The Spellcasters update the guitar sound of the ‘Anacostia Delta’ with tribute to Danny Gatton and Roy Buchanan
Guitarists Roy Buchanan and Danny Gatton were both known for stupefying feats of technical prowess on the Fender Telecaster;...
Tag: DC jazz
Paul Carr named 2019 JJA jazz hero
The Jazz Journalists Association last month named longtime Washington, D.C.-area saxophonist, educator and festival organizer Paul Carr a Jazz...
5 May D.C. jazz picks
May might seem to be a lull in the jazz calendar, falling between the heightened activity of Jazz Appreciation...
Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation to host annual D.C. Jazz Leaders in Service Awards
The Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation, the arts advocacy non-profit that organizes the Capitol Hill Jazz Jam and Hillfest, will...
Angelica Sanchez brings her new, nine-piece orchestra to our Traveling Loft
The New York Times’s Nate Chinen once wrote that Angelica Sanchez enjoys “building structures and breaking free of them.”...
Andrew’s Music: A selected discography of D.C. icon Andrew White
Longtime Northeast D.C. resident Andrew White is an indelible figure in the jazz world, both here and abroad. As...
Wendy Eisenberg on growing up in Gaithersburg, and making ‘multilingual’ guitar music
Wendy Eisenberg is a guitarist — and a vocalist, banjo player, writer and poet — who recently released a...
‘I’m here for a reason:’ Preview Keith Butler’s new album
Keith Butler’s playing has everything you’d expect from one of D.C.’s most prominent young drummers: nuance, strength and a...
‘D.C. is where it all started for me’: Brent Birckhead on his debut album
Brent Birckhead is an archetypal product of the D.C. jazz scene. He’s a strong straight-ahead player, but also well-versed...
With his new work, ‘One Giant Leap,’ Allyn Johnson salutes the women and men behind the Apollo 11 mission
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, the first occasion a human being set foot...