DC/Baltimore Global Music and more September 2016 Concert Gig List Calendar

DC/Baltimore Global Music and More- September 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 _____________________________________________________________________________ 

Busy , busy month. More events to be added.   

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Remaining September 2016 Highlights: 

Wed. 9-7- Kassav at the Howard Theatre (Caribbean zouk greats)

Fri. 9-9-Angelique Kidjo (great singer from Benin) at Strathmore

Sat. 9-10-Rosslyn Jazz Fest for free with Akua Allrich (1pm); Vieux Farka Toure (Mali guitarist)(2:20 pm); Glenn David Andrews (3:50) ; Grupo Fantasma (5:20pm)

The Specials at the Fillmore

Sun.  9-11- Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards at 1:30 pm and 7 pm at the Howard Theatre

Tues 9-13-Skatalites at R’n’R hotel

Sun. 9-18-Manu Dibango and the Soul Makossa Gang at the Howard Theatre (Cameroon) *CANCELLED

Wed.  9-28-  Jagwa Music  (  Dar es Salaam, Tanzania street band uses interlocking drums, hacked mini casio keyboards, and hotwired megaphones) for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

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.  9-1

  Chris Thomas King at Blues Alley (Two shows)

 Jazzy Summer Nights with Navasha Daya, Wayna, April Sampe, DJ Tanz at Pier Six Pavilion in Baltimore

Jon Cleary Band at Rams Head Tavern in Annapolis

 Sizzla at Howard Theatre (jamaican dancehall)

Feedel Band at Bossa (DC based Ethiopian)

Thrillbillys end of summer blowout at JVs

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band at Nationals Park 

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. 9-2

“Jelly’s Last Jam” (with DC jazz pianist Mark Meadows) at Signature Theatre all month and through Sept. 11^th

Labor Day DC Music Festival: Margot MacDonald, the Sweater Set and Sarah Curtin Five, Run Come See, Bumper Jacksons, Pan American Symphony Orchestra at Lincoln Theatre

 the Manhattans featuring Gerald Alston at Birchmere

  Chris Thomas King at Blues Alley (Two shows)

Brazilian Independence day party at the Unplugged Bar in Silver Spring, MD

Tito Nieves at the Palace

Ozuna y Grupo 24 Horas at El Boqueron

El Chevo, Packy & Royal Legacy at Club LA H on GA Ave., Silver Spring,

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Sat. 9-3

DC Blues Society fest at Carter Barron from 12 noon to 7:30 pm for free with Slam Allen; the Countess & the Royalty Blues band; Jackie Scott; Lauren Mitchell and more

75 Dollar Bill (NY rock band with guitarist w/ Mauritanian/Sahel African sound), Ben Bennett, and Abstract Human at  RhizomeDC , 6950 Maple St NW, WDC

  Chris Thomas King at Blues Alley (Two shows)

“Flattops and F Words” at 3:30 pm at Kennedy Center (spoken word play about hiphop)

I Love the 90s: Salt-n-Pepa with Spinderella, All-4-One, Color Me Badd, Coolio, Tone Loc, Rob Base, Young MC at Wolf Trap (Filene Center)

Kraftwerk 3-D Concert at Strathmore (Music Center)

Reggaefest at Howard Theatre 10:30 PM Late Show

 Labor Day Music Festival: Wanted Man, the JoGo Project, Backbeat Underground, Black Masala at  Lincoln Theatre

Puff Daddy, Lil' Kim, Mase, Faith Evans, Mario Winans, 112, Total, Carl Thomas, the Lox, and French Montana  at Baltimore Arena (Royal Farms Arena) (Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour)

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.  9-4

20^th Alonzo’s Memorial picnic at Rosedale Amer. Legion with Billy Price Band, Duke Robillard, Big Walter Revue with Steve Guyger, Ronnie Owens, Andrew Alli, Big Joe Maher, Quinton Randall & the Cleanse, Ivan Appelrouth(un-plugged

Soca meets reggae at the Aqua club

What Band, Reaction Band, & New Impressionz at the Howard Theatre (bounce and more go-go)

75 Dollar Bill at 2 pm at Red Onion Records

Conjunto Rio Grande,Pepe Tovar y Los Chacales & Alerta Zero at the Palace

Dick Dale at Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis)

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Mon. 9-5

DMV House music fest at noon at Malcolm X Park

Carifesta at noon at Ronald Reagan Bldg

Carifesta at 2 at Wilson Plaza

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. 9-6

Richard Bona (Cameroonian bassist) at the Howard Theatre

Rajab Suleiman and Kithara ( Zanzibar-based tarrab music) for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

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. 9-7

Kassav at the Howard Theatre (Caribbean zouk greats)

Yvette Landry Trio for free from 12 to 1 pm at Library of Congress and then from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Louisiana honky-tonk country & a bit of Cajun)

