Thursday, January 2, 2014

D.C./Baltimore DMV World Music and More January 2014 Calendar


  • DC/Baltimore "World" Music and More- January  2014


  • 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 here at my blog: stevekiviat.blogspot.com.  Additional added events are highlighted with an asterisk*
    You can sign up on the blog page to get blogposts via email. I also post on the Washington City Paper Arts Desk blog and in their newsprint. And for some tweeting: follow me on twitter @SteveKiviat  
    Also look for the Rolling Outernational/World Music and the Rolling Latin & Capital Swamp threads and more at the ilxor.com I Love Music forum/chatboard
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    Another year…
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    Highlights:
    1-4-Aster Aweke at  Echostage (Ethiopian singing star)
    1-5- Noura Mint Seymali & band (Mauritania singer) for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
    1-16 - Fanfare Ciocărlia at Baltimore's Creative Alliance (gypsy brass band from Romania)
    1-16- Oliver Mtukudzi (Zimbabwe) with the Krar Collective (Ethiopia) at Lisner Auditorium
    1-16-Charles Bradley (soul) at 930 Club
    1-17 - Fanfare Ciocărlia at The Atlas, 1333 H Street NE, Washington DC
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    Wednesday, 1-1
     Wale at the Fillmore (rap)
     Grandsons (Americana roots-rock) for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
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    Thursday 1-2
     Leo Nocentelli (guitarist from the Meters) with Bernie Worrell (keys from P-Funk) and Fred Wesley (trombonist w/ James Brown) at the Howard Theatre
    Canadian pianist Doug MacPhee performs  traditional Cape Breton music with  young Maryland fiddler, Adam Bern from 8 to 10:30 pm at Glen Echo Town Hall Upstairs (Glen Echo,MD     
    *Chris Thomas King at Blues Alley (blues & soul) (through Sunday)
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    Fri.  1-3
     Koleda Celebration with Orfeia and Svitanya (Bulgarian accapella singers) at Creative Alliance, Baltimore
     Hal Ketchum at the Birchmere
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    Saturday  1-4
     Aster Aweke (Queen of Ethiopian Music) at Echostage (recommended)
     Leslie Grace for free at Cococabana, Hyattsville, MD
     Chris Thomas King at Blues Alley (blues & soul)
     The new Zanzibar , 1901 PA. Ave NW (international dj Dance Party every Saturday)
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    Sun. 1-5
    Noura Mint Seymali & band (Mauritania) for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (recommended)
     Alison Carney (r’n’b singer) Talk at 1:30 p.m., music at 2 p.m for free at 3rd floor of Smithsonian American Art Museum
     Soca Sundays at the Rio Lounge, Laurel, MD (dj)
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    Mon. 1-6
    Yiddish Art Trio (NY klezmer & more) for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
     Reggae Fire Mondays at  Timehri, 2439 18tth Street NW (reggae & dancehall djs)
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    Tues. 1-7
     Ethiopian Christmas
    Reggae Tuesdays at Society Lounge in Silver Spring, MD
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    Wed. 1-8
     Wayna (Ethiopian D.C. based r’n’b /reggae & more singer) for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
     Bettye LaVette and St. Paul & the Broken Bones at Rams Head Tavern Annapolis (soul)
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    Thurs. 1-9
    Pine Leaf Boys At Artisphere (Cajun)  (reommended)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            WPAS Adult Gospel Choir  from  6 p.m. to 7 pm for free at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
     Nellie McKay at Strathmore mansion
     Bettye LaVette at the Howard Theatre (soul)
    Dirty Dozen Brass Band (New Orleans) at Rams Head Tavern Annapolis
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     Fri. 1-10
     J. Blavin (reggaeton) at the Palace in Woodbridge (first area gig)
    Jeffery Broussard & the Creole Cowboys (zydeco) from  6 p.m. to 7 pm for free at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
    Toby Love at RIO Cantina y Discoteca, 21800 Town Center Plaza, Sterling, VA
     Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder at the Birchmere (and on the 11th)
    Chuck Brown All Star GoGo Tribute Band at Rams Head Tavern Annapolis
     Pulse Fridays (Caribbean dj dance ) at Jin, 2017 14th Street NW                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Winter White-out- Hand-dance and Line-dance Party
