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

DC/Baltimore Global Music and More- February 2020

Compiled by Steve Kiviat 

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February 2020 Highlights –

Fri. 2-7- Ana Souza & friends 8pm Brazilian mpb show benefit for Santa Terezinha Parish @ Bossa

Sun.   2-9- Raphael Saadiq @ 930 Club (r’n’b)

Fri 2-14- Valentine's Classic Soul Featuring The Spinners, Chi-Lites, Manhattans, Intruders, Softones @ the Modell Lyric in Baltimore

La Sonora Poncena @ The Palace

Smokey Robinson @ MGM

Sat. 2-15 - iLe @ Ivy City Smokehouse (singer who was in Calle 13)

Ms. Jody @ Lamont’s (southern soul)

Dadju (French/Congolese singer) @ GW Lisner Auditorium

Sat. 2-22- Ephrem Amare & Abby Lackew backed by the Ras Band @ Club Karma  (Ethiopian)

Marc Anthony @ Capital One Arena

Fri. 2-28 - Gary Nunez & Plena Libre @ Amp (Puerto Rican plena )

Full list below- 

Sorry this is a bit late.

Online you should also check out the I Love Music forum/chatboard at ilxor.com and look for the Rolling Outernational Global Music 2020, Rolling Afro 2020,  the Rolling Afro-Latin & the Capital Swamp & Chitlin Circuit  threads 

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 Sat. 2-1

DC Music Summit @ Eaton Workshop

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)

Afrobeats, hiphop, & soca dj @ Barcode  every Saturday

Mid-winter folk fest @ Takoma Park Middle School

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Sun.  2-2

Piramid Scheme (record release)  & Warm Sun @ Black Cat

Juan Megma Group @ Bossa

Furia Flamenca for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Jane Bunnett & Maqueque @ Atlas (Cuban jazz)

New Impressionz @ Fast Eddie’s

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Mon. 2-3

Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Co. Tribute to Marian Anderson @ National Portrait Gallery 6:30 to 7:30

Stacy Brooks Band @ Blue Monday Blues @ Westminster Church SW

Wylder Maker and October 71 @ Songbyrd

*Billy Woods @ DC9 

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Tues.  2-4

Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Co. Tribute to Marian Anderson @ National Portrait Gallery 6:30 to 7:30

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater @ Kennedy Center  (through

John Doe, Kristin Hersh, Grant-Lee Phillips @ City Winery

US Army Blues w/ Christie Dashiell for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Sir E.U “Midnight Train to Velvet” album release @ Songbyrd (hiphop)

Cheick Hamala’s Griot Street Band @ Bossa

*Bonny Light Horsemen @ Songbyrd (sold out) 

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Wed.  2-5

Tanya Tucker w/ Brandy Clark @ Barns of Wolf Trap (sold out )

Rapsody w/ Sa-Roc, Heather Victoria & Odd Mojo @ Fillmore (rap)

The Bridge Project With Q Parker , Frank Sirius, J.J. Hairston , Wingo , Anthony Brown,  Jk Howells @ City Winery

Backyard Band @ Public Bar Live

Midge Ure @ City Winery (sold out)

Jesse Dayton @ Pie Shop

*What Band @ Hangars

* Don't Mute DC & Anwar Glover & WPGC djs are @ MetroPCS Store on 7th St NW & Florida Ave NW from 6am-6pm. 
They are trying to reach a goal of raising $25K for the #GoGo Museum. 

