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Helado Negro (Photo courtesy of RVNG Intl.)
What does black ice cream taste like? If you’re Roberto Carlos Lange, you may say it’s a combination of flavors that inexplicably vary with every lick. The producer and singer-songwriter, better known as Helado Negro (“black ice cream” in Spanish), served up an eclectic mix of synth-pop, electro-folk, and Latin music during a recent performance at DC’s U Street Music Hall.
Helado Negro (Photo courtesy RVN Int.)
Helado Negro, born Roberto Carlos Lange, released This Is How You Smile, his sixth studio album, in March via RVNG Int. The prolific experimental artist drops by U Street Music Hall for a show on Friday, June 28.
Monsieur Periné (Photo courtesy Ticketfly)
Monsieur Periné, a Bogotá-based musical ensemble from Colombia, released new song “La Sombra” last year, and followed it up with a music video recently. Fronted by Catalina García, the band has embarked on a La Sombra World Tour, which arrives at 9:30 Club on Monday, June 10. You can win tickets to go with Parklife DC.
Pink Martini performs at The Anthem on Oct. 7, 2018. (Photo by Paivi)
Pink Martini brought orchestral delights to The Anthem recently with special guest singer Ari Shapiro. Paivi shot the show!
Pink Martini (Photo by Chris Hornbecker)
Classical crossover orchestra Pink Martini performs at The Anthem on Sunday, Oct. 7, presenting Latin and jazz musical stylings from their seven albums and other collaborations with special guest singer Ari Shapiro.
Los Amigos Invisibles (Photo courtesy Ticketfly)
Los Amigos Invisibles recently released El Paradise, their 12th studio album, via Sony DADC Mexico. The record received a Grammy nomination for Best Latin, Urban, or Alternative Rock Album, and the band will soon embark on The Paradise Tour 2018, which visits 9:30 Club on Friday, Sept. 14. You can win tickets to go with Parklife DC.
Peaches O’Dell at the Black Cat on Dec. 31, 2016. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)
I arrived late to the show on Saturday (due to another commitment), but I still managed to catch some tunes in the last set by Peaches O’Dell and Her Orchestra at the Black Cat’s New Year’s Eve Ball on Saturday.
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