Saturday, March 2, 2019

DC/ Baltimore March 2019 Global Music and More Concert Calendar Gig List




DC/Baltimore Global Music and More- March 2019

Compiled by Steve Kiviat 
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International, roots, rap, soul, indie-rock, punk and more. I used to list edgier rock separately at the bottom, but am now just putting everything together.  I include some locally based act gigs, but not all. I also don’t have time or space to add most jazz, classical, folk, metal 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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March 2019 Highlights (Lots this month)–
Sat.   3-2- Kronos Quartet with Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat—Music for Change: The Banned Countries at 6th & I
Fri.  3-8- Gregorio Uribe at Tropicalia (Colombia cumbia)
Wed.  3-13 & Thurs. 3-14-Habib Koite and Bassekou Kouyate at Barns of Wolf Trap (Malian singer joins up with Malian ngoni player and their bands)       Due to " travel issues "  there will be just a Thursday night show only, with Koite &  percussionist Mama Kone

Fri. 3-15- Grupo Niche at the Palace (legendary salsa band)
Noura Mint Seymali and Band at Milkboy Arthouse (Mauritania singer and her afro-psychedelic band)
Eddie Palmieri at Blues Alley (Latin jazz and salsa pianist) (through the 17th)
Sat. 3-16- Mad Lads at Harmony Hall (Stax label soul) (nearly sold out )
Wed. 3-20- Syriac Hymns (Syrian Christian Aramaic songs) sung by Lubana for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Thurs. 3-21 -The Comet is Coming at U St Music Hall (funky, jazzy, noisy horns and more from UK)
Sun. 3-24-Blind Boys of Alabama w/ Amy Black at City Winery DC
Wed.  3-27- Mr. Eazi at the Fillmore (Nigerian programmed afrobeats and Banku) POSTPONED TO APRIL 25
Dayme Arocena (Cuban vocalist who lives in Fla.) at Blues Alley at 8 and 10
Fri. 3-29-  Noura Mint Seymali @ Creative Alliance in Baltimore (Mauritanian singer & her afro-psych band)


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Fri.  3-1
Dirty Dozen Brass Band at the Hamilton
Afro-Colombian Dance Party w/ Tribu Baharu @ Creative Alliance
Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton @ College Park Old Parrish House, 4711 Knox Road
Ray Sepulveda @ Diamond Lounge
Sirius Company @ Takoma Station (go-go W/ Scooby & Kim)
BaTiDa! Brazilian Vinyl Dance Party-Marcello Bentine & Neal Becton @ Haydees
Calabash Fridays at Calabash African
Project Locréa at 8 pm at Atlas (international)
Alan Cave at a Masquerade Fete at Gisele’s in Silver Spring (Haitian)
Saba Abraha     for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage      (folk)
Ravi Coltrane Quartet at Milkboy Arthouse
Afropolitan DC at Ultrabar
Ray Scott at Hill Country
Marshall Crenshaw and the Bottle Rockets at the Birchmere
Bacchae at 1 pm at the Bridge Café (DC postpunk)
Bitter Dose Combo for free at 7 at Columbia Pike Branch Library (gypsy jazz and swing)
Ed Schrader’s Music Beat, Param Anand Singh, Brnda, Erotic Thrillers at Dangerous Pies DC
Quinn XCII at Fillmore
Leo Dan at Howard Theatre
Jade Novah at Songbyrd (sold out)
Charanee Wade : Offering ; the Music of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson at Atlas
Steve Forbert @ the Soundry
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Sat.  3-2
Kronos Quartet Masterclass at 11 am at Freer/Sackler
Kronos Quartet with Iranian singer Mahsa Vahdat—Music for Change: The Banned Countries at 6th & I
Leo Dan at Howard Theatre
The Beths at Union Stage (good New Zealand pop-rock) (sold out)
Roseanne Cash and band at Strathmore
Backyard Band Mardi Gras gig at Paradigm in Upper Marlboro
Rare Essence and Da One Band at Aqua
TOB and Drama Squad at the Hangar Club (bounce beat go-go)
Deerhunter at 930 Club early show doors at 6
Mardi Gras at the Wharf at 2 pm
Brazilian Carnival day party at 3 at St. Yves
Chuck Brown Band at Harmony Hall in Ft. Washington, MD
Ray Apollo Allen with Lara Hope and the Arktones @ Villain & Saint
Proper Utensils at Lucky Strike
Korean Shamanic Percussion: Noreum Machi at 8 PM @ Creative Alliance
Fru Skagerrak (Norway, Sweden, Denmark) at 7:30pm at The Public Option, 1601 Rhode Island Ave NE, DC
Gaby Moreno  for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage  (jazzy and bluesy rock and soul)
Le Butcherettes at DC9 (sold out)
Collider (album release), the Rememrables, FuzzQueen at Dangerous Pies
Crown Vic’s Weird World Dj at 11 pm at Daikaya Ramen
Matoma at Echostage
Los Caminantes de Agustin Ramirez at Club one in Alexandria
Kodie Shane at Songbyrd
Boosie at Bliss
Furia Flamenca Dance Co –“Flamenco y Mas’ at Atlas  
Carnival party  at Sandovan
Brazilian Carnival party at St Yves
Gerardo Contino & Los Habaneros at Habana Village (Cuband timba dance music from NY)
Ed Rush at U St Music Hall (electro) (l0:30pm)
Shaeld at 7 pm at at U St Music Hall (sold out)
Popa Chubby and Sol Roots at the Soundry

