Preview: Twiddle @ 9:30 Club, 1/25/20
Twiddle (Photo courtesy Paradigm Talent Agency)
Jam band Twiddle performs at 9:30 Club on Saturday, Jan. 25, on the group’s 2020 Winter Tour.
Preview: J. Roddy Walston @ Ottobar, 1/19/20
J. Roddy Walston (Photo courtesy Eventbrite)
For nearly two decades he’s been the “J. Roddy Walston” of the “and the Business.” Now he’s just J. Roddy, and a whole rack of songs… and a moving truck full of synths, pianos, tape machines, and sequencers. Catch him in a solo live show at Ottobar on Sunday, Jan 19!
Preview: The Glorious Sons @ 9:30 Club, 1/24/20
The Glorious Sons (Photo courtesy the band)
JUNO Award-winning rockers The Glorious Sons play 9:30 Club on their highly anticipated A War on Everything North American Tour on Friday, Jan. 24!
Preview: Sweethearts of Americana @ Pearl Street Warehouse, 1/23/20
Karen Jonas (Photo by Amber Renee)
Three rockin’ lady songwriters — Karen Jonas, Lauren Calve, and Melissa E. Wright (of Mink’s Miracle Medicine) — take over Pearl Street Warehouse on Thursday, Jan. 23, in an show appropriately titled Sweethearts of Americana.
Live Review: Amythyst Kiah @ 9:30 Club — 1/10/20
Amythyst Kiah (Photo courtesy Ramseur Records)
Johnson City, Tennessee-based folksinger Amythyst Kiah opened for Yola recently at the 9:30 Club. As she explained before playing “Jolene,” the two met several years at a Dolly Parton tribute, and have been friends ever since.
Live Review: Near Northeast @ Comet Pizza Ping Pong — 1/9/20
Near Northeast performs at Comet Ping Pong on Jan. 9, 2020. (Photo by Mark Caicedo)
Watching and hearing Near Northeast’s evolution has been a wonderful musical journey. Since 2016, when I first became acquainted with this DC-based quartet, I’ve become a devoted fan of their extraordinarily crafted music.
Preview: Lil Baby @ The Anthem, 1/23/20
Lil Baby (Photo by Vxsionary)
Dominique Armani Jones, better known as Lil Baby, released Harder Than Ever, his debut studio album, in 2018 via 4 Pockets Full, Wolfpack Music Group, Quality Control Music, Motown, and Capitol Records. The trap superstar-in-the-making now performs at The Anthem on Jan. 23.
Preview: Temples @ U Street Music Hall, 1/20/20
Temples (Photo by Matt Clarke)
English psychedelic rock band Temples released Hot Motion, the band’s third studio album, in September. Temples appears in support of the record at U Street Music Hall on Monday, Jan. 20.
Live Review: Yola @ 9:30 Club — 1/10/20
Yola sings at Americanafest on Aug. 10, 2019. (Photo by Steven Pisano)
Several years ago, country-soul songwriter Yola was testing a Christmas gift that involved a live flame. Unbeknownst to her, the accelerant she used leaked onto her dress, and, when she went to light it, she caught fire.
To her surprise, Yola responded by breaking into laughter, as she realized she was bizarrely happy at this turn of events. That says a lot about where she was at the time, Yola told a sold-out 9:30 Club audience recently.
Preview: Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven @ 9:30 Club, 1/18/20
Cracker’s David Lowery and Johnny Hickman (Photo by Bradford Jones)
Why front one band when you can front two? That’s surely the philosophy of David Lowery — guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and mathematician — who heads both Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven. As is David’s habit in the past several years, he’s bringing both bands to 9:30 Club for a double bill on Saturday, Jan. 18.
