrus Chestnut/Buster Williams/Lenny White Trio at Keystone Korner (Baltimore)
Thu — May 23
DCMR Staff Recs
- Amy Ray Band at The Birchmere
- The Avett Brothers at Wolf Trap
- Earth, Wind & Fire Tribute Band at 8p and 10p at Blues Alley
- MONO & Emma Ruth Rundle at Union Stage
- Elizabeth II, Wanted Man at Gypsy Sally's
- Melanie Fiona at The Howard Theatre
- Sister Sparrow, The Dirty Birds at The Broadberry (Richmond)
- Alive at Five | Black Masala at Carroll Creek Amphitheater (Frederick)
Festivals!
- DelFest (May 23-26) (Cumberland) ft. The Del McCoury Band, The Travelin’ McCourys, The String Cheese Incident, Trampled By Turtles, Tyler Childers, Railroad Earth, Sam Bush, I’m With Her feat. Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan, Yonder Mountain String Band, Keller Williams’ PettyGrass feat. The HillBenders, The Marcus King Band, Billy Strings, The SteelDrivers, Sierra Hull, The Gibson Brothers & The Mockingbird Band, Joe Craven & The Sometimers, Larry Keel Experience, The Kruger Brothers, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Kitchen Dwellers, Lindsay Lou
Dré & The Gospel Collective, The Broomestix, Bowman, Bowman & Dré, Front Country, The Sounds of Laurel Canyon, The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, Pixie & The Partygrass Boys, Marty O’Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra, Man About a Horse, Jakob’s Ferry Stragglers, The Plate Scrapers, Wicked Sycamore,
Frank Solivan - FunkyFest (May 24-26) (Gimmy Glade, PA)
Hidden Gems
- Arkawa and Bohiti En Concierto at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Kromanauts and Candice Mills at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Russian Renaissance at The Kennedy Center
- The Young Birds / The Duskwhales / Maddi Mae at Songbyrd
- Lavender Daughter, FuzzQueen, & flowerbomb at Smith Public Trust
- Reggae on the Rooftop at DC9 Nightclub
- American Football at Black Cat
- Thursday Jazz: Pianist Steph Jones Duo at Petworth Citizen
- Dave Hollister at Bethesda Blues & Supper Club
- The Delarcos, Taciturn, We Capillaries at Dangerously Delicious Pies DC
- The Twins Jazz Orchestra at Twins Jazz
- 15 Minutes Of Fame w/ Host Javier Diaz at Slash Run
- Cyrus Chestnut/Buster Williams/Lenny White Trio at Keystone Korner (Baltimore)
- Kaki King at Creative Alliance (Baltimore)
Fri — May 24
DCMR Staff Recs
- Gordon Sterling and The People, Oh He Dead at Gypsy Sally's
- Yann Tiersen – Solo in Concert at The Lincoln Theatre
- Popa Chubby with Sol Roots at The Hamilton
- Dumpstaphunk at The Broadberry (Richmond)
- Ron Holloway Band at The 8x10 w/ Squaring The Circle at The 8x10 (Baltimore)
Hidden Gems
- No Vacation at Union Stage
- Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program: Comic Masterpieces at Washington National Opera
- Jazz in the Garden 2019 at Sculpture Garden Pavilion Cafe
- Off The Grid: The OSYX // Positive No // Kid Claws at Dwell DC
- Linda Harris & Felipe Ricardo Paccagnella at Twins Jazz
- JamalMooreNikFrancis/JamalMooreRasMosheElielShermanStory/CherJay at Rhizome DC
- Roxplosion Presents Natural Velvet, Park Snakes, Heavy Breathing at Dangerously Delicious Pies DC
- Freelance w/ Micah Robinson at DC9 Nightclub
- Junior Bryce at Solly's
- Albino Rhino & Flanguage at Seasons & Sessions
- Lavender Daughter and friends plus The Spectacular Rock Show! at Epicure Café
- Jordan Hurwitz & Rachel Ohnsman at The Electric Maid
- Capital Ska & Reggae Review - EST's Record Release at Songbyrd
- Friends of Pluto live! at The Wonderland Ballroom