    8:00 p.m. - 12midnight at The Show Place Arena, 14900 Pennsylvania Avenue
    Upper Marlboro, MD 20772   Evening includes Hand Dance Showcase by The National Hand Dance Association, Hand Dance Contest (with prizes) and more! Music by DJ Disco Bird and DJ Swaami 
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    Sat. 1-11
    The Como Mamas (acclaimed Mississippi Gospel) and Grace & Tony (Tenn. “punkgrass”) for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
     Jim Lauderdale (alt-country) at Gipsy Sally’s in Georgetown, DC
     Big Sam’s Funky Nation at the Howard Theatre at 8 (New Orleans funk & jam band)
     Lissen Band reunion gig (go-go) at 11:30 at the Howard Theatre
    Pusha T. (rap) at Echostage
     Yomo at CocoCabana, Hyattsville, MD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     *Gene Chandler (old-school r'n'b) at Harmony Hall in Ft. Washington, MD
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    Sun. 1-12
    ReMINDers (hiphop duo ) for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
     Cajun Dance Party w/ Pine Leaf Boys (Louisiana) at Baltimore's Creative Alliance                                                                                                                                                                                           *Crow Brothers (bluegrass) at Flying Pan Farm Park, Herndon, VA       
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    Mon. 1-13
    The Bombay Royale (Australia-based Bollywood funk) for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
    Eddie Jones & the Young Bucks (soul) at Westminster Church from 6 to 9 pm (recommended)
    *Familiar Faces (go-go) at Blues Alley                                                               _____________________________________________
    Tues. 1-14
     DakhaBrakha (Ukrainian ethno-folk) for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
     Vellamo (folk singer & guitarist duo from Finland) 6:30 pm, free, Poe Room, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore
     Keynote speaker Nicole C. Lee, president of TransAfrica, delivers her keynote address on the topic “Lifting the Torch: The Legacy of Nelson Mandela.” Ms. Lee will describe the parallels that existed in the life of Mandela and Dr. King. Performances by Lesole’s Dance Project, founded by South African native Lesole Maine, follow from 7 to 9 pm at Smithsonian Natural History Baird Auditorium. call 202-633-4875 for free reservation
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    Wed.  1-15                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       *  Dikki du and the Zydeco Krewe
    Cat's Eye Pub, Historic Fells Point, 1730 Thames St., Baltimore,                                                                                                                                                                                                                         * Sir Joe Quarterman (DC soul singer) "Alive 'n'Well" Cd release party at Elks Lodge #2330, Temple Hills rd., Temple Hills, MD
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    Thurs. 1-16
     Oliver Mtukudzi (Zimbabwe) with the Krar Collective (Ethiopia) at Lisner Auditorium (recommended)
     Charles Bradley (soul) at 930 Club (recommended)
    Fanfare Ciocărlia w/ Balti Mare & guest Kalin Kirilov at Baltimore's Creative Alliance (famous gypsy brass band from Romania - recommended)
     International Guitar Night with Brian Gore, Italy’s Pino Forastiere, Mike Dawes from England, and Quique Sinesi from Argentina  at Barns of Wolf Trap
    Jr. Brown at Rams Head Tavern Annapolis
     Nancy Alonso's Salsa Empire Pt II featuring Edwin Ortiz, Orquesta La Romana, DJ Bruno, El Unico  at Empire (formerly Jaxx) (local salsa)
    Jay Z at Verizon Center
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    Fri. 1-17
     Alexis y Fido (reggaeton & Latin pop) at the Palace in Woodbridge
     Fanfare Ciocărlia with Orchester Praževica at The Atlas, 1333 H Street NE, Washington DC  (famous gypsy brass band from Romania - recommended)
     International Guitar Night with Brian Gore, Italy’s Pino Forastiere, Mike Dawes from England, and Quique Sinesi from Argentina at Barns of Wolf Trap
     Jr. Brown at the Birchmere (country and Americana guitarist)
     Big Daddy Kane (old-school rap) at the Howard Theatre
     Derrick Carter (house & more dj) at U St. Music Hall                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              *TroubleFunk premiere new song/video "Hump Day" w/ guest talker Killa Cal from RE; The Go-go Symphony; Be'ladona; Plus special guests- Sugar Bear (EU); Jas Funk; Buggs; & Big G at 930 Club
