Friday, June 15, 2012

Rest of June Tropical, Roots, and More Music Events


 DC/Baltimore "World" Music and More- June 2012 
> Compiled by Steve Kiviat
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Sat. June 16
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> Silver Spring Blues Fest with Archie Edwards blues foundation at 2 plus Warner Williams and Clarence Turner time tba
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> Helen Berhe at Love (Ethiopian singer)
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> Theresa Anderson at the Hamilton(Swedish-born New Orleans folk-rock)
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> Little Richard at the Howard
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> Vince Gill at the Birchmere
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> Anson Funderburgh & Friends at Sully's
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> Maryland Traditions Folklife Fest at the Creative Alliance at the Patterson in Baltimore with for free - 11am-7pm - The Legendary Orioles, Appalachian and Shout Gospel, South African boot dancers, Wolfpack (Greek), La Leyenda (Salsa)
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> Columbia Pike Blues fest with Sue Foley and more
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> Jazzy B at the Warner Theatre (Jaswinder Singh Bains, more popularly known as Jazzy B, is a Punjabi language bhangra singer-songwriter)
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> Juneteenth events
 
Def Jam, anniversary event at the Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U. St. NW  with CONVERSATION with Cey Adams-Def Jam’s founding Creative Director, Bill Adler- founding Publicist,  EPMD, invited guests like DJ Spinderella (Salt-N-Pepa), Timothy Anne Burnside from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture and more. Performances by EPMD and DC artists including Asheru, Carolyn Malachi, Uptown XO, Lyriciss, Gods’Illa, Tabi Bonney, Maimouna Youssef, RaTheMC, JF Coop, Seez Mics (of Educated Consumers) and more!  

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> Sun. June 17
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> DC Record Fair at the Fillmore
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> King Rope-ins Reggae Funsplash pre-Jamaica Independence Day celebration noon to 10 pm with Positive Vibration band and lots of djs icluding Stoka, G-Nice and more representing each Parish, at Walls Farm, 13301 Cherry Tree Crossing Rd., Brandywine, MD
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> Mavis Staples opening for Bonnie Raitt at Pier 6 Pavilion in Baltimore
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> Patterson Hood (alt-country) at the Birchmere
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> Mariano Civico (Puerto Rican singer) at 9:00pm
> At Ceviche House, 117 N. Frederick Ave.
> Gaithersburg, MD
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> Festival Latino at Six Flags America, 13710 Central Ave.
> Largo, MD
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> Mon. June 18
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> Santigold at 930 Club (sold out)
 
   Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole at Hill Country Barbeque (traditional Louisiana Creole)
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> Tues. June 19
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> Pakistan singer-songwriter Arieb Azhar and rock group Noori for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
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> THE PUNK SYNDROME (Jukka Kärkkäinen, J-P Passi FINLAND, NORWAY, SWEDEN, 2012, 85 MINUTES) at the AFI Silver Docs fest at Tuesday, June 19, 10:45 p.m.and Wednesday, June 20, 4:45 p.m ( the mentally challenged members of Pertti Kurikka's Name Day punk the punks. They find acceptance by rejecting that disability and creativity are mutually exclusive qualities.)
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> Santigold and Theophilus London - Rams Head Live! (Baltimore)
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> Wed. June 20
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> Ray Wylie Hubbard - the Hamilton (Texas alt-country)
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> Thurs. June 21
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> Jill Scott's Summer Block Party w/Salt-n-Pepa, Doug E Fresh and more at Verizon Center
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> Dennis Stroughmatt and his Cajun music band for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center
> Millennium Stage
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> BAD BRAINS: A BAND IN D.C. (Mandy Stein, Benjamin Logan USA, 2012, 104 MINUTES movie) at the AFI Silver Docs fest at Thursday, June 21, 10:45 p.m. and
> Saturday, June 23, 10:00 p.m.
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> Earth, Wind, & Fire - with Orchestra - Pier Six Pavilion (Baltimore)
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> Slick Rick (old-school rap) & the Soul Rebels (New Orleans brass) at the Howard Theatre
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> Fri. June 22
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> Buika at the Howard Theatre (gorgeous voice)
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> Johnny Rivera (from Puerto Rico) at the V3 Ultra Lounge, 6763 R-3 Wilson Blvd., East Falls Church, VA
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> DC R e g g a e N i g h t (for free presented by W. Post) with Image Band(soca);
> JohnStone Reggae Band; Akua Benjamin with Ilahvibez at Carter Barron Ampitheatre
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> DJ Sprang, DJ Private Ryan and more (soca for DC Caribbean Carnival) at the Grounds, 13821 Willoughby Road, Upper Marlboro Rd., MD
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> Spanish Harlem Orchestra at the Hamilton
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> C'est Bon Cajun Band at the Bumper Car Pavilion at Glen Echo Park
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> CHARLES BRADLEY: SOUL OF AMERICA movie doc at the AFI Silver fest (Poull Brien USA, 2012, 74 MINUTES) at Friday, June 22, 10:30 p.m. and Sunday, June 24, 9:45 a.m. (onetime James Brown impersonator and current Daptone artist)
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> FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING: UNDER AFRICAN SKIES. at Friday, June 22, 2012, 9:00 p.m. outside the AFI ( In 1986, Paul Simon recorded Graceland w/ musicians in South Africa, violating the boycott. The movie revisits the controversy)
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> TCHOUPITOULAS (Bill Ross, Turner Ross USA, 2012, 82 MINUTES) at the AFI Silver Docs fest at Friday, June 22, 5:00 p.m. and Saturday, June 23, 10:15 p.m. An impressionistic journey through the New Orleans nightscape, TCHOUPITOULAS is a colorful look at the Big Easy seen through the eyes of three young brothers as they wander the city at night.
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> Eli "Paperboy" Reed and Lily and the Parlour Tricks - U St Music Hall (Early show - 7 PM) (Blue-eyed soul)
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> Joan Sebastian y Pepe Aguilar-- Mexican artists at Patriot Center
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> Good Vibes with Kickoman (Latin ska); Anexo Social; and The Fielding Mellish at Ceviche House, 117 N. Frederick Ave. , Gaithersburg, MD
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> Sat. June 23
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> Skip Mahoney & the Casuals at Lamont's in Pomonkey
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> "In De Road" (This DC Carnival event is all-ages inclusive, featuring Carnival Costume Displays, Kids Zone, Arts & Crafts, Steel Bands and much more at 11 am at the Love Nightclub, 1350 Okie Street NE, Washington, DC (240) 731-0034
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> "Xen" the DC Caribbean Carnival After-party at 10 p.m. with top soca stars including "De Bachanalist" Kerwin DuBois, Iwer "Jab-Jab" George, and Swappi (the Bucket-Man) plus DJs Sprang, Private Ryan and more at DC Star Night Club, 2135 Queens Chapel Road NE, Washington, DC (240) 731-0034 ww.dccarnival.com info@dccarnival.com
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> Flamenco Soul Project(with Javier Limon) at the Howard Theatre
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> Derailers at Hill Country Barbeque in DC (Austin alt-country)
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> Rascal Flatts, Little Big Town, Eli Young, Edens Edge at Jiffy Lube Live (pop-country)
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> SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN (Malik Bendjelloul SWEDEN, UK, 2011, 85 MINUTES) at AFI Silver Docs fest at 9:00 p.m. (A musician from Detroit, who goes simply by the name Rodriguez, cuts a couple of records in the early `70s. They become wild successes in, of all places, South Africa, utterly unbeknownst to the artist, who has disappeared without a trace and is presumed dead.)
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> Chuck Brown Tribute Band, ConFunkshun, Black Alley, BelaDona and more at Safeway Barbeque Battle on Pennsylvania Ave. NW DC
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> Childish Gambino and Danny Brown (rap) at Pier Six Pavilion, Baltimore
 
