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

DC/Baltimore Global  Music and More- January 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 

Sorry this is very late. February will be late also.

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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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Remaining Highlights: 

1-18-Let Freedom Ring! Featuring Yolanda Adams and the Let Freedom Ring Choir at the MLK Tribute  at 6 at Kennedy Center

1-25- Lil Margie and Jacque Johnson, Bobby Felder and more at Westminster Church SW DC (DC soul)

1-30-Ebi at the Warner Theatre (Iranian singer)

1-31- Sir Joe Quarterman and the Hardway Connection at Bethesda Blues and Jazz Club (soul)

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Ethiopian Christmas/Genna

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Meklit for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

 Travis Tritt at Birchmere

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Ozomatli at State Theatre

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Ella and Louie Tribute Band for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Dirty Dozen Brass Band at the Hamilton

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Dakha Brakha (Ukrainian international) for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Young Thug at Bliss DC

Gladys Knight with the O’Jays at DAR Constitution Hall (r’n’b/soul)

Jeffrey Broussard & the Zydeco Cowboys at Glen Echo

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KRS-One (25^th anniv. Tour) at Rams Head Live

Reggae vs soca dj event at 10 at Howard Theatre

The Dhol Foundation for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Monica at Bliss DC (r’n’b)

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Royal Height at  2 pm at Woodridge Library, 1790 Douglas St NE (DC soul singer)

Bishop Hezekiah Walker  At 6:30 at  First Baptist Church of Glenarden (Worship Center), 600 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD

Fisk Jubilee Singers singing spirituals at 3:30 p.m. at the National Gallery, West Building, West Garden Court

Rare Essence with Junkyard Band & EU at Howard Theatre (go-go)

Christian Scott at Amp (New Orleans born jazz horn player whose stretch music adds djembe and midi drum beats)

Cabruera (Brazilian rock/funky tropical rock steady dub ska) for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Cabruera at 9 pm at Bossa

Zusha (Hasidic soul) at Tropicalia

Winstons, Intruders, Frank Washington, Kim Glaude at Bethesda Blues & Jazz Club (R’n’b/soul)

Conjunto Azabache y Los Compas del Terre at The Palace Night Club, Woodbridge, Virginia

David Bowie Tribute at Creative Alliance

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Let Freedom Ring! Featuring Yolanda Adams and the Let Freedom Ring Choir at the MLK Tribute  at 6 at Kennedy Center

Phil Wiggins, George Kilby Jr., and Sherman Holmes at IMT @ Saint Mark Presby., 10701 Old Georgetown Rd., Rockville

Shalanda Bond Hansboro & The Sounds of Kindred Spirits Tribute to MLK at the Creative Alliance

MLK Day Parade in Baltimore

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the Battle of Santiago  for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Toronto Afro-Cuban instrumental post-rock)

Monchi y Nathalia at El Carbonero, Hyattsville, Maryland

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Jazzmeia Horn (Thelonius Monk Jazz vocals competition winner)  for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Billy Gibbons and the BFGs at Lisner Auditorium

the Battle of Santiago  at Bossa  (Toronto Afro-Cuban post-rock)

SWV at the Howard Theatre (r’n’b)

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Eliades Ochoa y Barbarito Torres at Fillmore Silver Spring (from Buena Vista Social Club) (cancelled?)

Morris Day & the Time at Birchmere (funk)

Joe Keys & the Late Bloomer Band at Bossa (P-Funk meets Joe Bowie, Sun Ra & Gil Scott-Heron)

Dhol Foundation (bhangra) and Black Masala (Balkan Gypsy rock) at Tropicalia

DC Cuban Allstars at the Salty Dog Tavern

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Tony Dize at the Palace

Yo Gotti (rap) at Bliss DC

Arturo O’Farrill and his Afro-Jazz Octet at Black rock in Germantown, MD

Marcia Ball at Rams Head Tavern Annapolis (roots r’n’b)

Marshall Crenshaw and the Bottle rockets at the Birchmere

Robyn Hitchcock at the Barns of Wolf Trap

Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus (jazz large band) at Creative Alliance

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Chopteeth at Amp

O.T. Genasis at Bliss DC

Eric Brace and Peter Cooper at Jammin Java (folk tribute to 70s DC folk, bluegrass & more)

* New Orleans Suspects with Glenn David Andrews at the Hamilton

The Toasters at Ottobar

Majah Hype at Howard Theatre

Curtis Johnson and the Band Eternity (old-school go-go & funk)  for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Marcia Ball at the Barns of Wolf Trap

“California Twang” with w/ Arty Hill & the Long Gone Daddys, Caleb Stine & the Brakemen, The Stone Hill All Stars, Rodney "Pieman" Henry, The Highballers, The Hello Strangers, The Racket, Karen Collins, The Blue Moon Cowgirls, L'il Mo, Teri Joyce, Patsy Stephens at Creative Alliance (tribute to the Bakersfield country sound)

The Toasters at Ottobar

* Kiti Garner & the Deceits at the College Park American Legion

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Howard Gospel Choir  for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Francesca Blanchard (French-American singer/songwriter) at Bossa

