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Preview: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ 9:30 Club, 3/31/25

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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (Photo by Matt Barrick)

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah celebrate the 20th anniversary of their landmark self-titled debut album with an epic world tour and exclusive new reissue! The first leg of the global headline run gets underway with North American dates beginning at 9:30 Club on Monday, March 31.

Live Review: Helmet w/ Slomosa and Effusion 35 @ Union Stage — 3/23/25

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Helmet headlines Union Stage on March 23, 2025. (Photo by James Todd Miller)

Helmet recently stormed through DC on a sonic roar as they celebrated the 30th anniversary of Betty at Union Stage!

Live Review: Patterson Hood w/ Lydia Loveless @ The Atlantis — 3/22/25

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Patterson Hood performs live at The Atlantis in DC on March 22, 2025. (Photo by David LaMason)

While he’s best known as the frontman of the Drive-By Truckers, Patterson also has a substantial and highly respected career as a solo artist. Earlier this year, he released his fourth album, Exploding Trees and Airplane Screams, to critical acclaim. At a recent sold-out show, he made the first of two back-to-back appearances at The Atlantis, sharing songs and stories. 

Live Review: Esther Rose w/ Twain @ Jammin’ Java — 3/21/25

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Esther Rose performs at Jammin' Java on March 21, 2025. (Photo by James Todd Miller)

Vienna’s Jammin’ Java recently hosted a doubleheader of folky singer-songwriter music with Twain and Esther Rose.

Preview: Beth Gibbons (of Portishead) @ The Anthem — 3/30/25

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Beth Gibbons (Photo by Eva Vermandel)

Come float on a moment with Beth Gibbons, the enigmatic voice behind visionary trip-hop group Portishead. In 2024, Gibbons released Lives Outgrown, her debut solo studio album, via Domino Recording Company.

She’s now on tour in support of that album, and she performs at The Anthem in DC on Sunday, March 30!

Snapshots: SahBabii @ The Fillmore Silver Spring — 3/23/25

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SahBabii performs at The Fillmore Silver Spring on March 23, 2025. (Photo by Chris Castillo)

SahBabii visited The Fillmore Silver Spring for a recent date on his Resurrection Tour! Chris Castillo was there to photograph the show.

Live Review: Sarah Shook & The Disarmers @ Songbyrd Music House — 3/22/25

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Sarah Shook performs at Songbyrd Music House on March 22, 2025. (Photo by James Todd Miller)

As a music photographer, and a music aficionado, it was important for me to get to see Sarah Shook & The Disarmers at Songbyrd Music House for their last-ever DC show.

Live Review: Riki w/ Delores Galore and Donzii @ DC9 — 3/20/25

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Riki performs at DC9 on March 20, 2025. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)

Everyone was in really good spirits for an energetic concert headlined by Los Angeles synthpop artist Riki recently at DC9. Riki gave a commanding performance, buoyed by the companionship of her opening acts — Delores Galore from New Orleans and Donzii from Miami — and the evening felt like a showcase for three very different but complementary acts.

Preview: Anohni and the Johnsons @ Lincoln Theatre, 3/26/25

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ANOHNI (Photo by Nomi Ruiz)

In 2023, ANOHNI released My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross, her sixth studio album. Now, for the first time in a decade, ANOHNI presents a series of concerts with The Johnsons. Responding to a time of upheaval, ANOHNI issues a challenge: “It’s Time to Feel What’s Really Happening.”

Catch Anohni and the Johnsons live at Lincoln Theatre in DC on Wednesday, March 25!

Stars and Bars: Appreciation for Gypsy Sally’s

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Willis Alan Ramsey performs at Gypsy Sally's in Washington, DC on April 8, 2015. (Photo by Mark Caicedo)

Gypsy Sally’s was one of the first venues where I began photographing live music in Washington, DC. As my “career” in concert photography was just getting started, in January 2014 (and again a few months later), I took my camera to photograph River Whyless, a new band from Asheville, North Carolina. A local duo, Pretty Gritty, was opening.

Little did I know that over the next few years Gypsy Sally’s would give me the opportunity to see and photograph an incredible variety of local and national touring musicians.