Best of the Year: Top 10 Photos of 2018 by Jason

Posted on 12/17/2018 by Jason Nicholson "Le Mouton Flâneur" in Live Review and tagged 9:30 Club, Belly, Best of 2018, best of the year, Black Cat, Daniel Ash, Dave Vanian, Gail Greenwood, Gary Numan, johnny marr, Lisa Stansfield, Peter Hook, Peter Hook and The Light, Poptone, Psychedelic Furs, Richard Butler, Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center, Roger Daltrey, The Birchmere, The Charlatans, The Charlatans UK, The Damned, The Fillmore Silver Spring, The Who, U Street Music Hall, Union Transfer, Wolf Trap.

Johnny Marr slings his guitar at The Fillmore Silver Spring on Oct. 17, 2018. Jason Nicholson chose a picture from this show (but not this one) as one of his Top 10 of 2018. (Photo by Jason Nicholson)

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.

While sitting back in my chair and listening to a vinyl record is a favorite pastime of mine, there is nothing like going out and experiencing a performance live. For me as a concert photographer, the challenge is trying to capture the image of an artist you have spent a lifetime getting to know or at least your representation of what they mean to you. Here’s my Top 10 favorite photos of 2018 I had the pleasure of shooting for Parklife DC this year with a little commentary. Hope you enjoy seeing them again and best wishes for a great 2019!

Snapshots: Johnny Marr @ The Fillmore Silver Spring — 10/17/18

Posted on 10/22/2018 by Jason Nicholson "Le Mouton Flâneur" in Live Review and tagged England, johnny marr, Manchester, post-punk, power pop, rockabilly, The Fillmore Silver Spring, The Smiths.

Johnny Marr performs at The Fillmore Silver Spring on Oct. 17, 2018. (Photo by Jason Nicholson)

Johnny Marr blasted into The Fillmore Silver Spring recently, and Jason Nicholson shot the show! Johnny was in great form, and the former guitarist of The Smiths wasn’t shy about playing tunes from that band, including the likes of “Bigmouth Strikes Again,” “The Headmaster Ritual,” and “How Soon Is Now?,” among others.

Don’t Miss: Johnny Marr @ The Fillmore Silver Spring, 10/17/18

Posted on 06/01/2018 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged England, johnny marr, Manchester, post-punk, The Fillmore Silver Spring, The Smiths.

Johnny Marr and his band (Photo by Niall Lea)

Virtuoso guitarist Johnny Marr will release his third solo album, Call the Comet, on June 15 via New Voodoo/Warner Bros. Records. Johnny will embark on an extensive US tour in the fall, with a show at The Fillmore Silver Spring on Wednesday, Oct. 17.

Book Talk: “Set the Boy Free” by Johnny Marr @ Gramercy Theatre, NYC — 11/15/16

Posted on 12/27/2016 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged autobiography, book talk, Britpop, Gramercy Theatre, Ian Svenonius, johnny marr, Morrissey, post-punk, The Cribs, The Smiths.

Johnny Marr and his guitar at New York’s Gramercy Theatre on Nov. 15, 2016. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)

Johnny Marr, surely the world’s most famous living guitar player for us in Generation X, released his autobiography “Set the Boy Free” in the United States last month, and he delivered a book talk with DC indie rock musician Ian Svenonius as host at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City on Nov. 15, the day of the US release. I was there, and now I’ve finished reading the book.

Don’t Miss: The Smiths: 1985-1986 @ Studio 1469

Posted on 06/23/2016 by Mickey McCarter in Around Town, Live Review and tagged Andy Rourke, johnny marr, Manchester, Mike Joyce, Morrissey, Nalinee Darmrong, Studio 1469, The Smiths, Warner Theatre.

Nalinee Darmrong with some pix in her exhibit at Studio 1469 at an opening reception on June 17. (Photo by Mickey)

“Towards the summer of 1985, The Smiths were creating a buzz in the US, with the release of their second album, ‘Meat Is Murder’ earlier that year,” Nalinee Darmrong wrote in the introduction to her remarkable book The Smiths, printed recently by Rizzoli New York.

She continued: “They had done a short US tour previously, and news was circulating that they were coming to the US once more. I was graduating high school that year (I was 17), and Tony, for a graduation present, got me a ticket to see The Smiths at the Warner Theatre in Washington, DC on June 11, 1985.”

Thus began the adventure of a girl and her camera, as she spent some 17 shows tailing Steven Patrick Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke, and Mike Joyce around the United States and to the United Kingdom. Using a beat-up 35mm camera, Nalinee captured her experiences on film, and those pictures remained hidden from the world until now.

Music Park: Meredith Sheldon (Opening for Johnny Marr) @ 9:30 Club — 11/9/14

Posted on 11/13/2014 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged 9:30 Club, jangle pop, johnny marr, meredith sheldon, singer-songwriter.

The winsome Meredith Sheldon opened for Johnny Marr at the 9:30 Club once again earlier this week.

Ms. Sheldon came through with Marr also in April 2013, but then she was performing in a loose band called Alamar with Johnny’s son Nile Marr. A friend compared the sound of the two together to The Sundays.

This time, Sheldon performed alone with her guitar, and she was as dreamy as that comparison would suggest, but her sound definitely smacked of a jangle pop found in other Massachussetts singer-songwriters like Tanya Donnelly and Juliana Hatfield.

Sheldon opened with “Metal Hand,” a song about the strength required to heal. From the start of her set, she had a good rapport with the audience, and it reflected in her easy, comfortable playing. In one segment of her first song, she thumps lightly on the guitar instead of strumming it, creating a unique bridge and providing ample room for her airy voice to fill the space.