Of Montreal at 930 Club (orchestral post-rock)

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Thurs. 9-8

Zine lab at Mt. Pleasant Library at 6:30 pm

Kanye West at Verizon Center

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Fri.  9-9

Kino Musica (Ethiopian hybrid) at 12 noon at MLK Library

Next Now fest (through the 10^th) at U of MD Clarice Smith Center

Forrobodo: For All Brazilian fest at Clarice Smith Center

Angelique Kidjo (great singer from Benin) at Strathmore

Gipsy Kings at the Lincoln Theatre

Chopteeth at the Hamilton (afrobeat)

Sonic Circuits (experimental music) festival through Sunday at Fringe

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Sat. 9-10

Rosslyn Jazz Fest for free with Akua Allrich (1pm); Vieux Farka Toure (Mali guitarist)(2:20 pm); Glenn David Andrews (3:50) ; Grupo Fantasma (5:20pm)

The Specials at the Fillmore

Proper Utensils (dc go-go with James Funk); Nappy Riddem; & Lidja at Carter Barron ($25 benefit gig)

Oldies Extravaganza hand-dance night at VFW Post 9619, Suitland Rd., Morningside, MD

Corinne Bailey Rae at Lincoln Theatre (r’nb singer…sold out show)

Teedra Moses at 8 at the Howard Theatre

CW Stoneking  (Tom Waits like blues) at Songbyrd

George Clinton & P-Funk at The 202 Arts & Music Festival runs from 11 a.m.-10 p.m. at Canal Park, 1000 2nd Street SE, Washington D.C., near Navy Yard Metro.

*Team Familiar as part of the Annacostia Museum family fun day --between 12 noon & 4 pm for free

* Sean Watkins (from Nickel Creek) at Amp by Strathmore

*Kelsea Ballerini (country) and Chris Lane  opening for Rascal Flatts at Jiffy Lube

*Lazy Keith at Treehouse Lounge (former Basehead member)

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Sun.  9-11

Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards at 1:30 pm and 7 pm at the Howard Theatre

Maya Kamaty (Reunion Island blues melodies and  Maloya music blended w/ French chanson, Indian, and African influences) plus C’est si Bon jazz quartet (trad jazz, torch songs, French jazz, blues, bossa nova, & Cole Porter.) at Bossa

Salvadorian Fest with Hector Acosta and J. Alvarez and more at Montgomery County Fairgrounds, Gaithersburg, MD

Dex Romweber at Hill Country

*Culture Club at Strathmore

*Adam's Morgan Day

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Mon. 9-12

Maya Kamaty (Reunion Island blues melodies and  Maloya music blended w/ French chanson, Indian, and African influences) plus C’est si Bon jazz quartet (trad jazz, torch songs, French jazz, blues, bossa nova, & Cole Porter.) for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Vieux Farka Toure at Rams Head Annapolis

*Big gospel show at Kennedy Center (free tickets are gone, but possibly people can get in at door if there are no-shows)

*Shannon Dunne (Irish) at IMT in Rockville)

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 .  9-13

Blood Orange at the Lincoln Theatre

Rooftop salsa at sky bar at Beacon Hotel w dj Nancy Alonso

Skatalites at R’n’R hotel

*Leyla McCalla(former Caroline Chocolate Drops cellist) at the Hamilton

Southern Gothic alt-country blues singer-songwriter Amythyst Kiah for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

ZZ Top at Pier 6

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.   9-14

Schoolboy Q at the Fillmore (rap)

KT Tunstall at the Lincoln

*John Prine at Birchmere

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. 9-15

Full length performance of Jorge Luna Roque's original production "Criolla Añoranza" at Wilson High School Theatre

Zydeco Radio at College Park American Legion

Angel Olson at the 930 Club

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  9-16

Eliane Elias at Blues Alley (Brazilian pianist)

Central American Film Fest at U of Md (through the 18h)

Cuban Dance Party at Songbyrd

Africa Tumbao Vol.2: Sol Power Allstars “Djidjo Vide” Release Party feat Cultures of Soul & Sir Ramases w/ special guest: Jeff Swallom at Zeba Bar, NW DC

Paul Cebar at Creative Alliance in Baltimore

* Gregorio Uribe and Los Gaiteros De San Guashington (US based Colombian accordionist and band) at Tropicalia 

*Audion (Mathew Dear electro club dance project) at U St Music Hall

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sat. 9-17

Fiesta DC with Santiago de Cuba Dance Allstars and more on Constitution Ave

Movie doc “Soul Power” at 2pm at National Museum of African Art

*H St NE Festival

A Benefit Concert for the families impacted by the Flower Branch Apartments Fire. A portion of proceeds go to Montgomery Housing Partnership Community Fund to assist residents through this trauma. Artists: Rare Essence, Ethan Spalding, Paperhaus at the Fillmore [CANCELLED]

Amel Larrieux at 8 and 10:30 at the Howard

Brazilian virtuoso harmonicist Pablo Fagundes for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Farm Aid 2016: Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, Sturgill Simpson, Alabama Shakes, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Margo Price, Jamey Johnson, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Carlene Carter, Insects vs Robots at Jiffy Lube Live

Eliane Elias at Blues Alley (Brazilian pianist)

*Brazilian Independence day celebration at Casa Della Nona Pizza Place in Severn, MD

Grant Lee-Phillips at Jammin Java

Matthew Sweet at the Birchmere

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Sun.  9-18

*Fiesta DC at 11 am on Const. Ave.