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Thurs.  2-6

Sinclair Dance -Kaleidescope of Tuts (experimental dance duet between a Nigerian & an Israeli) plus BREathe Dance Project: Trials to Freedom (a ballet on death as a transition from suffering) for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Lizz Wright @ Birchmere (roots soul)

Remember Jones & 25 piece Orchestra perform Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreak @ Howard Theatre

Lawrence to Lovell –Phillips after 5 w/ Nag Champa Art ensemble (album release) & Babby & Corbin Canvas from 5 to 8:30 @ Phillips Collection (artsy hiphop)

Cold War Kids, Overcoats @ 930

Feedel band @ Bossa (Ethio-jazz)

Culture featuring Kenyatta Hill @ Ottobar (reggae)

*TCB @ Power

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Fri. 2-7

Ana Souza & friends 8pm Brazilian mpb show benefit for Santa Terezinha Parish @ Bossa

Afropolitan DC  @ Saint Yves

Afro-Puerto Rico live w/ Kadencia @ George Washington U’s Jack Morton Aud 6:30 to 8:30 for free

Ray Parker Jr. @ Rams Head Onstage Annapolis (r’n’b)

Calexico & Iron & Wine @ Anthem

Dijon @ Union Stage (r’n’b)

Ill Camille @ Kennedy Center Studio K (sold out)

Aaron Freeman for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Bob Marley One Love Birthday Bash w/ I & I Riddim @ Bethesda Blues

After Wizards NBA game concert w/ Dru Hill, Ma$e, DJ Quicksilva @ Capital One Arena

Sweet Baby Jesus, Knife Wife, Foul Swoops @ Rhizome

Calexico, Iron & Wine, Frances Quinlan @ Anthem

JG Riff @ Bliss

African jam session Fridays @ Safari DC

Molsky’s Mountain Drifters @ Creative Alliance

Tove Lo & Alma @ Fillmore (sold out)

Art Garfunkel @ Barns of Wolf Trap (through Sunday)

*Backyard Band & TCB @ Aqua 

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

* Rare Essence & EU @ Fast Eddie's

*Sirius Co. @ Takoma Station

*Selamino @ Enjera 

*DJ Jahsonic @ 10:30 @ Sotto (every Friday) 

*Hiphop w/ djs Dave-ology, Dj-Sun, & Station North Sad plus rappers/vocalists Deetranada, Bandhunta Jigga, Faraji Jacobs, Trizzilbangin, Mikey Marie, Bill Carl Boomer, BLK Lexx @ The Crown in Baltimore 

*TOB & Reaction @ Power

*Ras Bitwoded & Negussie Bogale w/ Ras Band @ Twist Lounge 

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Sat.  2-8

Brazilian rhythms workshop w/ Rafael Ponde from 1 to 2:30pm @ Brazilian-American Cultural Center

Present Tense: DIY Day benefit for Girls Rock! DC @ Transformer gallery from 1 to 4pm  in association w/Farrah Skeiky exhibit of her current punk photos. Make a zine, take Polaroid photos, etc.

Raphael Saadiq, Jamila Woods @ 930 Club (r’n’b) (sold out)

Jody Watley @ Howard Theatre

S.O.S. Band @ Bethesda Blues & Jazz

Ahmad Jamal @ Kennedy Center (jazz pianist)

La Adictiva @ Coco Cabana

Grandmaster Flash w/ Jahsonic @ U St Music Hall

We Were Promised Jetpacks @ Baltimore Soundstage

Poppy @ U St Music Hall (electro-pop) (sold out)

Kinan Azmeh’s City Band @ 6^th & I (Syrian music)

Joe Lally (w/ Anthony Pirog, Jerry Busher), POA (w/ Shawn Brown, Dug Birdzell, Jerry Busher), Bed Maker (Amanda Mackaye, Jeff Barsky & 2 others) @ Rhizome (*sold out)

Gala Criollo & Rumba @ Oasis Center, Dulles

Big Flock & New Impressionz @ Bliss

Bob Marley birthday bash w/ Jah Works & Strykers Posse @ the Soundry

Dale Watson & his Lone Stars @ City Winery Wine Garden

Afrobeats, hiphop, dancehal  & soca dj @ Barcode  every Saturday

Night of 100 Elviras @ Ottobar

Amber Liu @ Fillmore

Art Garfunkel @ Barns of Wolf Trap (through Sunday)

