MAY 2012
Fri. 5-18
Ruben Moreno & Creole Soul at Greenbelt American Legion
Post 136
6900 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD (zydeco)
Justen Townes-Earle at the Birchmere
Artomatic (art, music, performance) , 1851 S. Bell St.,
Crystal City (through June 23)
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Sat. 5-19
Metro Mambo with WPFW DJ Jim Byers, Professor Leopolde
Tablante, and band Bio Ritmo from 2 to 4 pm at the Smithsonian Museum of
African Art
Lamont’s Blues Festival at Lamont’s in Indian Head/Pomonkey,
MD with Chet ‘Dr. Feelgood’ Hines, Lady
Rose, Clarence ‘The Bluesman’ Turner, Bobby Parker and the Stoop Down Man, Chick
Willis. After the show outside, it will move indoors for the after-party with
the Gridlock Band. Lamont’s Entertainment Complex is at 4400 Livingston Road,
Pomonkey, MD 20640. 240 393-2525.
Chesapeake Blues Festival with Janiva Magness, Ruthie
Foster, the Delta Guitar Slingers with Michael Burks, Bernard Allison and
Lurrie Bell; and the Tedeschi-Trucks Band. At Sandy Point State Park in
Annapolis
Charlie Thomas’ Drifters at Harmony Hall Regional Center
10701 Livingston Rd., Ft. Washington, MD
Ray Price & the Cherokee Cowboys at the Birchmere
Fela! Broadway show at the Murphy Fine Arts Center in Baltimore (through
Sunday)
Argentina Festival (tango and folk) from 5:45 to Thomas Jefferson
Theater
125 South Old Glebe Road Arlington, VA
(also on Sun.)
Moshav (Israeli fok/rock/reggae) at Adas Israel Congregation
2850 Quebec Street NW (part of DC Jewish Music Fest)
Bilal at Howard Theatre
Wiz Khalifa and Little Big Town and others at the Preakness
Asia Heritage Fest on Pennsylvania Ave NW
Armenian cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan at 2 at the Library of Congress
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Sun. 5-20
Justin Towns-Earle at Rams Head Tavern
Annapolis(alt-country)
Peter Himmelman (alt-folk) at 4:00 pm at Ohev Sholom–The National Synagogue
1600 Jonquil Street NW
(part of
DC Jewish Music Fest)
Schmekel (trans-gender Jews) at 7 at Chief Ike’s Mambo Room, 1725
Columbia Road NW
Veronneu (the Jazz Samba Project CD will unveiled next Sunday afternoon
at All Souls Church, Washington DC...the location where the original 1962 Stan
Getz and Charlie Byrd Jazz Samba album was recorded.)...to celebrate the 50th
anniversary. At All Souls Church, 2835 16th St. NW
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Mon. 5-21
Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys at IMT at St. Mark Presby. Church
10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville
Harmonia at Washington Ethical Society, 7750 16th Street
Northwest Washington, DC
(Hungarian and Gypsy folk)
Chino y Nacho (Venezuela duo) at The Fillmore, 8656
Colesville Rd., Silver Spring, MD
Alicia Svigals and Marilyn Lerner premiere an original score
to the silent Pola Negri (1918) film The Yellow Ticket at the DC
JCC. Svigals is the klezmer fiddler and
a founder of the Klezmatics. The score
will also feature piano by Lerner, a jazz pianist/improviser
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Tues. 5-22
Moombahton Massive at U St. Music hall
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Wed. 5-23
Action Bronson at Empire(Jaxx) (rap)
WPFW Latin Flavor (Sunday night 6 to 12 programming)
Appreciation Night at Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd Arlington, VA
22209. Meet and hear WPFW personalities
Jim Byers, Nancy Alonso, Tony Regusters and ZeZe spin tunes.
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Thurs. 5-24
Bobasonicos at the Howard Theatre
Tego Calderon at Ibiza
(reggaeton)
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Fri. May 25 Friday
Drake, J. Cole, Waka Flocka Flame, Meek Mill, 2 Chainz, and
French Montana at Verizon Center (rap and r’n’b)
Hermanos Flores y Orquests San Vincente at the Palace
French and DMV hiphop dance crews including: Urban Artistry,
DCypher, Culture Shock at Artisphere
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Sat. May 26
Harmonik and Skah Shah (veteran Haitian star acts) at Rio’s
Lounge, 13501Baltimore Ave. (Rt. 1) in Laurel
Gosaye Tesfaye and Mahmoud Ahmed (great Ethiopian
performers) at 11 pm at the Howard Theatre
Jason Isbell at Rams Head tavern Annapolis(alt-country)
Zou Bisou Bisou at 8 p.m. at La Maison Française, 4101 Reservoir Road NW
Nicki Costa at the Hamilton
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Sun. May 27
DC 15th Annual Reggae Music Awards with Special Guests Ruth
Ann Brown;
Tony Roy; Renewed
Gospel Singers; Aku Benjamin; Johnstone
Sutra Lounge, 2406 18th Street NW, Washington D.C.
202-829-9783
Jason Isbell at Mansion on O St., 2020 O St NW, WDC
Afrika Bambaata at U St. Music Hall
Panmasters steel band jamboree at (mambo, Salsa)
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Mon. May 28
Jacques Johnson & Lil’ Margie (soul) at Westminster
Church
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Wed. May 30-
Feufollet (Cajun) at
Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd, Arlington,
VA 22209
Dance Lesson: 7:30
Music 8:30 – Midnight
Fabian Almazan at Blues Alley (Latin-Jazz)
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Thurs. May 31
Heybale! at Hill Country Live, 410 7th St NW, WDC
Jon Langford and Acoustic Skull Orchard at IOTA Club &
Cafe (cowpunk)
Charlie Barreda SF Latin Jazz at Twins
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Fri. June 1
Western Maryland Blues Festival starts
Heybale! at Hill Country Live, 410 7th St NW, WDC
Jerry Butler at Howard Theatre
Marcia Ball at Rams Head Tavern
Dr. John at the Birchmere
Randy Weston trio at the Hamilton
Afrojack at the Fillmore
Curley Taylor (zydeco) at Blobs Park
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Sat. June 2
Washington Folk Festival at Glen Echo
__________________________________________________________Other cool stuff: DC punk exhibit at Arlington Central Library; 5-2-We Were Promised Jetpacks at Black Cat; 5-5-Left Banke at Montgomery Community College; 5-6 Left Banke @ Rams Head Tavern; 5-8- Go-gos @ Rams Head Live; 5-10-Spiritualized @ 930 Club; 5-11 7 to 9pm Civilian art Gallery presents: Cynthia Connolly, "Letters on Top of Buildings" until 6-16; The Stents w/ DJ Mad Squirrel and Amanda Otto at Sidebar Tavern; Spaminato Brothers @ the Hamilton; 5-12 Sonny Vincent @ Quarry House; 5-14-Dayna Kurtz @ Iota; 5-15 Cardinal(Richard Davies) & Cigarette @ Velvet Lounge; R. Ring(Kelly Deal) @ DC 9; 5-18-Beth Orton @ UHall; 5-19- Lucinda Williams, Drive-By Truckers, and Justin Jones at Merriweather Post Pavilion; Kid Congo Powers Hour @ Comet Ping Pong; 5-20 Turkish movie doublebill at 2 @ Freer; 5-23 to 5-27-Galinsky & Hawley films @ Artisphere; 5-23-Black Hills & Reindeer @ Bl. Cat; 5-25-Chuck Prophet @ Iota; 5-29-Dandy Warhols @ 930 Club
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