Best of the Year: Top 10 Concerts of 2019 by Mark E.

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Mark Engleson in Live Review and tagged 9:30 Club, AMP, AMP by Strathmore, Best of 2019, best of the year, Dawes, Jenny Lewis, Kennedy Center, Lincoln Theatre, Lucinda Williams, Marty Stuart, Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives, Neko Case, Rhiannon Giddens, Rosanne Cash, Shemekia Copeland, Steve Earle, Strathmore, Strathmore Music Center, The Anthem, The Birchmere, The Wood Brothers.

Rosanne Cash placed as one of Mark Engleson’s top shows of the year. Read on to see who else made the cut. (Photo by David LaMason)

Editor’s Note: This year, we asked our bloggers to name their Top 10 shows of 2019 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.

Editor (again): After much consideration, the prolific Mark Engleson chose his top 10 shows for 2019.

Live Review: Neko Case @ Lincoln Theatre — 1/26/19

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Mark Engleson in Live Review and tagged Americana, David LaMason, folk, Lincoln Theatre, Neko Case, Tacoma, Washington.

Neko Case performs at the Lincoln Theatre in DC on Jan. 26, 2019. (Photo by David LaMason)

Fans love fire-haired songstress Neko Case for being a quirky character. Between “This Tornado Loves You” and “Halls of Sarah,” a truly unusual conversation took place between Neko and her background singers at the sold-out Lincoln Theatre in DC on Saturday.

Preview: Neko Case @ Lincoln Theatre, 1/27/19

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged Americana, folk, Lincoln Theatre, Neko Case, Tacoma, Washington.

Neko Case (Photo courtesy Anti- Records)

Neko Case released Hell-On, her eighth studio album, last summer to great acclaim, with Paste magazine naming it one of the Top 50 Albums of the Year. Neko’s visiting DC again with two shows, the first of which is sold out. See her at the Lincoln Theatre on Sunday, Jan. 27.