DC Baltimore DMV January 2020 Global Music and More Concert Calendar Gig List

Compiled by Steve Kiviat 

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Another year.   As always I continue to try to cover a wide range of genres that have local events that interest me.

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January 2020 Highlights –

Fri.  1-10-Cheikh Lo @ Creative Alliance (Senegal singer) [CANCELLED DUE TO VISA DELAYS]

Sofiane Saidi & Mazalda Cosmic Rai @ Tropicalia (Algeria synth, horns, & percussion band)

Sat.  1-11-Cimafunk @ Union Stage (Cuba)

*also Mahmoud Ahmed @ Ethiopian Embassy (Ethiopian legendary singer)

Mon.  1-13-Sofiane Saidi & Mazalda Cosmic Rai (Algeria synth, horns, & percussion band)  for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Thurs. 1-16-Xenia Franca for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Bahia Brazil singer)

Sun. 1-19-Busy Signal @ Bliss DC (Jamaican dancehall)

Mon. 1-20- Chaka Khan & Let Freedom Ring Choir (led by Reverend Nolan Williams Jr) @ 6 @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall (free tickets available @ 4:30 in Hall of Nations)

Eddie Jones & the Young Bucks @ Westminster Church SW blues and soul 6 to 9 pm

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 Wed. 1-1

Wale and friends @ Fillmore

Backyard Band @ Public Bar Live

Kazaxe (dancehall/soca/afrobeats exercise ) for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

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Thurs.  1-2

Party like the 20s @ Phillips After 5

Chris Thomas King @ Blues Alley 

Feedel Band @ Bossa DC (Ethiojazz)

Thrillbillys @ JVs

Last Train Home @ Rams Head Annapolis

*Company Calls, Menage a Garage , Venray @ Pie Shop DC

*Monty Alexander trio @ Keystone Korner (jazz w/ a Caribbean tinge)

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Fri. 1-3

LaColombopercutivo, Park Snakes, Time is Fire @ Pie Shop DC

Chris Thomas King @ Blues Alley 

Last Train Home @ Birchmere

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony @ Fillmore

Rare Essence & EU @ Fast Eddies

Backyard Band @ Aqua

Save Your Soul dj night w/ djs   @ Lithuanian Hall in Baltimore

Geoff Wilt, Fair Trade, Benjamin Mauch, Emily Gen, Daniel Ditlevson @ Rhizome

Alfredo Mojica group @ Bossa DC

Tommy Wright III, Baby Kahlo, NappyNappa, Charlie Monroe, Mouse, Aghori @ Ottobar (rap)

Selamino @ Enjera

“We Fought the Big One” night w/ Clear Channel & djs Ahmad Z & MJ Regalado @ Marx Cafe

*Bela Dona @ Babylon Woodbridge

*Sirius Company @ Takoma Station

*New Impressionz , TDB Band @ Hangar's 

*CCB @ Hashtag Lounge

*Paul Wills & the Brother 7 Band @ Lamont's every Friday

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Sat.  1-4

Dot Dash, Ubangis, Apollo 66, Candy Smokes @ American Legion Post 66

Backyard Band @ Fillmore (live recording )

Clash of the Bounce Beat--TCB, TOB, Reaction, ABM @ Bliss DC @ 10 pm

LaColombopercutivo,  Time is Fire, Osyx @Chapala  Blue Beetle Rock Bar

Rare Essence & Junkyard Band @ Aqua

Team Familiar @ Nipsey’s

Carl Thomas @ Howard Theatre

Chris Thomas King @ Blues Alley 

Kakilambe Son Jarocho (Latin Jazz early show) @ Bossa DC

Tumbao y Raul Morel late  @ Bossa DC

Tropical Beats w/ Leon City Sounds & Ty Hussell @ the Green Zone

DJ Baby Alcatraz @ Showtime Bar

*Higher Numbers, Maryjo Mattea, Azure Wolf @ Pie Shop DC

*12th night celebration w/ crafts plus music from Steve Winnick & Jennifer Cutting @ Washington Ethical Society

