The Smithereens (Photo courtesy the band)
The Smithereens will perform at The Birchmere on Friday, June 21! You can win a meet and greet, along with tickets to see the band, with Parklife DC.
Jon Batiste (Photo courtesy Ticketfly)
The DC Jazz Festival is presenting music all around town next week, and one of the marquee jazz festival performances will be Jon Batiste & Stay Human at The Anthem on Saturday, June 15.
Priests (Photo by Drew Hagelin)
DC post-punks Priests released “Mother,” a cover of the 1988 song by Danzig today! The single, available only via Amazon Music, follows on the heels of the trio’s second full-length record, The Seduction of Kansas, which dropped in April. Priests next perform at 9:30 Club on Saturday, June 15.
Mastodon performs at MECU Pavilion on June 2, 2019. (Photo by Andy Jillson)
Another of my rock n’ roll dreams became a reality yet again. I had the pleasure of finally photographing one of my personal favorite rock bands. The hard-hitting progressive metal machine known as Mastodon stopped at MECU Pavilion in Baltimore recently, and I was there taking photos.
Brandi Carlile (Photo by Alysse Gafkjen)
Over a year ago, Brandi Carlile released By the Way, I Forgive You, her sixth studio album. She’s been on the road ever since, and she will play a show at Merriweather Post Pavilion on Friday, June 14.
Jamila Woods performs at Union Stage on June 4, 2019. (Photo by Will Colbert)
“What will your legacy be,” poet Margaret Burroughs asked in her poem of the same name. It’s a lofty question, but one not lost on Chicago singer, songwriter, activist, and award-winning poet Jamila Woods during a recent sold-out show at DC’s Union Stage.
Glen Hansard performs at the Lincoln Theatre on June 3, 2019. (Photo by David LaMason)
When I listen to Glen Hansard’s music — especially songs from the new album, This Wild Willing — I can picture a man who has two feet planted firmly in the past but is stretching out across this temporal divide to grasp the future. His music often straddles the line separating old folk tradition and modern tones and feeling.
Taylor Rice of Local Natives performs at 9:30 Club on June 3, 2019. (Photo by Brenda Reyes)
It was a special treat recently, having Local Natives perform two nights at the 9:30 Club. From the roaring excitement from the crowd, I knew that it was going to be a great show.
Florence + The Machine performs at Merriweather Post Pavilion on June 3, 2019. (Photo by Katherine Gaines/AmbientEye.com)
Florence Welch took her chamber pop collective to Merriweather Post Pavilion recently, and so Florence and the Machine arrived in the DC metro area for another show in support of High as Hope, the band’s fourth studio album.
Caroline Spence (Photo courtesy Rounder Records)
Touring behind her recently released, critically acclaimed album Mint Condition, Americana singer-songwriter Caroline Spence and her band played the Pearl Street Warehouse recently.
