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Daley performs at the Motel Mozaique Festival on April 6, 2013. (Photo by Rene Passet)
UK soul singer-songwriter Daley recently gave DC a warm musical embrace on an otherwise frigid February night. The Manchester musician took a game 9:30 Club audience on a sonic journey through a sound he has called “future throwback soul.”
Daley and JMSN (Photo courtesy Ticketfly)
Gareth Daley is best known by the name Daley, and Christian Berishaj is better known by his stagename JMSN (pronounced “Jameson”). The two alternative R&B singer-songwriters have teamed for a tour, and Daley and JMSN perform at 9:30 Club together on Friday, Feb. 1.
Pale Waves perform at U Street Music Hall on Nov. 10, 2018.
Heather Baron-Gracie swayed onto stage from the opening notes of “Television Romance” by her band Pale Waves, presenting a vision of a modern pop songstress lightly flavored in a vaguely goth trapping.
Pale Waves (Photo by Brian Griffin)
English synthpop band Pale Waves released their debut album, My Mind Makes Noises, in September via Dirty Hit/Interscope Records. The indie quartet perform at U Street Music Hall on Saturday, Nov. 10.
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.
Lisa Stansfield performs at The Birchmere on Oct. 15, 2018. (Photo by Jason Nicholson)
Lisa Stansfield released Deeper, her eighth studio album, in April via earmusic, and she made a welcome return to the United States in support of the album to perform at The Birchmere on Monday! Jason Nicholson got some pictures of the soulful English chanteuse.
Bernard Sumner fronts New Order at The Anthem on Aug. 28, 2018. (Photos by Kyle Gustafson; Words by Mickey McCarter)
Songs about heartbreak are usually pretty straightforward. Boy meets girl, girl dumps boy, boy sulks. But “True Faith” by New Order fiercely subverts that paradigm. “A sudden sense of liberty,” unbidden, provides sweet perspective.
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