Snapshots: Emmaline @ Rams Head On Stage — 2/15/26
Fantastic jazz vocalist Emmaline is currently on her USA winter tour and recently played a sold-out show at Rams Head On Stage in Annapolis.
Live Review: Langhorne Slim @ The Atlantis — 2/14/26
Hosting a Valentine’s Day celebration might not be every musician’s cup of tea, but Langhorne Slim is loved far and wide. And if his songwriting is any indication, he clearly has a gigantic heart.
Langhorne showed himself to be a terrific holiday host this past weekend, selling out The Atlantis in Washington DC on Feb. 14 and delighting the packed room with takes from his latest release, The Dreamin’ Kind, along with some of his most cherished songs.
Live Review: Collie Buddz @ Lincoln Theatre — 1/27/26
Attending Collie Buddz’s Spark Up Tour felt less like a traditional concert and more like a shared gathering built around music, memory and connection.
Live Review: New Edition w/ Boyz II Men and Toni Braxton @ CFG Bank Arena — 2/14/26
Baltimore’s CFG Arena was recently transformed into a vibrant hub of musical nostalgia and excitement by The New Edition Way Tour. The event offered a fresh take on the traditional concert format, delivering an unforgettable Valentine’s Day experience that broke away from conventional norms.
Rather than relying on separate opening acts on Feb. 14, the tour featured New Edition, Boyz II Men, and Toni Braxton in a unique round-robin style, where the artists fluidly transitioned between each other’s sets for a Valentine’s Day spectacular. Performing on a 360-degree stage, the musicians ensured that the energy never faltered, as each act seamlessly wove in and out of the spotlight, making for nearly three hours of uninterrupted classics.
Live Review: Marissa Nadler w/ Maria BC @ Songbyrd Music House — 2/14/26
“This is a real sad one, but it’s in a major key,” Marissa Nadler told the audience before playing “You Called Her Camellia” during her recent appearance at the Songbyrd Music House on Valentine’s Day. The sad part describes much of her catalog, which combines folk, gothic Americana (she participated in an album of Townes Van Zandt covers), and dream pop textures to ethereal, haunting, and deeply moving effect.
The set was spare: just Marissa on guitar, mostly electric, accompanied by another guitar — and gorgeous.
Live Review: Tim O’Brien w/ Jan Fabricius @ Wolf Trap — 2/13/26
With a career that stretches back decades, Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Tim O’Brien is one of the most respected names in acoustic music. He was part of the pioneering progressive bluegrass group Hot Rize before he struck out on his own nearly forty years ago, making a series of records that have explored both folk and bluegrass. The Wheeling, West Virginia native and current Nashville resident, who got his first guitar when he was 12, has also played in Steve Earle’s bluegrass band, The Bluegrass Dukes, and the traditional bluegrass revival project The Earls of Leicester, and collaborated with noted singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Darrell Scott.
In 2025, Tim released an instrumental jazz album, Life Lessons, made with Bill Frisell and Dale Burning. That was just one of two records he put out last year, the other being a set of duets, Paper Flowers, with his musical and life partner, Jan Fabricius, who accompanied him in his recent appearance at The Barns at Wolf Trap, where he treated the audience to two two sets of original songs and well-chosen covers.
Live Review: Mato Wayuhi and Black Belt Eagle Scout w/ Ailani @ Songbyrd Music House — 2/12/26
As Black Belt Eagle Scout noted on Thursday evening, she and Mato Wayuhi come from very different genres of music. BBES makes crunchy, guitar-driven indie rock, while Wayuhi is a hip-hop artist. Despite these differences, their work together is compelling, and they had the audience enthralled in their recent appearance at DC’s Songbyrd Music House, in an evening that featured great songs, lots of heart, and emphasis on culture, family, and their shared Native American heritage (BBES is Swinomish, hailing from the Pacific Northwest, and Wayuhi is Oglala Lakota, from South Dakota).
Live Review: Miguel @ The Anthem — 2/15/26
With striking set design, constant crowd awareness, and real care for fans, Miguel recently turned a big room into a fully engaged night.
Miguel brought his CAOS Tour to The Anthem in Washington, DC, and the room was sold out. You could feel it before the lights dropped. The floor was packed, voices were already up, and the crowd came prepared to sing, move, and stay on Miguel’s timing all night. He held that momentum from the opening stretch through the final song, keeping the set tight and the energy consistent without rushing the moment.
Live Review: Treaty Oak Revival w/ Laredo and Wade Forster @ CFG Bank Arena — 2/12/26
In a recent show at CFG Bank Arena, the West Texas Degenerate Tour graced Baltimore with its presence — headlined by the Texas powerhouse themselves, Treaty Oak Revival. The tour features a broad spectrum of modern country and Southern rock. In Baltimore, Laredo and Wade Forester opened the night.
Live Review: Twice @ Capital One Arena — 2/13/25
Friday the 13th did what it could to try and curse TWICE’s first ever visit to Washington DC, and it quickly became a question of whether the veteran Kpop group could overcome a major road bump on such short notice? Days prior to the show, Dahyun, the lead rapper of the girl group was ruled out of the line up due to a fractured ankle she could no longer power through. Pictures of her sitting throughout shows over a month ago and even struggling to get to her chair was proof enough that their team made the right choice to let her step away to heal.
