Livestream Preview: Sol Roots @ Facebook Live, 5/22/20

Posted on 05/20/2020 by Parklifer in Local Spotlight, Preview and tagged blues, DC, Facebook Live, livestream, Sol Roots, The Hamilton, The Hamilton Live.

Sol Roots performs at The 9 Songwriter Series on April 5, 2018. (Photo by Ari Strauss)

Late Night in the Loft continues with not-so-late live happy hour streams from the DMV’s best local artists from The Hamilton!

This week, catch DC funky bluesman Sol Roots on Friday, May 22, in a livestream at The Hamilton’s Facebook page.

Around Town: The Wammies @ Lincoln Theatre — 3/31/19

Posted on 04/02/2019 by Mickey McCarter in Around Town and tagged Americana, awards program, bluegrass, country, Eli Lev, Fellowcraft, Flasher, folk, go-go, hard rock, Karen Jonas, Lincoln Theatre, Mannywellz, punk, R&B, rap, Rare Essence, reggae, SHAED, Sol Roots, The Messthetics, The Musicianship, The Wammies, Wammie Awards, Will Eastman.

Jeffrey Tribble Jr., Executive Director of The MusicianShip, addresses the Butterfly Bash in 2017. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)

The MusicianShip, a nonprofit dedicated to providing music education to DC youth, sponsored its first Wammie Awards, recently choosing “the best of the best” among DC musicians for recognition to continue the mission of the dissolved Washington Area Music Association.

As editor of Parklife DC, I was a judge and a presenter for the 2019 Wammie Awards at the Lincoln Theatre on March 31, and I’m pleased to provide the full list of winners.

Poll: 2018 Thrushie Awards — Results!

Posted on 12/05/2018 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review, Local Spotlight and tagged 9:30 Club, Appaloosa Festival, awards program, Bacchae, best of dc, best of the year, Broke Royals, City Winery, DC Rocks Music Festival, music festival, Pie Shop Bar, ShamrockFest, Sol Roots, The Anthem, Thrushie Awards.

Broke Royals

Parklife DC today announces the best in DC concerts with our inaugural awards program, named for our mascot, DC’s own state bird — the Wood Thrush. Our Thrushie Awards salute bands and venues in line with our mission to review live music concerts.

Congratulations to the 2018 Thrushie Awards winners, several of whom took their top spots from polling ran by Parklife DC over the last half of November.

Vote: What Is the Best in DC for 2018?

Posted on 11/26/2018 by Mickey McCarter in Around Town, Live Review and tagged 9:30 Club, All Things Go, All Things Go Fall Classic, awards program, Bacchae, Bat Fangs, best of dc, best of the year, Black Cat, Broke Royals, City Winery, DC Music Rocks, DC Music Rocks Festival, DC9, Funk Parade, Kingman Island, Kingman Island Bluegrass and Folk Festival, Loi Loi, Park Snakes, Pearl Street Warehouse, Priests, ShamrockFest, Sol Roots, The Anthem, Thrushie Awards, Tiny Cat Dark Music Festival, Union Stage.

A wood thrush! (Photo by Trish Gussler)

Parklife DC will honor DC bands and venues with our inaugural awards program, named for our new mascot, DC’s own state bird — the Wood Thrush. Our Thrushie Awards are inspired by our mission to review live music concerts.

Poll: Who Is the Best Local Band in DC?

Posted on 11/21/2018 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged awards program, Bacchae, Bat Fangs, best band, best of dc, Broke Royals, local band, Loi Loi, Park Snakes, Priests, Sol Roots, Thrushie Awards.

Welcome to the 2018 Thrushie Awards! Parklife DC will name the best local band of the year with your input. Vote for the best DC band now through Dec. 1.

Now, we fully realize that there will be a lot of strong opinions about our list, and we readily confess that we could review even more local bands next year. But for now, our poll is limited to bands reviewed by Parklife DC in the last year. As this is our inaugural year for the Thrushie Awards, we sought to keep this list short.

Snapshots: Sol Roots @ The Soundry — 8/9/18

Posted on 08/15/2018 by Ari Strauss in Live Review and tagged Ari Strauss, blues, funk, North Carolina, Sol Roots, Sol Roots Band, soul, The Soundry.

Sol Roots performs at The Soundry on Aug. 9, 2018. (Photo by Ari Strauss)

Sol Roots and his band gave a hot performance recently at The Soundry in Columbia, Maryland, putting in a 45-miute opening set before New Orleans-great Jon Cleary took the stage.

Snapshots: The 9 Songwriter Series @ Union Stage — 4/5/18

Posted on 04/11/2018 by Ari Strauss in Live Review and tagged Americana, Casey Cavanagh, Chris Cassaday, Elena Lacayo, Eli Lev, Greg Vickers, JP Jenks, Justin Trawick, Sol Roots, The 9 Songwriter Series, Union Stage.

Greg Vickers performs during The 9 Songwriter Series at Union Stage on April 5, 2018. (Photo by Ari Strauss)

The 9 Songwriter Series came to Union Stage last week and delivered a great show with performances by artists Chris Cassaday, Eli Lev, JP Jenks, Elena Lacayo, Sol Roots, Greg Vickers, Casey Cavanagh, Siobhán O’Brien, and event promoter/emcee Justin Trawick. Ari Strauss shot the performances of all nine artists.