Tuesday, March 1, 2016

DC/Baltimore Global Music and More March 2016 Concert Gig List


DC/Baltimore Global Music and More- March 2016  
Compiled by Steve Kiviat 
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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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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 Afropop2016,  the Rolling Afro-Latin & the Capital Swamp & Chitlin Circuit  threads _____________________________________________________________________________    
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 Highlights: 
3-4- Global-Phonic Music Festival: Kiran Ahluwalia (singer from India via Canada & NYC) for free at the Rosslyn Spectrum  in Arlington at 8:00 p.m.
3-5- All Access Ghana with Fuse Odg, Sarkodie, Bisa Kdei, E.L., Edem, Efya, Wonda (afrorap/pop/afrobeats) at Echostage
3-12- The Revelers from Lafayette, Louisiana at Glen Echo (with members from Red Stick ramblers & Pine Leaf Boys)
3-16-Tinashe at the Fillmore (r’n’b singer)
 3-17 - Cedryl Ballou & the Zydeco Trendsetters at College Park American Legion,  9218 Baltimore Ave, College Park, MD
“They Will Have to Kill Us First” movie doc at the AFI at 7:15pm (Malian musicians trying to survive despite extremists)
3-18-Charlie Aponte at the Palace (old-school Latino salsa singer from El Gran Combo)
New African film fest presents “Rain The Color Blue With A Little Red In It” at the AFI (a Tuareg Purple rain)
3-25-  Rokia Traore (Mali) with Sinkane at GW Lisner
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Tues.  3-1
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
Chuck Brown Band at MD Live Casino
Gaelic Storm at the Birchmere

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Wed. 3-2
“Carmen: an Afro-Cuban Musical opera” at the Olney Theatre through Sunday 3-6-16--Writer/Director Moisés Kaufman (The Laramie Project Cycle),  musician Arturo O'Farrill (Song for Chico, The Offense of the Drum) and choreographer Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys and Memphis)  join  forces to turn Bizet's opera Carmen into an Afro-Cuban jazz musical set in 1958 Cuba as the country teetered at the bring of revolution.
Lil Ed & the Blues Imperials at the Hamilton
Curtis Johnson and the Band Eternity for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy center Millennium Stage (old-school r’n’b and go-go)
Peter Rowan at Gypsy Sally’s

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Thurs. 3-3
Feedel Band (Ethiopian) at Bossa
Cory Henry-The Revival (jazz and gospel organist) at Bethesda Blues and Jazz
Gaelic Storm at Rams Head Annapolis

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Friday .  3-4
Global-Phonic Music Festival: Kiran Ahluwalia (singer from India via Canada & NYC) for free at the Rosslyn Spectrum  in Arlington at 8:00 p.m.
DC Cuban Allstars at 11 pm at the Rumba Café in NW DC
Go-go Symphony and Capital City Symphony at 8 at Atlas Theatre
Laurie Anderson at Kennedy Center (through 3-6)
Jas Funk and Proper Utensils at the Tavern at Fire Station One, Silver Spring, MD at 11 pm (go-go)
Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes at Rams Head Annapolis
Drive-By Truckers at the 930 Club
Leon Bridges at the Performing Arts center at the Hippodrome
Steve Forbert at Jammin Java
6th Annual Prince Georges Best Dance Crew Competition at Publick Playhouse, 5445 Landover Rd., Cheverly,

*DJ Derrick May at Flash

*reggae vs soca dj event late at the Howard Theatre
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Sat. 3-5
Nowruz Persian New Year Celebration at 11 am at the Freer/Sackler Museums
All Access Ghana with Fuse Odg, Sarkodie, Bisa Kdei, E.L., Edem, Efya, Wonda (afrorap/pop/afrobeats) at Echostage
Exquisite Ghana Ball featuring Rison Anthony & Disastrous the African King at Howard Theatre
Orishabo, a collective of  DC-based Afro-Cuban musicians have a Saturday night rumba with drumming that will switch to Timba during the set breaks at Apioo African Bar & Grill in NW DC
Blackbyrds at Bethesda Blues and Jazz
K. Michelle Birthday Bas at Bliss DC (great r’n’b singer)
Nag Champa at the Pinch
Wayne the Train Hancock at Hill Country Barbeque (honky tonk)
Movie “Try to Remember” at 5pm at Naval Heritage Burke Theatre, DC--A documentary about The Kim Sisters – the trio often called the origin of K-Pop music.  Lee Nan-young, a famous Korean singer, married composer Kim Hae-song and they performed as the  KPK musical troupe until Kim was kidnapped by North Korea. Then, during the Korean War, Lee produced Korea’s first vocal girl group ‘The Kim Sisters’ with her daughters Sukja, Ae-ja, and her niece Min-ja. Th Kim Sisters became hugely popular at the U.S. 8th Army base. Later they began to perform in Las Vegas
Team Familiar at Touche
Buckwheat Zydeco at the Hamilton
Chris Smither at the Barns of Wolf Trap
Drive-By Truckers - 9:30 Club

