DC Baltimore Global Music and More February 2019 Concert Calendar Gig List

DC/Baltimore Global Music and More- February 2019

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. Don’t have time or space to add most jazz, classical, or other genres.

Look for additional shows & more info to be added through the month at my blog: stevekiviat.blogspot.com 

***I have been too busy in late January and will be busy in early February, which may prevent me from making this more thorough until around February 12.

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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 2019, Rolling Afrobeats Afropop 2019,  the Rolling Afro-Latin & the Capital Swamp & Chitlin Circuit  threads

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February 2019 Highlights –

Sat.   2-9- Havana Cuba Allstars at George Mason Center for the Arts

Thurs.   2-14  - Valentine's Soul Jam with The Stylistics, Delfonics, Harold Melvin's Blue Notes, Bloodstone, Heatwave at DAR Constitution Hall

Wed. 2-20 - Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 at the Howard Theatre

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Fri.  2-1

Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas for free at 6 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Afropolitan DC  - The Black Heritage Experience at St. Yves

Toni Braxton & SWV at MGM 

Will Downing at Birchmere

Brasstracks at Union Stage (classical/funk/big band/electro)

Greensky Bluegrass at Anthem

Bobbi Humphrey at Bethesda Blues

Fleshtones with Hall Monitors at City Winery (garage rock)

* Carr's Beach Dance Party at Cape St. Claire Community Club House

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Sat.  2-2

Three panelists discuss the impact music had on African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance, from 1 to 3 at Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD

Gospel celebration 1 to 3 at Hillcrest Heights Community Center

Buddy Holly Tribute at Knight of Columbus, Cedar lane, Bethesda

BYB and TCB at Fire Station One, Silver Spring

Team Familiar and EU at Fast Eddies

Folklore Society of Greater Washington mid-winter Fest in Takoma Park, MD

Trippie Redd at the Fillmore (rap)(sold out)

Inter Arma at Atlas Brew Works (metal)

Faramarz Aslani and Babak Amini at the Warner theatre (Irainian /Persian)

Elvis Martinez at Cococabana

Bob Marley Dance party at Creative Alliance

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Sun. 2-3

Nag Champa Art Ensemble, and members of the Uptown Renaissance, Yaya Bey, Meche Korrect and Nate Greski present Home: A Suite for Gil-Scott Heron for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage.

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Mon.  2-4

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Tues. 2-5

Author Preston Lauterbach at 12 noon at the National Archives talking about his new book: Bluff City: the Secret life of Photographer Ernest Withers (civil rights and Memphis music scene photographer who became an FBI informant)

Washington Post writer Geoff Edgers discusses his new book “Walk This Way: Run-DMC, Aerosmith and the Song that Changed America Forever” with Washington Post editor David Malitz at 7 pm at Politics & Prose on the Wharf

Lesole’s Dance Project (do South African gumboot dancing and Botswana dancing) for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Nao with Xavier Omar at the Fillmore

Tet holiday

Kacey Chambers at Birchmere

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Wed.  2-6

Author Preston Lauterbach at 7pm at Politics & Prose with Washington Post writer Dave Weigel talking about his new book: Bluff City: the Secret life of Photographer Ernest Withers (civil rights and Memphis music scene photographer who became an FBI informant)

Sharon Van Etten at 930

Greg Brown at the Hamilton

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Thurs. 2-7

Lunar New Year:  Guangdong National Orchestra Ensemble presents Chinese folk music for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Joni 75 movie doc honoring Joni Mitchell at 7 and 9:30 at E St Cinema; also showing at Old Greenbelt Theatre

Mandolin Orange at 930 (bluegrass/folk/country) (sold out)

Feedel Band at Bossa (Ethiopia jazz)

Colin Blunstone of the Zombies solo at City Winery

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Fri.  2-8

Lunar New Year: Guangdong Arts Troupe presents a magical program of dance, acrobatics, and puppetry for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Nellie McKay at Kennedy Center

Drive-by Truckers, Lucinda Williams, and Erika Wennerstrom at Anthem (alt-country roots)

Selam Woldemariam at Eritrea in Crystal City (Ethiopian guitarist and band)

Frank Sirius & Ms Kim and Band at Takoma Station (go-go)

Slick Rick at the Howard Theatre

Bob Marley Birthday Celebration at Bethesda Blues

* Zenen Zeferino at Bossa

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Sat.   2-9

Havana Cuba Allstars at George Mason Center for the Arts

Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre teach a special dance class for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Conjunto Bomba at Bossa

Xtreme and Ex-DNA at Cococabana

Montgomery Gentry at the Fillmore

*Eric Brace at Jammin Java

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Sun.  2-10

Nikara Warren (vibe player) and band  program re the Black Wall Street massacre of 1921, for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Gbemiga at Bossa

Anthony Brown and Group Therapy at Bethesda Blues and Jazz

Estelle at Birchmere

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Mon  2-11

Tomas Kaco (Czech pianist/singer) for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

*David Cole & Main Street Blues Band 6 to 9pm at Westminster Church SW

* Kromanauts, Dior Ashley Brown, Cruddy Crunkerz at DC 9

*Mark G. Meadows at Blues Alley (jazz piano)

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Tues.  2-12

Hackensaw Boys for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Steve Earle with Shanon Mcnally at City Winery

*YNW Melly at Union Stage 

* Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky, discusses racial imagery, social circuitry, and cultural (mis)representation using examples from his film “Rebirth of a Nation,” a remix of D.W. Griffith's 1915 epic film “The Birth of a Nation. at 3:30 to 5 pm at Georgetown U Mcneir Hall

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Wed.  2-13

KiDe' - Kia Bennett & Desiree Jordan at Blues Alley (Vocals/keys duo)