Afrobeat, hiphop, soca, top 40 dj every Saturday @ Power, 2335 Bladensburg RD NE

Eric Roberson @ Birchmere

Chamber music by  Iranian composers Aida Shirazi, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, & Golnaz Shariatzadeh @ Freer/Sackler  

*Shirletta Settles @ Jojo's from 9:30 to 1 am free. (soul singer)  

*Rare Essence & Da One Band @ Aqua 

*Backyard Band @ Tandoori  Nights

*TCB & UCB @ Fast Eddie's 

*TOB & Aja  @ Hangars 

*What Band @ Nipsey's

*Terry & Fekadu w/ the Ras Band @ Twist Lounge (Ethiopian)

*Bohemian soul (Puerto Rican style) w/ Melogia @ Bossa

* Proper Utensils @ Highland Entertainment Hall

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Sun.   2-9

Raphael Saadiq @ 930 Club (r’n’b)

Eric Nolan (from O’Jays) w/ Anissa Hargrove @ City Winery

Freddy Leighton Memorial benefit show w/ Knife Wife, Sir E.U, Tuff Lover, XK Scenario, The Hips, Grxzzly @ Pie Shop DC

Tribute to Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Johnny Guitar Watson, Billy Preston w/ Bryan Fox & friends @ Carlyle Club

Corey Harris @ Creative Alliance (blues)

Rhett Miller @ Black Cat

Delarcos, Dot Dash, Apollo 66 @ Slash Run

CAAPA: Figaro meets Frederick Douglass for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Anthony Brown @ Bethesda Blues (gospel)

Art Garfunkel @ Barns of Wolf Trap (through Sunday)

Afro Soca dj Sundays @ Déjà vu , 900 Florida Ave NW

Blue Oyster Cult @ Birchmere (sold out)

*Backyard Band @ Society Lounge 

* Still familiar @ Sax

*Suttle @ Red Zone Blitz in Upper Marlboro, MD

*TOB @ Power

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Mon.  2-10

Midnight Blue (w/ Curtis Pope on trumpet, Juanita Williams on vocals & more ) @ Westminster Church Blues Monday

*Coastcity @ Songbyrd (Caribbean soul) 

*Juliana Hatfield @ Rams Head Annapolis 

*Josh Stokes/the Funktion, Puck, Sir E.U, Le"Asha @ DC 9

*Outerloop & Teething Veils @ Galaxy Hut 

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Tues.  2-11

Dhruv Sangari (aka Bilal Chisty Sangari) & the National Sufi Ensemble for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

*Gordon Sterling leads the people's jam @ Pie Shop;

* Integriti Reeves @ Blues Alley (jazz singer)

*My Dad's 90th Birthday (he's a jazz fan) 

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Wed.  2-12

Michael Kiwanuka @ Lincoln Theatre (retro r’n’b) (sold out)

Screening of “The Bayou: DC’s Killer Joint” @ Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse

Guitarreada- Miercoles Unplugged @ Diamond Lounge

Dante Pope for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Rex Orange County @ Anthem (sold out)

Earthgang w/ Mick Jenkins @ Fillmore

Prince Tribute @ Keystone Korner

Bossa Nova music by Marcelle Pena & the Manaca Trio @ Bossa

*Le Blochauss Salon Africain w/ dj @ Suns Cinema

*Backyard Band @ Public Bar Live 

*What Band, Da One Band @ Hangars 

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Thurs.  2-13

Des Demonas @ Luce Smithsonian American Art Museum @ 5:30 pm

Teen Mortgage & others @ Pie Shop

Wayne the Train Hancock @ Hill Country

Bilal @ Kennedy Center Studio K (r’n’b) 2 shows

Hide (electronic duo), Thirst Church (industrial), Lazuli (noise) @ Rhizome (sold out)

Annabel Alpers w/ Adam Cooke @ Creative Alliance (electronica, pop, field recordings)