Baltimore Latin Fest at Patterson Park (and on Sunday. $5) with El Canario and more
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> Sun. June 24
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> El Zol 107.9 fm Fest with Los Tigres de Norte (great norteno), Carlos y Alejandra, Plan B, Eddy Herrera, 3Ball MTY (critically acclaimed), K-risma Band, Los Adolecentes
> y mucho mas! At Montgomery Fairgrounds, 16 Chestnut Street Gaithersburg, MD 20877
> $15
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> DC Caribbean Carnival Experience Cool Down Appreciation Fete at Love, 1350 Okie St NE
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> Melanie Henderson, Elegies for New York Avenue a book of poetry; reading at the Writers Center
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> Kelly Willis at the Birchmere (Alt-country)
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> Mon. June 25
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> Glen David Andrews at the Hamilton (enjoyable New Orleans singer and horn player; related to James Andrews and Trombone Shorty Andrews)
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> Tues. June 26
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> Billy Bragg ("Ain't Nobody That Can Sing Like Me": Billy Bragg Wishes Woody Guthrie a Happy 100th Birthday) at the Birchmere
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> Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars at the Hamilton
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> Ballet Hispanico at Wolf Trap Filene Center at 8:30PM
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> Wed. June 27
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> George Clinton, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Ivan Neville and Dumpstaphunk.from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival's "Panorama Room" performance tent between 12th and 14th Streets. Free.
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> West Virginia University's Steel Band Drum Ensemble featuring Ellie Mannette from
> 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at the Justin S. Morrill Performing Arts Center stage/tent of the Smithsonian Folklife Fest
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> Smithsonian Folklife fest goes from June 27 to July 1 and then from July 4 through 8th
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> GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT: THE LEGACY OF SUN RECORDS (Bruce Sinofsky USA, 120 MINUTES) Wednesday, June 27, at AFI Silver Docs fest at 5:40 p.m.
> Former radio engineer Sam Phillips founded the legendary Memphis, Tennessee, recording studio Sun Records in 1952. Cultivating the unique southern flavored talents of such artists as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Roy Orbison before they were well known, Phillips was integral in giving rock and roll a new voice.
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> Thurs. June 28
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> Azerbaijani Music with Imamyar Hasanov and Pezhham Akhavass for free from
> 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at the Justin S. Morrill Performing Arts Center stage/tent of the Smithsonian Folklife Fest on the mall
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> Dierks Bentley at Pier 6 Pavilion
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> En Vogue - Birchmere
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> Mala Rodriguez at the State Theatre
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> the Skatalites, Murphy's Kids, and Full Hundred Band - Jammin' Java
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> Smithsonian 2012 Folklife Festival presents Mexican/Afro-Cuban hybrid band Quetzal at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage for free from 6 to 7 pm
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> Fri. June 29
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> La Sardina de Naigue; and Quetzal from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. for free at the Justin S. Morrill Performing Arts Center stage/tent of the Smithsonian Folklife Fest on the mall
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> The Music of Monticello and the Blue Ridge from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. at the Panorama Room stage/tent of the Smithsonian Folklife Fest on the mall
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> group Mariachi Aztlan at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage for free from 6 to 7 pm
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> Maceo Parker at the State Theatre (from James Brown's band)
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> Flatlanders at the Birchmere (40th Anniversary Celebration! - Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, & Butch Hancock) (Texas alt-country)
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> Cumbia Fest with Agrupacion Marilyn, La Banda Lechuga and Bolivian Swing at V3 Lounge, 6763 R3 Wilson Blvd., Falls Church, VA
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> Maiesha & the Hip-huggers reunion featuring EU and Sugarbear & Ju Ju at the Howard Theatre (go-go)
 
   Soundclash at Marx Cafe (10th anniversary old-school reggae dj event)(
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> Sat. June 30-
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> Metro Mambo panel discussion "The Revolution was Televised" and live music at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the mall from 3:30 to 5 with Jim Byers, WPFW 89.3FM's Sunday 6 to 8 pm "Latin Flavor Classic Edition" dj and guest panelist Harold Harriston, bandleader for DC's pioneering Mambo TV Dance Show, "CAPITAL CARAVAN" from 1953 to 1956, broadcast from the then-WUST Music Hall(now 9:30 Club) plus the music of Verny Varela and his Band (featured on the cover of this month's 'Latin Beat' magazine)! Free. Recommended.
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> An Evening of Song with In Process… and the Rock Creek Singers from
> 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. at the Red Hot stage/tent of the Smithsonian Folklife Fest on the mall
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> Ralph Rinzler Memorial Concert: celebrating Worth Long's Legacy from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
> at the Panorama Room stage/tent of the Smithsonian Folklife Fest on the mall. Worth W. Long was an African-American folklorist/civil rights activist/photographer. Performers are the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band (from Mississippi. Highly reccomended rare appearance) plus D.C. United House of Prayer Sweet Heaven Kings Brass Shout Band (also recommended)
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> Algerian singer, songwriter, and guitarist Souad Massi at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage for free from 6 to 7 pm
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> T-Vice (from Haiti) at Rio's Lounge, 13501 Baltimore Avenue (Rt. 1), Laurel, Md
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> Chinese Cultural Heritage Night at 7:30pm at Ossian Hall Park Pavilion, 7900 Heritage Drive , Annandale
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> T h e S t y l i s t i c s, Ray, Goodman and Brown and Black Ivory at 7:30 pm at Carter Barron Amphitheatre
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> Sunday July 1
 
America Sierra, 3BallMTY, El Bebeto, & Los Primos de Durango  at the Palace in Woodbridge (3BallMTY are critically acclaimed Mexican tribal guarecho programmed dance music)>
> The 2nd annual Caribbean Funday at 6 Flags America, Largo, Md.
> DJ SuperSlice and more from 4 to 7. For info, call 202.640.3082
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> Hungarian Roma Music with Kelmn Balogh from 6 to 8 pm at the Justin S. Morrill Performing Arts Center stage/tent of the Smithsonian Folklife Fest on the mall
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> Other cool stuff (mostly indie-rock): *Quarry House Tavern- Rockabilly every Saturday night $6. 9-12mn 8401 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring MD . 6-16-Destroyer @ the 930; 6-17-Eric Lindell at the Hamilton; 6-19-Hives @ 930 Club;6-26-Los Campesinos! @ Ottobar; 6-27-America Hearts @ Bl. Cat; 6-30-Japandroids @ RnR Hotel

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