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

DC/Baltimore Global Music and More- January 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 

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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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