MoJÙgbÁ (Afro-house dance), every 3^rd Sunday 1PM - 7PM at Songbyrd

Manu Dibango and the Soul Makossa Gang at the Howard Theatre (Cameroon)

Eliane Elias at Blues Alley (Brazilian pianist)

Leyla MCcalla Trio at Creative Alliance

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9-19

*Radio Jarocha at 6:30pm at IDB (son & fandago from Mexico) at its Iglesias Aud.,1330 New York Avenue NW 


*Author Jeff Chang (who has written about hiphop) reading for his new book "We Gonna Be Alright" at 6:30 at Kramerbooks (Chang explores why we as a country keep talking about diversity even as society is re-segregating both racially and economically.)

Okkervil Rivver at the 930 Club

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. 9-20

Brian Wilson presents Pet Sounds at Strathmore

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. 9-21

Lee Scratch Perry w/ Subatomic Sound System at the State Theatre (dub reggae)

Lil Ed & his Blues Imperials plus Guy Davis (blues) at Bethesda Blues and Jazz

Cuatro player Gabriel Muñoz will perform Puerto Rican folk music as part of the percussion and vocal ensemble, Melodías Borinqueñas  for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

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9-22

Guitarist Queen Esther ( blend of jazz, blues, and soul music) alongside her group The Blue Crowns for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Draco Rosa at the State Theatre

Puff Daddy, Lil' Kim, Mase, Faith Evans, Mario Winans, 112, Total, Carl Thomas, the Lox, and French Montana at Verizon Center (Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour)

Roy Ayers at Blues Alley

Dale Watson at Creative Alliance

*Gabriel Munoz & Melodias Borinquenas at 12 noon at Library of Congress (Puerto Rican folk music from New Jersey)

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Fri.  9-23

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture opening celebration weekend --Beginning Friday, September 23, 2016, on the Washington Monument grounds, the NMAAHC presents Freedom Sounds: A Community Celebration. 12 to 5pm   * festival participants include the Stax Music Academy, Len Chandler, Josh White Jr., Dom Flemons, Rising Star Fife and Drum Band, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, the Original Liberty Jazz Band, Medoune Gueye, Jean Carne, the McIntosh County Shouters, Bobi Cespedes, Paito y los Gaiteros de Punta Brava, Morgan State University Choir, the Dixie Hummingbirds, the Freedom Singers, Sonia Sanchez, Robert Randolph, Sweet Honey in the Rock, 9th Wonder, Stanley Clarke, Louise Toppin, the National Hand Dance Association, the National Association of Black Storytellers Inc. and Urban Artistry.

Preservation Hall Jazz Band at the Lincoln (in association w the opening of the new Smithsonian Nat Museum of African-American history)

The Dhol Foundation and DJ Rekha at Tropicalia (bhangra)(4th anniversary of Tropicalia)

*Jah Wobble & the Invaders of the Heart at Rock n Roll Hotel

Zion and Lennox (reggaeton) at Echostage

Ritmos Raros Del Mundo: El Poder Tropical de DC feat Lucas Silva aka DJ Champeta-Man (Palenque Records) de Bogota, Colombia at Songbyrd

The Game featuring Backyard Band at the Fillmore

Raul Midon at Amp

Frank Reyes at the Palace

Brad Paisley, Tyler Farr, and Maddie & Tae at Jiffy Lube Live

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Sat. 9-24

George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic at 930 Club

Library of Congress National Book Fest at DC Convention Ctr. 9am to 10pm

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture opening celebration weekend on the Washington Monument grounds, the NMAAHC presents Freedom Sounds: A Community Celebration.  12 to 9pm.  daytime concert with lots of acts including Jean Carne, Freedom Singers, Dom Flemons, and more

  * evening concert with the Roots; Living Colour and Public Enemy from 6 to 10

*Joe's Record Paradise grand reopening party at 12 noon in Silver Spring

Terry & the Zydeco Bad Boys at Glen Echo

DJ Questlove at 11 at the Howard Theatre

Barrence Whitfield and The Savages at Hill Country

*Rare Essence at Carter Barron 

*Death at Black Cat

*Sweet Cherie's birthday party at Fast Eddie's in Camp Springs, MD (go-go keyboardist from Bela Dona )

