Announcing... Christie Dashiell’s voice has been heard on records around the world. Hear it in person at CapitalBop’s next show. The last time Christie Dashiell sang at a CapitalBop presentation was Feburary 2020, at a special Valentine’s Day show... May 13, 2022 0
Interviews The Messthetics’ Brendan Canty is punk royalty, but jazz runs through his bloodstream If you ask legendary D.C. post-punk drummer Brendan Canty to name the greatest band of all time, the answer... May 13, 2022 0
The Month in Shows 5 live jazz picks for May in D.C. Before the coronavirus pandemic, it was pretty easy to predict what venue a band might be playing at, and... April 29, 2022 0
Interviews ‘Just sound:’ Guitarist John Lee on prog-rock, world tours and making his Blues Alley debut Guitarist John Lee is everywhere on the D.C. jazz scene. Well, really anywhere there’s a gig up and down... April 11, 2022 0
The Month in Shows 5 live jazz picks for April (a.k.a. Jazz Appreciation Month) in D.C. Happy Jazz Appreciation Month, DMV! The Cherry Blossoms are in bloom and so is the D.C. jazz scene. Things... March 30, 2022 0
News What to see at this week’s 12th annual Washington Women in Jazz Festival The Washington Women in Jazz Festival was one of the first major cancellations to hit the D.C. jazz scene... March 23, 2022 0
The Month in Shows 5 live jazz picks for (the rest of) March in D.C. This month marks two years since the COVID-19 pandemic hit full-bore in the District. But looking at the amount... March 15, 2022 0
Announcing... CapitalBop presents Simone Baron’s “genre-fluid” chamber ensemble, Arco Belo, in two shows this Sunday and Monday occupy our dreamscapes!resist oppressive specificity !free the space on the margins! Those three lines from Simone Baron’s “ruin manifesto”... March 7, 2022 0
News Jazz is returning to the Kennedy Center’s Club at Studio K Nearly two years since the Covid-19 pandemic first swept through the country, the Kennedy Center is finally reactivating the... February 11, 2022 0
Announcing... Announcing the 7th Annual Jazz & Freedom Festival, a day of live music & activism benefiting Harriet’s Wildest Dreams Even before the #DontMuteDC movement sprang up in 2019, music and activism had long gone hand-in-hand in Washington, D.C.... February 4, 2022 0