Breaking: One post down, Ryan Little debunks reports of Black Cat Bill's death. Read, please, and be careful with your tweets in the future.
No, Don't Sing. Just Destroy the Sweater: On WaPo's Arts Post blog, Maura Judkis looks at that recent ironic holiday trend, the Ugly Sweater Party. Whose to blame for this fauxhemian meme? [...]
Roxy Music frontman and solo artist Bryan Ferry has long been regarded as one of the best-dressed musicians around. With his debonair attitude and that silken voice, Ferry has epitomized a certain crooner cool since the early '70s, when Roxy Music first came on the art-rock scene. Supporting his newest release, Olympia, Ferry stopped by [...]
If you peeled off $90 plus fees for tonight's Mary J. Blige show at Fillmore Silver Spring, it'll probably be your first glance at the new Live Nation venue on Colesville Road. The nightclub—which is also the subject of Tom Anderson's City Paper story this week—officially opens tonight.
Meanwhile, Strathmore also opens its concert season with [...]
The Washington Performing Arts Society has officially released its 2011-2012 season, and few would say the suspense has been killing them. Classical fans will be not terribly surprised to see that it looks a lot like the 2010-2011 season—with, in fact, some of the exact same lineups: Joshua Bell with Sam Haywood on Jan. [...]
Last week at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, President Barack Obama made his entrance to the tune of Hulk Hogan’s “Real American” theme song, the first of a series of jokes at Donald Trump’s expense. (Vice President Joe Biden, who was subjected to a gag reel introduced by Ol’ Dirty Bastard warbling “Ooh baby I like [...]
In this week's Washington City Paper (not yet online!), Steve Kolowich talks to local folk duo The Sweater Set about its new album Goldmine, whose song "Downstream" he admires quite a bit. The band, currently artists-residence at Strathmore, has a record release show at the Montgomery County arts center tonight, which is why it's important [...]
In 1976, then-Havana-based Juan de Marcos González founded Sierra Maestra, a large band that specialized in danceable Cuban son music, one of the root sounds of salsa. Maestra became popular in Cuba, toured Europe, and recorded a number of albums between still beloved by hardcore fans of Cuban music. In the late '90s, González began reaching [...]
Tonight offers fans of old-school blues, soul, and rockabilly some interesting choices. Strathmore is presenting “Blues at the Crossroads: Robert Johnson Centennial Concert.” The show features Colorado jam band Big Head Todd & the Monsters performing with special blues guests David “Honeyboy” Edwards, Hubert Sumlin, and Cedric Burnside and Lightnin’ Malcolm. These folks all worked on [...]
What separates the superstars from the merely great classical musicians? Swaying. Itzhak Perlman sways. Yo-Yo Ma sways—even more impressive, considering his instrument, the cello, requires him to be seated. And Joshua Bell, currently the most renowned violinist in the world, sways a lot.
Bell is undoubtedly an excellent musician, but that isn’t the point. Once you reach a [...]
Thirty-eight percent of workers in D.C. are government employees–which means there are a whole lot of people who are going to have spare time on their hands this Monday, which is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. If you're among these lucky many, and you're looking for ways to celebrate King, you've got plenty of options.
King’s [...]
