Heidi Martin, an under-appreciated D.C. vocalist, challenges through introspection
Go hear Heidi Martin perform at the Atlas Performing Arts Center this Thursday, and you’ll witness a woman unloosing...
Category: Features
Musician profile | Akua Allrich: Uniquely Akua
The vocalist Akua Allrich has been attracting attention over the past few years for her emotionally and spiritually charged...
Artist profile | Afro Bop Alliance sets jazz alight with the energy of Latin rhythms
by Ken Avis CapitalBop contributor Remember the Smithsonian Jazz Café? If so, you probably remember the Afro Bop Alliance;...
Photos | From Oz to D.C., with love: The District’s jazz scene, through the lens of an outsider
During his visit from Australia this summer, the award-winning, Canberra-based photographer Ray Strange hung out around the jazz bars...
Tarus Mateen’s never-ending journey
Editor’s note (Jan. 27, 2015): Tarus Mateen performs this Wednesday at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage. Info is available...
Special feature | Remembering Joe Byrd, beloved bassist who helped bring bossa nova to U.S.
by Ken Avis CapitalBop contributor The D.C. area this month lost one of its most appreciated and legendary musicians....
Special feature | Remembering Jimmy “Junebug” Jackson, D.C. drum doyen and beloved friend
by Giovanni Russonello Editorial board D.C.’s most storied drummer, and one of its most boisterously joyful spirits, departed from...
Label profile | Silver Spring’s Cuneiform Records finds a following amongst musical misfits
by Luke Stewart Editorial board Across the music industry’s diverse landscape, independent record labels have taken on many forms....
Allyn Johnson: Dean of D.C. jazz
Most Washingtonians are well aware of the rich legacy that lies in D.C.’s musical and cultural heritage. It is...
Musician profile | J.D. Allen: After years of struggle, a saxophonist emerges more driven than ever
This is the last of four articles profiling the headliners in CapitalBop’s D.C. Jazz Loft Series. The J.D. Allen...