DC/Baltimore "World" Music and More- March 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
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Sorry this is late again.
RIP D.C. Percussionist, Bandleader & Dancer Paul Hawkins. My obit is
on the Washington City Paper Arts Desk website.
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Highlights:
Tues. 3-4-Mardi Gras w/ Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners
at Glen Echo
Fri, 3-7- Horoscopos de Durango at Omega Lounge, Hyattsville , MD
(duranguese)
Fri. 3-14-Brave Combo at Blob Park (Blobs Park is being closed at
the end of March)
Wed. 3-19-Imharhan Timbuktu (Tuareg/Tamashek musicians from Mali)
at Bossa
Fri. 3-21-Southern Soul Tribute with Hardway Connection, Eddie
Jones, Lil Margie, Julia Nixon, and more at Bethesda Blues & Jazz
Sat. 3-22-Tinariwen at 6th & I Sts. NW (Malian
band)
Sun. 3-23-Sevyn Streeter at Baltimore Soundstage (r’n’b)
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Saturday 3-1
Saturday 3-1
Gogoosh at DAR Constitution Hall (Iranian/Persian)
Viva Brasil Carnival dance party at Creative Alliance
Daler Nazarov (Tajik) at Lisner
Black Masala CD release party (brass band with gypsy & New
Orleans influences), Balti Mare (gypsy dance), Jonny Grave (folk) at The Rock
& Roll Hotel
Brazilan Carnival party at Artisphere
8PM: DJ Neville C spins; 9PM: Alma Tropicalia; 10PM: DJ Neville C
spins;
10:30PM: Nation Beat (from NY via Brazil)
Cheick Hamala Diabete at Iota
Sweet Honey in the Rock 40th Anniversary at Strathmore
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Sunday 3-2
Sunday 3-2
Quintango at 5 at Atlas, H St. NE
Chieftains at the Lyric Opera House, Baltimore
August Wilson play "Seven Guitars" at Harmony Hall
Regional Center,
10701 Livingston Rd., Fort Washington, MD
Talib Kweli and Pharoah Munche (rap) at Howard Theatre
Mavericks at the Birchmere (sold out)
Shaggy at the Fillmore
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Mon. 3-3
Mon. 3-3
Quadron at 930 opening for Meyer Hawthorne (electro) (sold-out)
Juan Perro (ex RadioFutura) at the Howard
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Tues. 3-4
Tues. 3-4
Mardi Gras Parade at 8 on Wilson Blvd., then a party with WPFW & WAMU DJ Texas Fred at
Iota, 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA
Gala Flamenca:Antonio Canales, Carlos Rodriguez, Karime Amaya,
Jesus Carmona at Lisner
Leroy Thomas & the Zydeco Roadrunners Mardi Gras Fat Tuesday dance
at Glen Echo
New Orleans Soul & RnB Mardi Gras Vinyl Party w/ DJ Soul Call
Paul at 10 at Showtime Bar, 113 Rhode Island Ave.NW
“Dancing in Jaffa” (move that’s part of JCC Film Fest) at 6:30 at
the DC JCC (Renowned ballroom dancer Pierre Dulaine has a burning desire to use
dance for social good, teaming Jewish and Palestinian Israeli children as ballroom
partners.)
