Snapshots: Sting @ Wolf Trap — 8/26/19

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Jason Nicholson "Le Mouton Flâneur" in Live Review and tagged England, jazz, new wave, post-punk, reggae, Sting, The Police, Wolf Trap.

Sting performs at Wolf Trap on Aug. 26, 2019. (Photo by Jason Nicholson)

In May, Sting released My Songs, his 14th studio album, reimagining some of his best-known hits from his solo career and his time with The Police. On tour now, Sting performed those songs at Wolf Trap recently, and Jason Nicholson captured the majesty and brawn of one of the world’s most thoughtful rockers on film.

Preview: Same As It Ever Was (Tribute to Talking Heads, The Police, Paul Simon) @ The Bullpen, 5/4/19

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged cover band, Jordan August, Jordan August Band, Paul Simon, Psycho Killers, Synchronicity, Talking Heads, The Bullpen, The Police.

Psycho Killers (Photo courtesy DMK Publicity)

Here’s a picture: You on a warm spring day at an open-air stage, beer in hand, watching three local cover bands covering the Talking Heads, The Police, and Paul Simon. What a great way to spend Saturday evening, right? Head to The Bullpen, conveniently located outside the Navy Yard Metro Station, on May 4 to do just that.

Parklife DC Presents: Urgh! A Music War @ Black Cat, 10/1/18

Posted on September 11, 2018 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged Black Cat, Echo and the Bunnymen, Gary Numan, Joan Jett, Klaus Nomi, new wave, OMD, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, post-punk, punk, The Fleshtones, The Go-Go's, The Police, Urgh! A Music War, X, XTC.

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (often abbreviated to OMD) are a synthpop group whose founding members are originally from the Wirral Peninsula, England.

Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark pose in San Francisco for NME in 1981. (Photo by Chester Simpson)

Urgh! A Music war, a cult-classic concert film, straddles divides across new wave, punk, and post-punk acts performing in 1980. Parklife DC screens the film at Black Cat on Monday, Oct. 1. Admission is free!