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    Sat. 1-18
     Afro-Semitic Experience, 7-9pm Free, Beth Am Synagogue 2501 Eutaw Place, Baltimore
    International Guitar Night, Gordon Center for Performing Arts 3506 Gwynnbrook Avenue, Baltimore
     Soul Serenaders w/ Billy Price, Mark Wenner & the Syracuse Allstars at Creative Alliance Patterson Theatre (Blue-eyed soul and blues)
    Meklit Hadero at Artisphere Dome Theatre (US based Ethiopian & folk)
     Roy Hargrove’s RH Factor at Kennedy Center (jazz and funk)                                                                                                                                                                                                                              *Tribute to Anwan Big G Glover (of Backyard) at Howard Theatre                                                                                                                                                                                                                         *Skip Mahoney & the Casuals at the Chateau (DC soul)
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    Sunday 1-19
     Children of Uganda Choir for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
     Soul Serenaders w/ Billy Price at the Bethesda  Blues & Jazz Club
     Afrika Bambaataa and Fort Knox Five - U St Music Hall (old-school hiphop, funk, dance)
     Greg Brown at Rams Head Tavern                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             *Intruders (soul-"Cowboys to Girls" fame) at the VFW in Lanham, MD                                                                                                                                                                                                                 * Rare Essence, EU & more at Echostage (go-go)            
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    Monday 1-20
     MLK Day Tribute with Dionne Warwick and the Let Freedom Ring Choir (free tickets given out starting at 5 pm in K. Ctr. Hall of Nations) for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall
     Action Bronson at the Howard Theatre (rap)
     Gypsy Kings at the Birchmere
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    Tues. 1-21
     Queen Esther (jazz singer /actress/poet) for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
     Robert Earl Keen and Andrea Davidson (Texas Alt-country) at Rams Head Tavern Annapolis
    Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt - an acoustic evening at Birchmere
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    Wed. 1-22
    Robert Earl Keen and Andrea Davidson (Texas Alt-country) at Rams Head Tavern Annapolis
    Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt - an acoustic evening at Birchmere
     Moombahton Massive XXXIII: Nadastrom, Sabo, Schlachthofbronx at U St Music Hall
     Waka Flaka Flame at Howard Theatre                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     * DJ Underdog's OKAfrica Night w/ DJ il Collins at Tropicalia DC
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    Thurs. 1-23
     Robert Earl Keen (25th anniversary of the Road Goes On Forever) and Andrea Davidson at Birchmere  on the Flex Stage
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    Friday 1-24
     Domingo Quinones y Charlie Cruz (salsa) at The Palace, 13989 Jefferson Davis Hwy
    Woodbridge, VA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         *Serge Beynaud (Sierre Leonian dance pop) at Station 1, 8131 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring  
    Dikki Du & the Zydeco Krewe at Cat's Eye Pub, Historic Fells Point, 1730 Thames St., Baltimore,
     Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound w/ Chaise Lounge  at Baltimore's Creative Alliance (Afro-Carib-inflected Americana)
    LINER NOTES: The Series, Vol. 3: The Love Moment
    A live musical journey through hip hop’s many intersections featuring Kris Funn and the Corner Store Jazz Trio, Baye Harrell, Paige Hernandez and Akua Allrich at the Atlas Theatre, H St. NE
     Elikeh at RnR Hotel
    Ja Rule at the Howard Theatre (rap)
     the Hackensaw Boys and Split String Soup at Gypsy Sally's
     “Wedding of Ordos” (Mongolian theatre) at Kennedy Center
     Cosculluela at the Cococabana (reggaeton/urban), Hyattsville, MD                                                                                                                                                                                                                     *Dom Kennedy (rap) at Filllmore, Silver Spring (and also at Arto Whino in SW DC maybe)                                                                                                                                                                             *Farruko (reggaeton) at Cococabana