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Wed. 3-5
Wed. 3-5
Tzvety Dosseva Weiner, Valeri Georgiev & Varol Saatcioglu (of
Lyuti Chushki), traditional Turkish
& Bulgarian music f/Homegrown Music @ Whitall Pavilion, Jefferson Bldg., Library of Congress, 1st & Independence
Ave., SEDC; free
Habib Koite (Mali) at Barns of Wolf Trap (recommended)
Alan Kelly Gang (Irish) at Artisphere
Alex Bueno at Galaxy
Randy Rogers Band at Rams Head Live
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Thurs. 3-6
Thurs. 3-6
Gilberto Santa Rosa (salsa) at the Fillmore
Juicy J. & Travis Scott (rap) at Howard Theatre
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Fri. 3-7
Fri. 3-7
Andre Thierry & Zydeco magic at Gypsy Sally’s
Maracuyeah Collective presents the Kumbia Queers (Argentina & Mexico) at
Judy’s
Ballet Flamenco & Eva Yerbabuena at Lisner
Festicumbia 2014 with Supermerk2 (from Argentina) and Bolivian
Swing from Virginia at the Diamond Lounge, 7203 Little River Tpke, Annandale,
VA
Los Hermanos Flores y Pastor Lopez at El Boqueron 2, 1330 E Gude
Dr., Rockville, MD
Eddie Santiago at Cococabana, 2031A University blvd., Hyattsville,
MD
Horoscopos de Durango at 9:00pm, Omega Lounge, 1401 University
Blvd E., Hyattsville , MD
Raulin Rodriguez at 9:00pm at The Palace, 13989 Jefferson Davis
Hwy
Woodbridge, VA
Del McCoury Band @ The Hamilton, 14th & F; NWDC;
Guy Davis + Sheryl Sears quartet at Carroll Café @ Seeker’s
Church, 276 Carroll St.,
(TakomaDC) NW DC;
Asleep at the Wheel + Danni Leigh opens @ Birchmere, 3701 Mt.
Vernon Ave., Alexandria Va;
Celtic Nights: The Emigrants Bridge” ensemble Irish music &
dance show @ Strathmore
Concert Hall,
Lea Gilmore & Classically Blue + guests Eleanor Ellis, Willie
Leebel & Mike Baytop + dancer Maria
Broom, Memphis Gold, Tom Hall (Balto. Choral Arts Music Director) +
Sangmele [Lea, Walt Michael & Henry
Reiff] @ Brown Memorial Woodbrook Presbyterian Church, 6200 N. Charles St.,. Baltimore, MD
Orfeia and Svitanya, Bulgarian vocals & Bohuslav (Bob) Rychlik
@ Creative Alliance at the Patterson,
3134 Eastern Ave., Baltimore, MD
Joey Montana and Toby Love (reggaeton) & Toby Love
(bachata/pop) at Howard Theatre
Schoolboy Q (rap) at Fillmore at 8 (sold out) and 11 pm
Asleep at the Wheel at the Birchmere
Rye Rye at Strathmore Mansion
Electro-swing dance party with French Dj Don Mescal at Malmaison,
3401 K St NW
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Sat. 3-8
Sat. 3-8
Nowruz 2014 from 6:30 to 11
at University of Maryland Grand
Ballroom, Adele H. Stamp Student Union, College Park, MD, with DJ Pedram
Nowruz 2014 at 11 a.m. at
Freer Gallery, 1050 Independence Ave SW
Nowruz 2014 with at 7:30 with
DJ Arshia at Towson University West
Village Commons
424 Emerson Dr., Towson, MD 21204,
* Ghana Independence Day at 10:00 PM at The New Zanzibar, 1901 PA. Ave.
Washington, DC
* Ghana Independence Day at 10:00 PM at The New Zanzibar, 1901 PA. Ave.
Washington, DC
Shomyo no Kai (Japanese vocals) for free from 6 to 7 at Ken. Ctr.
Mil. Stage
Gregory Porter (Jazz singer) at Library of Congress Coolidge Aud.