*Sarah Shook & the Disarmers at Pearl Street Warehouse

*Danube Sessions featuring Orchester Prazevica at Bossa (locally-based Slovak, Balkan, Gypsy, & Mediterranean folk dance music) for free 

*Backyard Band at Lucky Strike, 701 7th St. NW (doors open 7 to 12 mdt) (DC go-go)

*David Bisbal at the Fillmore 

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Thurs.   2-14 

Valentine's Soul Jam with The Stylistics, Delfonics, Harold Melvin's Blue Notes, Bloodstone, Heatwave at DAR Constitution Hall

Love Songs from the Mashriq Maghrib music jam session with Huda Asfour (DC-based Palestinina oudist ) and Thalib Razi at Bossa

*Victor Manuelle at MGM Grand (salsa romantica)

Deacon Izzy and the Congregation for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Johnny Gill  at Bethesda Blues and Jazz

Softones at PG Publick Playhouse

Frank Reyes and Tono Rosario at rio Cantina

Tony Sands at the Hamilton

Horace Trahan & the Ossun Express at Glen echo Bumper Car pavilion (Louisiana zydeco band)

Bartender Chad America's 20th and final Valentine's Day rock n roll dance party with Baby Alcatraz, Mad Squirrel, Soul Call Paul, Smile Now Cry Later, DJ Glenn for free at Black Cat

*Beirut & Helado Negro at Anthem

*PJ Morton at Kennedy Center (R'n'b singer and instrumentalist who has played with Solange )

*Sierra Hull at Creative Alliance (bluegrass)

*Edwin Ortiz and La Mafia Guaguanco at the Palladium 

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Fri. 2-15

* Valentine's Soul Jam with The Stylistics, Delfonics, Harold Melvin's Blue Notes, Bloodstone, Heatwave at Lyric Opera House in Baltimore

Tcheka (Cape Verdean Creole singer/guitarist)  for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Johnny Gill  at Bethesda Blues and Jazz

Lalo Rodriguez, Spanish Harlem Orchestra, David Pavon at Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert St. NW (salsa)

Metric and Zoe (Mexican psych) at the Fillmore

*Erykah Badu at Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore

* Maimouna Youssef aka Mumu Fresh w/ Joy Postell at Creative Alliance

*Sierra Hull at the Hamilton (bluegrass)

* Boogaloo Basura! with DJ Soul Called Paul at Showtime

*Quatro na Bossa at Bossa

* Johnny Molina & Los Sabaneros de Aniceto Molina vs. Fulanito" at El Boqueron II in rockville

*Tono Rosario at VIP in Baltimore

*BYB and TOB and XIB at Aqua

*Rare Essence and Suttle at Fast Eddies 

*Cheap Trick at MGM

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Sat. 2-16

Cotton Field to Concert Hall, an original narrated musical journey highlighting the life of a slave woman and her travails on a cotton plantation. for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

*Afro-Soca Love at Karma 

Tyrese, Ginuwine, Avant, and more at Eaglebank Arena (90s r’n’b)

Masters of Hawaiian music at the barns of Wolf Trap

* DC Highlife Stars at PAP restaurant in Silver Spring

*Daryl Davis (DC pianist) and other local musicians "Thanks for the Memories" tribute show to deceased musicians at the Birchmere

*Music town hall meeting 3 to 5 at Capitol fringe

*Blackadelic Bashment (WPFW fundraiser) at Eaton Workshop

*Rockasonics at Glen Echo

*Rhodes Tavern Troubadours at Old Bowie Grill

*What Band and TCB at Fast Eddies

*Lary Over at Club One

* Pedrito Martinez and Alfredo Rodríguez at Kennedy Center Jazz Club (Latin jazz and Cuban sounds)

*Led Zeppelin Played Here movie doc screening at 4 pm at the Parkway Theatre in Baltimore

* Urban Bush Women dance co. at Dance Place

* Wifisfuneral at Milkboy Arthouse (rap)

*Rahsaan Patterson at City Winery  (Neo-soul)

*Rare Essence and Da One Band  at Aqua 

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Sun. 2-17

* “Hip-Hop’s Great Day: Gordon Parks and a Legacy of Photographic Inspiration.” at 2 pm at the National Gallery of Art Est Bldg in DC.   They'll explore the visual influences of Gordon Parks’s legacy in photography and film at 2 pm with part of Nelson George's Hip-hop's Great Day film with guests 
 critic and filmmaker nelson george  with Harry Allen, Vikki Tobak, Miles Marshall Lewis, & Adrian Loving

*Davido at Kaldis in Silver Spring (afrobeats club music)

Marsha Ambrosius at the Howard Theatre

Rare Essence, Troublefunk, EU at the Fillmore (DC go-go)

Masters of Hawaiian music at the barns of Wolf Trap

*Sister Nancy at Baltimore Soundstage

*Boyz II Men at MGM

* Los Acosta, Los Askis y  La Luz de San Marcos at the Palace 

* Urban Bush Women dance co. at Dance Place at 4pm

*Cubano Groove at Alice's Jazz and Cultural Society from 6 to 9 pm

*Junkyard, Vybe, Suttle, Faycez You Know, Mature Clientele at Diamond Lounge in Annandale (dc go-go)

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Mon .  2-18



*Funky Miracle at Marvin

*MadeinTYO and Key! at U St. Music Hall (rappers)

*Empress Of at RnR Hotel (electro-pop)

*Robert Delong at Union Stage

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Tues. 2-19

Julia Holter at 930

*Adia Victoria at DC 9

*Cuban music and dance at Union Stage (free)

*Marian Mclaughlin at Creative Alliance

*Jacob Banks at 930 (UK soul singer)

