Live Review: Rick Wakeman @ The Birchmere — 9/25/19

Posted on 10/04/2019 by Mark Caicedo in Live Review and tagged ambient, classical, England, London, piano, progressive rock, Rick Wakeman, The Birchmere, Yes.

Rick Wakeman performs at The Birchmere on Sept. 25, 2019. (Photo by Mark Caicedo)

Rick Wakeman’s Grumpy Old Rock Star tour featured a man who is anything but. Rather, we got a wonderfully intimate, hilarious, and jaw-dropping performance from the former Strawbs, on-again off-again YES, and unparalleled session keyboardist recently at The Birchmere. Not a grumpy soul in the room, least of all Mr. Wakeman himself.

Snapshots: Emancipator @ 9:30 Club — 2/3/18

Posted on 02/06/2018 by Ari Strauss in Live Review and tagged 9:30 Club, classical, downtempo, electronica, Emancipator, Portland, trip hop.

Emancipator performs at 9:30 Club on Feb. 3, 2018. (Photo by Ari Strauss)

Emancipator delivered to a packed 9:30 Club on Saturday, making his fifth stop of a 25-city tour to promote his newest album, Baralku, which released from his own label, Loci Records, this past November.

Ticket Giveaway: Emancipator @ 9:30 Club, 2/3/18

Posted on 01/30/2018 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged 9:30 Club, classical, downtempo, electronica, Emancipator, free tickets, Portland, ticket giveaway, trip hop.

Emancipator (Photo courtesy Loci Records)

Emancipator, born Doug Appling, released Baralku, his fifth studio album, late last year via his own Loci Records, and it hit #1 on the iTunes Electronic Chart. Emancipator is touring his new album with a show at 9:30 Club *this* Saturday, Feb. 3. You can win tickets to go with Parklife DC!

Don’t Miss: Apocalyptica @ Lincoln Theatre, 9/9/17

Posted on 09/01/2017 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged Apocalyptica, cello, cello rock, chamber pop, classical, Finland, Lincoln Theatre, symphonic metal.

Apocalyptica (Photo courtesy Odyssey Music)

In 1996, a Finnish cello band released their debut album, where they promptly shattered expectations and produced an album of Metallica covers. Apocalyptica thus published Plays Metallica by Four Cellos, an instrumental rock opus dedicated to songs by the famous heavy metal band. To mark the 20th anniversary of the album, Apocalyptica remasters it with bonus tracks in 2016 and launched a tour — and that tour arrives at the Lincoln Theatre on Saturday, Sept. 9.

Music Park: Agnes Obel @ 9:30 Club — 3/7/17

Posted on 03/11/2017 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged 9:30 Club, Agnes Obel, Berlin, classical, folk.

Agnes Obel performs at 9:30 Club on March 7, 2017.

Anges Obel played songs at turns crystalline, absorbing, and resplendent in an appearance at 9:30 Club on Tuesday. The Danish-born resident of Berlin passed through DC as part of her biggest US tour yet on the heels of her third album, Citizen of Glass, released late last year via Play It Again Sam.