In her recent appearance at The Hamilton Live, Sue Foley honored and extended the traditions of the blues. The native of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, who has spent most of her life in Austin, showed off her incredible guitar skills in both a solo acoustic set and an electric set with her band.
Award-winning vocalist Shemekia Copeland celebrated the release of her powerful three-time GRAMMY-nominated Alligator Records album, Blame It On Eve, with two live performances at The Collective Encore in Columbia on Feb. 5 and Feb. 6. Steve Satzberg was there to photograph the show on Feb. 6.
Art-pop duo Rubblebucket recently performed at 9:30 Club, and Steve Satzberg was there to photograph the show!
Dustbowl Revival played a fantastic show recently at DC’s famed The Hamilton Live restaurant and music venue to a very engaged audience — and a nearly sold-out show. The Hamilton Live, with two-levels, was filled to near capacity and featured an evening of two outstanding bands in great form.
Mannequin Pussy has had an explosive year since the release of their fourth album, I Got Heaven, in March. The Philadelphia four-piece consists of Colins “Bear” Regisford (bass, vocals), Kaleen Reading (drums, percussion), Maxine Steen (guitar, synths), and Marisa “Missy” Dabice (guitar, vocals). They’ve been touring nonstop all over the world since April, and wound down the tour with a brief run on the east coast. I caught their recent show in Baltimore!
On Feb. 14, Bartees Strange releases Horror, his third full-length studio album, via 4AD. He then returns to DC for a show at 9:30 Club on Saturday, Feb. 15.
Matt Pond’s never been too sure about the name he gave his band back in the late ’90s. But nevertheless, he’s released 14 studio albums with the outfit called Matt Pond PA, a tribute to his home state.
The Philadelphia native now lives in New York’s Hudson Valley, but he continues to thrive as a singer-songwriter — regardless of what he calls the group. He abandoned the well-known moniker just a few years ago, leading to a 2023 project known as The Natural Lines, taking the title from an EP he put out a decade earlier.
Singer-songwriters Jeffrey Gaines and Dan Bern recently shared a double bill at Rams Head on Stage, and Steve Satzberg was there to photograph the show.
We’ve updated this review with info on Glosser’s touring members!
“We usually play as a two-piece electronic duo,” said Riley Fanning of Glosser at the start of her recent appearance at DC9. But on this day, Glosser performed as a quartet, adding a bassist and drummer to fill out their sound.
It was a strong if short turn at nine songs, suggesting Glosser has a lot of great possibilities to build on what is already a killer foundation.
Standing next to one another personally and professionally for over 30 years, Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith have played Jay and Silent Bob in eight different movies! They have hit the road on the Jay and Silent Bob: The Aural Sects Tour, which lands at the Lincoln Theatre in DC on Monday, Feb. 10.