*Cherish the Ladies at Barns of Wolf Trap (Irish-American)

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Wed. 2-20

Anderson .Paak at MGM National Harbor

Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 at the Howard Theatre

*Mnek and Raja Kumari at Union Stage 

* Beyond the Lyrics with Cecily at Songbyrd

* Roxanne Shante, Chubb Rock, and Hot Boy Turk at Baltimore Soundstage 

*BYB at Lucky Strike

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Thurs. 2-21

El Nino y la Verdad (Cuba dance band) for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

De Tierra Caliente duo & Ryan Tennis at Bossa

Farruquito at Strathmore (flamenco dance)

Kinky Friedman & Dale Watson at Creative Alliance

* James Mcmurtry at the Birchmere

*Pinegrove at Black Cat (sold out)

*Jonathan Richman at Ottobar

* Marsha Ambrosius at Baltimore Soundstage

*James Blake at Anthem

*Robert Lighthouse at Glen Echo (blues)

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Fri. 2-22

Tolumide: Suya Soul Music at Atlas (Nigerian vocalist)

*Lee Scratch Perry at Ottobar

Adina Howard and big Daddy Kane   at Bethesda Blues and Jazz

Vince Staples w/ Buddy at 930 (sold out)

D-Nice hiphop dance party at Kennedy Center

Calabash Fridays at Calabash

* Banda Los Recoditos & Banda Los Sebastianes at Rio Cantina 

*Rhett Miller acoustic at City Winery

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Sat.  2-23

Bacchanal Road!! The Trinidad Carnival Send-Off! at L8 Lounge, 727 15th St NW DC w/ Eruption Hi Power (NYC) | Dj FYAH OATS Global | DJ Bimshire(Team Soca)

Brothers Osbourne with Ruston Kelly at Anthem (country)

Jay Electronica at the Howard Theatre

Vince Staples  & Buddy at 930

The Suffers at U St Music Hall

*BYB and USB at Fire Station One in Silver Spring

*Meg Mac with Sydney Franklin at Union Stage

* Holes in the Sky: Lara Downes with Rhiannon Giddens at 6th & I

*The return of Shout Bamalama DJ night at Haydees

* Zouk, Kizomba, Kompa dj night at PaP Haitian In Silver spring

*Ritmos Raros BRAZILeiros Vol.7 Carnival Edition at Songbyrd

*Biff, Bang, Pow Dj night at Slash Run

*Shemekia Copeland at Baltimore Soundstage (blues)

*Kalanidhi Dance (classical India dance) at Dance Place

*Soul in Motion Players: "Drum Call" at Joe's Movement Emporium (West African dance)

*'October 71 at Rn R Hotel (DC experimental jazzy blues & rap w/ Rob Stokes, Sir EU & more)

*Techyes dj night at Sandovan Restaurant with Sir EU & Jamel Zuniga (FKA LeDetroit)

*What Band, New Impressionz, CCB at Fast Eddies

* Lily & Madeleine at Songbyrd (folk-rock)

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Sun. 2-24

Semilla Cultural presents Bomba Pathways (Puerto Rican dance music) at  5 pm at Atlas Performing Arts Center, H St NE

Feelin the Funk Band with special guests  Ray, Goodman, and Brown at Bethesda Blues and Jazz

Shahrokh Moshkin-Ghalam and Pezhvak Trio at NOVA comm College in Annandale (Persian Iranian music and dance)

*Jeffrey Osbourne at the Birchmere

*Adeline and the Mixxtress at Union Stage

*Baltimore record Bazaar at the Windup space at 11 am
                                 
*Kalanidhi Dance (classical India dance) at Dance Place

*Soul in Motion Players: "Drum Call" at Joe's Movement Emporium (West African dance)

*Game of Thrones rap competition at Velvet Lounge

*Robert Lighthouse at 1 pm at JVs (blues)

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Mon. 2-25

Serbian pianist Jasna Popovic for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

The Dream at U St Music Hall

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Tues. 2-26

pianist Utsav Lal (Indian ragas) for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

*The Blue Dahlia at Bossa at 7 pm (reggae, French chanson, folk, Latino, klezmer, swing) at Bossa

Cheick Hamala’s Griot Street at 9:30 pm at  Bossa  (DC-based Malian and band )

*William Basinski , Luke Stewart , Britton Powell at U St Music Hall (experimental)

*Son Little at City Winery 

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Wed.  2-27

War at the Birchmere

*Aaron Watson at 930 (Texas country)

*Gordon Parks' film "Shaft" at 12:30 at the National Gallery of Art East Bldg.

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Thurs. 2-28

* Andrea Salcedo (Mexican flamenco guitarist) with Francisco Yiyi Orozco (flamenco singer & percussionist) at 6:45 pm at the Mexican Cultural Institute

Champion Sound Band for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

CJ Chenier and the red Hot Louisiana Band at City Winery

Cissa Paz and friends at Bossa (Brazilian samba and forro)

William Tyler at Songbyrd (eclectic Nashville guitarist)

*Wiz Khalifa and Currensy at the Fillmore (rap) (sold out)

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Fri. 3-1

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Sat. 3-2- Kronos Quartet with Mahsa Vahdat at 6^th & I