*Sirius Company @ Shark Bar in Waldorf

*The What Band @ Fast Eddie's

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Sun.  1-5

Time is Fire, Orchester Prazevica, Blue Heaven, Queen Wolf @ Zissimos Bar

Backyard Band @ Society Lounge

Rare Essence @ Bravo Bravo

Chris Thomas King @ Blues Alley 

Juan Megma @ Bossa DC

*Black Muddy River Band @ JVs

*Klezmer brunch w/ Seth Kibel Band @ DC JCC

*Rise Band and show @ Lamont's

*Michelle Blackwell @ Breakers (in Fairfax? ) (solo gig)

*Tony Denikos, James Von Lenz, & Geoffrey Himes @ 5 An Die Musik (singer/songwriter folk)

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Mon.  1-6

Memphis Gold @ Westminster Church SW blues 6 to 9 pm

Max Levine Ensemble, Constant Insult, Two Thumbs Down @ Chill Factory house show

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Tues. 1-7

Ethiopian Christmas

Cheik Hamala’s Griot Street @ Bossa DC


*Jim Bennett w/ guest Toni from Hardway Connection @ Martini's in White Plains 7 to 10

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Wed.  1-8

Traditional music of Siberia artists plus the Tributary Project feat. Mezhdou @ Bossa

Texicana Mamas (Tish Hinojosa, Stephanie Urbina Jones, Patricia Vonne) for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Michael Hoover presents Memories of Elvis @ Birchmere


*Ethiopian Christmas music event w/ band @ Safari Lounge

* Backyard Band @ Public Bar Live

*What Band @ Hangars

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Thurs.   1-9

Diana Ross w/ the NSO Pops @ Kennedy Center

Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas @ Creative Alliance

Meshell Ndegeocello @ Blues Alley

Mortes @ Bossa (trad Greek dance music)

Danube Sessions @ Green Zone

San Salvador for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Avery *Sunshine @ Birchmere

Born Dad @ DC 9

*Rhodes Tavern Troubadours @ Takoma VFW

*Prince tribute w/ Junie Henderson @ Keystone Korner

*TCB @ Power

* Modern Nature @ Comet (Brit indie-pop)

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Fri.  1-10

Diana Ross w/ the NSO Pops @ Kennedy Center

Cheikh Lo @ Creative Alliance (Senegal singer)  [CANCELLED DUE TO VISA DELAYS]

Sofiane Saidi & Mazalda Cosmic Rai @ Tropicalia (Algeria synth, horns, & percussion band)

Water Seed for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (r’n’b/jam band)

Meshell Ndegeocello @ Blues Alley

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder @ Birchmere

Vintage #18 @ 10:30 pm for free in Hamilton loft

*Backyard Band & TCB @ Aqua 

*Osyx, Friday Junior, Bacchae, Muscle @ The Undercroft in Baltimore

*TOB, ABM, XIB @ Power

*Akua Allrich & the Tribe  @ Sotto (jazz & afropop vocalist)

*JD Souther @ R ams Head Annapolis 

*Yola  & Amythyst Kiah   @ 930 (Brit retro folk-soul)  (sold out)

*WMZQ presents Chris Lane @ Fillmore (sold out) 

* Mal Devisa & Alex Toth @ DC9 (indie rock)

*Arabic dance afterparty 1 am to 5 am @ Diva Lounge, Falls Church

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Sat.  1-11

*Mahmoud Ahmed & Abeba Desalegn  w/ band led by guitarist Selamino @ Ethiopian Embassy (Eventbrite tickets)

Cimafunk @ Union Stage (Cuba)

Diana Ross w/ the NSO Pops @ Kennedy Center

The music & legacy of the Reverend Fred Lane plus Charlie McAlister w/ movies and live music @ Rhizome

Vybe band  & Suttle @ Fast Eddies

 Ak Dan Gwang Chil for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Korean traditional folk)

Tribute to Dominican salsa @ the Palladium

Majah Hype @ Howard Theatre

Meshell Ndegeocello @ Blues Alley (sold out)