*Chiefrocker Busy B & friends at Ottobar
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Sun. 3-3
Capital Irish Film Fest Closing Night: Lomax In Éirinn w/ Q&A at the AFI at 5:30pm
Jacquees at Fillmore (r’n’b singer)
Granny and the Boys at Showtime Lounge every Sunday
Sweet Honey in the Rock at the Birchmere
Regulo Caro at the Palace
Hardway Connection at Lamont’s (?)

Deerhunter @ Ottobar (sold out)
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Mon.  3-4
Scott Ramminger with special guest Mardi Gras blues at Westminster Church 6 to 9 pm
Noreum Machi   for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage  (Korean)
Sweet Lizzy Project (country from Cuba) w/ Luke James Shaffer for free at Dangerous Pies
Cass Mccombs at Union Stage (indie rock)
Puma Blue at Songbyrd

* Ben Fisher at Moishe House in DC
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Tues. 3-5
Fat Tuesday and carnival
Cheick Hamala’s griot Street at Bossa
Fleetwood Mac at Capital One Arena
US Army Swamp Romp Band plays Louisiana music for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage    
B2K, Mario, Pretty Ricky, Lloyd, Chingy and the Ying Yang Twins at Eaglebank Arena  
A Boogie Wit da Hoodie at Fillmore (rap)
Jon Cleary at the Hamilton
Cold Cave, Adult at Union Stage (indie rock)
Mya Folick at Songbyrd (Japanese-American singer/songwriter)
Mardi Gras Party at the Park club, 14th St NW DC
Fat Tuesday party at the Louisiana , 1708 Alicanna st., Baltimore w/ Zach Serleth Swingtet
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Wed.  3-6
The Caribbean, Crooks and Crows at Dangerous Pies (rock)
A conversation with Magos Herrera (Mexican jazz singer) and Brooklyn Rider (string quartet) at 6:45pm at Mexican Cultural Institute (they have an album together & will be at Kennedy Ctr. April 7th)
Lunay at Bravo Bravo
Black Queen at Union Stage
Njomza at Songbyrd

*Backyard Band at Lucky Strike 
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Thurs. 3-7
New African Film Festival Opening: The Burial of Kojo + Q&A @ 7:15 PM · AFI Silver Theatre
Feedel Band at Bossa (Ethio-jazz)
Mike Krol, Wild Flowers of America, Teen Mortgage at Comet (rock)
Ice Cube at Anthem (rap)
Saweetie, LightskinKeisha, Megan thee stallion at Fillmore
Madeleine Peyroux and Paula Cole at the Birchmere
Cheryl Pepsi Riley at Union Stage
Little Feat at the Warner Theatre
Gavin James at Singbyrd (Ireland )
Her’s at Songbyrd (UK pop-rock) (sold out)
Matthew Dear and Output Message , IMKA at U St Music Hall (electro)
Roomful of Blues and Vintage 18 at the Soundry

*Southern Avenue (Memphis r'n'b band) opens for JJ Grey & Mofro at 930 Club

* Kid Claws at Slash Run 
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Fri.  3-8
Gregorio Uribe at Tropicalia (Colombia cumbia)
Perdidos de Sinaloa, La Banda Chacaloza, & La Reunion Nortena at 90 Degrees in Manassas
Montez de Durango, and Los Fugitivos at Cococabana in Hyattsville (Mexican-American duranguese)
Jonavo from São Paulo at Bossa Bistro early show at 7:30
The Manhattans featuring Gerald Alston at the Birchmere (r’n’’b)
Akua Allrich- Tribute To Nina Simone & Miriam Makeba @ Creative Alliance
Coldness and lightness dance for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage     
Marta Pereira da Costa at the Portuguese Embassy ((Portuguese fado guitarist )
The Judy Chops at Dangerous Pies
Cypress Hill, Hollywood Undead, Demrick & Xzibit at Fillmore
Roomful of Blues at the Hamilton
Carnival de Barranquilla at L8 Lounge
Tonazo Peruano at Ivy City Smokehouse
Oh He Dead, Foots x Coles, Novo at Union Stage
Knife Wife and Jax Deluca from 6 to 8 at Luce Smithsonian American Art Museum