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    Sat. 1-25
    Carrie Rodriguez (Mexican-American singer/songwriter) at Artisphere Dome Theatre
    Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound w/ Chaise Lounge  at Barns of Wolf Trap
     LINER NOTES: The Series, Vol. 3: The Love Moment
    A live musical journey through hip hop’s many intersections featuring Kris Funn and the Corner Store Jazz Trio, Baye Harrell, Paige Hernandez and Akua Allrich at the Atlas Theatre, H St. NE
     The Manhattans at the Birchmere (lush throwback soul)
     Martha Reeves at 8 at the Howard Theatre (Motown)
     Nipsey Hustle at 11 at the Howard Theatre
     NRBQ at the Hamilton
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    Sun. 1-26
     Maceo Parker (funk and Jazz hornman) at Barns of Wolf Trap
     Paul Cebar Band matinee at Rams Head Tavern Annapolis
     Reverend Horton Heat and Deke Dickerson at 930 club (rockabilly/roots)
     War (funk) at the Birchmere                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       *Ray Benson (from Asleep at the Wheel) at Jammin Java
     Shen Yun 2014: Reviving 5,000 Years of Civilization (NYC based Chinese dance) at 1:30 at the Kennedy Center
     Ekakini (Alone)  (South Asian Indian solo dance performances) from 4:00pm to 6:00pm  at Cultural Arts Center, Montgomery College, 7995 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring MD                                                                                                                                                                                                *DC record fair at 8th & E Sts NW   
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    Mon. 1-27
    Ladysmith Black Mambazo (South African) at Barns of Wolf Trap
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    Tues. 1-28
     NRBQ at Rams Head Tavern Annapolis
     Jason Isbell and Holly Williams at 9:30 Club (alt-country) (sold out)
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    Wed. 1-29
     Peter Fields & Rob Holmes - a tribute to Charlie Byrd & Stan Getz at Bethesda Blues & Jazz Club
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    Thurs. 1-30
     J. Cole (rap & r’n’b) at DAR Constitution Hall
     Meshell Ndegeocello (A Dedication to Nina Simone) at Rams Head Tavern Annapolis
    Corey Harris at Blues Alley (blues & reggae) (through Saturday )
     Brazilian Girls at the Howard Theatre
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    Fri. 1-31
     Chinese New Year
     20th anniversary reunion of It’s Your Mug Open Mic hiphop/spoken word artists including Toni Blackman, Holly Bass and DJ Renegade for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
     Old Bay Ceili Band at Baltimore's Creative Alliance (Irish)
     Marshall Crenshaw and the Bottle Rockets at the Birchmere                                                                                                                                                                                                                                *Soundclash old-school reggae dj'ing at Marx Cafe        
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    Sat. 2-1
     Tarrus Riley at the Howard Theatre (reggae)
     Corey Harris at Blues Alley
    James McMurtry and Curtis McMurtry - Birchmere (alt-country)
     Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, and Tyler Farr - 1st Mariner Baltimore Arena  (Country)                                                                                                                                                                         *Buddy Holly Tribute show at Blob's Park,in MD
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    Other cool stuff (mostly indie-rock): 1-2-Deathfix @K. Ctr. Mill. Stage;* 1-8-Pottymouth @ DC9; 1-11-Howe Gelb (from Giant Sand)@ Bl. Cat; 1-17: Boister @ Towson Unitarian Universalist Church, 1710 Dulaney Valley Road, Lutherville, MD; Tereu Tereu @ Black Cat; 1-18: Puppet Slamwich @ Black Cherry Puppet Theater's studio in Baltimore; 1-19-OneOhTrix PointNever @ Atlas Theatre; Title Tracks @ Galaxy Hut; 1-23-Los Campesinos @ 930 Club;1-24-Gene Clark No Other album Tribute @ 930 Club; Waxahatchie @ Bl. Cat; 1-25-Lemuria @ Comet Ping Pong; 1-26-Pixies @ Strathmore; 1-29-Cults @ OttoBar;1-31-Neutral Milk Hotel (sold out) @ DAR Const. Hall
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    sources: many

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