Live Review: Kingman Island Bluegrass & Folk Festival — 5/4/19

Posted on 05/09/2019 by Mark Engleson in Live Review and tagged bluegrass, Che Apalache, folk, Hackensaw Boys, ilyAIMY, Jess Elliot Mhyre, Justin Trawick, Justin Trawick and the Common Good, Kingman Island, Kingman Island Bluegrass and Folk Festival, Matt Ruppert, music festival, Odetta Hartman, The Bumper Jacksons, The Dustbowl Revival.

Odetta Hartman performs at the Kingman Island Bluegrass & Folk Festival on May 4, 2019. (Photo by Matt Ruppert)

The Kingman Island Bluegrass & Folk Festival was held in northeast DC last weekend. It featured numerous local bands and artists, as well as a few that came from out of town for the festival. With four stages of music, the festival ran from noon to eight o’clock.

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Live Review: Lilly Hiatt @ 9:30 Club — 12/27/18

Posted on 12/31/2018 by Mark Engleson in Live Review and tagged 9:30 Club, alt-country, Americana, Lilly Hiatt, Matt Ruppert, Nashville.

Lilly Hiatt performs at 9:30 Club on Dec. 27, 2018. (Photo by Matt Ruppert)

If Pearl Jam decided to play country and had a female lead singer from Nashville, they’d have sounded a lot like Lilly Hiatt’s opening set for Margo Price recently at the 9:30 Club.

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