Leo Dan at Howard Theatre

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Other cool stuff (mostly indie-rock & punk) –2-2-Lotion Princess, Slow Love, Abby Huston @ Pie Shop;  2-3-Sneaks at Songbyrd; * 2-4-Cramps tribute @ Slash Run; * Gauche @ Comet;  2-11-Panda Bear @ 930; * Eyelids & Brnda @ Comet;  *2-13-Cherry Glazerr @ U. St. Music Hall; *Current Joys, Gap Girls, Cigarette @ Black Cat;  2-14-Bob Mould @ 930;  *2-15- Thursday @ Union Stage; *Bottled Up, Dove Lady, Clear Channel @ Delicious Pies; *2-16- Thursday @ Union Stage;  The OSYX, Sheila, Teen Mortgage @ Delicious Pies;*2-17- Deerhoof, Speedy Ortiz, Pygmy Lunch @ Union Stage;  *Daughters  & Wolf Eyes @ Black Cat; *2-18-Corrosion of Conformity @ Ottobar; *2-19 -Empress Of @ Ottobar;  2-21-Gang of 4 @ U St. Music Hall;  2-23-Rojava Benefit w/ Anti-Flag , Homosuperior, No Man, Trophy @ St. Stephens ; *Park Snakes @ Dew Drop;  2-24-Chills at Black Cat (New Zealand pop); *2-25-Ty Segall & White Fence @ Ottobar; *2-27-Deerhoof, Speedy Ortiz & Soul Cannon at Ottobar; *2-28-Des Demonas 7" release party @ Comet w/ Cowboys, Pink Film; *Mundy @ D. Delicious Pies

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DC Baltimore Global music and more January 2019 Concert Calendar Gig List

DC/Baltimore Global Music and More- January 2019

Compiled by Steve Kiviat 

To subscribe-send an e-mail to dcbworld-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

To submit events (for posting) or comments (that are not posted) e-mail: ritmika (at) hotmail.com

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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. Don’t have time or space to add most jazz, classical, or other genres.

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 2019, Rolling Afrobeats Afropop 2019,  the Rolling Afro-Latin & the Capital Swamp & Chitlin Circuit  threads

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January 2019 Highlights –

Sat. 1-5- Orquesta Akokán for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (old-school Cuban mambo)

Mon. 1-7-Mdou Moctar and band at Creative Alliance in Baltimore (Sahel region of Africa band w/ great guitarist Moctar)

 Tues.  1-8-BCUC (Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness ) from South Africa for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Wed.   1-9-  Mdou Moctar and band(Sahel region of Africa  w/ great guitarist Moctar)  with artsy rock band Horse Lords at Union Stage 

Fri.  1-11- 47 soul at Tropicalia (Jordan)

Thurs. 1-24- Dogo at Bossa (music from Togo)

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Tues.  1-1

Kazaxe for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Wale and friends at the Fillmore

Hiphop Museum opens at the Listen vison studio, 2622 Georgia Avenue NW,

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Wed.  1-2

Smithsonian Folkways and Songbyrd team up for pre-release listening event for Folkways cd and book project "The Social Power of Music"! for free at 6 pm at Songbyrd (Part of Smithsonian’s 2019 year in music series with events in DC and around the country every day)

Showtime Bar Holiday party

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Thurs. 1-3

Ozomatli with Chopteeth at the 930 Club

Ruben Studdard sings Luther Vandross at the Howard Theatre

Chris Thomas King at Blues Alley (through 1-6)

Feedel Band at Bossa (DC-based Ethio-jazz)

Glenn Jones at City Winery

Edwin Ortiz at the Palladium (salsa)

Trio Caliente (Latin pop cover band)  for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Bluegrass at Union Stage

*Thrillbillys at JVs

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Fri.  1-4

47 soul at Tropicalia (Jordan) (sold out)

Tropical Dance Party: Leon City Sounds & Ty Hussell dj’ing at the Green Zone

Dupont Brass at Penn Social

“Calabash Fridays” at Calabash African Cuisine & Bar, 1514-c S Van Dorn St, Alexandria, VA (dj plays afrobeats, dancehall, hiphop)

Justin Timberlake at Capital One Arena

Chris Thomas King at Blues Alley (through 1-6)

Dakh Daughters for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Chante Moore at Birchmere

Motor City Live: a Motown Tribute at MGM National Harbor

Young Bleau at the Fillmore

Kool Keith with band at Howard Theatre

Black Alley at U St. Music Hall

Rare Essence and EU featuring Sugar Bear at Fast eddies

Bluegrass at Union Stage

Sirius company (w/ Frank Scooby Sirius & Ms. Kim) at Takoma Station at 11 pm (most Fridays)

* Save Your Soul vintage vinyl r'n'b dance party first Friday of the month at Lithuanian Hall in Baltimore with Djs Todd-o-phonic, Baby Alcatraz, and Rob Macy this month 

*Selamino and band at Enjera in Crystal City (Ethiopian guitar great leads a band nearly every Friday)

*Paul Wills & the Brothers 7 seven Band every Friday at Lamont's (soul)

*BYB & TOB at Aqua

* Rob Stokes at Songbyrd

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Sat. 1-5

Orquesta Akokán for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (old-school Cuban mambo)

DC Highlife Allstars unplugged at Port-au-Prince Haitian Restaurant in Silver Spring

Chris Thomas King at Blues Alley (through 1-6)

Afrokulture DJ night w/Afrobeat | HipHop | Reggae | Soca | Zouk | Dancehall  and more at Power, 2335 Bladensburg rd NE

Patsy Cline Tribute w/ Jess Eliot Myhre (Bumper Jacksons), Lauren Calve, Marueen Andary, Brian Farrow, Karen Jonas at 7:30 at Creative Cauldron, 410 S. Maple Ave, Falls Church

Daryl Davis and Patsy Stephens at College Park American Legion

Scythian at the Hamilton (Celtic rock)