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder @ Birchmere

Ray Apollo Allen Band @ College Park American Legion

Vintage #18 @ 10:30 pm for free in Hamilton loft

*RamJam w/ Soca dj Avalanche @ Mix Lounge 

*Sirius Co. 5-10 pm @ Abigail

*Backyard Band @ Chateau Remix (day)

*Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie's

*TCB @ Hangar's 

* Legendary Shack Shakers & Danny Oliver @ Fillmore

* What Band @ Nipsey's 

* Tet Vietnamese celebration @ Northwood High in Silver Spring 10 am - 4pm

*Arabic dance afterparty 1 am to 5 am @ Diva Lounge, Falls Church

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Sun.  1-12

Jumpin Jupiter @ JVs @ 4pm

Proper Utensils @ City Winery (go-go)

Anthony Brown @ Bethesda Blues

Meshell Ndegeocello @ Blues Alley (early show sold out; 10 pm show available)

*Raymi @ Creative Cauldron (DC-based Andean roots ) 

*Backyard Band @ Society Lounge

* Rare Essence @ Aqua 

* TOB @ Power

*Motion City Soundtrack @ Fillmore (pop-punk)

*Sirius Vybe (members of both groups) 6 to 11 pm @ Half Note

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Mon.  1-13

Sofiane Saidi & Mazalda Cosmic Rai (Algeria synth, horns, & percussion band)  for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Queen Aisha @ Westminster Church SW blues 6 to 9 pm

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Tues.   1-14 

Ramy Essam & band (Egypt rock)  for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Mames Babegenush klezmer dance party early show @ Bossa DC

Cheik Hamala’s Griot Street late show @ Bossa DC

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Wed. 1-15

Hiss Golden Messenger @ 930

Ramy Essam & band (Egypt rock) with guest Kamyar Arsani   @ Tropicalia  

Ron Pope and Caroline Spence @ Union Stage

Yacht with Juiceboxxx @ Songbyrd

JD Souther @ Barns of Wolf Trap

*Backyard Band @ Public Bar Live 

*What Band @ Hangar's 

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Thurs. 1-16

Tufan Derince w/ Synthscape (Electro-Kurdish wedding music) @ Creative Alliance

Xenia Franca for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Bahia Brazil singer)

Johnny Cash Tribute starring Shawn Barker @ Howard Theatre

Mavi w/ Ankhlejohn @ Songbyrd (rap) 

Paul McMahon, Staffers, Model Home @ Rhizome

Damien Jurado & Nick Thune @ Miracle Theatre  

* Jackie & the Treehorns , Goodbye July @ Pie Shop 

*Sondra Sun-Odeon & Time is Fire @ Slash Run

*TCB @ Power

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Fri. 1-17

 Stretch & Bobbito hiphop dj mix album release @ Kennedy Center Reach @ 7:30 & 9:30 pm

Seu Jorge & Roge @ Howard Theatre

EU @ City Winery

Batida! Seu Jorge Brazilian after party w/ guest Tee Cardaci @ El Techo , 606 Florida Ave NW

Daryl Davis & Bumper Jacksons @ Amp

*Big Chief Donald Harrison Quartet @ Keystone Korner (New Orleans jazz)

*Paul Collins (solo), Teen Cobra, the Jennifers, DJ Daisy @ Slash Run

*Backyard Band & UCB @ Aqua 

* Selamino @ Enjera

*Sirius Co. @ Takoma Station

*Rare Essence & Suttle @ Fast Eddie's 

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Sat.  1-18

  C4 Trio (cuatro players Jorge Glem, Hector Molina, Edward Ramirez) for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

 Insect Factory, Holland Hopson, Rambutan @ Rhizome (experimental)

Chuck Brown Band  @ City Winery

KRS-One w/ ILL Conscious, Eva Rhymes, WishGranted @ Baltimore Soundstage

Tribute to Vaughn Benjamin @ Safari Lounge DC

Bell  Biv DeVoe w/ Color Me Badd @ MGM

Snoop Dogg @ Fillmore

Jazzmeia Horn @ Kennedy Center (jazz singer)

Cracker & Camper Van Beethoven early show @ 930 Club;  Budos Band @ 10:30 @ 930 Club