*Rennie Harris Grassroots Project at DancePlace
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 3-6

*DC Music Summit at Union Arts 411 New York Avenue from 11 am to 4:30 pm with panels and presentations and music (panel participants include Chris Richards from W. Post and Funk Parade organizers)
Quantic Live at Tropicalia
Migos at the Fillmore (rap)
Cuban Hip Hop artists Obsesione at 1pm in the program room of Anacostia Community Museum
Leo Bud Welch at Creative Alliance in Baltimore (blues)
Anthony Pirog at Iota
Vicente Amigo (flamenco) at Lincoln Theatre

*Rennie Harris Grassroots Project at DancePlace


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Tues. . 3-8
Motown the Musical (through the 13th) at the Hippodrome in Baltimore

* Flamenco Festival: Farruquito Improvisao at GW Lisner
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3-9

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Thurs. 3-10
Funk Parade Kickoff Jam at Tropicalia
A Foreign Affair showcase at Bliss DC
Leo Kottke at the Birchmere

*Eerie Wanda, Protect-U, Andrew Bernstein at Capital Fringe
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Fri.  3-11
Lulacruza (Columbia and Argentina) at Rosslyn Spectrum
Rogue Collective for free from 12 noon to 1 at Fringe at Mlk Library (avante-classical)
Agua Friday Cuban dance social at 11 pm at Songbyrd in Adams Morgan NW DC with dj’ed highly danceable mix of timba, salsa, son, bachata, Cubaton and rumba.
Arash at The Bellevue , 43350 John Mosby Highway, Chantilly, VA (Iranian singer who lives in Sweden now)
Alexis y Fido at the Palace in Woodbridge
The Revelers at EF Washington D.C., 6896 Laurel St NW, ( from Lafayette, Louisiana with members from Red Stick Ramblers & Pine Leaf Boys)
Corey Harris at Blues Alley (Blues and reggae)
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Sat. 3-12
Norouz Celebration Presenting: - Norouz Bazaar (11am - 9pm) with kids activities, food, and singer Hamid Talebzadeh Live (7pm - 9pm Bull Run Parking Field, 7700 Bull Run Drive Centerville VA
Arcangel at Bravo Bravo, Conn. Ave NW (reggaeton-pop)
The Revelers from Lafayette, Louisiana at Glen Echo (with members from Red Stick ramblers & Pine Leaf Boys)
Janel & Anthony (artsy folk) with Super Silver Haze (psych duo w/ B. Canty), John Ingle/Dan Joseph (night of duos) at Capital Fringe
Fleabops at Hank Dietle’s
Ja Rule at Bliss DC
Team Familiar at Touche

*Junkyard Band at 11 pm at the Howard Theatre
Eli Paperboy Reed at U St. Music Hall (blue-eyed soul)
Corey Harris at Blues Alley (Blues and reggae)
Wanda Jackson at Rams Head Annapolis (*postponed due to illness)
Tribute to Charlie Byrd at Amp
Michael Henderson at Harmony Hall (bass player with the Funk Brothers and Stevie Wonder)
Baltimore Spring Fest starring Keith Sweat, Jagged Edge, Tank, and Doug E. Fresh! At Royal Farms Arena
Movie “Beats of the Antonov”  (Sudanese farmers who sing to deal with their war woes) at 01:15 PM at AFI

*DJ Rekha bhangra party at Creative alliance in Baltimore

*Ballet Flamenco de Andalucia at GW Lisner
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Sun.  3-13
Nowruz festival at Tyson’s Corner Center 11 am to 5pm
“Will to Win” movie doc about Angola singer  Anselmo Ralph at 3:45 at Navy Memorial Burke Theatre

* Movie "Morbayassa" (thirty-year-old Bella (singer Fatoumata Diawara, previously seen in Oscar®-nominated TIMBUKTU) works in a mafia-run cabaret in Dakar, struggling to accept the limitations of her miserable life. ) at 8:45pm
Dub Addis (reggae) at Tropicalia
Corey Harris at Blues Alley (Blues and reggae)
Lizz Wright at Rams Head Annapolis
Those Darlins (farewell tour) at the Rock n Roll Hotel
Jerry Douglas presents the Earls of Leicester at the Birchmere (bluegrass)
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Mon.   3-14

