Larkin Poe performs at 9:30 Club on March 9, 2023. (Photo by Ari Strauss)
Rebecca Lovell, the younger of the two sisters who make up Larkin Poe, told the audience at the 9:30 Club, “All American music grows from the root of the blues.” She connected the past to the present and the future, introducing Son House’s “Preachin’ Blues” as “a song that connects the generations.”
Emotional Oranges perform at 9:30 Club on March 7, 2023. (Photo by Dayja Johnson)
What’s the color of joy? Before last week, I may have said yellow. It took an Emotional Oranges concert to lean me in another direction. The LA-based R&B/pop duo comprised of Azad (A) and Vali (V) recently showed fans how orange feels during their performance at a sold-out 9:30 Club.
Trapper Schoepp (Photo by Joseph Cash)
Milwaukee-based singer-songwriter Trapper Schoepp performs in DC on Sunday, March 26, at the Pie Shop. He’s currently touring in support of his upcoming album Siren Songs (scheduled for release on April 21 via Grand Phony).
Jerry Harrison performs at Rams Head Live on March 4, 2023. (Photos by Jason Nicholson; Words by Mickey McCarter)
Were the Talking Heads a jam band?
Certainly, if you looked at them only from the start with “Psycho Killer” in 1977, you would be inclined to say no. But three years later, the band had changed significantly. Partly due to the input of keyboardist and guitarist Jerry Harrison, the band grew its sound significantly. Harrison and the rest of the band embraced a funkier, looser sound for their fantastic fourth studio album, Remain in Light.
Five of that groundbreaking record’s eight tracks were the stars of Jerry Harrison’s Talking Heads celebration, a show he’s taken on the road with guitarist Adrian Belew, who also played on the tracks and toured with the Talking Heads back in the day. Their recent sold-out show at Rams Head Live! in Baltimore burned down the house.
Tinsley Ellis (Photo by Flournoy Holmes)
Tinsley Ellis and Marcia Ball are excited to present an intimate evening of their music and memories called Acoustic Songs and Stories. They perform at the Pearl Street Warehouse in DC on Wednesday, March 29.
The Dip performs at 9:30 Club on Feb. 28, 2023. (Photo by Casey Vock)
With a natural synergy, some bands can sound like they’ve been making music together for decades.
The Dip, an uplifting and superbly talented R&B group out of Seattle, hasn’t been together for quite 10 years yet, but somehow its already developed an aura, character, and pizazz that most bands can only hope to achieve in whatever time they might have together.
With three studio albums under its belt but boasting an irresistible sound and the promise of a good time, this charming outfit sold out 9:30 Club the night of Feb. 28 in what was an unforgettable showing in the nation’s capital and a sure indication that this is a band rapidly endearing new listeners with its winning recipe.
Dragonette (Photo by Shervin Lainez)
Electro-pop powerhouse artist Dragonette, aka songwriter/producer Martina Sorbara, has announced a run of select spring USA and Canadian tour dates in support of her acclaimed new full-length album Twennies — out now via BMG.
The run of performances hit the Northeast and West Coast, including a date at Union State in DC on Thursday, March 23.
Natalie Mering, who records and tours at Weyes Blood, performs at 9:30 Club on Feb. 27, 2023. (Photo by Casey Vock)
Some of the most captivating musicians seem to be on a journey that takes a lifetime.
Natalie Mering has been maneuvering her own emotional curiosity since she was a child and her parents — musicians and born-again Christians — might have indirectly encouraged her mind to wander in moving the family a couple times before settling just outside of Philly.
With her inherited penchant for renewal and her own itinerant spirit, Natalie would embark on a voyage from place to place, moving coast to coast more than once, evolving from a teenage songwriter to a member of various bands and ultimately into one of the most elegant and mesmerizing artists of today.
King Tuff (Photo by Wyndham Garnett)
Kyle Thomas, who performs as King Tuff, released Smalltown Stardust, a new full-length studio album, via Sub Pop Records in January. Now, King Tuff launches a tour that includes a show at DC9 nightclub on Tuesday, March 21.
SZA performs from the high dive for a sold-out Capital One Arena on Feb. 27, 2023. (Photo by AJ Waugh)
The water wonderland of SZA’s SOS Tour recently sold out DC’s Capital One Arena. The TDE songstress is on her first-ever arena tour in support of her platinum album of the same name.
