Kurt Vile (Photo by Jo McCaughey)
Kurt Vile released Bottle It In, his eighth studio album, in October via Matador Records. He performs with his band The Violators at 9:30 Club on Friday, Nov. 30.
Sister Sparrow (Photo by Shervin Lainez)
Sister Sparrow (the stagename of Arleigh Kincheloe) recently released a new studio album, Gold, via Thirty Tigers. Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds are on tour with a stop at 9:30 Club on Thursday, Nov. 29.
Shawn Colvin (Photo courtesy Paradigm Agency)
Shawn Colvin released The Starlighter, a new album of songs adapted from the children’s music book “Lullabies and Night Songs,” earlier this year via Amazon Music. Now, the folk siren heads to The Birchmere for a performance on Thursday, Nov. 29.
Colter Wall (Photo by Little Jack Films)
Singer-songwriter Colter Wall only released his debut album in 2017, but he quickly followed it with a sophomore record, Songs of the Plains, in October via Young Mary’s Record Co. The Canadian country singer performs at 9:30 Club on Wednesday, Nov. 28.
Julian Lage (Photo by Nathan West)
Guitarist Julian Lage again teamed up with bassist Scott Colley and drummer Kenny Wolleson to release an album, Modern Lore, via Mack Avenue Records earlier this year. The Julian Lage Trio performs at Union Stage on Wednesday, Nov. 28!
Freddie Gibbs (Photo courtesy Ticketfly)
Rapper Freddie Gibbs released a self-titled fourth album in June, and he’s sliding into U Street Music Hall for a show on Tuesday, Nov. 27.
Jessie Reyez performs at Union Stage on Nov. 18, 2018. (Photo by Will Colbert)
There’s freedom in truth and a distinct energy to freedom. Singer-songwriter Jessie Reyez brought both to her recent show at DC’s Union Stage. The lively Canadian of Colombian descent performed to a sold-out audience on Nov. 18.
NO BS! Brass Band (Photo courtesy Paradigm Agency)
Our blogger Ari Strauss caught NO BS! Brass Band of Richmond, Virginia, earlier this year. His reaction: “Imagine legendary drummer and band leader Buddy Rich magically had a love child with funk icon George Clinton. The product would be NO BS! Brass Band.”
Sounds like a good show for the long Thanksgiving weekend, doesn’t it? We’re in luck! NO BS! Brass Band perform at the Black Cat on Saturday, Nov. 24.
Welcome to the 2018 Thrushie Awards! Parklife DC will name the best local band of the year with your input. Vote for the best DC band now through Dec. 1.
Now, we fully realize that there will be a lot of strong opinions about our list, and we readily confess that we could review even more local bands next year. But for now, our poll is limited to bands reviewed by Parklife DC in the last year. As this is our inaugural year for the Thrushie Awards, we sought to keep this list short.
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Hot Tuna (Photo courtesy the band)
Guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and bassist Jack Casady formed blues band Hot Tuna in 1969, and they are still going strong! At the 2016 Grammy Awards, Jorma and Jack received Lifetime Achievement Awards, and the band released an album as recently as 2011 with Steady as She Goes.
Hot Tuna performs an acoustic evening at City Winery on Tuesday, Nov. 27.