At 8 pm (‘sold out’ but some extra tickets may be available if you get there at
6 pm)
Raulin Rodriguez at 9:00pm at Galaxy Nightclub, 2031 University
Blvd
Hyattsville, MD
Nistha Raj (Indian violin) & Behzad Habibzai explore common
Gypsy & South Asian roots at Atlas Arts Lab 2, 1333 H St., NEDC;
Enter the Haggis at Barns at Wolf Trap
Valeries Simpson at 8 (doing Ashford & Simpson songs) at
Howard Theatre
Maggie Rose at Bethesda Blues and Jazz Club (country)
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Sun. 3-9
Sun. 3-9
Maggie Rose at Bethesda Blues and Jazz Club (country)
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Mon. 3-10
Biggie Smalls rap tribute at Howard Theatre
Little Royal at Westminster Church (soul) (DC legendary James
Brown like soul)
Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials at Hill Country BBQ, 410 7th
St., NW DC
*Kennedy Center International Theater Festival (though the 30th)
*Kennedy Center International Theater Festival (though the 30th)
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Tues. 3-11
Tues. 3-11
Wayne Hancock at Hill Country BBQ
Annie Mac and Cajmere - U St Music Hall
Frank Sirius - Blues Alley (Two shows) (r’n’b/go-go)
* Heartbeat (Israeli-Palestinian youth group) at Tropicalia
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* Heartbeat (Israeli-Palestinian youth group) at Tropicalia
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Wed. 3-12
J Balvin at 9:00pm at Omega Lounge, 1401 University Blvd E
, Hyattsville , MD
Sting & Paul Simon benefit for Duke Ellington School of the
Arts at Strathmore, $250 to $750!!!
Leo Kotke at the Birchmere
Omar Hakim Experience at Howard Teatre
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Thurs. 3-13
Thurs. 3-13
Funk Parade Kickoff party at Liv with DJs TnT & Nitekrawler
Sting and Paul Simon at Verizon Center
Solas at Barns of Wolf Trap
Salt n Pepa at the Howard Theatre (old-school rap)
Average White Band at Rams Head Tavern in Annapolis
Steve Earle at the Birchmere (country)
Wanting Qu (Vancouver based Chinese woman singer) at 6th
& I
2014 New African Films Festival March 13–20 at AFI Silver Spring
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Fri. 3-14
Fri. 3-14
Third Annual Blues Week Reunion on March 14 and 15, hosted by the
Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation, some events at 4701 Queensbury Rd.,
Riverdale Park, MD
De La Ghetto at 9:00pm at Cococabana, 2031A university blvd.
Hyattsville, MD
Montez de Durango en Virginia at 9:00pm at 90 Grados de Manassas
8509 Rixlew Lane, Manassas, VA
Yomo at 9:00pm at RIO Cantina y Discoteca, 21800 Town Center Plaza
Sterling, VA
Solas at Barns of Wolf Trap
Brave Combo at Blob Park (alt-polka)(Blobs Park is being closed at
the end of March)
Average White Band at the Birchmere
Rumba Club at Creative Alliance (tribute to 50s NYC club the
Palladium)
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Sat. 3-15
Sat. 3-15
Bohannon at the Howard. first live show in Dc in 40 years.(disco)
Southside Johnny & the Poor Fools at Barns at Wolf Trap
Peggy Seeger (the late Pete’s sister) at the Washington Ethical
Society
Chaharshanbeh Soori (Persian Festival of Fire) 2014, An evening of
bonfires, sports, music, dancing, & family activities with music by DJ Ace,
DJ Pride, DJ Pedram & DJ Saam at 5:30 PM at Montgomery Fairgrounds, 16
Chestnut St., Gaithersburg, MD
Mac McAnally - Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (country)
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Sun. 3-16
Sun. 3-16
Cantigas, Washington's Premier Latino Chorus presents
Connecting Hearts And Minds: Music From The Jewish, Latin
American, And Arabic Traditions at 7:00pm; Pre-concert lecture at 6:00pm
at Temple Emanuel - 10101 Connecticut Avenue, Kensington, MD 20895
Featuring Intercultural Journeys ensemble
