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
News DC Jazz Fest 2015: What to hear! The DC Jazz Festival is back this week for its 11th annual edition, running from Wednesday, June 10 through... June 9, 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 warmly comforting expectation that somehow things might... 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... Riffin’ with Brad Linde: Our next listening session at the Atlas, before ‘A Night at the Bopera’ pays tribute to the Marx Brothers In the canon of American comedy, perhaps no pair is more celebrated than the Marx Brothers. Popular during a... April 16, 2015 0
Premieres Track Premiere: ‘Atonement’ by Reginald Cyntje Trombonist Reginald Cyntje brings a worldly wisdom to all his musical endeavors. Pulling together influences from his native U.S.... April 14, 2015 2
Announcing... CB PRESENTS: Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up with Janel & Anthony at Union Arts! It’s not often we get to present five world-renowned musicians on the same stage, at the same time. Rarer... April 13, 2015 0