Luther Vandross & Marvin Gaye Tribute @ Keystone Korner

* Garcia Peoples @ Songbyrd 

*Durand Jones & the Indications w/ Y La Bamba @ Birchmere

*Pre-Valentines Zouk Lovers Night with Guilou @ Mix Bar & Grill 

*TCB @ Power

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Fri.   2-14 

Valentines Soul Jam w/ Stylistics, Bloodstone, Emotions, Blue Magic at DAR Constitution Hall- (70s r’n’b soul greats in matching velour suits w/  harmonies & choreography)

Lower Dens, Ami Dang @ Songbyrd

Lee Fields & the Expressions w/ the Jay Vons @ Pearl St Warehouse

National Hand Dance Association presents Dancing in the Name of Love with demonstrations and dancing from 6 to 9 w/ DJ Disco Bird @ Kennedy Center Reach bldg. Skylight Pavilion for free

Smokey Robinson @ MGM

Valentine’s Love Jam w/ Babyface, En Vogue, & Bela Dona @ Eaglebank Arena

La Sonora Poncena @ The Palace

Ivy Queen @ Rio Cantina

Greeicy @ Coco Cabana

Drum & bass @ U St Music Hall w/ Random Movment, Flite, Dave Owen & Jaybee

YBN Cordae w/ 24KGoldn @ Fillmore  (rap)

Bilal @ Kennedy Center Studio K (sold out)

Bridget Kelly @ Howard Theatre

Eddie Levert of the O’Jays @ Bethesda Blues

Katy Kirby, Rusty Clanton, Carmen Canedo @ Rhizome

Tito Miro y Su Chanchona @ American Legion, Forest Drive, Annapolis

Luz Roja de San Marcos y Escalante @ 90 Degrees in Manassas

Lary Over @ Diamond Lounge

Sector L @ La Hacienda in Springfield

Eric Robertson @ Marriott Baltimore Waterfront

Valentine's Classic Soul Featuring The Spinners, Chi-Lites, Manhattans, Intruders, Softones @ the Modell Lyric in Baltimore

Jill Scott @ MD Live (sold out)

LA Colombopercutivo @ Bossa

Flea Bops, Lovesick Blue Boys w/ Willie Barry @ Pie Shop (rockabilly)

A date with John Waters @ Baltimore Soundstage

*Marquis Hill, drummer Mackaya McCraven, singer Christie Dashiell do Love Tape plus opener Freeform the Collective @ Atlas (jazz)

*Tony Terry @ City Winery (sold out)

*Gabel @ Fire Station 1 in Silver Spring (Caribbean) 

*Backyard Band & TCB @ Aqua 

*Sirius Co. @ Takoma Station 

*Reggae & Afro Valentines night w/ DJ Ricky Platinum & DJ Kinko @ Cancun Cantina in Hanover,MD

*Rare Essence @ Fast Eddie's

*Chad America's Sock Hop @ Showtime w/ DJ Baby Alcatraz

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Sat. 2-15

iLe @ Ivy City Smokehouse (singer who was in Calle 13)

Ms. Jody @ Lamont’s (southern soul)

Dadju (French/Congolese singer) @ GW Lisner Auditorium

Bauhaus photos @ Geothe’s Institute

Mannywellz @ Union Stage

Tropicalia reggae fest w/ Strykers Posse, Dr Dubenstein, Ras Lidj Regg’Go @ Tropicalia

Tony!Toni! Tone! @ Howard Theatre

David Bowie Valentines tribute w/ Sister Ex, Marshall Keith, Taildragggers, Seven Door Sedan, Life on Mars & more @ Pie Shop

Mean Jeans, Brower, Ar-kaics , Cigarette @ Black Cat (punk & indie)

