News Bob Boilen, creator of NPR’s ‘Tiny Desk,’ named program director of WOWD-FM, Takoma’s community radio station Bob Boilen, the veteran NPR music host and creator of the widely popular “Tiny Desk Concert” series, has come... April 19, 2024 0
News Rhizome DC announces plans to purchase a building, launches community financing push Rhizome DC, home base for the city’s DIY arts community, has announced plans to purchase an empty storefront in... March 28, 2024 0
News DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities announces 2024 music census The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities will put its support behind collecting the 2024 DC Area Music... March 12, 2024 0
News Samara Joy to headline 20th anniversary DC Jazz Festival this September The DC Jazz Festival has announced headliners and other highlights for this coming September’s 20th-anniversary celebrations. Samara Joy, the 24-year-old... March 10, 2024 0
News The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival goes big for 15th anniversary Arts organizations continue to feel squeezed by the limitations on post-pandemic arts funding, but Paul Carr still wants the... February 13, 2024 0
News DC Jazz Festival 2023 guide The DC Jazz Festival is back this weekend for its 19th year, and its third since moving from early... August 31, 2023 0
News With its service awards, Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation gives ‘flowers’ to six of D.C.’s musical heroes “I never saw myself as a leader,” saxophonist and educator Paul Carr said at the 5th annual D.C. Jazz... May 31, 2023 0
News Musician and activist Aaron Myers chosen to lead D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities The D.C. Council voted unanimously today to confirm Aaron Myers — a jazz vocalist, pianist and longtime artist-activist — as... May 2, 2023 0
News What to catch at the 13th annual Washington Women in Jazz Festival The Washington Women In Jazz Festival returns this March for its (lucky) 13th year, helmed by founder, the pianist... February 27, 2023 0
News This weekend, Mid-Atlantic Jazz Fest celebrates ‘all hues’ of jazz in D.C. and beyond When you think of the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, which celebrates its 14th edition this weekend at the Rockville Hilton,... February 16, 2023 0