Las Chicas del Sabor Tropical at Lilian's Restaurant, 3901 Mt
Vernon Ave., Alexandria, VA
DC’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade 12 n, Constitution Ave. between 7th
& 17th Sts., NWDC
The Chieftains @ George Mason Univ. Center for the Arts
Tribute to Buggs of Junkyard Band and DJ Big John at Howard
Theatre
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Mon. 3-17
*Runa (Celtic/Irish) at National Geographic
Mon. 3-17
*Runa (Celtic/Irish) at National Geographic
Kiko Veneno (Spanish flamenco rock) at 9:00pm at Tropicalia, 2001
14th St. NW
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Tues.. 3-18
Tues.. 3-18
Don Williams at Birchmere (country)
the Internet (Matt Martians and Syd "The Kyd" of Odd
Future) at 6th & I
Sabina Sciubba of Brazilian Girls at U St Music Hall (Early show -
7 PM)
Tomatito Sextet (flamenco) at Lisner
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Wed. 3-19
Wed. 3-19
Imharhan Timbuktu (Tuareg musicians from Mali who play w/ Tartit) at Bossa
NoNoNo (Swedish pop) at the Swedish Embassy
Maimouna Youssef, Tamika Love Jones, & Violet Marley at Anacostia
Arts Center
1231 Good Hope Rd SE , Washington, DC 20020
Estrella Morente, flamenco singer at Strathmore (Music Center)
Moombahton Massive XXXV: Nadastrom, Sabo, Branko (Buraka Som
Sistema/Enchufada) at U St Music Hall
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Thurs. 3-20
Thurs. 3-20
Dennis Stroughmatt Creole
Trio at Takoma Park VFW, 6420 Orchard
Ave., Takoma Pk. MD Music: 8:00pm
Meklit Hadero at Strathmore Mansion (Ethiopian folkie)
Rimi Natsukawa (Ryukyuan folk singer) for free from 6 to 7 pm at Kennedy
Center Millennium Stage, F St., NW DC
* Painted on Water with Sertab Erener & Demier Demirkan (Turkish) at Tropicalia
* Painted on Water with Sertab Erener & Demier Demirkan (Turkish) at Tropicalia
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Fri.. 3-21
Fri.. 3-21
Lalo Rodriguez (salsa romantica) at The Palace, 13989 Jefferson
Davis Hwy
Woodbridge, VA
La Grande Fête de la Francophonie with 35 countries culture and
cuisine from 7 p.m. – 12 a.m. at La Maison Française - Embassy of France, 4101
Reservoir Rd, NW, Benin's Jomion and the Uklos, and France's “post-punk, cold
wave, electro, surf rockers” La Femme
Rockumbiando at MXL Nightclub, 5652 Annapolis Rd
Bladensburg, MD
Southern Soul Tribute with Hardway Connection, Eddie Jones, Lil
Margie, Julia Nixon, the Soul Serenaders featuring Bill Price & Tommy
Lepson, Tom Principato, Daryl Davis, Patty Reese, King Soul, Eric Scott, Jon
Carroll at Bethesda Blues & Jazz
Elcid, DJ Maryam, Shirzad (Persian) at 7:30 PM at
Hilton Rockville Hotel 1750 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD
Pil Wiggins & the Chesapeake Sheiks at Montpelier Arts Center
9652 Muirkirk Rd., Laurel, Md
Environment Film HIMALAYA
SONG (is equal part film and musical concert, --a fictional story crafted
entirely from current news about climate change in the Himalayas and each short
story segment spawns a song where Ginger Shankar who is Ravi Shankar's grandniece
performs her signature ethereal vocals) at Artisphere .
Magda, DJ Tennis, and Beautiful Swimmers - U St Music Hall at 10
PM (Electronic dance)
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Sat.. 3-22
Sat.. 3-22
Tinariwen at 6th & I (Malian Tuareg nomad rockers)
Southern Soul Tribute with Hardway Connection, Eddie Jones, Lil
Margie, Julia Nixon, the Soul Serenaders featuring Bill Price & Tommy
Lepson, Tom Principato, Daryl Davis, Patty Reese, King Soul, Eric Scott, Jon
Carroll, at Weinburg Center, Frederick,
MD
Serendib Dance, Sri Lankan company for free from 6 to 7 pm at Kennedy
Center Millennium Stage, F St., NW DC
Drive-By-Truckers at 930 Club
* How to Dress Well (alt-electronic R'n'b) at U St. Music Hall
* Amiri Baraka Tribute at Howard Univ.