Movie doc “That Rhythm, Those Blues” @ 11 am @ Kennedy Center Justice Forum

Movie doc “Say Amen, Somebody”  @ 12:30 pm @ Kennedy Center Justice Forum

Dance for Parkinson’s Disease: Lucy Bowen McCauley Co. @ Kennedy Center Reach

Liberated Muse for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

D-Nice Dance Party @ Kennedy Center Studio K

Eddie Levert of the O’Jays @ Bethesda Blues

El Grupo D’ahora @ Tipico Dominicano in Wheaton

Michael Cormier, Jason Calhoun, Amanda Glasser

Kazzabe , El Chevo, Mr JC, Onice Flores @ Club One

Asdrubal @ Leyla’s

Ivy Queen @ VIP Room in Baltimore

Southern Avenue (retro soul) opening for Galactic @ 930

Plies @ Bliss

Singer/pianist Daryl Davis @ Birchmere w/ a tribute to musicians who died in 2019

Afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall   & soca dj @ Barcode  every Saturday

Dwele @ City Winery

*Flavor of Love w/ djs Alizay, Trayze, & Pedro plus  performances by Alex Vaughn & LateNight Jiggy @ Hard rock Cafe

*Kino Musica @ Safari Lounge 

*"Sholay" film with introduction by Red Baraat's Sunny Jain @ 2 pm @ Freer/Sackler Asian Art Museum

*The Bob Band tribute to Bob Dylan @ Hells Bottom VFW 350 Takoma Park 

*Crown Vic's Weird World vinyl dj @ Green Zone 

*Rare Essence, Suttle @ Aqua 

*Backyard Band @ Hashtag Lounge 

*What Band @ Fast Eddies

*Sahel @ Port-au-Prince Haitian in Silver Spring 

*Jasiah & $not @ Songbyrd (rap)

*DJ Baby Alcatraz @ Daikaya 

*Cliff Perkins @ Harmony Hall (soul/r'n'b) 

*O"Jays tribute @ Bowie Performing Arts Center

*TCB @ Hangars

*Stephen Wade, banjo player album release show @ St Mark Presbyterian Church in Rockville

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Sun. 2-16

Amanda Shires @ 6^th & I (country-folk-Americana)

Silver Spring record Fair @ Silver Branch Brewing

Hank Dietle’s fundraiser @ Rosensteel Hall 4 to 9:30 pm w/ Thrillbillys, Ruthie & the Wranglers, Rhodes Tavern Troubadours, Flea Bops, Jelly Roll Mortals & more

Cheap Trick @ the Warner

Grainger 7os funk and soul cover band @ Bethesda Blues

Rare Essence @ City Winery

Junkyard Band & Sirius Co. @ Fast Eddie’s

Kahil El’Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble @ Rhizome

Sonora Dinamita @ Rio Cantina

Trippie Redd @ Echostage

Backyard Band @ Ivy City Smokehouse

Eric Nam @ Fillmore

Brazilian pagoda band @ Bossa

* Tsedenia G /Markos @ Hashtag Lounge (Ethiopian)

*TCB & TOB @ Power

*Proper Utensils @ Chateau Remix

*afrobeats dj hangout @ Society rooftop in Silver Spring

*Coleman, Blunt, & Peoples @ the Carlyle Club in Alexandria (r'n'b/soul)

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Mon. 2-17

The Caribbean, Jonah Parzen-Johnson, Marc Miller @ Rhizome

Lady Di & the Daly News @ Westminster Church Blues Monday

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Tues.  2-18

 Bat for Lashes @ 6^th & I (synth-rock)

Ceremony @ Ottobar  

*"Time and Place" @ Suns Cinema (documentary about Atlanta soul singer Lee Moses who put out 1 album in 1971)

*Cheick Hamala's Griot Street @ Bossa (every Tuesday)

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Wed. 2-19

Bambara, Maxband, Knife Wife @ Union Stage

Kamasi Washington @ Howard Theatre (jazz)

* DC Mayor Bowser, w/ Backyard Band & DJ SupaDan for the bill-signing for go-go becoming DC's official music @ 4 pm @ Culture House DC, 700 Delaware Ave., SW 