*Mavericks at the Lincoln Theatre (alt-country )

* Black Folks Don’t Swim? at MilkBoy ArtHouse

*Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration for Joni Mitchell at 8 pm on MD Public tv 

*Backyard Band and TCB at 10:45 pm at Aqua 

* Hamid Al-Saadi and Safaafir at 7:30 at Freer Gallery Meyer Auditorium (Iraqi )
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Sat.   3-9

* movie "Wahenga (The Ancestors)"  at 12:45 pm at the AFI Silver (part of New African Film Fest) about a 60-something Tanzanian musician who sets out to put together an Allstar band of older Tanzanian musician to to play Tanzanian Zilipendwa music.  (US premiere)
Viva Brasil! 13th Annual Carnival Dance Party @ 8 PM @ Creative Alliance
Robyn at Anthem

*Lamont Savoy's birthday party with the Hardway Connection plus 2 dj's at Lamont's (southern soul)
Big Joe & the Dynaflows at Rosedale American Legion (blues and r’n’b)
Jess Eliot Myhre & the Honky Tonk Heroes (Two-Stepping Dance Party) at Hill Country DC
Tropical Beat: Leon City Sounds, Soul Call Paul & Marcello at Haydees
Proper Utensils at Chateau Remix (old-school go-go)
Kompa, Zouk & Kizomba Night at 10 PM at Port-au-Prince Haitian Cuisine
Marta Pereira da Costa  for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage  (Portuguese fado guitarist )
Stone Driver, Betamax (W/ Steve Hansgen who was in Minor Threat for a year) , Not My Vice at Dangerous Pies (sold out)
Alice Smith at Lincoln Theatre
Frank Reyes at the VIP Room in Baltimore
Maelo Ruiz y Orquesta Adolescentes at the Howard Theatre
Whiskey Myers with Bones Owens at Fillmore
La Sonora at Club One
NBA Young Boy at Echostage
Bae Bae K-pop Dance Party at U St Music Hall
Syleena Johnson at Bethesda Blues and Jazz
Bellows, Shannen Moser, Makeup Girl at Comet P

*Lavender Suarez at 12 & 3 at Rhizome (experimental music)

Sound Heals All Wounds performance showcase from 7 to 11 pm featuring:
C. Lavender (NY),   Claire Rousay (TX),  Ernesto Cárcamo Cavazos (Mexico) , Jamal Moore (Baltimore), Jeff Carey (Baltimore), Rahul Nair, Raven Bauer Durham at Rhizome (experimental music)

*Backyard Band and New Impressionz at Fast Eddies 
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Sun.  3-10
Brazilian Carnival party at 3 pm at Wilson Hardware
 Jazmine Sullivan & Maimouna Youssef (Part of #BGRFest) at Kennedy Center
Jazz in the Basement: Blue Note Celebration, Screening, Concert at 1 PM at Goethe-Institut Washington
Molly Nilsson at Union Stage (Swedish singer)
Charles Butler and trinity and the seek and Find Project at 3  at Bethesda Blues and Jazz

* David Murray solo and in trio with Luke Stewart (bass) and Trae Crudup (drums) at 5 at Rhizome (avante-garde jazz)

*Homo Superior , Tosser, Yesferatu live on WMUC Third Rail Radio 6 to 9pm in the WMUC studio @ U of MD Main Dining Hall  for free (punk)

*"What Happened 2 Chocolate City" movie doc  about DC gentrification at 2 pm  at the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum followed by a panel discussion

* Tui (album release) with Bobby Thompson at Seekers Church, 276 Carroll St. NW (by Takoma Metro) (Institure of Musical Traditions gig)
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Mon  3-11
Trippie Redd at Filmore (sold out)
Jethro Tull at MGM
Robert Cray at Rams Head Annapolis (blues and soul)

* Le Crabe and A Ten Year Winter at Rhizome (Le Crabe is a French Hip-Hop/Noise/Breakcore/Industrial artist & A Ten Year Winter is a French noise/hiphop producer) 

* Trash Palace presents Psyche-out at the Cinema at Slash Run 
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Tues.  3-12
Gopal, Gunn & Gleason at Blues Alley
Travis Scott at Capital One Arena (rap)

*Sirius & Company live recording at City Winery

*Niiice at Songbyrd (Minneapolis emo punk)
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Wed.  3-13
Habib Koite and Bassekou Kouyate at Barns of Wolf Trap (Malian singer joins up with Malian ngoni player and their bands)

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

*Samuel Prather at Blues Alley (jazz/funk)   