Ritmos Raros @ 11 @ Songbyrd

Women’s March Washington

*Women's March after -event at Eaton Hotel Wild Days rooftop bar

Kankouran West African Dance @ Dance Place

*Big Chief Donald Harrison Quartet @ Keystone Korner (New Orleans jazz)

*Cristian Perez & Project Locrea @ Creative Cauldron (global sounds from 7 countries)

* Reggae v. Soca  djs @ 11 @ Howard Theatre

* Biff Bang Pow vinyl dance party @ Slash run 

*Blaze Caribbean dj party @ Mix Bar w/ DJ Bimshire & more djs

* Ray on my Mind: Ray Charles tribute with pianist/singer Kenny Brawner & band @ Hamilton

* Rare Essence @ Aqua

*What Band @ Hangers (tribute to 90s shows @ Tradewinds)

*Sirius Co. @ Martins Crosswinds in Greenbelt

*TCB & Reaction @ Fast Eddie's 

*Howard U Gospel Choir @ the ARC @ 7 pm

*Budos Band @ 930

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Sun. 1-19

Busy Signal @ Bliss DC (dancehall)

Rare Essence & Dupont Brass @ Hamilton

Backyard Band @ wine Garden @ City Winery

Dress in Black and White affair @ MGM w/ Junkyard Band and Team Familiar

Proper Utensils w/ Jas Funk plus SugarBear of EU @ Nottingham’s Tavern

Hank Dietle’s Fundraising concert @ Rosensteel Hall,  Silver Spring

Syleena Johnson @ Bethesda Blues and Jazz

Kankouran West African Dance @ Dance Place

*Lightmare, North by North, Fake Bodies @ Pie Shop DC

*Soca on Sunday w/ V'ghn, Intl Stephen, Terra D @ Karma 

* New Impressionz @ Fast Eddies  

* Repo Fam & Nice Breeze @ Black Cat (indie-post-punk)

*Sirius Co. @ Public Bar Live 

*New Impressionz @ Fast Eddie's

*TCB & CCB @ Aqua

*Jazz & Freedom Fest 3 to 11 @ Eaton Hotel

* Snoop Dogg @ Fillmore 

*Elle Varner @ City Winery (r'n'b) 

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Mon. 1-20

Chaka Khan & Let Freedom Ring Choir (led by Reverend Nolan Williams Jr) @ 6 @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall (free tickets available @ 4:30 in Hall of Nations)

Eddie Jones & the Young Bucks @ Westminster Church SW blues and soul 6 to 9 pm

Temples & Art D’Ecco @ U St Music Hall (rock)

*Algiers 7 pm in-store @ Soundgarden in Baltimore

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Tues. 1-21

Lohesh, dog, Antilagom @ Rhizome (noise-punk)

Richard Thompson @ Birchmere

Cheik Hamala’s Griot Street @ Bossa DC

The Adicts @ RnR Hotel

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Wed. 1-22

 Sugarhill Gang @ City Winery

Richard Thompson @ Birchmere  

Brian Wilson @ MGM

DC Music Summit show for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Step Afrika @ PG Publick Playhouse

Ider @ Songbyrd (electro-pop)

*Shanghai Chinese Orchestra Lunar New Year event @ Kennedy Center Concert Hall

*Backyard Band @ Public Bar Live 

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Thurs.  1-23

Rochelle Rice for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Chinese and Korean music)

Elijah Balbed Quintet: the Karma Suite @ Kennedy Center

Hannah Cohen, Renata Zeiguer, Pen Palindrome @ Comet

Mousey Thompson’s James Brown Experience @ Blues Alley

Step Afrika @ PG Publick Playhouse

The Adicts @ Baltimore Soundstage

Chuck Prophet @ Creative Alliance

"A Band Called Death" film screening @ 7 @ Library of Congress Pickford Theatre (Detroit proto-punk band from mid-70s) 

*Lil Baby @ Anthem

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Fri. 1-24

The New Birth @ Birchmere

Gregory Maqoma’s Vuyani Dance Theatre @ Kennedy Center (South Africa)

