CapitalBop’s #1 Album of 2018: Todd Marcus, ‘On These Streets’
On his last album, 2015’s Blues for Tahrir, bass clarinetist Todd Marcus sought to directly address his Egyptian heritage,...
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#4 Kris Funn, ‘Bodega: The CornerStore Re-Imagined’
Bassist Kris Funn delivers a beautifully crafted soundtrack to city living on Bodega: The Cornerstore Re-imagined. The bodega...
The Best D.C. Jazz Albums of 2017
Editor’s note: Whoops. There’s no other way to say it: Here at CapitalBop we had a lean year in...
Hear the debut single from Akua Allrich and Kris Funn’s Idol Beings
Vocalist Akua Allrich and bassist Kris Funn have performed together for years around the D.C. jazz scene. Funn is...
Remember that time in June when we turned an empty warehouse into jazz heaven? Watch this beautiful recap video
We’re in the season of the best-of lists, when everyone’s trying to wrap their minds around all that’s happened...
Track premiere: ‘I Can’t Stand the Rain,’ by Akua Allrich, feat. Nicholas Payton
When Akua Allrich played CapitalBop’s DC Jazz Loft last year, all she brought along were the raw materials: bass,...
‘Love in all its facets:’ Vocalist Akua Allrich on life, music and a philosophy of progress
Akua Allrich isn’t just a singer. Hear her this weekend at Bohemian Caverns, and she could be your teacher,...
Akua Allrich & Kris Funn light a fire at the launch party for CapitalBop 2.0 and our DC Jazz Fest series
Akua Allrich and Kris Funn know the limits and advantages of making a musical partnership work. Each fills different...
3.28-3.30: Jon Batiste, Sunny Jain, Kris Funn, Mickey Bass and much more
This Friday night, D.C. bass powerhouse Kris Funn brings his funky quartet, Corner Store, to the Hill Center. Before...
Weekend in Jazz | 2.21-2.23: The Intersections Fest builds bridges & Kris Funn sets the Store ablaze
The Atlas Peforming Arts Center’s Intersections Festival aims to eliminate the gulfs between different musical genres, and as a...