*Open mic: Latin Sessions with dj'd beats by Sonia Maria at Songbyrd
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Thurs.   3-14 

-Habib Koite and Bassekou Kouyate at Barns of Wolf Trap (Malian singer joins up with Malian ngoni player and their bands)       Due to " travel issues "  there will be just a Thursday night show only, with Koite &  percussionist Mama Kone 
Brent Birckhead     ( jazz and hiphop saxophonist) for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage     
 Mwenso and the Shakes Live Concert Recording @ Creative Alliance
Eddie Palmieri at Blues Alley (Latin jazz and salsa pianist) (through the 17th)
Mashriq Magrib jam session  with Huda Asfour at Bossa
BSO “Appalachian Spring” at Strathmore
Kinky Friedman and Dale Watson at the Birchmere (folks, honkytonk country, roots)
Nicholas Rodrguez at Amp
Amy Winehouse Tribute  at Union Stage

*Kim & Scooby w/ special appearances by Sugar Bear (EU) and Derrick of Vybe band, at reopened for go-go Lefontaine Bleu

* Lil Tracy at Songbyrd (sold out) downstairs

* Bottled Up upstairs at Songbyrd (garage rock)

*Andrea Von Kampen at Hill Country Live (singer-songwriter)

*Wylder at City Winery (DC indie pop-rock)
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Fri. 3-15
Grupo Niche at the Palace (legendary salsa band)
Noura Mint Seymali and Band at Milkboy Arthouse (Mauritania afro-psychedelic)
Eddie Palmieri at Blues Alley (Latin jazz and salsa pianist) (through the 17th)
Ella Mai at the Fillmore (sold out)
Nicholas Payton: Afro-Caribbean Mixtape at 7:00 PM at Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre (From New Orleans to the Caribbean and Africa)

*B2K, Mario, Omarion, Pretty Ricky, Lloyd, Chingy, and Ying Yang Twins at Eaglebank Arena (slightly old-school pop & rnb)
La Dinastia de Tuzantla , Mic, & El Mimosa at 90 Degrees
Be’La Dona at City Winery (go-go)
Cissa Paz & JP Silva Pocket Show at Bossa (Brazilian)
Dan Melchior , Foul Swoops , Repo Fam @ 8:30 PM  @ Slash Run (garage rock)
 Mwenso and the Shakes Live Concert Recording @ Creative Alliance
Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams at Barns of Wolf Trap
Loston Harris at Amp (swing jazz pianist)
Del & Dawg (Del McCoury and David Grisman)
Stella Donnelly w/ Faye Webster at U St Music Hall
Red Baraat at the Hamilton
Nengo Flow at Galaxy Nightclub
El Chaval at Diamond Lounge
Miky Woodz at Elevate Club
Driver Era, Public at Union Stage (sold out)
Legends of Hiphop at Royal Farms Arena
Liberian Entertainment Awards welcome party at Bliss
Classix DJ set at U St Music Hall

* Dan Melchior, Foul Swoops, Repo Fam at Slash Run (garage punk)

*Dina Paucar at Niralla Banquet Hall, Springfield, VA (Peruvian folk singer)

*Full Bush at Songbyrd (garage rock)

* Huda Asfour, Mike Khoury (of Zombie Frequencies of the Palestinian Diaspora), Leyya Mona Tawil at Rhizome (Palestinian diaspora artists)
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Sat. 3-16

*Nowruz: Persian New Year Celebration at Freeer Sackler 11 am to 5 pm with performances, storytelling, crafts and food and more
Erykah Badu @ the Anthem (r’nb) with Sirius Company (dc go-go) & rapper Pinky Killacorn opening

* Sirius Company is also playing later at Lucky Strike (9:30  pm to 2 am)
Eddie Palmieri at Blues Alley (great Latin jazz and salsa pianist) (through the 17th)

*Kodo Drummers at George Mason Center for the Arts
Niyaz at Strathmore (vocalist Azam Ali & instrumentalist Loga Ramin Torkian blend Sufi poetry, Iranian folk & electronica)

movie "Zerzura" at 8:45 pm at AFI Silver (as part of New African Film Fest)  Written and developed with a Tuareg cast and shot in and around Agadez, Niger, this magical odyssey across the Sahara — possibly the first Nigerien acid Western — follows protagonist and guitarist Ahmoudou Madassane (from Mdou Moctar's band) as he sets out in search of an enchanted oasis. (recommended, I liked it)
Cissa Paz Band @ 5 PM @ The Line Hotel DC
Teenage Fanclub at 930 (pop-rock)
Nate Smith + Kinfolk with Van Hunt at Kennedy Center (jazz and r’n’b)
Loi Loi (Record Release), Light Beams, Born Dad at Comet (rock)
 Les Poules à Colin @ Creative Alliance (Quebec folk)
Mad Lads at Harmony Hall (Stax label soul) (nearly sold out ) (recommended)
Flesheaters (reunited LA punk band w/ Chris D & members of X & Blasters) with new Greg Norton (from Husker Du) band Porcupine at Union Stage (recommended)
Seamus Eagan at Barns of Wolf Trap
Tom Rush at the Birchmere
Maggie Rose at  6:30 at U St Music Hall
Will Eastman “Breathe “ album release event at 10:30
Liberian Entertainment Awards at Howard Theatre
Ella Mai at Baltimore Soundstage (strong r’n’b singer0
Lil Tracy at Songbyrd (sold out)
Tokyo Police Club at Dc9
Lonnie Smith at 6th & I