Step Afrika @ PG Publick Playhouse

Dancing with the Stars @ MGM

K. Roosevelt @ Union Stage

James Murphy & Classix dj sets @ U St Music Hall

Scott Miller @ Jammin Java

Wendel Patrick Quartet @ Creative Alliance (Hiphop and more)

Masters of Hawaiian Music @ Barns of Wolf Trap

*Dave Kline Band tribute to Jimi Hendrix on fiddle plus Verroneau's Ken Avis on guitar & Lynn V on vocals) @ Creative Cauldron

*The Experience live video shoot @ 7 Drum City's The Pocket

*TOB, ABM, Reaction @ Power

*Backyard Band, What ? Band @ Aqua 

*Itzy @ Warner Theatre (South Korean pop) 

*Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie's

*Qrion @ Soundcheck

*North Country, Born Dad, Toebow @ Pie Shop

*Sirius Music @ Takoma Station (go-go)

* Selamino @ Injera (Ethiopian)

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Sat. 1-25

Motor City Live: A Motown Tribute @ MGM through 1-26

Beijing Bamboo Orchestra for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Gregory Maqoma’s Vuyani Dance Theatre @ Kennedy Center (South Africa)

Kassa Overall’s “Blue Swamimi” featuring jazz singer Carmen Lundy @ Kennedy Center

Vivian Green  @ Bethesda Blues and Jazz

Choreographers Showcase @ Clarice Smith

Blackalicious @ Black Cat

The Connells & Pete Holsapple @ Rams Head Live Baltimore

Masters of Hawaiian Music @ Barns of Wolf Trap

* Hardway Connection @ Lamont's 

*Junkyard Band & Sirius Company @ Fast Eddie's 

*Irene Jalenti (Italian jazz singer does Venezuela, Cuba, Brazil, Argentina, Cabo Verde songs) @ Creative Cauldron 

*Backyard Band 4 to 9 pm @ Babylon Falls Church

*Backyard Band, TCB, TOB @ Bliss 

*Proper Utensils @ Takoma Station

Lunar New Year

*Chinese New Year Fest 10 am to 6 pm @ Luther Jackson middle School, Falls Church

*Lunar New Year Tet fest at Eden Center 12 to 4 with Dragon Dance 

*S-Dot's soca birthday party @ Mix Bar & lounge

*Rare Essence & Da One Band @ Aqua 

*Selassie Sound, Zebie Da Tech, Passing Thru downstairs @ Safari Lounge & Dub Addis upstairs

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Sun. 1-26

Low Ways Quartet & Janet Leppin Ensemble @ Rhizome

Sriram Gopal & friends  @ Bossa

Cyrus Chestnut @ Blues Alley

Tsibele @ Creative Alliance (radical Jewish klezmer)

Steve Forbert matinee @ Rams head Annapolis

Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choir MLK tribute @ Kennedy Center

* The NRIs & Don Zientara @ Pie Shop DC

*Delarcos , Insurgence DC @ Galaxy Hut

*Sean Heely @ Creative Cauldron (Celtic music)

*Dom Flemons @ 4 @ Kennedy Center Reach Studio K 

*Backyard Band @ Society Lounge

*DC Record fair @ Penn Social 11am to 5 pm

*DC Chinese New Year Parade in Chinatown @ 2 pm from 6th & Eye to ^th & H NW

*Lunar New Year @ Eden Center 12 to 4pm

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Mon.  1-27

 Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa

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Tues. 1-28

Roddy Ricch @ 930 Club

Roopa in Flux for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Cheik Hamala’s Griot Street @ Bossa DC

Sol Roots & guests @ JVs

*Jontavious Willis @ Rams Head Annapolis  (acclaimed young blues-player)

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Wed. 1-29

Yuna acoustic  @ City Winery

Julian Lynch of Real Estate, Jeremy Ray, Blair @ Rhizome

District of Raga presents Roopa in Flux @ Bossa

Cowboy Junkies @ Birchmere

Nada Surf @ Black Cat

Miniature Tigers @ RnR Hotel

*Daryl Davis & Seth Kibel celebrate Jewish songwriters & producers from the first decade of rock n roll @ Edlavitch DC JCC

