Music Park: Marlon Williams @ Rock and Roll Hotel — 3/23/18

Posted on March 26, 2018 by David LaMason in Live Review and tagged alt-country, Americana, blue grass, Dead Oceans Records, folk, Marlon Williams, New Zealand, Rock and Roll Hotel.

Marlon Williams pours his heart out at the Rock and Roll Hotel on March 23, 2018. (Photo by David LaMason)

There are certain records or certain artists that I frequently come back to again and again — my “go to” records, so to speak — that are so good from start to finish that when the needle swings back after the last note fades it feels only natural to turn the vinyl back over and play it again. Marlon Williams, who hails from New Zealand, makes records likes that. And Marlon’s unmatched songwriting was in full evidence at the Rock and Roll Hotel on Friday.

Around Town: Biscuit Jam @ Industrious Warehouse — 8/6/16

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Mickey McCarter in Around Town, Live Review and tagged Ampersand Stringband, art installation, Biscuit Jam, blue grass, blues, Bumper Jacksons, Industrious Warehouse, Ivy City, Mason Dixie Biscuit Co., One Love Massive, roots, swing.

The Bumper Jacksons perform at Biscuit Jam 2016 in DC on Saturday, August 6. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)

The Mason Dixie Biscuit Co. turned two years old recently, and instead of simply selling $2 biscuits or some other kitschy idea, it threw a proper birthday bash in Ivy City and called it the Biscuit Jam.

Held at the Industrious Warehouse (1900 Kendall St. NE, DC) on Saturday, Biscuit Jam offered up music, drink, food, and art on a sunny day. The full entertainment line-up consisted of a slate of regional bands: Jonny Grave & The Tombstones, Justin Trawick & The Common Good, Oh He Dead, Jahnel Daliya, Brian Farrow & What Got Over, Ampersand Stringband, and The Bumper Jacksons.

Around Town: REI Thingamajig @ Wunder Garten, 10/17/15

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Jeremy Bailey in Around Town and tagged beer garden, blue grass, community gear swap, Living Classrooms, NoMa, REI, Wunder Garten.

The REI Community Space at Wunder Garten

This Saturday REI is hosting a community gear swap! Bring your used outdoor gear and buy/sell/barter/trade with other outdoor enthusiasts. Check out the details.

It will be held at the Wunder Garten beer garden in NoMa from 12-5pm, with live music, produced by Living Classrooms (they are behind the Kingman Island Bluegrass and Folk Festival). $2 of your $7 entrance fee goes to support Living Classrooms.

Music Lineup:
Hollertown (12pm)
Big Chimey (1:45pm)
Jonny Grave (3:30pm)

REI Thingamajig (Used Gear Swap and Beergarden Bluegrass)
REI Community Space at Wunder Garten (NoMa)
October 17, 2015
12:00-5:00pm
$7 entrance fee
All ages