*Backyard Band and MLB at #Hashtag (Old Jollies) at 654 South Pickett, Alexandria 

*Image Band at 9 at Mix Bar & Grill, Silver Spring every Saturday (Caribbean)
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Sun. 3-17
Eddie Palmieri at Blues Alley (Latin jazz and salsa pianist)
Grupo Liberacion, Industria del Amor, Grupo Bryndis at the Palace (Mexican)

*Danu at George Mason Center for the Arts
Rare Essence at City Winery
Selwyn Birchwood at 6 PM at American Legion Post 41, Cissel-Saxon
Carl Stone / Susan Alcorn+Biliana Voutchkova Duo at Rhizome DC
 Van Hunt @ Creative Alliance (r’n’b)
Roberto Carlos at DAR Const. Hall (Brazilian singer)
Scythian at Union Stage
Weezer and Pixies at Royal farms Arena
Liberian Entertainment Awards Day 2 party at Fire Station 1 from  3 pm to 12 midnight with Benji Cavalli performing live, plus djs 
O’Malley’s March at Bethesda Blues and Jazz
St. Patrick’s Day
Princess, Mundy, Honey at Comet P

*Hardway Connection at Lamont's (southern soul)

*The Holdup at Jammin Java (reggae/hiphop)
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Mon .  3-18
Ibibio Sound Machine at U St Music Hall
Shirletta Settles at Westminster Church (blues soul)
Ghost-Note @ Creative Alliance
Washington Women in Jazz fest for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage     
Todd Snider at the Birchmere
Chai (Japanese speedy pop-punk & dance-punk female band), Haiku hands, Den-mate at Union Stage

* Tender at Songbyrd (Brit electro)

*Olivia Neutron-John @ Ottobar  (artsy-noisy electro)

*Scott H. Biram at City Winery (honky-tonk blues-rock)

* Tender at Songbyrd (Brit electro)
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Tues. 3-19
Bombino @ Creative Alliance (Niger guitarist)

* Author/critic Hanif Abdurraqib with a reading from his new book - "Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest" — at Politics and Prose at Union Market

*Sol Roots with special guest sax player Ron Holloway at JVs (blues and rock) 

* Riot Grrls movies & discussion at Wonderland Ballroom from 7 to 9pm -- "Grrl Love and Revolution: Riot Grrl NYC (Abby Moser, 42 min.) and "It Changed My Life: Bikini Gill in the UK (Lucy Thane, 25 min.)  District Music Project founder Tara McCredie will talk to  Abby Moser  

*J.S. Ondaro at Songbyrd  downstairs (sold out) (Minneapolis Kenyan singing Americana)

* Pangaea at Songbyrd upstairs (world-Latino, Afro-Caribbean)

* Chahar Shanbe Suri at Tyson's Biergarden (Persian Festival of Fire on eve of last Wed. before Nowruz)

* The Movielife at RnR Hotel (pop-punk)

*password;password at DC 9 (synth-pop)

*Beta Radio at Jammin Java(indie-folk)
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Wed. 3-20
Syriac Hymns (Syrian Christian Aramaic songs) sung by Lubana for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

* Author/critic Hanif Abdurraqib with a reading from his new book - "Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest" at Georgetown University White-Gravenor Hall Room 201 at 7 to 8:30 ppm 
Collectif Medz Bazar (France-Armenia-Turkey) at Bossa
Massive Attack at Anthem (UK dubby triphop pioneers reunited)    Postponed
Lunasa at the Birchmere
Cormega at Union Stage (rapper)

* Jose Gonzalez and the String Theory at Lincoln Theatre

*Mansionair at U St. Music Hall (Australian synth-pop)

*Luther Dickinson, Amy Helm, and Birds of Chicago at City Winery (jam-band Americana)
Purim starts (6th & I & other synagogues have events)

*Sophie Auster at Songbyrd (singer/actress) for free

* Backyard Band 7 to 12mdt at Lucky Strike
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Thurs. 3-21
Kinky Friedman & Dale Watson @ Creative Alliance (folk, country, honky-tonk)
The Comet is Coming (funky, jazzy , noisy horns and more from UK) at U St Music Hall
Yeneta Project @ Bossa (Ethiopian)