*Backyard Band @ Public Bar Live

*What Band @ Hangar's Lounge

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Thurs. 2-20

Persuaders @ Keystone Korner

Tosser (album release) w/ Den-mate @ Pie Shop DC

Cam’Ron @ Howard Theatre (rap)

Killck, Susan Alcorn, Samuel Burt, David Benham @ Rhizome

Roy Ayers @ Blues Alley (through the 23^rd)  

* Pablo Regis Brazilian music trio @ Mr Henry's

* TCB @ Power

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Fri. 2-21

Jacquees “King of R’n’b” @ Fillmore

Kool Moe Dee/ The Treacherous Three , Spoony Gee & surprise guests @ Howard Theatre (old-school 80s rap)

Pinkwash, Saffron, Lohesh @ Comet

Alux Nahual @ Coco Cabana

Trebol Clan & DJ Joe @ Galaxy in Chillum, Md

Los Adolescentes @ El Ranchon

Moneybagg Yo, Jayda Youngan, Yungeen Ace @ Bliss

August Wilson’s play “The Piano Lesson” @ Morgan State (through the 29 ^th)

Charm City Django Jazz fest (through 22^nd ) @ Creative Alliance

Anthony Pirog birthday show w/friends in Black Cat Red Room

Glenn Jones @ City Winery

Ron Holloway Band w/ Gordon Sterling & the People

*Akua Allrich & Band @ Westminster 6 to 9 pm (jazz & global vocals)

*Secret Trio ( Turkish, Armenian, Macedonian Roma oud, kanun, clarinet chamber music) 7 to 8:30 @ 1st Congressional UCC Church, 945 G. St NW 

*Overtime party w/ Alex Vaughn, Stephn, & Knyves Escobar @ DC 9 (r'n'b)

*Rare Essence @ Fast Eddies

*Backyard Band, TCB, UCB @ Aqua 

*Refused & 2 opening acts @ 930 

*TOB @ Power

* Sirius Co. @ Takoma Station

*Selamino @ Enjera

*Paul Wills & the Brothers 7 Band @ Lamonts

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Sat. 2-22

Sloan @ Union Stage (power pop/rock)

Ephrem Amare & Abby Lackew backed by the Ras Band @ Club Karma  (ethiopian)

Musica Latina Flashband showcase by 7 Drum City @ Pearl St Warehouse w/ 9 bands

Marc Anthony @ Capital One Arena (salsa & latin pop)

Zacarias Ferreira @ Coco Cabana

What Band @ City Winery (go-go) @ 11 pm 

Aertex, Burial Waves, Murder @ Comet

Rakim (old-school rapper) book talk & performance w/ DJ Eric B. “Sweat the Technique: Revelations on Creativity from the lyrical Genius . Moderator Bakari Kitwana @ Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre

Earthen Sea (Jacob Long ambient ) & Aaron Leitko (electro synth) @ Rhizome

Acostacanta tribute to Hector Lavoe & Jose Jose @ Olney Theatre (salsa)

Dirty Dozen Brass Band (New Orleans) w/ Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-chas @ Hamilton

Afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall & soca dj @ Barcode  every Saturday

Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks pays tribute to Lester Young  @ Smithsonian Museum of American History

Charm City Django Jazz fest @ Creative Alliance (sold out)

Backyard Band, USB @ Wheaton Lounge (go-go) @ 10pm 

*Mardi Gras parade @ the Wharf 4 to 7

*Proper Utensils @ Takoma Station (go-go)

*From Slavery to Concert Hall @ 12:30 pm @ Duncan Library, 2501 Commonwealth Ave., Alexandria 

*Too Free (album release) (electro-arty-dance) w/ dj Will Eastman @ U St Music Hall

*Coriky @ St Stephens Auditorium (no advance tickets)(Ian M, Amy F, Joe L)

*Rare Essence & Junkyard Band  @ Aqua (go-go)

