Best of the Year: Top 10 Concerts of 2018 by Mark E.

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Mark Engleson in Live Review and tagged 9:30 Club, Anna & Elizabeth, Best of 2018, best of the year, Buddy Guy, City Winery, Colter Wall, First Aid Kit, Jason Isbell, Jim Lauderdale, Joachim Cooder, Lincoln Theatre, Patterson Hood, Pearl Street Warehouse, Richard Thompson, Ry Cooder, The Anthem, The Birchmere, The Decemberists, Wolf Trap.

Patterson Hood performs at Pearl Street Warehouse on Dec. 7, 2018, in one of the best shows of the year. (Photo by Paivi Salonen)

Editor’s Note: This year, we asked our bloggers to name their Top 10 shows of 2018 or choose their Top 10 photos of the year. We will run them over the course of mid-December as our Best of the Year posts.

Mark Engleson, a man who truly loves live Americana, folk, and country, chose his Top 10 concerts of 2018 for Parklife DC.

Music Park: Colter Wall @ 9:30 Club — 11/28/18

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Mark Engleson in Live Review and tagged 9:30 Club, Americana, Canada, Colter Wall, country, folk.

Colter Wall (Photo by Little Jack Films)

In his life, the brilliant but troubled singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt never played the 9:30 Club. But on Wednesday, his ghost laced up his “Flyin’ Shoes” and put in an appearance at Colter Wall’s show.

Don’t Miss: Colter Wall @ 9:30 Club, 11/28/18

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged 9:30 Club, Americana, Canada, Colter Wall, country, folk.

Colter Wall (Photo by Little Jack Films)

Singer-songwriter Colter Wall only released his debut album in 2017, but he quickly followed it with a sophomore record, Songs of the Plains, in October via Young Mary’s Record Co. The Canadian country singer performs at 9:30 Club on Wednesday, Nov. 28.