*Vishten    (Acadian French Canadian folk) for free from 12 to 1pm at Library of Congress Jefferson Bldg Coolidge Aud.
Vishten    (Acadian French Canadian folk) for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage   
Monterey Jazz fest on Tour with singer Cecile McLorin Salvant, Bria Skonberg, Melisa Aldana, Christian Sands, Yasuchi Nakamura & Jamison Ross at Strathmore   
WMZQ presents Walker Hayes at the Fillmore
Meek Mill w/ Lil Durk & Kash Doll at the Anthem   (rap)

*Matt Mghee (rapper) at Dangerously Delicious Pies Shop

*Kat Edmonson at Hamilton (jazzy singer)

*What Band at Martini's
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Fri. 3-22
Ohio Players at the Birchmere (funk)
Kid Congo’s birthday party with his band Pink Monkey Birds and Dj Baby Alcatraz at Comet (garage punk guitarist)
 Inaugural Baltimore Oldtime Fest (and 3-23) @ Creative Alliance
RKM y Ken-y at Bravo Bravo (reggaeton)
Banda El Recodo at Rio Cantina
B.B. King blues Tribute featuring guitarist Memphis Gold & Ms. Zeno, Louisiana singer  for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage     
Dead Soft, Goon, and Park Snakes at Dangerous Pies
Lucy Dacus at Black Cat (sold out)
Carla Bley Trio at Atlas
PK-Dos at Diamond Lounge in Annandale
Frank Reyes and Xtreme at the Palace (bachata)

* Pearie Sol, Rep Fam at Joe Squared in Baltimore (indie rock)

*Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet at Argentina Embassy

*Carnival Fete at Big Chief

* Rochelle Rice at Amp (local jazzy singer)

*Dilly Dally at RnR Hotel

*BYB, TOB, XIB at Aqua (go-go and bouncebeat go-go)

*Sirius Company at Takoma Station (every Friday)

* What Band at Paradigm Lounge
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Sat.  3-23
Gladys Knight at MGM

*Skatalites at Ottobar in Baltimore
Banda El Recodo, La Zenda Norteña Y Revancha Norteña at  Mexico Lindo de Maryland MXL Night Club

*Anoushka Shankar 2 shows at 6th & I (India)

*Bounce Beat Blend Show (2 bands onstage at same time ) w/ TCB, Reaction, TOB, ABM, New Impressionz at Echostage 

* Elikeh at Gypsy Sally's (afropop)
 Inaugural Baltimore Oldtime Fest @ Creative Alliance
Shamrock fest at RFK Stadium parking lot
Split Seconds, Chill Parents at Dangerous Pies
Bombino at the Hamilton

* Munit Mesfin from 8:30 to 11 pm at Port-au-Prince Haitian Cuisine in Silver Spring (Ethiopian-American singer songwriter)
Kino and Jennifer Arenas at Tropicalia
Ceky Viciny at El Puente de Oro in Hyattsville  (Dominican Republic Independence Day event)
The Riverbreaks, Suspect Class, The Beanstalk Library  at Union Stage (indie)
Fabolous at Bliss
Elder Island at Songbyrd (sold out)
YK Osirius at Milkboy Arthouse
Delbert Mclinton at Rams Head Annapolis (roots/Americana)

* Rafael Ponde Trio and Batala at Bossa (Brazilian) 

*La Paloma at Gala Hispanic (zarzuela folk)

* Soca March Madness at 2 pm at Cancun Cantina in Hanover, MD

*Leon City djs at Showtime

* Soca & rum 2019 at Alba Osteria in DC 

*NIH benefit show w/ Martina Mcbride at Fillmore 

*Rare Essence and Junkyard Band at Aqua

*Sirius Company at Paradigm Lounge

*911 reunion (later Team Familiar) at Fast Eddie's
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Sun. 3-24


* Holi Hungama Festival of Colors event Sunday March 24 @ 1 @ Quincy Park in Arlington (South Asian)

 Alash Ensemble (Tuvan throat singers) @ Creative Alliance
Blind Boys of Alabama w/ Amy Black at City Winery DC (gospel)

*Mary Gauthier at City Winery DC Wine Garden (folk)
Hugar (Iceland) for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage 
La Arrolladora Banda el Limon at the Palace
The Orphan the Poet & MILKK     at Dangerous Pies
Nils Frahm at 930
Fleetwood Mac at Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore
K-Ci at Bethesda Blues and Jazz (r’nb)

Bottled Up, Park Snakes, Emperor  Plum live on WMUC Third Rail Radio 6 to 9pm in the WMUC studio @ U of MD Main Dining Hall  for free (punk)