Rare Essence at Aqua

“Graceland” tribute band at Pearl Street Warehouse

*BYB & Re-up Band at Masonic temple , U St

*Vybe Band at Ivy City Smokehouse

* Dj Todd-o-phonic spinning soul vinyl and more at Showtime in DC

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Sun.  1-6

Rodrigo Marim at Bossa (Brazilian country singer)

Tammi Savoy & Chris Casello, Jittery Jack &Miss Amy, Sean Mencher at Pearl Street Warehouse (a portion of proceeds go to After Dark musicians fund)

Paris Combo at City Winery

Chris Thomas King at Blues Alley (through 1-6)

Grazyna Auguscik (jazz vocalist) for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

*Hardway Connection at Lamont's

*BYB at Society Lounge

*3 Kings Day 

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Mon. 1-7

Mdou Moctar and band at Creative Alliance in Baltimore (Sahel region of Africa band  w/ great guitarist Moctar)      

John “Papa” Gros for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (New Orleans)

Ethiopian Christmas

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Tues.  1-8

BCUC (Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness ) from South Africa for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

* Just added-Sirius Company and What Band free, doors open at 9  at Fast Eddies in MD - special free price to honor shutdown federal government workers gig

Cal Folger Day (jazzy American guitarist/singer living in Dublin) w/ the Bonk and Forgetter at Rhizome

Noname at the 930 Club (sold out)

Ashlee Simpson & Evan Ross  at Union Stage

Lankum at Jammin Java (Ireland)

*Jackson Dean at Hill Country BBq (young country guitarist/singer)

*Hardway Connection at Hangar Club every Tuesday

*Jose Andre trio at Blues Alley (led by young piano prodigy)

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Wed.   1-9

 Mdou Moctar and band(Sahel region of Africa  w/ great guitarist Moctar)  with artsy rock band Horse Lords at Union Stage  

Ancestral Memories, a project by Cuban drummer Yosvany Terry and Baptiste Trotignon, captures the rhythms, melodies, and harmonies of the Caribbean, French Louisiana, and New Orleans, re-imagined through 21st century aesthetics and a jazz sensibility, for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Noname at the 930 Club(sold out)

Ashley McBryde at the Hamilton

Ja Rule at Baltimore Soundstage

Dancing with the Stars Live at MGM Grand

*BYB at Lucky Strike

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Thurs.  1-10

Songs of Sudan Jam Session at Bossa ft Kumera with special guests Amal Nourelhuda & Mohammed Suleiman

Movie-“Carolina Chocolate Drops’ Don’t Get Trouble in your Mind” at Creative Alliance

Jazz bass clarinetist and community organizer Todd Marcus presents On The Streets (A Baltimore Story), a musical portrait of his neighborhood of 20 years, where the death of community member Freddie Gray led to civil unrest. for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Motor City Live: a Motown Tribute at MGM National Harbor

SOS Band at Birchmere

Dancing with the Stars Live at Model Lyric in Baltimore

Leyla McCalla at the Soundry (former Carolina Chocolate Drop)

“All That Jazz” movie at 7 at Library of Congress Pickford Theatre

Terence Blanchard at Blues Alley (through Sunday 1-13)

*Johnny Rawls at JVs (blues-soul)

* Lady Moon & The Eclipse,  Brooklyn-based multicultural r'n'b influenced collective celebrates the eclipse at Studio Ga Ga ,1503 9th St NW 

* TCB doing 3 sets at Power (bounce-beat go-go)

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Fri.  1-11

Caitlin Canty with the Oshima Brothers at Jammin Java

Chuck Brown band at City Winery

47 soul at Tropicalia (Jordan) (return appearance)

Dumi RIGHT (of Zimbabwe Legit) with Akim Funk Buddha and other guests for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (hiphop)

MC Bravado at Songbyrd

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder at Birchmere

Da Kid Emm at Baltimore Soundstage (rap)

Leyla McCalla at the Hamilton

Leigh Beamer at the Lyceum 6 to 8 pm in Alexandria (folk)

*Johnny Rawls at Black Rock (blues-soul)

* Lyfe Jennings at Bethesda Blues and jazz

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Sat.  1-12

*Benefit for Greg Rosier whose house caught on fire, with Stone Pleasure, Lady Mary & Da House Band, Paul Wills & Brothers 7 Band, Jim Bennett,, Cymone Lovett & the Dreams, Hardway Connection Band (southern soul) at 8 pm at Lamont's   * POSTPONED TO JANUARY 26

Grandsons and Jumpin Jupiter, Virginia & the Blue Dots and more  at 930 Club (rockabilly)

Elin Brazilian jazz trio at Alexandria Speakeasy

Kompa, Zouk, & Kizomba dj night at Port-au-Prince Haitian Cuisine in Silver Spring

Jazz saxophonist Darryl Yokley and his band, Sound Reformation, present Pictures at an African Exhibition for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder at Birchmere

Gregory Alan Isakov at Baltimore Soundstage (singer/songwriter)

Mitchell Tenpenny at the Fillmore (country)

Riley Green at Union Jack’s Annapolis ( country)

Dom Flemons (African-American banjo player) at Prince George’s Publick Playhouse from  2:00 pm —3:15 pm

Carnival Baby at the Howard Theatre

Deep Sugar DC with Ultra Naté, Lisa Moody, Keenan Orr at U St. Music Hall (house danceclub music)

Backyard Band and New Impressionz at Fast Eddies

Boosie at Bliss DC

Junkyard Band with Ms. Kim & Scooby/ Sirius Compnay at the Hilton Crystal City

*Awthentik at Rock n Roll Hotel

*Johnny Rawls at  Madam's Organ (blues-soul)

* Lyfe Jennings at Bethesda Blues and jazz

* Conjunto Bomba at 7:30 at Bossa
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Sun.  1-13

