D.C. Council re-introduces amplified noise bill, again
Members of the D.C. Council reintroduced a controversial bill on Tuesday that would outlaw street performances above a certain...
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This weekend’s Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival will celebrate ‘the spirit of the DMV’
The Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival is always a winter highlight for the DMV jazz scene, bringing together young blood and...
Listen: Mark G. Meadows’s ‘Communication Is Key’ is the song for this moment in Washington
Pianist and vocalist Mark G. Meadows’ new single, “Communication Is Key,” released Tuesday on streaming platforms, is a plea...
D.C. pianist James Fernando is a semi-finalist in a worldwide jazz competition
James Fernando, a rising jazz pianist and composer, is representing the District as one of 50 semi-finalists in the...
Live jazz, socially distanced? Ghostline DC, a new ‘restaurant collective,’ thinks it can be done
A newly opened space in Glover Park is trying out an innovative model for restaurants operating amid the coronavirus...
With government aid tied up, struggling jazz venue owners ponder their options
In early spring, when the coronavirus pandemic’s drastic impacts were still sinking in, many on the D.C. jazz scene...
DC Jazz Festival hosts a week of live webcasts to benefit local musicians
The DC Jazz Festival, held annually in June, is postponed this year until at least the fall due to...
Samuel Prather has a message for right now: ‘Love Always Wins in the End’
Samuel Prather admits that he cannot remember which unarmed Black person’s murder it was that first inspired him to...
Ben Williams speaks up, and sings out, on ‘I Am a Man’
After the 2016 presidential election, bassist Ben Williams began a new project to address the changing social climate in...
Here are 25 D.C. jazz musicians you can support during Bandcamp’s online fundraiser on Friday
As artists in the DMV deal with concert cancellations brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, fans are looking for...