CapitalBop presents a jazz-punk superbill on June 17: Harriet Tubman, The Messthetics and ¡FIASCO!
Words can’t describe the sound of the trio known as Harriet Tubman. But just calling it “freedom music” gets...
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David Murray’s Octet Revival and much more at the (free) HR Music Festival this Saturday!
With the summer festival season just getting going, CapitalBop is proud to be partnering this Saturday with the Home...
Brandon Woody’s UPENDO brings Baltimore fire to Petworth this Friday
Brandon Woody’s trumpet playing is a lightning rod. There’s a special kind of energy in his music that will...
Christie Dashiell’s voice has been heard on records around the world. Hear it in person at CapitalBop’s next show.
The last time Christie Dashiell sang at a CapitalBop presentation was Feburary 2020, at a special Valentine’s Day show...
Announcing the 7th Annual Jazz & Freedom Festival, a day of live music & activism benefiting Harriet’s Wildest Dreams
Even before the #DontMuteDC movement sprang up in 2019, music and activism had long gone hand-in-hand in Washington, D.C....
Best D.C. Jazz Albums of 2021
This has been a tough year, with just a few false starts of hope sprinkled in. We’re ending it...
Best D.C. Jazz Albums of 2020
Over the past 10 years on the D.C. jazz scene, we’ve seen venues come and go. We’ve seen elders...
Hear these four just-released D.C. jazz albums
Fall 2020: We’re rounding the seventh month of a generation-defining pandemic; U.S. social and political tensions are coming to...
Introducing: Freedom Summer Sessions, a series of digital concerts and conversations with D.C. artists
We find ourselves at a crossroads in the centuries-long struggle against racism and the state-sanctioned brutalizing of Black lives....
Fred Foss, a saxophonist, educator and advocate for young musicians, dies at 70
Fred Foss spent the early years of his career touring with the likes of Lionel Hampton, Ray Charles and...