* Ritmos Raros Brazil Carnival dj event @ 11 pm @ Songbyrd 

*Carnival party @ 10 @ Grill from Ipanema 

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Sun.  2-23

Mardi Gras w/ Naptown Brass Band @ Pearl St Warehouse

Sonoscopia, TL0741, Narkotronik (experimental synth)  

Raul Midon w/ Lionel Loueke @ Amp

TCB 20^th Anniversary gig & Black Bo’s birthday @ Echostage (DC bouncebeat go-go)

Sirius Co. @ Bethesda Blues

Jeffrey Osborne @ Birchmere

Sriram Gopal & friends @ Bossa

*Dogo @ New Deal Cafe (DC-based Togo singer/guitarist ) 

* TOB @ Power

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Mon. 2-24

Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Co. Tribute to Marian Anderson @ National Portrait Gallery 6:30 to 7:30

Digable Planets @ Birchmere

Mardi gras Blues w/ Scott Ramminger Band @ Westminster Church Blues Monday

*Baby Rose (jazzy r'n'b singer) @ Songbyrd DC (sold out)  

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Tues. 2-25

*DC go-go town hall by the Don't Mute DC group @ 7 pm @ Kennedy Center 

 Kamaljeet & Jas Ahluwalia for free from 6 to 7 @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Peter Asher & Jeremy Clyde @ Birchmere

*2nd Annual Fat Tuesday DC Family Mardi Gras 5:30 to 7 pm @ Westminster Playground, 911 Westminster St NW (near 9th & 10th & S & T) 

*Cheick Hamala's Griot Street @ Bossa (every Tuesday)

*Fat Tuesday w/ Scott Ramminger 5:30 to 8:30 then Sol Roots @ JV's
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Wed. 2-26

Sango @ U St Music Hall

Tarrus Riley, Dean Fraser, & Blak Soil Band @ Howard Theatre (reggae)

District of Raga presents Kamaljeet & Jas Ahluwalia @ Bossa

Bokante @ Amp

Amadou Kouyate, Josh Miller, Duo Dyad @ Rhizome

*Things I Imagine exhibit of performance, poetry, visual art & more  w/ Abdu Ali, Jalynn Harris, Hannah Sawyer & more from 6 to 8 @ Trophy House  

*Uptown Xo , the Experience Band, Pinky Killa Corn, Priest Da Nomad, Snypa B @ 1360 Warehouse, 1360 Okie St NE 

*Backyard Band @ Public Bar Live


*What Band @ Hangar's Lounge

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Thurs.  2-27

GZA w/ ILL Conscious & MC Bravado @ Baltimore Soundstage

Marty Stuart & Fabulous Superlatives @ Birchmere

Time is Fire (album release), Bahloul, & Quattracenta @ DC 9

Capital Irish Film Fest opens

Ekhodam and Mason Bates @ Kennedy Center Studio K Lounge--Ekhodom features Eric Hilton and Gianmaria Conti, Thievery Corporation’s longtime engineer, and was inspired by vintage, analog synthesizers, 1980’s sci-fi soundtracks, and electronic music from that time period coming out of Russia.

Ledah Finck (violin & viola), Niccolo Seligmann (viola da gamba improv),  Bahloul & friends (Arabic fusion w/ oud & more) @ Rhizome

Lisa Fischer (singer) @ Keystone Korner (through Saturday)

Pablo’s Brazilian Pagode night @ Bossa

*Nashwa : Middle eastern & North African Rhythms @ La Pop DC

*Sitali Siyolwe & Courtney Dove - Kush Acoustic blues @ Safari Lounge

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Fri. 2-28

*Rare Essence @ Kennedy Center Millennium Stage 6 to 7 pm for free (1st time RE has played its dc go-go there)

A Tribute to the Music of the Soul Divas @ Carlyle

Drive-by-Truckers @ 930

Frank Reyes @ Rio Cantina

Jason Moran & the Bandwagon w/ Cassandra Wilson (great jazz singer) & Marvin Sewell @ Kennedy Center Eisenhower

