Announcing... DC Jazz Loft this Sunday: Introducing three new acts—Rochelle Rice, Jeron White & an all-star duo making its debut Last month’s DC Jazz Loft Series at the DC Jazz Festival was special because of the huge variety of... July 8, 2015 0
CapitalBop Looking back on three enchanted nights at the warehouse: Thundercat, AACM at 50 and a Trio of Trios Photography by Katherine Thompson/CapitalBop. For the fifth annual DC Jazz Loft Series at the DC Jazz Festival earlier this... June 24, 2015 2
Announcing... CapitalBop’s 5th annual DC Jazz Loft Series: Thundercat at the Warehouse, AACM at 50 + a Trio of Trios from Baltimore! We love hearing music in jazz clubs. Big arts centers can provide pristine sound and book fabulous artists. But... May 31, 2015 0
Announcing... We’ll be Riffin’ with Lena Seikaly before her Billie Holiday show this Saturday; enter to win tickets! We’re glad to be back at the Atlas Performing Arts Center this Saturday for another Riffin’ session with a... May 14, 2015 0
Announcing... HOT 5 @ HILL CENTER: Our new series of free outdoor shows on Sunday evenings—all summer long! Now that summer has finally broken through the clouds, it’s time we announce our newest project. Hot 5 @... May 11, 2015 0
Announcing... Two’s better than one: Bobby Muncy and Bobby Jasinski lead innovative bands, plus poetry from Karega Bailey This Mother’s Day, bring the family out to Union Arts for a wide-ranging musical feast. (Alternate plan: After mom’s... May 5, 2015 0
Interviews Greg Tate on Burnt Sugar, Afrofuturism and Black music’s ‘maroon spaces’ The 1990s were a time of overstated attitudes, swollen bubbles, and the warm expectation that somehow things might work... April 30, 2015 1
Announcing... CapitalBop at the Funk Parade: Three dance-inducing bands on U Street, this Saturday afternoon For the second annual Funk Parade, a daylong shutdown-slash-activation of U Street’s famous Black Broadway corridor, CapitalBop presents three... April 28, 2015 0
Announcing... This Sunday: The DC Jazz Loft welcomes three of this city’s trend-setters: Donvonte McCoy, Eliot Seppa & Allen Jones This Sunday’s upcoming DC Jazz Loft is about the state of things in D.C. jazz. Each of our three headliners is... April 8, 2015 0
Premieres Track premiere: ‘I Can’t Stand the Rain,’ by Akua Allrich, feat. Nicholas Payton When Akua Allrich played CapitalBop’s DC Jazz Loft last year, all she brought along were the raw materials: bass,... March 5, 2015 0