Sunday, June 2, 2013

D.C./Baltimore/DMV "World" Music & More calendar June 2013

From my Yahoo group emailed calendar.  Updates will include an asterisk *

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Highlights:

6-1-Gator Day w/ Ms. Jody at Lamonts
6-6-Hot 8 Brass at 6th & I
6-7- Alexander Abreu with his Havana D’Primera big band vs Barbaro Fines &  Mayimbe at the Palace, Woodbridge, VA (Cuban Timba, salsa)
6-13-Susanna Baca at the Howard Theatre (Afro-Peruvian)
6-18-Amadou & Mariam w/ Bombino at 930 Club (Mali & Niger)
6-28-5th Annual Flags Till Morning DC Carnival Featuring Bunji Garlin, Kerwin Dubois, Lyrikal at 12am w/ DJs The Dream Team DJ majestic & Dj Stephen at the Hampton Conference Center, Capital Heights, MD (soca and more)

Plus more including Smithsonian Folklife Fest, movie docs…
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Sat. 6-1

Gator Day (WPFW Sat. noon to 2 DJ Gator) at Lamont's in Pomonkey at 2 pm with Ms. Jody (great Southern soul singer) plus Jim Bennett & Lady Mary; Clarence Bluesman Turner; Stacy Brooks Band; Big Daddy Stallings; Ida Campbell; Blues Society Band

Dance Africa DC at Dance Place

Washington Folk fest noon to 7 at Glen Echo

Sierra Leone Refugee Allstars at Artisphere

Patti Griffin at the Birchmere 

Moombahton Massive Day at Velvet Lounge, 930, U St. Music Hall

Tim McGraw (country) at Jiffy Lube Live

Taiwanese Cultural Heritage Night (Taiwanese Dance/Music)
Come and enjoy the exotic and diverse beauty of Taiwanese culture, dance and music.
Ossian Hall Park: 7900 Heritage Drive, Annandale, VA 22003
7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

"Holding On to Jah" reggae movie doc at 9:30PM at AFI (part of Caribbean Movie fest)

Caribbean Heritage Fest at Bladensburg Waterfront Park

Otmart Liebert at Birchmere

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Sun. 6-2

Patti Griffin at the Birchmere (alt-country/folk)

Washington Folk fest noon to 7 at Glen Echo (with international acts included)

Iris Dement at Jammin Java

Peaches & Herb Show with a special guest appearance by Skip Mahoney and The Casuals at the Eclipse, Bladensburg Rd

16th Annual DC Reggae Music Awards at the Nectar Lounge, 7926 Georgia Avenue - Silver Spring, MD Awards Ceremony Starts 8pm and Special performances By 
Renewed Gospel Singers, Tony Roy, Ruth Ann Brown, Rush Dem, Lenny Kurlou,
Ras Puma from Archives, Star Stingaz, Music By Double Trouble & Lexxus Superior

Poncho Sanchez at Rams Head Tavern in Annapolis

Tab Benoit & the Voice of the Wetlands Louisiana All-Stars with Moreland and Arbuckle at State Theatre

Uppalapu "Mandolin" Shrinivas, Carnatic mandolin; Uppalapu "Mandolin" Rajesh, Carnatic mandolin; Trichy K. Murali, ghatam; Madirimangalam Swaminathan, mrdangam at 4:00 pm at The Hoff Theater, University of Maryland 1133, Adele H. Stamp Student Union, College Park, MD

Soul Rebels at 8 by 10 (new Orleans brass )

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Mon. 6-3

Charlie XCX (Brit electropop) at 930 Club

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Tues. 6-4

Earth, Wind & Fire at Wolf Trap

Dawn Richard (r'n'b) at the Howard

*Camp Lo and Uptwon XO at Twelve Lounge
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Wed. 6-5

Pokey LaForge at Birchmere

The Bats (New Zealand rock) w/ Dot Dash at DC 9

Nicholas Payton talking about his music at Busboys & Poets, 14th & V 6:30 to 8:30

Marc Cary Solo Piano: A Tribute to Singer/musician Abbey Lincoln at Bohemian Caverns
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Thurs. 6-6

Jesse & Joy at the Fillmore Silver Spring (Latino pop)

Dawn Richard at the Howard (r'n'b) early show
Mobb Deep at the Howard (rap) late show

Hot 8 Brass Band (New Orleans hiphop funky) at 6th & I Syn. 