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Sun.. 3-23
Sun.. 3-23
Revolutionary Snake Ensemble (Led by saxophonist Ken Field,
Boston’s costumed funk/street beat improvisational brass band) for free from 6
to 7 pm at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, F St., NW DC
Movie “SINGER FROM THE TAIGA” (Mongolia, 2011, 32 min.)
Washington, D.C. Premiere Follow folk artist Tsogbadrakh as he struggles to
preserve the disappearing throat-singing culture of the Darkhad people, by
searching for native elders who may be the last with knowledge of these songs.
Journeying through the scenic and remote northern Mongolian taiga, he discovers
music that is deeply connected to the natural world. Directed by Batbileg
Zoljargal. At the Carnegie Institute of
Science
Drive-By-Truckers at 930 Club
Sevyn Streeter at Baltimore Soundstage (r’n’b)
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Mon. 3-24
Two Chainz and August Alcina (rap) at the 930 Club
Action Bronson at Baltimore Soundstage (rap)
Classix at U St. Music Hall
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Tues.3-25
Tues.3-25
Rhome Anderson (aka DJ Stylus) and Pure Perfection Band meld go-go
and hip-hop for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Mill. Stage
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Wed. 3-26
Wed. 3-26
Amadou Kouyate, D.C. based Manding music of Mali on kora, djembe
& koutiro drums at Whitall Pavilion, Jefferson Bldg., Library of Congress,
1st & Independence Ave.,
SEDC; at noon free;
* Ravi Coltrane Quartet for free at Lisner (tickets required though via GW Lisner website)
* La Belle Epoque, a dj night honoring classic music from Africa. You’ll hear highlife, congotronics, Afrobeat and songs familiar and forgotten from Soundclash djs at Marx Cafe, beginning at 9 p.m.
* Ravi Coltrane Quartet for free at Lisner (tickets required though via GW Lisner website)
* La Belle Epoque, a dj night honoring classic music from Africa. You’ll hear highlife, congotronics, Afrobeat and songs familiar and forgotten from Soundclash djs at Marx Cafe, beginning at 9 p.m.
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Thurs. 3-27
Thurs. 3-27
Jarabe de Palo at Echostage, 2135 Queen Chapel Rd NE DC
* Native Wax presents Quilomboarte Collective for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Mill. Stage
*TMOTT-Go-go Honors w/ performances by All4U, Bootsy Vegas, Divas of DC at the Howard Theatre
* Nucleus Brothers dj soul, disco, Brazilian, African, Latin Jamaican sounds on vinyl and add live percussion at Cafe St. Ex
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Fri. 3-28
Fri. 3-28
Korean hip-hop group,Dynamic Duo (aka Choiza and Gaeko) for free from 6 to 7 at the
Kennedy Center Mill. Stage
Alsarah & The Nubatones (Sudanese Nubian Soul) at Tropicalia,
14th & U Sts NW DC
Grupo Vena at RIO Cantina y Discoteca, 21800 Town Center Plaza
Sterling, VA
Yoskar Sarante for free at Cococabana, 2031A UniversityBlvd.,
Hyattsville, MD
Tito Nieves at Diamond Lounge, 7203 Little River Tpke
Annandale, VA
Michael Tarbox at Iota (raw-edged roots rock)
Bollywood Concert with Shalmali Kholgade & Atif Aslam at DAR
Constitution Hall
* Wes Felton's Dub's Pub Party w/ singer/songwriter Ari Lennox at Den of Thieves (rare grooves r'n'b & ore)
* Wes Felton's Dub's Pub Party w/ singer/songwriter Ari Lennox at Den of Thieves (rare grooves r'n'b & ore)
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Sat. 3-29
Sat. 3-29
Shokanti (from Cabo Verde) for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy
Center Mill. Stage
Luisa Maita at Artisphere-Brazilian pop bossa
*Davido (Nigerian rap/r'n'b) & the HKN Gang at Oxford Event Center, 9700 Martin Luther King Highway, Lanham, MD (moved from CocoCabana Grill)
* Rawkus (Caribbean djs) with Renaissance, Jugglers, DJ Kashrag, & DJ Majestic at the Howard Theatre from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m.
* Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia (legendary NYC '90s era hiphop & classic r'n'b djs) at the Lodge at Red Rocks
Johnny Clegg at Lisner
Red Baraat at the Hamilton
NSO Pops: Illmatic with Nas - Kennedy Center Concert Hall -
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Sun. 3-30
Experience Hendrix Tribute with Billy Cox and at
Lincoln Theatre
* Young Mac Wild with Black Alley (r'n'b) at the Howard
Ralph Stanley at Bethesda Blues and Jazz
Nomadic Wax: Las Krudas (Cuba) / Keur Gui (Senegal) for free from
6 to 7 at Kenn. Ctr. Mil. Stage (rap)
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Mon. 3-31
Berklee College of Music
Mix Maestros for free from 6 to 7 at Kenn. Ctr. Mil. Stage (rap)
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Tues. 4-1
Hugh Masekela at Rams Head Tavern in Annapolis
Black Noise (South African rap) for free from 6 to 7 at Kenn. Ctr.
Mil. Stage
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Other cool stuff (mostly indie-rock): 3-1-Gems @ U St. Music Hall; 3-2-St. Vincent @ 930 Club; Walking Sticks @ Mill. Stage; 3-5-Ex-Hex & Foul Swoops @ Black Cat; Bob Mould doing Workbook w/ Chris Brokaw @ 930; 3-6-Chris Brokaw at CD Cellar; Ex-Hex @ Ottobar; Speedy Ortiz @ Bl. Cat; Richard Buckner @ Iota;3-8- GIVE, Priests, Black Sparks, Vile Faith @Bethesda Reg. Services Ctr.; Mark Mulcahy@ 6th & I;3-13-J. Robbins @ Ottobar; Soccer Team @ Bl. Cat; 3-14-Exenia Rubinos @ Tropicalia; 3-15-History Repeated, El Quatro, and Monsters From the Surf @IOTA; 3-21-Ava Luna @ the Dunes; 3-22-Ava Luna @the Crown in Balt.; Dum-dum Girls @ Bl. Cat; San Fermin @ Metro Gallery in Balt.; 3-24-Warpaint @ Black Cat; 3-27-Okkervil River @ Ottobar; And You will Know us by Trail of the Dead @ RnR Hotel;3-29-*Christian Marclay interviewed at Hirshhorn
Other cool stuff (mostly indie-rock): 3-1-Gems @ U St. Music Hall; 3-2-St. Vincent @ 930 Club; Walking Sticks @ Mill. Stage; 3-5-Ex-Hex & Foul Swoops @ Black Cat; Bob Mould doing Workbook w/ Chris Brokaw @ 930; 3-6-Chris Brokaw at CD Cellar; Ex-Hex @ Ottobar; Speedy Ortiz @ Bl. Cat; Richard Buckner @ Iota;3-8- GIVE, Priests, Black Sparks, Vile Faith @Bethesda Reg. Services Ctr.; Mark Mulcahy@ 6th & I;3-13-J. Robbins @ Ottobar; Soccer Team @ Bl. Cat; 3-14-Exenia Rubinos @ Tropicalia; 3-15-History Repeated, El Quatro, and Monsters From the Surf @IOTA; 3-21-Ava Luna @ the Dunes; 3-22-Ava Luna @the Crown in Balt.; Dum-dum Girls @ Bl. Cat; San Fermin @ Metro Gallery in Balt.; 3-24-Warpaint @ Black Cat; 3-27-Okkervil River @ Ottobar; And You will Know us by Trail of the Dead @ RnR Hotel;3-29-*Christian Marclay interviewed at Hirshhorn
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sources: many
sources: many
