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Album reviews

The top 5 D.C. jazz albums of 2024

This year, the DC Jazz Festival marked 20 years of service and the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival hit 15 —...

December 19, 2024 0

Interviews

Cecily taps the healing power of joy on ‘Awakening Pt. II’

According to the late Black feminist scholar bell hooks, love is a verb — an action we choose every...

September 5, 2024 0

News

Recovering from fire, Blues Alley aims for a quick reopening

Editor’s note, 11.1.22: Blues Alley announced on Sunday that it would reopen Monday evening, less than one week after...

October 27, 2022 0

Announcing...

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....

July 14, 2020 3

CapitalBop,Inc, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting, presenting and preserving jazz in Washington, D.C. Founded in 2010 and run by young cultural organizers and musicians, CapitalBop grows audiences and builds community around jazz because we believe it is important to the city’s historic identity as well as its contemporary culture. CapitalBop.com is an online magazine and resource designed to help everyone from newcomers to diehards connect with the city’s thriving live jazz scene and musicians. We present grassroots shows that unite diverse audiences while showcasing jazz in nontraditional, outside-the-box scenarios. Our emerging education program seeks to connect D.C.’s great teaching artists with children across the city, helping them access their own creativity by tapping them into the rich cultural legacy of their hometown.