*Dawn Richard with Dais at DC 9
Lizz Wright at Birchmere
Movie “Beats of the Antonov”  (Sudanese famers who sing to deal with their war woes) at 05:15 PM at the AFI
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. 3-15
Tank at the Howard Theatre
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Wed.  3-16
Tinashe at the Fillmore (good r’n’b singer)
Goldlink and esta at the 930 Club
John Mayall at the Hamilton
Young Dubliners and John Byrne Band at Rams Head Annapolis
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Thurs.  3-17 St. Patricks Day
Cedryl Ballou & the Zydeco Trendsetters at College Park American Legion,  9218 Baltimore Ave, College Park, MD
“They Will Have to Kill Us First” movie doc at the AFI at 7:15pm (Malian musicians trying to survive despite extremists)
Coolots at Bossa
Keith Sweat at the Howard Theatre
Young Dubliners and John Byrne Band at the Hamilton
Yung Lean at the Fillmore
AC/DC at Verizon Center
Dwele at the Birchmere
Sinne Eeg (Danish jazz singer) for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

*Meche Korrect at 7 at Deanwood Library in DC for free 

* Alan Kelly Gang at the Barns (Irish)
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Fri. 3-18
Charlie Aponte at the Palace (old-school Latino salsa singer from El Gran Combo)
New African film fest presents “Rain The Color Blue With A Little Red In It” at the AFI (a Tuareg Purple rain)
Rangda (Ben Chasny, Chris Corsano, Richard Bishop) and Craig Bowen at Joe Squared ,33 West North Ave, Baltimore, MD (avante-guitar fingerpicked music)
Akua Allrich: A Tribute to Nina Simone and Miriam Makeba at the Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel
Keith Sweat -at Howard Theatre
Marshall Crenshaw & the Bottle Rockets at the Birchmere
Chopteeth (afrobeat) at the Hamilton

*J Dilla tribute at the Ottobar

* Flamenco Festival: Rocio Molina Danzaora at GW Lisner

*Danu (Irish) at Hylton Arts Center Manassas

* La Grand Fete from 7 to 11 with food and starting at 9, a dj spinning French language music from countries around the world, French Embassy  La Maison Francaise, 4101 Reservoir Road, Washington, DC (tickets must be bought in advance)
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Sat. 3-19
Kirk Franklin at the Warner (funky gospel)
World Dance Showcase at the PG Publick Playhouse
Rhodes Tavern Troubadors at Hank Dietle’s
A Newmyer Flyer Tribute to The Everly Brothers feat. David & Ginger Kitchen, Jelly Roll Mortals, Ruthie & the Wranglers, the Lofgren Brothers, Willie Barry at  Jammin' Java
 Tortoise at Black Cat
Molsky's Mountain Drifters at IMT @ Saint Mark Presby. Church, 10701 Old Georgetown Rd., Rockville

*Flamenco Festival: Qasida at GW Lisner

*2 Chainz at Echostage (Rap)

* French Montana at Bliss DC (rap)
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Sun. 3-20

*The Pan American Symphony Orchestra and the Choral Arts Society of Washington Chamber Chorus present  a  showAntologia de la Zarzuela (Zarzuela Anthology) and other musical treasures from Spain at GW Lisner

*Celtic Nights: Spirit of Freedom at George Mason Center for the Arts
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Mon.  3-21
Andra Day at 6th & I (r’n’b/pop) (sold out)
Howard U Theatre Dept presents Sarafina! At 6pm for free at Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre

*Scarface at Tropicalia
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. 3-22

#Ethiopian movie "Lamb" at Atlantic Plumbing movie theatre
Rihanna and Travis Scott at Verizon Center
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at the  Birchmere
Bill Payne & Jim Lauderdale at the Hamilton (honky tonk alt country)
Caz Coombes and Piney Gir at Jammin' Java
Marc Broussard at Rams Head Annapolis
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 Wed. 3-23
Mark O'Connor's "American Classics Duo" feat. Maggie O'Connor at Jammin' Java
 Pusha T, Lil Bibby, and G Herbo at 9:30 Club (rap)
Bill Payne & Jim Lauderdale at Rams Head Annapolis
Rory Block at Archie’s barbershop

*Johnny Clegg (South African) at GW Lisner
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3-24

the Who (The Who Hits 50! Tour) at Verizon Center
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 Fri. 3-25
Rokia Traore (Mali) with Sinkane at GW Lisner

