DC/Baltimore
Global Music and More- February 2016
Compiled
by Steve Kiviat
To submit
events (for posting) or comments (that are not posted) e-mail: ritmika (at)
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International,
roots, rap, soul and more at top and
***indie-rock
and non-music stuff is at the bottom. Most sold-out shows omitted.
Look for
additional shows & more info to be added through the month at my blog:
stevekiviat.blogspot.com
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We were
off having fun in Brazil for Carnival and more.
So just a brief end of February calendar. But there’s lots in it—music and
movies with music….
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Online you
should also check out the I Love Music forum/chatboard at ilxor.com and look
for the Rolling Outernational World Music 2016, Rolling Afrobeats Afropop
2016, the Rolling Afro-Latin & the Capital Swamp & Chitlin
Circuit threads _____________________________________________________________________________
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Remaining
February Highlights:
Thurs 2—25-
Movie “On
The Banks Of The Tigris: The Hidden Story Of Iraqi Music” (the connection between Iraqi and Jewish
music) at 8:45pm at Bethesda Row
Fri.
2-26- Cantigas: On Our Way to Cuba (Latino choral sounds) at 7 at Atlas
Theatre
Morgan
Heritage (reggae) & Blackalicious at
the Howard Theatre
Sun.
2-28-
Movie doc
in progress (almost finished) “The Mamboniks” at 12:30 pm at E St. Cinema
Legendary
Orioles at 5 pm at Mr. Henry’s
(old-school DC r’n’b/doo wop/rock)
Cem
Karaca Tribute Night at Bossa Downstairs (Turkish rock) @ 8:00 pm
Metro
Mambo from 6 to 8 at Dance Place , 3225 8th St. Ne with DJ Jim Byers, Joe Conzo & Orqestra La
Layenda
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Sun. 2-21
Post-Carnival
Brazilian party with Caique Vidal and Batuque at Tropicalia, 2001 14th Street
NW
Rhett
Miller at Jammin Java
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Mon.. 2-22
Jadakiss
at the Howard
Leon
Russell at the Birchmere
Robert
Cray at Rams Head Annapolis
Jon
Cleary at the Hamilton
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Tues. 2-23
NY Times
music critic Ben Ratliff (author of new book Every Song Ever: Twenty Ways to
Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty) will
be in conversation with Chris Richards, the pop music critic for The Washington
Post, at 7 pm at Politics &
Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave NW
Big Sam's
Funky Nation - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)
A Conversation with Pussy Riot feat. Masha (Maria
Alyokhina), Ksenia Zhivago & moderated by Piper Kerman (author of Orange is
the New Black) at Howard Theatre
the DC Legendary Musicians Band with
emcee/hip-hop artist Cash Jones for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
Team Familiar
at Rams Head Center Stage (Arundel Mills, Hanover, MD)
the Robert Cray Band at Birchmere
Kizz Me
DC's resident DJ will be spinning Kizomba, Zouk and Bachata as well as Semba,
Kompa and Tarraxinha. At Sugar, 2121 K St NW
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Wed. 2-24
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Thurs. 2-25
Los
Estramboticos & Nana Pancha w/ Zakke (Latino ska) at Takoma Station
Movie “On
The Banks Of The Tigris: The Hidden Story Of Iraqi Music” at 8:45pm at Bethesda
Row
Carrie Underwood, Easton Corbin, and the Swon
Brothers at Verizon Center (country)
Kevin
Gates at Rams Head Live in Baltimore
Marty
Stuart at the Barns of Wolf Trap
Naughty
by Nature at the Howard Theatre
A Tribute
to the Highwaymen (Waylon, Willie, Cash, & Kristofferson) featuring Cold
Hard Cash and Human Country Jukebox; with Arty Hill and Randy Thompson at Gypsy
Sally's
Trio OOO
(album release show) and Organix Trio at Songbyrd Music House & Record Café,
2477-2475 18th St NW
Cissa Paz
at Bossa (DC based Brazilian music)
Movie “Kli
Zemer” at 6:30 pm at E St. NW (In
1943, a group of Polish villagers gathering in the woods to discover a listless
and injured man. Recognizing him to be a Jewish musician, the party heatedly
argue about what to do next)
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Fri. 2-26
Los Originales de San Juan y El Cejas y su
Banda Fuego at 90 Degrees Sports Bar, 8509 Rixlew Lane, Manassas, Virginia
Zacarias
Ferreira at Cococabana, 2031A University Blvd.,
Hyattsville MD
Yoskar
Sarante y Chiquito Team Band at El Famoso Boqueron II, 1330 East Gude Drive,
Rockville, Maryland
Anthony
Santos at the Palace, Woodbridge, VA
Cantigas:
On Our Way to Cuba (Latino choral sounds) at 7 at Atlas Theatre
Amadou
Kouyate and the Proper Skanks at 9 at Atlas Theatre
*Swimming in Dark Waters: Other Voices of the American Experience with Rhiannon Giddens, Bhi Bhiman, and Leyla McCalla at Lisner (afro-folk)
*Swimming in Dark Waters: Other Voices of the American Experience with Rhiannon Giddens, Bhi Bhiman, and Leyla McCalla at Lisner (afro-folk)
Luis
Vargas at Trio in Baltimore
The-Dream:
Genesis Tour 2016 at 8 pm at Howard
Theatre
Roy Ayers
at Blues Alley
Morgan
Heritage & Blackalicious at 11:30 at Howard Theatre
Kami
(Persian music) at Neighbor's Restaurant and Lounge, 262 Cedar Ln SE, Vienna,
VA
Vintage