Alessia Cara at the 930 Club (sold out)

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Lil Margie and Jacque Johnson, Bobby Felder and more at Westminster Church SW DC (DC soul)[POSTPONED DUE TO THE SNOW]

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Kelly Willis at Rams Head Tavern Annapolis (alt-country)

Raul Malo at the Birchmere (Roy Orbison like w/ a Cuban tinge)

Eric Owens  at Kennedy Ctr. Terrace Theater stage for an evening of jazz standards by Billy Eckstine and Johnny Hartman

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Garland Jeffreys at Rams Head Tavern Annapolis

Kelly Willis at the Birchmere

Grant Lee Philips at Jammin Java

Slick rick (old-school rap) at the Howard Theatre

*Coat drive benefit with Black Alley at Ultra Bar

* the new music collective Interference with electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick for free at American U. Katzen Art Center

*Backyard Band at Capitale

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Garland Jeffreys at Jammin Java

Renee Marie: Tribute to Eartha Kitt at Kennedy Center Jazz Club

Chuck Brown Band at Bethesda Blues and Jazz Club

Fulanito at the Palace, Woodbridge, VA

Loudon Wainwright at Creative Alliance

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Ebi at the Warner Theatre (Iranian singer)

Chinese New Year family celebration at Smithsonian American Art

*afropop dance contest at Fire Station 1 in Silver Spring 

Bilal at Bethesda Blues and Jazz Club

Garth Brooks at Royal Farm Arena

Frank Wess jazz tribute at Kennedy Center

Elle Varner at 7:30 at Howard Theatre (r’n’b)

Birthday Bash with Team Familiar, Sugar Bear and DJ Amp C at 11:30 at the Howard Theatre (go-go)

Christylez Bacon: Sound Museum at Atlas Theatre, H St NE (with instrumentalist, songwriter and singer in 6 languages, Jean-Francis Varre, to explore the intersections of Hip-Hop, Go-Go, and the music of Senegal backed by the Washington Sound Museum Orchestra)

10^th annual Viva Brazil Carnival at Creative Alliance

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Sir Joe Quarterman and the Hardway Connection at Bethesda Blues and Jazz Club (soul)

Raul Malo at Rams Head Tavern Annapolis

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Feb. 1-- Union Arts DC (411 NY Ave DC) eviction hearing--The hearing is THIS MONDAY, FEB 1ST, AT 6:30 PM, at the Office of Zoning and Planning, Jerrily R. Kress Memorial Hearing Room, 441 4th Street NW, Suite 220-South, Washington, DC.

Feb. 2  through 4th- Richard Thompson at Barns of Wolf Trap

Feb. 5^th-Fetty Wap at the Fillmore (sold out); Bob Marley Tribute at Ottobar

Feb. 5 through 7^th-Carmen in Havana at the Atlas Theatre (Bizet meets Buena Vista w/ Washington Ballet)

Feb. 5th-Chinese pop groups at Kennedy Center

Feb. 6^th-Buddy Holly Tribute at Bethesda Blues and Jazz; Israel Vibration at the Hamilton (Bob Marley's birthday) ; King (r'n'b group) at U St. Music Hall

Feb. 8^th-  Chinese New Year Celebration: Beijing Opera, Acrobats, and Chinese Traditional Music by Henan Arts Troupe at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage)

Feb. 9th-Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas at the Hamilton

 Chinese New Year Celebration: Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra - Kennedy Center (Concert Hall)

Feb. 10th -DC Music Salon re guitarist John Fahey at Shaw Library

Feb. 12-Valentine’s Soul Jam at DAR Const. Hall with the Stylistics, Dramatics, New Birth  & Blue Magic

Ladysmith Black Mambazo at GW Lisner Aud.

Feb. 13^th & 14^th-Contra Tiempo (Los Angeles Latin urban dance) at Dance Place

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Other cool stuff (mostly indie-rock): 1-11- Bless, Turnip King, Foul Swoops, & Jimi Lucid @Bathtub Republic's New Location,2511 10th Street NE, WDC;  Metz & Bully @ Rock & Roll Hotel; 1-14- Heavy Breathing, the Effects, and Puff Pieces at Black Cat Backstage; Holy Holy w/ Tony Visconti & Woody Woodmansey performing David Bowie's The Man Who Sold the World @ Birchmere; 1-15-the Casual Dots, Governess, and Sneaks @ Comet Ping Pong;  1-16-Lower Dens @ Ottobar; rockabilly @ Hank Dietles; Cinema Hearts @ Comet P;  1-19-Laughing Man, Martin Bisi, & History Repeated @ Comet P. Pong;  Torres @ RnRoll Hotel; 1-23-Sunwolf cd release gig w/Savak @ Songbyrd; 1-24-The Go! Team @ Black Cat; 1-28-Coup Savage & Foul Swoops @Capitol Fringe;*1-30 -Johnny Bombay & the Reactions @ The Raven Inn in Baltimore

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