Susan Mumford tribute event at the 930 Club

Andre Mehmari Trio for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage   (Avante-garde Brazilian bossa jazz)

pianist Andrew E. Simpson accompanies live Yasujiro Ozu's 1932 comedy film  I Was Born, But . . . at 2 pm at Freer/Sackler

Anthony Brown and Group Therapy at Bethesda Blues and Jazz (gospel)

Maggie’s Celtic celebration at Rams Head Live

* Gospel festival with Divine of Annapolis, Dr. Karen Johnson is the pastor. The performing guests will be Evangelist Skipwith & Inspiration of Gaston, NC, The Christian Cavaliers of Annapolis, MD, Fathers Completion of Baltimore, MD, DiVine Favor of Savanna, GA, Gospel Pearls of Washington, DC, The Gospel Revelators of Baltimore, MD, The Mitchellvillette of Glen Burnie, MD, Chozen of Severna Park, MD. Lil Jay & The SB of Newark, NJ and Christian Comedian E – Boogie are the Special Guests. Radio Personality Eric “Bossman” Graham, Doresa Harvey (The Mid-Day Diva), and Stephanie Williams McDonald of VSC Christian Radio & TV will be the emcees.   at 5 pm  at First Christian Community Church of Annapolis at 1800 Hall-Brown Road Annapolis, MD. 

* Afrobeats Brunch 1 to 9 at Akwaaba Lounge in DC

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Mon.   1-14 

Cante Alentejano (southern Portugal choral music) for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Queen Aisha blues from 6 to 9 at Westminster Church

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Tues. 1-15

Mo with Abra at 930 (Denmark) (sold out)

Travis Tritt at the Birchmere

*Lustre Kings Elvis tribute at Hill Country BBQ

*Tiffany Lloyd at Blues Alley

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Wed. 1-16

Travis Tritt at the Birchmere

Chiffon, Geo Rip, Chambers, Giant Wave at Ottobar (electro-pop)

* Toots & the Maytals at the Barns of Wolf Trap (sold out)

*Lyuti Chushki (Bulgarian Folk Music) at Bossa Bistro

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Thurs. 1-17

Paris Noir, The African American History of Paris, talk by Tristan Cabello at the Alliance Francaise from 7 to 9:30pm

Motor City Live: a Motown Tribute at MGM National Harbor

The Ventures at the Birchmere (surf)

Drumline live at the Lyric

Main Source at Union Stage (rap)

*Thrillbillys at JVs

*Diplo at Echostage 

* Ja Rule at Fillmore (rap)

* Vivian Green at Rams Head Onstage, Annapolis

* What Band w/ Michelle Blackwell at Martinis

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Fri .  1-18

James Blood Ulmer solo at Strathmore’s Amp (jazz-funk guitar)

Anthony Hamilton at MGM National Harbor

Chuck Brown Band at Bethesda Blues and jazz

Percussionist/bandleader Bobby Sanabria and his MultiVerse Big Band: West Side Story Reimagined at Kennedy Center

Project Charma   for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage  (hiphop dance)

De La Ghetto at Rio Cantina

Arty Hill and the Long Gone Daddys at Creative Alliance

23^rd annual Iranian Film Fest starts at the Freer with Mostafa Sayari’s “The Graveless” at 7pm

*Frederick Yonnet at Blues Alley (through 1-20)


* Afrodisiac Fridays at Akwaaba Lounge in DC (Afrobeats dj)

* Native American march in DC

* Rare Essence and Dynasty Band at Fast Eddies 

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Sat. 1-19

* Rose Moraes sings Jobim at 7:30 at Creative Cauldron in Falls Church

Women’s March

Japanese Breakfast at Baltimore Soundstage

Dylan Scott at the Fillmore

Gabby’s World at Songbyrd

Jorge Glem (NYC  four-string Venezuelan cuatro player) with Cuban/Venezuelan pianist Cesar Orozco at Creative Alliance

Let Freedom Sing, Martin Luther King tribute feat. Howard University Gospel Choir from 2 to 4 at Bowie Performing Arts Center

Kankouran West African Dance Company at Dance Place

Cold Chocolate at Seekers Church (Americana w/bluegrass)

New Impressionz at Union Stage

*Dance from India at the Barns of wolf Trap

*Dubistry at Bossa (reggae, punk, jazz hybrid band)

*JYB , 32, Dynasty Band at Hangar club

* Madeinthe DMV  .com Music, Art, Tech conference , DC Dream Center, 2826 Q St SE  w/ B Younger (New Yorker writer), Laurence Burney (the Fader writer), and more for free 

* Team Familiar at Nipsey's 

*Rare Essence at Aqua

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Sun. 1-20

Mousey Thompson and the James Brown Experience at City Winery

* Chocolate City Bounce with TCB, Reaction Band, TOB, ABM, CCB, XIB, Tru Expressionz at Echostage 10pm to 4 am

Dupont Brass for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Rare Essence w/ Be’la Dona  at the Hamilton

Junkyard Band at Baltimore Soundstage

A Tribute to Frankie Knuckles w/ Dueling DJ's: Tedd Patterson and Manny Ward at 930 Club

ASAP Rocky at Anthem (rap)

Panic at the Disco! At Capital One Arena

Motor City Live: a Motown Tribute at MGM National Harbor

Movies from 3 to 5:15 at Smithsonian African American History & Culture museum --Spit (2014)-Jeremiah “Monk-One” Sinclair, an under-ground New York hip-hop artist, reaches the end of his career. And Rock Rubber 45s (2018)--A cinematic odyssey exploring the connectivity of global basketball, sneaker, and music lifestyle through the firsthand lens of authentic New York City cultural ambassador Bobbito García. Post Screening Conversation with Mtume Gant and Bobbito García.  (check with museum as shutdown may not be over)