* Yoke Lore at Songbyrd (sold out)

*La Paloma at Gala Hispanic (zarzuela folk)

*Lennon Stella at U St Music Hall (singer)

*Portland Cello Project (covering Radiohead & maybe more) at Amp

*Sirius Company at Society Lounge

*Swingin' Utters at DC9 (Cali punk)

* Homeshake at Black Cat (solo lo-fi)

Elijah Balbed (sax) and Isabelle De Leon (drums) at Pearl Street Warehouse
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Mon. 3-25
A Tribute to Nina Simone at City Winery DC
Bon Iver & TU Dance’s Come Through, at Kennedy Center Concert Hall (music and dance)
Lunes Latinos at Md Live
Elder Ones  for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage    (free jazz w/ punky influences)
Graham Nash at Barns of Wolf Trap (through the 28th)
Ariana Grande at Capital One Arena (pop)
Maggie Rogers at 930 (sold out)
Clarence Turner at Westminster Church SW (blues)
Robert Earl Keen at Rams Head Annapolis (Texas folk country)

*Slaughter Beach at Songbyrd
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Tues. 3-26
Earl Sweatshirt at Fillmore (rap)
Smithsonian Folkways Presents... An Evening with Lula Wiles at Pearl Street Warehouse (folk)
Alash at Hill Center (Tuva throat singing combined with western influences)
Tashera  for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage  (r’n’b singer based in DC, from Baltimore)
Experience Hendrix with special guests at the Warner Theatre
Graham Nash at Barns of Wolf Trap (through the 28th)
Tinsley Ellis and Coco Montoya at Amp
Robert Earl Keen at the Birchmere
Maggie Rogers at 930
Amanda Cook at Baltimore Soundstage

*Shing02 & The Chee-Hoos: A Tribute to Nujabes at U St Music Hall

*Mama Africa-Miriam Makeba movie doc 7 to 9pm at Bloombars 

*Moluba at Anacostia Arts Center
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Wed.  3-27
Mr. Eazi at the Fillmore (Nigerian afrobeats and Banku) POSTPONED TO APRIL 25

*Summer Walker with Maya B, & Janiyah  at  7 at U St Music Hall (sold out) (r'n'b)

* Om Unit , Moresounds  and others at 10:30 at U St Music Hall
Dayme Arocena (Cuban vocalist who lives in Fla.) at Blues Alley at 8 and 10
Liberated Muse   ( all-female collective led by Khadijah Ali-Coleman, presents jazzy blues and spoken word to soulful a capella ballads)  for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage   

Alash 
 for free from 12 to 1pm at Library of Congress Jefferson Bldg Coolidge Aud.       (Tuva throat singing combined with western influences)
Ceramic Animal and Spendtime Palace at Dangerous Pies
Graham Nash at Barns of Wolf Trap (through the 28th)
Lil Mosey with Polo G at 930
District of Raga at Bossa
Mary Halvorson and saxophonist María Grand at the Phillips Collection at 5:30
Gabriel Kahane at Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre (singer/songwriter/guitarist)

* Yoke Lore at Songbyrd again (sold out)

* Backyard Band 7 to 12mdt at Lucky Strike
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Thurs. 3-28
Roscoe Mitchell with Moor Mother for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (jazz and experimental)

*Cimafunk at Tropicalia (Cuban funk  and pop and more dance music)
Gato Preto (Mozambique/Ghana/Germany) early show  at Bossa Bistro
Earl Sweatshirt at Baltimore soundstage (rap)
Cissa Paz (Brazilian) at Bossa Bistro late show
Graham Nash at Barns of Wolf Trap
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at the Birchmere
Failure and Swervedriver at 930 (rock)
Jawbreaker , War on Women at Anthem
Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl at Kennedy Center Jazz Club (avante-jazz)
The Antlers at Miracle Theatre (sold out)

*Camilo Septimo at Songbyrd 

*Black Coffee, Neko Berg at U St Music Hall

*BelaDona at Half-Note Lounge in Bowie
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Fri. 3-29
 Noura Mint Seymali @ Creative Alliance in Baltimore (Mauritanian singer & her afro-psych band)
Los de Juancho at El Aguila Rest. In Silver Spring

Francophonie Festival Grand Fete at the Maison Francaise at the French Embassy (usually sells out)
Flea Bops and Aaron Lebeau at Dangerous Pies
Mountain Man and Jake Xerxes Fussell at the Barns of Wolf Trap
Big Wild w/ Robotaki and Mild Minds at 930
Locash – “Brothers” album release party with Sam Grow and Jackson Dean at the Fillmore
Cassandra Wilson at Bethesda Blues and Jazz (great jazz vocalist)
Homosuperior, Hexgirlfriends, Wipeout at Comet P.

