Amy Helm performs at the Paramount Theatre in Rutland, Vermont, on Nov. 21, 2014. (Photo by Michael O’Brien)
When you see Amy Helm perform, you believe that she’s taller than she actually is. Amy performed with livewire energy, and she carried herself with the regal stature of trueborn rock royalty in her show at AMP by Srathmore recently. She felt the spirit, and it moved her body.
Reel Big Fish frontman Aaron Barrett poses for the camera during a performance at The Fillmore Silver Spring, June 25, 2019. (Photo by Ari Strauss)
Reel Big Fish played to a packed house recently at The Fillmore Silver Spring. The southern California ska-punk band co-headlined a show with Texas-based Bowling for Soup.
Buddy Guy performs at Wolf Trap, June 23, 2019. (Photo by Ari Strauss)
Legendary blues guitarist Buddy Guy and his band performed to a packed crowd recently at Wolf Trap. The paragon of Chicago blues co-headlined the evening with Kenny Wayne Shepherd; Samantha Fish opened the show.
Josh Groban (Photo by Brian Bowen Smith)
In April Josh Groban released a CD/DVD package, Josh Groban Bridges Live: Madison Square Garden, via Reprise Records. With the release of the package, Josh began the second leg of his Bridges Tour, and it arrives at Wolf Trap on Sunday, July 7.
Samanatha Fish performs at Wolf Trap, June 23, 2019. (Photo by Ari Strauss)
Blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter Samantha Fish performed a compact 5-song opening set at Wolf Trap recently, warming the crowd up for a show co-headlined by Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Buddy Guy.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd performs at Wolf Trap on June 23, 2019. (Photo by Ari Strauss)
Bluesman Kenny Wayne Shepherd emerged from Wolf Trap recently every bit the Southern guitar hero. The fan sitting next to me saw Kenny several years ago at the much smaller Ram’s Head in Annapolis. He said that Kenny Wayne really brought his performance up to the scale of the stage. He absolutely shredded.
Bat Fangs perform at Rock and Roll Hotel on Aug. 26, 2017. (Photo by Paivi Salonen)
No Kings Collective presents The Apple StoryMakers Festival Block Party — it’s a party full full of free musical performances at the Carnegie Library (801 K St NW, DC) on Saturday, June 29, featuring Bat Fangs, Aztec Sun, Back Yard Band, and more!
Neil Giraldo and Pat Benatar perform at Wolf Trap on June 25, 2019. (Photos by Jason Nicholson; Words by Mickey McCarter)
With 15 Top 40 hits under her belt, Pat Benatar became a platinum-selling artist. But she’s really been in her zone in the past few decades as a touring tour de force with her husband Neil Giraldo, and the two brought their indelible songs and easy chemistry to Wolf Trap recently.
The Mowgli’s (Photo by Cortney Armitage)
Alternative rockers The Mowgli’s released American Feelings, a four-track EP, via CandyShop Recordings in March. The band performs at Union Stage on Sunday, July 14, and you can win tickets to go with Parklife DC!
Jackson Browne (Photo courtesy Jensen Communications)
Legendary singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, one of the most influential artists to emerge from the folk-rock era of the ’70s, will perform at Wolf Trap’s Filene Center on Wednesday, July 3.