 Plena Libre @ Amp

Dominican Republic Independence Day Celebration w/ Jehu El Rey & Urbanda @ El Boqueron II

Verite @ U St Music Hall

Arlo Guthrie @ Birchmere

*Rare Essence @ Fast Eddies @ 10 or later

* Nation Beat carnival horn-led band from 12:30 to 1:45 pm @ Georgetown U. Mcneir Auditorium 

*Bachatazo 2020 w/ Bachata Heightz, Toby Love, Xtreme, Kewin Cosmos, Senorito @ Palace

*Benefit concert for London w/ Jus Paul & friends @ Hampton Inn, 901 6th St NW

*Proper Utensils at final night for the Half Note Lounge on Glenn Dale Rd., Bowie

*Sirius Co. @ Takoma Station @ 11

*Teddy Douglas (Basement Boys) @ Wild Days rooftop bar

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Sat. 2-29

Bossa Nova & Beyond w/ Pan American Symphony Orchestra w/ guitarist Dani Cortaza quartet & 3 Brazilian singers @ Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre (sold out)

Frank Reyes @ VIP Room in Baltimore

Afro Soca Love dj event @ Karma  

Cease & Seekle – Reggae Fest @ Palladium

Drive-by Truckers @ 930

Northeast Groovers reunited w/ Major League w/ Killa Cal; hosted by Michelle Blackwell @ Bliss (DC go-go)

Marcia Ball & Sonny Landreth @ Hamilton

Afrobeats, hiphop, dancehall & soca dj @ Barcode  every Saturday

Marlin Rosado @ Atlas

Viva Brasil- Carnival Dance Party w/ Nation Beat & Rose Moraes @ Creative Alliance

Kiran Ahluwalia @ Barns of Wolf Trap (India vocals plus West African, blues, & jazz influences)

Arlo Guthrie @ Birchmere

Hembree @ Comet

Loud Boyz & more @ Pie Shop

Be Well, Cloak/Dagger, Bed Maker @ Songbyrd

*TCB, TOB, Reaction, ABM, XIB @ Fast eddie's  9:30 pm to 3 am 

*The Unity tour: Toby Love, Xtreme, Bachata Heightz, Kewin Cosmos @ Cococabana 

*Batitda Brazilian vinyl dj party w/ Marcello & Neal @ Green Zone

*Sirius Co. & Black Alley @ Ivy City 

*The Effects, Gorgeous , Territory Slugs @ Rhizome 

*Rare Essence @ Aqua

*Motown tribute @ Bowie Performing Arts Center  

*DeSanguashington ep pre-release VIP party @ location tba

*Lost City Books reopening party w/ music  (once was Idle Times)

*Still Familiar @ Takoma Station

*Crown Vic's Weird World dj night @ 7 @ Daikaya

*Fuzz fest metal @ the pocket

*Be Well, Cloak/dagger, Bed Maker (amanda Mackaye band) @ Songbyrd

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Sun. 3-1

Hayes Carll (solo) w/ Allison Moorer @ Birchmere  (folk/Americana/country)

Kazzabe @ Fogoncito in Manassas Park

Young Dolph & Key Glock @ Fillmore (rap)

Bill Frisell : Harmony w/ Petra haden, Hank Roberts & Luke Bergman @ Keystone Korner

*Proper Utensils day party 4 to 7 (tribute to Lloyd Pinchback) @ Bethesda Blues & jazz (go-go)

*Parallel Intersections @ Atlas w/ Josanne Francis on steelpan & Chao Tian on Chinese dulcimer

*Seth Kibel klezmer brunch @ DC JCC

*vinyl extravaganza @ vfw #2 Post 9274

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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 Global Music 2020, Rolling Afro 2020,  the Rolling Afro-Latin & the Capital Swamp & Chitlin Circuit  threads

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