- Live Music with Meisha Herron at The Hideaway Cafe (Winchester, VA)
- Santa Librada, The Selkies, Dreambush & Woodfir RFTF Benefit! at Reverb (Baltimore)
- Mid-Spring Soiree at The Windup Space (Baltimore)
- Cyrus Chestnut Trio w/ Antonio Hart at Korner Keystone (Baltimore)
- Mobtown Shank presents: Caleb Stine, The Creachies, Tom Pettibon at Metro Gallery (Baltimore)
Sat — May 25
DCMR Staff Recs
- Passion Pit - Manners 10th Anniversary Tour at The Anthem
- Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band at Jiffy Lube Live
- Roy Ayers at City Winery DC
- Clones of Funk: Parliament Funkadelic and Classic Funk Tribute w/ Box Era at Gypsy Sally's
- The Japanese House at Black Cat
- U Street Music Hall presents CloZee at 9:30 Club
- The Allman Others Band: DC's Tribute to The Allman Brothers at Jammin' Java
- Benefit for Patrick - Last Fair Deal - Gettin' Weir'd at The 8x10 (Baltimore)
- Radii, Jack Funk & Wild Bay at Sky Stage (Frederick)
Saturday Mics, Jams & Such
- Hometown Holidays Music Festival at Rockville Town Center (Rockville)
- Modular Meetup at Rhizome DC
- Setting the Atmosphere: A Black Pride House Party ft. BoomSCAT and Danni Cassette in Takoma Park
- The Up And Up Open Microphone Reunion at 1360 Okie St NE
- Jazz Ambuscade: Pioneers The voices of a Revolution at An die Musik (Baltimore)
Hidden Gems
- Cuban Night feat. Yuniel Jimenez at Pearl Street Warehouse
- Bahia Night with Batala DC and Rafael Pondé trio at Tropicalia
- Res at Sotto
- Linda Harris & Felipe Ricardo Paccagnella at Twins Jazz
- Moonshine Society at The Hamilton Live
- Moose Jaw at Denizens Brewing Co.
- Daniel Donato Cosmic Country | Bobby Thompson at Songbyrd
- Ritmos Raros: Luso Africa Special v3: Cabo Verde, Angola, e mais at Songbyrd
- Cory Belcher at The Vinyl Lounge
- I’m so happy I have you as my best friend, & I <3 Brunch so much at Slash Run
- October '71 w/ PurpleHurt at DC9 Nightclub
- Capital Offender /The Electric Prophets at Slash Run
- An Evening With The Machine performs Pink Floyd at The Hamilton
- Annie Stokes at Velocity Wings Potomac Falls (Sterling)
- Crunk Witch // Cowabunga Pizza Time // Wreck The System at Joe Squared (Baltimore)
- Cyrus Chestnut Trio w/ Antonio Hart at Korner Keystone (Baltimore)
- Fanoplane/JOY on FIRE/Sonic Eddy at Function Coworking Community (Baltimore)
Sun — May 26
DCMR Staff Recs
- FREE, Live & Local: Oh He Dead with Quinn Christopherson and Nick Carpenter (of Medium Build) at The Pub & The People
- Chuck Brown Band/Let It Flow Band Memorial Weekend at The Hamilton
- Akua Allrich "This Mother's Daughter" (Jazz Vocals) Celebrating Nancy Wilson at Blues Alley
- Roy Ayers at City Winery DC
- Free Show! Southwest Soul Sessions w/ Elijah Balbed & Isabelle De Leon at Pearl Street Warehouse
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Sunday Mics, Jams & Such
Hidden Gems
- No Boys Shebang - PanCAN Benefit Show ft. Hannah Epperson, Den-Mate, Bluish Face, DJ Meeshka, Den-Mate, Bluish Face, DJ Meeshka at Wild Days Rooftop Bar
- New Rules DC // 2019 Black Pride Edition ft. DJ Baronhawk Poitier (DC), A D A I R (Bklyn, NY), The CooLots (DC) at Tropicalia
- Ritual Talk | Makeup Girl with Lake Alden at Songbyrd
- Joe Pino Quartet at Twins Jazz
- Globus Nexum at Bossa Bistro + Lounge
- Cristian Perez Quartet at Epicure Café
- The Bob Band at Villain & Saint
- Annie Stokes // The Barns at Hamilton Station Vineyards (Hamilton)
- Emma G at Brew at the Zoo at The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
- Cyrus Chestnut Trio w/ Antonio Hart at Keystone Korner (Baltimore)