Kankouran West African Dance Company at Dance Place

Step Afrika at Strathmore at 5 pm

Vivian Green at Bethesda Blues and Jazz

Backyard Band and What Band at Bliss DC

Rich Medina at Union Stage

*Hardway Connection at Lamont's

*Lyfe Jennings and Team familiar at Fast Eddies

* "Led Zeppelin Played Here" at AFI Silver at 8pm (Jeff Krulik movie doc about whether the band played in Wheaton in 1969) 

*reggaeton party at the Fillmore

*Sirius Company w/ Ms. Kim & Scooby & Vybe Band at Lucky Strike

*Black Alley at Society Lounge, Silver Spring

* BYB and What Band (w/ special guest Killa Cal) 10 pm  till 4 am  at Bliss DC 

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Mon. 1-21

Let Freedom Ring!, MLK tribute at Kennedy Center Concert Hall with Audra McDonald and  Brian Stokes Mitchell and the Let Freedom Ring Choir led by Music Director Rev. Nolan Williams Jr.            for free from 6 pm at Kennedy Center (free tix line starts at 4)

Angie Stone at the Birchmere

3rd annual Martin Luther King Day March at 12 noon on January 21st in the City of Falls Church, Virginia. The march will be followed by a program at the historic Falls Church Episcopal Church at 166 E. Broad Street in Falls Church.

MLK Peace March and parade at 10 am at Anacostia Community Museum

MLK tribute at 3:30 at Strathmore

Eddie Jones & the Young Bucks from 6 to 9 at Westminster Church Blues and soul Monday

*Dave Kline international jazz band at Bllues Alley at 8 and 10 pm

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Tues. 1-22

Drew Kid (Filipino immigrants’s son who plays piano and now sings over his jazz, soul, and funk) for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Mick Jenkins with Special Guest Kari Faux at 6^th & I (rap)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe: From the Gospel Highway to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame " lecture by Professor Gayle Wald at Smithsonian American History Museum

Tommy Emanuel at the Birchmere (Australian acoustic guitarist)

 "Led Zeppelin Played Here" at New Deal Cafe at 7:30 in Greenbelt (Jeff Krulik movie doc about whether the band played in Wheaton in 1969) 

*Peter Asher and Jeremy Clyde at Rams Head Onstage, Annapolis

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Wed.  1-23

*Post-Classical Ensemble presents Cultural Fusion: The Gamelan Experience at the Washington Cathedral with Javanese and Balinese gamelan with dancers, archival films and more (telling the story of composer Claude Debussy being introduced to Indoesian music and dance at the 1889 Paris Exposition) 

Tommy Emanuel at the Birchmere (Australian acoustic guitarist)

Petal at Songbyrd (wispy rock)

*Danny Burns at  Rams Head Onstage, Annapolis

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Thurs. 1-24

 Dogo at  9:30 at Bossa (music from Togo)

Trio Trela at 7:30 at Bossa (folk music) (separate admission price)

Members of the Bokamoso Life Centre, associated with  Winterveld, South Africa, will perform traditional South African songs and original poetry, while speaking with the audience about their personal stories and experienes from 6 to 8 at the South African Embassy, 3051 Mass. Ave NW

Kacey Musgraves and Natalie Prass  at Anthem (sold out)

Motor City Live: a Motown Tribute at MGM National Harbor

Windzay Love at 5:30 at Luce/American Art Museum

Roy Ayers at Blues Alley (through 1-27)

*Chuck Brown Band at Rams Head Onstage, Annapolis

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Fri. 1-25

Mourning [A] BLKstar for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (r'n'b/jazz with lyrical black consciousness)

Mourning [A] BLKstar & Black Folks Don't Swim? & Lightmare at Rhizome

El Alfa at Club Elevate (dembow)

Brandy with the NSO Pops at the Kennedy Center

Shoreline Mafia at the Fillmore (rap)

Sun Ra Arkestra at Ottobar

Internacional Carro Show at The Palace

Motor City Live: a Motown Tribute at MGM National Harbor

Jon B at the Howard Theatre

Spinners at Bethesda Blues and Jazz

Kentavius Jones Album Release w/ Brooks Long & The Mad Dog No Good at Creative Alliance

Steve Earle at City Winery

Aretha tribute at Amp

*Brandy with the Nat. Symphony Orchestra Pops at Kennedy Center (doing r'n'b covers)

* Backyard Band and TOB at Aqua

*Rare Essence and Mature Clientele Band at Fast Eddies 

*Sirius Company at Takoma Station

* Guster at 930

* Cristian Perez Quintet with Emanuel Trifilio at Creative Cauldron 

* Baby Alcatraz and Action Pat at 10 spinning old rock & soul 45s at Showtime Bar

*Afro-Caribbean Friday at the Xscape bar in Laurel (djs)

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Sat. 1-26

* *Benefit for Greg Rosier whose house caught on fire, with Stone Pleasure, Lady Mary & Da House Band, Paul Wills & Brothers 7 Band, Jim Bennett,, Cymone Lovett & the Dreams, Hardway Connection Band (southern soul) at 8 pm at Lamont's   

Final ever Archie Edwards Barbershop Blues Jam from 1 to 5 pm in Riverdale, MD (lost their lease, new location after tba)

* Dadju at Elevate (French-Congolese afrobeats singer)

* Kiti Garner at the College Park American Legion (swing, two-step, cha-cha dance band)   

Carl Thomas at the Howard Theatre

Blaze- a Pre-Carnival Warm-Up Fete at L8, 727 15^th St. NW with DMV Djs DJ Majestic | DJ Bimshire | Geovoni | Whyteboi The DJ