*Avery Tare @ Ottobar

*Sasha Sloan at  8 at Songbyrd (sold Out)

*Loving Paupers (reggaeish album release show) w/ Vic Ruggiero at 11:30 @ Songbyrd 

*Conan Gray at 7 at U St Music Hall (sold out)

* Big Wild - Superdream Tour at 10:30 at 930 Club

*Forever Piazzolla with Pan American Symphony Orchestra Tango at Argentina Embassy

*BYB and TOB @ 10 @ Aqua

*Sirius Company @ Takoma Station



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Sat. 3-30
White Out 2 with Junior Kelly,  Nailah Blackman, Mackey Solo,  Mr. Legz, Problem Child at Club Karma (reggae and soca)
Tito Rojas at the Palladium (Salsa)
Karina La Voz at Ivy City Smokehouse
Ghostface Killah and Raekwon with Family Business & Cynical Minded at Fillmore (rap)

*Nsimbi (Ugandan hiphop and more duo) from 1:30 to 2:30 pm at National Museum of African Art

*&More w/ Alireza at 8 pm at Songbyrd 
Ritmos Raros: Afro Vs Latinx Vol. 2 Colombia Peru Jamaica Panama at 11 PM ·at Songbyrd Music House
Chopteeth at Pearl Street Warehouse
The Iranian Female Composers Association and Hypercube Ensemble for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage     
Byron Stripling’s  Sounds of New Orleans: A Tribute to Louis Armstrong, a pops concert with the National Philharmonic, led by Maestro Piotr Gajewski, at Strathmore
The Radiographers at Dangerous Pies
Boogie T. rio w/ Mersiv and Vampa at 930
Tito Rojas at the Palladium
El Alfa at Club One
Nazca at El Estribo in Potomac Falls, VA (Peruvian)
Iraqi American trumpeter Amir ElSaffar  blends Iraqi &  jazz,  with his  Two Rivers Ensemble  at Kennedy Center Jazz Club
Young Dolph at UMBC Student Center (rap)
Wammies (new leadership) DC music conference 9 am to 5 pm at Decades, Conn. Ave.

*Lady Mary & the In Da House Band at Lamont's in Pomonkey

*Barry White Tribute with Jourdan Carroll at Harmony Hall in Ft. Washington, MD

* Leikeli 47 at Milkboy Arthouse

*Wek Ethic: 80s & 90s techno and house at U St Music Hall

*BelaDona at Takoma Station (go-go)

* Gary Clark Jr. at Anthem (blues)

*"The Revolution is in Your Head" (a 1970 doc about the 1969 Counter-Inaugural March and Ball) at 8 at the Takoma Park Community Center

*Rare Essence & Da One Band @ Aqua 

*BYB & UCB @ Fire Station 1 in Silver Spring
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Sun. 3-31

"Boat Burning: Music for Massed Guitars (RIP Andras Fekete) at 6:30 pm at the closing night of Robin Bell's exhibit Open at the Corcoran/GW with other performers


*Summer Walker with Maya B, & Janiyah  at  7 at U St Music Hall (sold out) (r'n'b)

*Mr. Killa (2019 Soca Monarch ) and soca djs from 10 am to 4 pm at Karma, 2221 Adams Place NE

*Jumpin Jupiter at 4 pm at JVs (rockabilly)

*Memphis Gold at 8:30 at  JVs (blues) 

Jajouka Baraka @ Creative Alliance
Strum the Fox at Dangerous Pies
Asleep at the Wheel at the Birchmere
“Where We Lost Our Shadows”  uses Qawwali raga and texts by Palestinian poet Ghassan Zaqtan, it is the creation of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Du Yun and Palestinian videographer Khaled Jarrar, at Kennedy center Terrace Theatre  at 5
Yuka C Honda presents Revert to Sea, a new multimedia work inspired by the surreal, darkly comedic writings of Japanese author Ryu Murakami. The performance features an all–star ensemble of avant–garde improvisers and an animated visual score manipulated live by an expert video artist. for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Mariah Carey at MGM
The Emotions at Bethesda Blues and Jazz
Ghostface Killah and Raekwon with Family Business & Cynical Minded at Baltimore Soundstage (rap)
Wammie Award Show 7 to 9:30 pm at Lincoln Theatre (DC music Awards under new mgmt.)

*Subcontinental Grooves at Bossa with Sriram Gopal

*La Paloma at Gala Hispanic (zarzuela folk)

*I'm With Her at Kennedy Center Concert hall (folk supergroup)

*Team Familiar @ Paradigm Lounge @ 8

*Weird Babies, Nonagun (chicago)  & more @ Pinch (punk)
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Mon. 4-1
Let’s Eat Grandma at 930
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