*Nada Surf @ Black Cat

*JollyPapa Radio show live 7-11pm @ Safari Lounge

*Backyard Band @ Public Bar live 

* What Band @ Hangars 

* Shamans of Sound w/ Nkula @ U St Music Hall (reggae)

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Thurs. 1-30

Yuna acoustic  @ City Winery

"godfather of techno" Juan Atkins DJs alongide string section arrangements of his songs by Kennedy Center Composer-in-Residence Mason Bates, w/ strings  by  Inscape under conductor Richard Scerbo @ Kennedy Center Reach Studio K

Cowboy Junkies @ Birchmere

Dance Theatre of Harlem @ PG Community College

Pablo’s Brazilian Pagode night @ Bossa DC

* Surfbort, Paranoyds, Knife Wife @ Comet 

* Rock-a-Sonics @ JVs

"We Shall Overcome" spoken word plus Damian Sneed (classical & gospel) @ Alden Theatre in McLean

*Jontavious Willis (acclaimed young blues-player) opening for G. Love & Special Sauce for 2 shows @ Hamilton

*Vinyl record Preservation Society event @ Pearl St

* Sixx doing r'n'b duets w/ System Band @ Blue Dolphin

*TCB @ Power (Bouncebeat go-go)

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Fri. 1-31

Luce Unplugged with Pree & Carly Harvey @  6 pm @ Smithsonian American Art Museum

Dance Theatre of Harlem @ PG Community College

Juan DeMarcos & the Afro-Cuban Allstars @ Strathmore

Leyla McCalla @ Milkboy Arthouse

The Honey Dew Drops @ Creative Alliance (roots/Americana)

DC Cuban Allstars @ Sotto

*R.I.S.E. Band & L.I.T. All-Star GoGo Band @ 7 Drum City's The Pocket 

* Go-go panel discussion @ 6 pm  with Big G, Michelle Blackwell, Tre (formerly of UCB), DJ Alizay, DJ host Joe Clair @ Kennedy Center Reach for free

* Backyard Band @ Aqua 

*Lunar New Year music @ Kennedy Center outdoors for free @ 5:30

*Metronomy @ 930 (electro-pop)

* Good Good Fine Ok @ U St. Music Hall (synth-pop)

*Selamino @ Enjera (DC-based Ethiopian guitarist & band)

*Sirius Co. @ Takoma Station @ 11 pm

*TOB & ABM @ Power (bouncebeat go-go)

*Swim Camp, Pen Palindrome, Carmen Canedo, Belly Shin @ Rhizome

*Alfredo Mojica Group @ Bossa

*Natalie Hopkinson @ 6 re Apple, gentrification, go-go @ Carnegie Library

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Sat. 2-1-20

DC Music Summit @ Eaton Workshop all day for musicians 

Hawaiian Voices: Kaumakaiwa Kanaka’ole w/ Shawn Pimental @ Creative Alliance

*Veronneau @ Creative Cauldron (world-jazz)

*Backyard Band & What Band @ Highland Ballroom

*Rare Essence, Suttle, Da One Band @ Aqua 

*Bela Dona @ Cactus Cantina 

*Sirius Co. @ Shark Bar

*Lunar New Year music @ Kennedy Center 

*Davy Knowles @ Pearl St Warehouse (blues)

*Town Mountain @ Hamilton (bluegrass)

*Broccoli City preview @ Kennedy Center Reach

*Los Hermanos Lovo @ Club One 

*Tropical Beat w/ Leon City Sounds & Soul Called Paul djs @ Green Zone

*TCB & Reaction @ Hangar's 

*Aaron & Odara early show @ Bossa 

* Farrah Skeiky exhibit of her current punk photos plus a talk w/ her & Cynthia Connolly (Banned in DC) @ Transformer, 1404 P St @ 5 to 6:30 pm 

* Knyves Escobar w/ the Experience & Blaquestone @ Songbyrd (r'n'b)

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Sun. Feb. 2-
*Piramid Scheme (record release)  & Warm Sun @ Black Cat 

*Juan Megma Group @ Bossa 

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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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