David Sánchez: CARIB at Kennedy Center (jazz with a Caribbean tint)

 *From the Streets of Washington, an artist panel at GalleryOonH featuring Michael Horsley, Cynthia Connolly, Chris Suspect and Carolyn Toye Photography, moderated by Jeff Krulik! from 1 to 3 pm at the Gallery O on Hst NE, 1354 H St NE where the Michael Horsley 1980s DC photos installation is going on until Feb. 8th 

“Shaft” (1971 Gordon Parks directed movie w/ Isaac Hayes soundtrack) for free at 2 pm at National Gallery of Art (will only show if government shutdown is over)

“Shaft’s Big Score” (1972 Gordon Parks directed movie) for free at 4 pm at National Gallery of Art (will only show if government shutdown is over)

Kokayi at Kennedy Center (rap)

Neko Case and Margaret Glaspy at Lincoln Theatre (sold out)

Atlantic Starr at the Birchmere

Nile Rodgers & Chic at MGM National Harbor

Phillip Michael Parsons at Milkboy Arthouse (country)

Film and Discussion with filmmaker Mignotae Kebede : What Happened 2 Chocolate City? 2 to 4 at Anacostia Community Museum

Ritmos Raros Del Mundo: El Poder Tropical de DC Vol. 4 with djs Leon City Sounds | Sir-Ramases | Marcello Bentine Special Guest: Patrick Griffin aka Action Pat - Tropico Chicago at Songbyrd at 11 pm

Be’la Dona at Bethesda Blues and Jazz

*Bumper Jacksons at the Barns of Wolf Trap

*Brandy with the Nat. Symphony Orchestra at Kennedy Center

* Sam Ndangos Cameroonian party at Gee's in Hyattsville, MD

*Backyard Band's 90s party at Martini's 

*Rare Essence and Da One Band at Aqua


*Brandy with the Nat. Symphony Orchestra Pops at Kennedy Center (doing r'n'b covers)

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Sun.  1-27

King Princess at 930 (Sold out)

* 10th annual DC Record Fair at Penn Social with djs Geologist, Cynthis Connolly, and DJ Nitekrawler

Neko Case and Margaret Glaspy at Lincoln Theatre

Big Howdy Band (bluegrass) at Creative Cauldron in Falls Church

Kingston Trio at the Birchmere

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Mon. 1-28

José André Montaño for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage  (13-year-old DC-based Bolivian jazz pianist )

Rose Moraes (Brazilian vocalist) at Blues Alley

* Full Power Blues at Westminster Church SW

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Tues. 1-29

Young Dolph at the Fillmore

Gaelic Storm at the Birchmere

JoGo Project at Blues Alley (album release party)

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Wed. 1-30

Robert Gordon & Chris Spedding with Jumpin’ Jupiter at City Winery (rockabilly)

District of Raga Presents Ram Viswanathan at 8:30 PM at  Bossa Bistro + Lounge

Renato Bellucci, a treasured classical guitarist from Paraguay,  with singer Chiara Bellucci for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Gaelic Storm at the Birchmere

George Clanton at Songbyrd (electro-pop)

Alexander Rozenbaum and his band at Lisner ( singer and songwriter, also known as the "Russian Bob Dylan," he will present a new show – "Neformat.")

*International Guitar Night at the Barns of Wolf Trap

* Clams Casino at Flash

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Thurs. 1-31

Navy’s premier country-bluegrass ensemble Country Current, for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Elley Duhe at Songbyrd

Cissa Paz at Bossa (Brazilian)

Corey Harris at Blues Alley (through 2-2)

*International Guitar Night at the Barns of Wolf Trap

* What Band for free at Martinis (donations encouraged for Community Food Bank and furloughed Feds)

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Fri. 2-1

* Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas for free at 6 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Afropolitan DC  - The Black Heritage Experience at St. Yves

Toni Braxtion & SWV at MGM

Will Downing at Birchmere

Sat. 2-2

Three panelists discuss the impact music had on African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance, from 1 to 3 at Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD

Gospel celebration 1 to 3 at Hillcrest Heights Community Center

*Buddy Holly Tribute at Knight of Columbus, Cedar lane, Bethesda

*BYB and TCB at Fire Station One, Silver Spring

*Team Familiar and EU at Fast Eddies

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Other cool stuff (mostly indie-rock & punk) –1-2-New Orleans electropop band Tra$h Magnolia w/  vocalist and composer Sasha Masakowski @ K. Ctr. Mill. Stage;  Doyle of Misfits @ Jammin Java; 1-5-Big Ups, Flasher, File Select @ Comet;-Dot Dash, the Ubangis, Apollo 66 @ Amer. Legion #41;   1-12-Hammered Hulls @ Comet P. P.; Jon Spencer & the Hitmakers and the Ar-kaics @ Black Cat;  ; 1-13- Susan Mumford tribute @ 930 Club; 1-15-Ar-kaics @ Ottobar; *1-16-Bacchae & T-Rextasy  @ Dangerous Pies;   1-17-Mineral, Tancred @ Black Cat; 1-19-Camper Van Beethoven & Cracker @ 930;  * 1-22-Dark Thoughts @ Comet; 1-23-Grails & Helen Money @ Union Stage;  1-24 –La la La La @ Comet; 1-25-The Brummies @ U. St. Music Hall;  *1-26-TK Echo @ Rhizome; 1-27-Richard Lloyd @ City Winery; Daddy Issues @ Songbyrd; The End of the Ocean @ Ottobar; 1-28-Thin Lips @ Songbyrd; * Leeds and Ours @ Union Stage; 1-31-Amen Dunes @ 930;

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