Tag: Folk

Concert Review: Faye Webster @ DC9 (6/27/19)

Faye Webster's Atlanta Millionaires Club
Artwork of Faye Webster’s Atlanta Millionaires Club (Photo courtesy of Pitch Perfect PR)

Yo-yo tricks, pigeon stories, and folk music, all in one show!

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Concert Review: The Wild Reeds @ U Street Music Hall (4/16/19)

The Wild Reeds
The Wild Reeds (Photo Credit: Pooneh Ghana)

The Wild Reeds gave the ‘craziest city to perform in’ a night of soothing folk harmonies and a spirited show worthy of DC. For an unassuming Tuesday night, this performance now ranks up there among the best concerts thus far in 2019.

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Festival Pick: Kingman Island Bluegrass & Folk Festival (5/4/19)

Kingman Island Bluegrass & Folk Festival
(Image from http://kingmanislandbluegrass.info)

It must be festival season!

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Concert Pick: Karen Jonas @ Pearl Street Warehouse (3/31/19)

Karen Jonas and Tim Bray
Karen Jonas and Tim Bray (Photo from FB @karenjonasmusic)

Time for another round of great Americana and country music!

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Concert Review: Cass McCombs @ Union Stage (3/4/19)

Cass McCombs
Cass McCombs (Photo Credit: Silvia Grav)

Like a lightning rod, DC was struck by Cass McCombs for two hours, piling on his lyrical poetry and kick-ass riffs.

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Concert Pick: Alice Phoebe Lou @ Jammin Java (3/7/19)

Alice Phoebe Lou
Alice Phoebe Lou (Photo Credit: Jonathan Kop)

South African folk and blues singer-songwriter, Alice Phoebe Lou, will grace the DC area and you should be there!

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Concert Pick: Mandolin Orange @ 9:30 Club (2/7/19)

Mandolin Orange
Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz of Mandolin Orange (Photo from FB @MandolinOrange)

Mandolin Orange returns to the 9:30 Club on February 7th, and if you love folk music, you should definitely be there.

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Concert Review: Liz Cooper & The Stampede @ 9:30 Club (12/11/18)

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Liz Cooper & The Stampede (Photo credit: Shervin Lainez)

Liz Cooper & The Stampede came to the 9:30 Club prepared to deliver on promises and shatter expectations.

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Concert Pick: Liz Cooper & The Stampede @ 9:30 Club (12/11/18)

Liz Cooper & The Stampede
(Photo from FB @LizCooperandTheStampede)

Time for a folk rock good time with the openers for headlining Phosphorescent.

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Concert Review: Gregory Alan Isakov @ 9:30 Club (11/11/18)

Gregory Alan Isakov
Gregory Alan Isakov (Photo Credit: Rebecca Caridad)

The number of people that expressed their love for Gregory Alan Isakov was astounding, and many didn’t hold back from the public displays of affection.

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Concert Review: Mary Chapin Carpenter @ The Birchmere (10/30/18)

Mary Chapin Carpenter at Real World Studios
Mary Chapin Carpenter at Real World Studios (Photo Credit: Ethan Johns)

Celebrating 30 years of country and folk music mastery, Mary Chapin Carpenter returned to The Birchmere for two sold out shows on October 29 and 30th!
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Concert Review: Andrew Bird, Gabriel Kahane and the NSO @ Kennedy Center (10/28/18)

Andrew Bird with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra 9/26/18
Andrew Bird in Indianapolis on Sept. 26 (Photo Credit: Tony Vasquez for Jams Plus Media Vasquez Photography)

I wasn’t sure what to expect from my first NSO pops concert. I could imagine a mega pop star – like Beyoncé or Barry Manilow, belting hits backed by swelling strings. But what to expect when one of your featured artist’s claim to fame is riding Amtrak around the US to bridge the political divide, and the other just finished recording his violin standing barefoot under a bridge?

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