Vinyl "Ritmos Raros" presents West African Tumbao! "Rarest
Rhythms from Nigeria, Ghana, Mali, Benin, Togo, Senegal, Cape Verde, Ivory
Coast, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone and beyond.... w/ special guest _Uchenna
Ikonne (Comb and Razor, Soundway, Luaka Bop, Voodoo Funk) "Nigerian Music
Specialist" and DC's finest rare
groove vinyl collectors...Sol Power All- stars Dj Stylus( Rhome Anderson) and
Meistro (Marc Meisnere) and resident dj Sir Ramases of (Afro Ritmo) at
Songbyrd Music House & Café, 2477 18th
St. NW
1st
Annual Charm City Django Jazz Fest at Creative Alliance in Baltimore at 8 pm
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Sat. 2-27
Dariush
at Strathmore (Iranian/Persian)
Brencore
Blues Allstar Band Tribute to B.B. King at PG Publick Playhouse
“Soul in
Motion” (Ghanaian dance) at Joe's Movement Emporium, 3309 Bunker Hill Rd. ,Mount
Rainier , MD
Latina
Supremes at 3:30 pm at the Atlas Theatre
Rare
Essence and Be’la Dona at Café Asia (go-go)
1st
Annual Charm City Django Jazz Fest at Creative Alliance in Baltimore at 8 pm
Son
Little for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (blues)
*Awthentik at the Fillmore
*Awthentik at the Fillmore
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Sun. 2-28
Movie doc
in progress (almost finished) “The Mamboniks” at 12:30 pm at E St. Cinema as
part of WDC Jewish Film Fest --In the 1950s, a group of mostly Jewish dancers
from NYC fell in love with a sultry dance from Cuba called the mambo. Set in
NYC, Miami Beach, the Catskills and Havana, The Mamaboniks features the
infectious sounds of Tito Puente, Celia Cruz and Mongo Santamaria. 12:30 pm – E Street Cinema
Movie doc
“The Record Man” at 2:30 at the AFI---Brooklyn-born Henry Stone exported the
music of Miami to the world. From distributing records out of his ‘48 Packard
to establishing the largest independent label of the 1970’s, he was a shrewd
record executive . His chart-topping artists (soul legend Betty Wright, KC and
the Sunshine Band, George McCrae) led to the original Miami Sound and the birth
of Disco with the song, “Rock Your Baby.”
Legendary
Orioles at 5 pm at Mr. Henry’s
(old-school r’n’b/doo wop/rock)
Cem
Karaca Tribute Night at Bossa Downstairs (Turkish rock) @ 8:00 pm
Kamyar
Arsani & Huda Asfour with Omar Pitras Waqar & Ilana Alazzeh.
Improvisations and song with daf (Persian frame drum) and oud and Ghazal at Bossa
Noe y sus
Campenoes y Nortenos de Ojinaga at the Palace, Woodbridge
Party
Urbano Catracho con El Chevo at Galaxy in Hyattsville
Los Lobos
at Rams Head Tavern Annapolis (Two shows - 5 PM & 8 PM)
“Soul in
Motion” (Ghanaian dance) at Joe's Movement Emporium, 3309 Bunker Hill Rd.
,Mount Rainier , MD
Amy
Domingues and Dennis Kane: Gut + Voltage: Viola da Gamba and Electronics in
Synthesis at 4:30pm at Atlas
John
Kocur Presents: Jazz Meets Irish Music at 5 pm at Atlas
Metro
Mambo at 6 at Dance Place , 3225 8th St. Ne -- Dance AND learn as the Metro Mambo
"Time Machine" celebrates African-American intersections with Latin
music during Black History Month! Historian Joe Conzo, Tito Puente's archivist
and biographer returns with Jim Byers (WPFW 89.3 FM's "Latin Flavor
Classic Edition)"! Be part of the radio show which will BROADCAST LIVE
from Dance Place as the duo spins rare, unreleased live and studio recordings
by Latin-jazz legends! In the 2nd hour, dance to mambo and salsa classics
performed live by DC's fabulous Orquesta La Leyenda.
Movie “On
The Banks Of The Tigris: The Hidden Story Of Iraqi Music” at 7 pm at the DC JCC
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Mon. 2-29
Movie
“Kli Zemer” at 3:30 pm at DC JCC (In 1943, a group of Polish villagers
gathering in the woods to discover a listless and injured man. Recognizing him
to be a Jewish musician, the party heatedly argue about what to do next)
Movie “On
The Banks Of The Tigris: The Hidden Story Of Iraqi Music” at 8:30pm at the West
End Cinema
Movie doc
“The Record Man” at 8:15 at the DC JCC---Brooklyn-born Henry Stone exported the
music of Miami to the world. From distributing records out of his ‘48 Packard
to establishing the largest independent label of the 1970’s, he was a shrewd
record executive . His chart-topping artists (soul legend Betty Wright, KC and
the Sunshine Band, George McCrae) led to the original Miami Sound and the birth
of Disco with the song, “Rock Your Baby.”
Spencer
Branch for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Va. Bluegrass
and country band)
* Future at the Fillmore
* Future at the Fillmore
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Tues.
March 1-
Sierra
Leone Refugee Allstars (reggae) at Bossa
Lil Durk
and Lil Tae - Baltimore SoundStage
Titus
Andronicus and Craig Finn at Ottobar
Patti
Griffin at Strathmore
Ceelo
Green at the Howard Theatre
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Other
cool stuff (mostly indie-rock): 2-22-Aaron Leitko @ Galaxy Hut; 2-25- Den-Mate (album release), Sitcom, and Witch
Coast -@Black Cat Backstage; Julia Holter @ R’n’ Roll Hotel; Ty Segall & the Muggers, CFM, and Axis:
Sova @ 9:30 Club; Zomes @ WMUC & Capital Fringe; 2-26- Pissed
Jeans, Downtown Boys, & Homosuperior @ Black Cat; 2-27-Scott Miller at Jammin Java;
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