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

DC/Baltimore Global  Music and More- February 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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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) 

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 18^th St. NW

1^st 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

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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 8^th 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

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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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