*Whitey Morgan & the 78s, Sunny Sweeney and more at Hagerstown Fairgrounds

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. 9-25

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture opening celebration weekend on the Washington Monument grounds, the NMAAHC presents Freedom Sounds: A Community Celebration.  12 to 9pm the Sunday *evening concert includes: Experience Unlimited (EU); Meshell Ndegeocello; & just added Angelique Kidjo 

DC Record Fair at 11  am at the Howard Theatre

*Ilaiyaraja, Karthik Iyer, , K.S. Chitra, Manu at 4 pm Eaglebank Arena (Bollywood)

*Turkish Fest on PA ave. NW

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

Festival Guanaco at Capital Plaza in Hyattsville

Tom Jones at the Warner

*Goldie at Flash (UK DJ)

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.  9-27

Pete Rock & CL Smooth at the Howard Theatre

* Jagwa Music  (  Dar es Salaam, Tanzania street band uses interlocking drums, hacked mini casio keyboards, and hotwired megaphones) at Bossa 

Dale Watson at the Hamilton

Billy Bragg and Joe Henry at the Birchmere

*Marti Brom at JVs

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Wed.  9-28

 Jagwa Music  (  Dar es Salaam, Tanzania street band uses interlocking drums, hacked mini casio keyboards, and hotwired megaphones) for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

*Darrell Scott at the Hamilton 

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 9-29

Alessia Cara at the Fillmore

Marti Brom at Hill Country

Taj Mahal Trio at Blues Alley

*The Sufferers at Rock n Roll Hotel (rootsy rockin soul)

*reggae at Tropicalia

* the State of Vinyl at Songbyrd

* at the Indonesian Embassy in DC: An Evening of Kroncong with Ubiet Raseuki and Rumput. Rumput will accompany Indonesian guest artist, Ubiet Raesuki, for an evening of traditional kroncong. Indonesian Food Trucks at 7:00. Tickets are free but need to be reserved in advance  https://kroncongmusic.eventbrite.com/ 

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Fri. 9-30

Marc Anthony at Eaglebank Arena (salsa and Latin pop)

*Nigerian Independence party at DC Bliss

Cameo at the Howard Theatre

Horse Lords and Kaynak Pipers at Creative Alliance at the Patterson 3134 Eastern Avenue # A, Baltimore, MD

Jeremih at Baltimore SoundStage

*NEA Fellowship Awards @ Lisner w/ Big Chief Monk Boudreau & Billy McComiskey


*The Art of Afghan music at 1 and 4 at Sackler

*Taj Mahal trio at Blues Alley

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10-1

*Femina (from Argentina at Rosslyn Spectrum)

*The Art of Afghan music at 1 and 4 at Sackler

*Googoosh at DAR (Iranian/Persian)

*Jason Aldean, Thomas Rhett, 1000 Horses & Jiffy Lube (country)

* James Blake at Lincoln Theatre

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10-3- Dikki Du & the Zydeco Krew at  3 pm at College Park Amer. Legion

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Other cool stuff (mostly indie-rock)- 9-1- the Mountain Goats @ State Theatre; 9-3- Kevin Seconds and Steve Soto @Black Cat Backstage ; 9-6-Television & Chris Stamey @ 930;   9-8-Paperhaus at Luce/American Art Museum at 5:30;  Dinosaur Jr. & Cloud Nothings @ 930; 9-9 –Echo & the Bunnymen @ 930; 9-10-Titus Andronicus and A Giant Dog @Metro Gallery (Baltimore) ; * Heavy Metal Parking Lots @ 7:30 free @ Clarice Smith Ctr.; Mitski @8 pm free @ Clarice Smith;  9-12-Foul Swoops; Expert Alterations; Real Numbers @ Bathtub Republic; 9-13-Super Silver Haze @ Bl. Cat; Carseat Headrest @ Ottobar; *9-15-Sex Stains, Coup Savage, Governess @ Comet; 9-17-* Thalia Zedek @ Rhyzome; Soylent Green,Red Feather, Dr. Robinson’s Fiasco @ Velvet Lounge; 9-18-Tenement @ Black Cat; Mountain Goats @ Rams Head Live; 9-21-Lush @ 930; 9-22- Pylon Reenactment Society and Dressy Bessy -@IOTA Club & Café; * The Queers @ Songbyrd; *9-24-Kombat & more hardocre @ Slash Run; *9-25-Singnals Midwest @ DC9;  9-26-Mimi Loco & the Delarcos @ Galaxy Hut; 9-27-Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds @ Comet Ping Pong; the Dandy Warhols @ Rams Head Live Balt.; 9-28-Buzzcocks @ 930 Club; 9-29-Luna at the Birchmere; 9-30-Violent Femmes  Rams head Live Baltimore

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