*Davido at Bliss (doors at 9 , club open till at least 3 am)  (Nigerian pop/rap/afrobeatS star)
Blue Rhythm Boys at IMT/Airshow, 7014-C Westmoreland Ave, Takoma Park, Maryland
Analog Soul Club and Leon City Sounds dj  Afro-Beat / Afro-Funk / Cumbia / Chicha / Samba / Debke / Soukous / Choubi / Guaracha / Boogaloo / Ska at Haydees for free

*Floyd Haywood (former Hardway Connection soul singer) with a ventriloquist opening act at Lamont's


* Hijokaidan (Japanese punk), Avandoned (Japanese noise-pop), Dora video, the great triange and from Baltimore Birth Defects and more at the The Crown

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Sat. . 3-26
 Red Baraat’s Festival of Colors at the Hamilton
Esquenta Do Va Va Samba School of DC at Tropicalia
The Intruders at Harmony Hall (70s Philly soul)
Jumpin’ Jupiter at Hank Dietle’s
 Bonnie Raitt and the California Honeydrops  at Kennedy Center
Cleve Francis (country) at the Birchmere
Lil Durk and Lil Uzi Vert at Fillmore Silver Spring (hiphop)



*Jose Gonzalez and Y music at GW Lisner

* Jim Jones (rap) at Bliss DC

*Rawkus 2016 at 11pm at the Howard
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 3-27
Lalah Hathaway (sold out) at Rams Head Annapolis

*Roy C. & the Hardway Connection ,Elks Lodge at 14322 Rockport Rd., Newburg, Md. 20664
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. 3-28
Howard U Gospel Choir at the Kennedy center Millennium Stage for free from 6 to 7
Musiq Soulchild at the Birchmere
Vintage #18 at Westminster Church
Daryl Davis & Ruthie Logsdon at Bethesda Blues and Jazz
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 3-29
Junior Boys, Jessy Lanza, and Borys at Black Cat (synth pop)
Musiq Soulchild at the Birchmere
TroubleFunk at Rams Head Casino Arundel Mills

Bedroom Community is an Icelandic indie record label/collective--"Whale Watching tour" at GW Lisner





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Wed. 3-30
Bombino (Niger Sahel guitar) at the Hamilton

Tsugaru Shamisen duo Ko Takahashi and Masao Habu, in a performance emblematic of traditional Japanese music, are accompanied by Kayo Tsuchiya on synthesizer, Mariko Takahashi on cello, Takeshi Endo on drums, and Hitoshi Omori on sound engineering for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
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3-31

* a D.C. film premiere about fighting child poverty worldwide + world music dance party headlined by  Malian singer Awa Sangho at the Howard Theatre
4 Generations of Miles: Jimmy Cobb, Mike Stern, Sonny Fortune, & Buster Williams at Blues Alley (Two shows)
Keb Mo Band and Gerald Albright at the Birchmere
Tito Puente Jr at Rams Head Annapolis

*Skip Mahoney & the Casuals at Bethesda Blues & jazz (great DC soul singer)

*Cissa Paz plus Christylez Bacon and more at Bossa 
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4-1
Anoushka Shankar at GW Lisner
Southern Troubadours in the Round featuring Ruthie Foster, Paul Thorn, and Joe Ely at the Hamilton

*Alfredo Rodriguez Trio (Cuban jazz pianist & band) at the Clarice Smith Center

*Bela Dona at Bethesda Blues and Jazz
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4-2
Tego Calderon at Echostage (reggaeton)
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Other cool stuff (mostly indie-rock): 3-4- Kohoutek (shimmering psych from Philly), with Jeff Lederer's Brooklyn Blowhards - DC edition (cutting-edge brass from NYC and DC), Boat Burning (massed guitars from DC), and Bonnie Kane (solo flute, saxophone and electronics from NYC) at Union Arts; Downtown Boys, Sheer Mag & more @ Windup  Space; Diarrhea Planet @ Baltimore Soundstage; Shilpa Ray @ K. Ctr. Mill. Stage; 3-5- BRNDA, Two Inch Astronaut @ Above the Bayou; Prince Rama & Time is Fire @ Comet P;  Breakin even pop-punk fest @ Songbyrd; 3-10-Porches & Alex G @ RnR Hotel; 3-11-Pinkwash, Hemlines, Mirror Motive, Valencia @ St Stephens; Shearwater @ RnR Hotel ; 3-12-John Stabb benefit w/ War on Women, Dot Dash, & more @ Comet Ping Pong; 3-15-Oneohtrix Point Never @ Ottobar;  3-19-Puff Pieces, Jack on Fire; Nice Breezes, Escapism @ Songbyrd; Pete Yorn @ Howard Theatre;     3-26-Martha Hull Scathing review & Beatnik Flies @ Jackie’s; 3-27-Savages @ 930 Club;
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