William "Smooth" Wardlaw's tribute to Luther Vandross at 
7pm at The Blue Dolphin, 1166 State Route 3 South, Gambrills, MD

Nicholas Payton Triple X featuring Lenny White - the Hamilton (DC Jazz Festival)

Saxophonist Jacques Schwarz-Bart for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. He presents his Jazz Racine Haiti, a project that blends modern jazz and ritual voodoo music from Haiti.

*The Black Girls (Richmond r'n'b) and Congo Sanchez at Tropicalia
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Fri. 6-7

John Hammond, Phil Wiggins & the Chesapeake Sheiks, Roy Book Binder
State Theatre (Blues as part of the Tinner Hill Blues Fest)

Alexander Abreu with his Havana D'Primera big band vs Barbaro Fines & Mayimbe (Cuban timba, Latin-jazz & salsa bands on rare US tour) at 9:00pm at The Palace, 13989 Jefferson David Hwy
Woodbridge, VA

Joe Veras (bachata y tropical) at Diamond Lounge, 7203 Little River Tpke
Annadale, VA 2

Latin-Rock Invasion at the Howard

Tony Humphries and Sam "The Man" Burns - U St Music Hall (house dance music djs)

Dance Theatre of Harlem at Kennedy Center 

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Sat. 6-8

Tinner Hill Blues fest with Big Bill Morganfield, Sista Monica (great soulful singer) , Mary Ann Redmond, Daryl Davis, Beverly Guitar Watkins (unique guitarist), Roy BookBinder, Elleanor Ellis, Pearl Bailes, Gina DeSimone, & Pat Quinn, Sheryl Warner, ... @ Cherry Hill Park ($15)

Chinese Cultural Heritage Night 7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Ossian Hall Park
7900 Heritage Drive Annandale Va

Gary Louris (of the Jayhawks) and Luke Mitchem at Jammin' Java (alt-country rock)

Mint Condition at Rams Head Live Baltimore (r'n'b)

Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis at Birchmere (alt-country)

Lionel Loueke (jazz guitarist from Benin ) at Bohemian Caverns

*Pompeya (Moscow Russia indie) at Tropicalia

*Big Bang Dance party at Artisphere (part of Supernova performance art fest with Heavy Breathing, Holly Bass, Ultra Nate and more) 

*Asia After Dark: Korea Seoul train 7 to 11 at Freer Sackler
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Sun. 6-9

"Bagels & Bongos" at 6th & I Synagogue with Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra with special guests Steven Bernstein and Anat Cohen (part of DC Jazz Fest) -Arturo O'Farrill grew up playing both Cuban mambo and Jewish Klezmer. For "Bagels & Bongos" he and special guests plus his big band demonstrates the links between the styles, and do hybrid mambo takes on Jewish ones: 

Tricky at the 930 club (post funk)

Vagon Chicano and Polo Urias y su Maquina Nortena (Mexican norteno) at 9:00pm at The Palace, 13989 Jefferson David Hwy, Woodbridge, VA

Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis at Rams Head Tavern Annapolis (alt-country)

Lionel Loueke (jazz guitarist from Benin ) at Bohemian Caverns

Dance Theatre of Harlem matinee at Kennedy Ctr.

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Mon. 6-10

Gary Louris of the Jayhawks (solo) - Rams Head Tavern Annapolis

NY Jazz vocalist Hilary Kole at the Turkish Embassy

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Tues. 6-11

Festival Afro-Bahia (through 6-16) in DC 

Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band at the Hamilton (DC Jazz Festival)
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Wednesday June 12-

Buika at Howard Theatre—great Afro-Spanish jazzy vocalist who is on an NPR list of top 50 vocalists, and was in an Almodovar movie, and has a new album out

Iceage at Rock n Roll Hotel (Danish punk rock)


*OkayAfrica dj party with DJ Underdog at Tropicalia

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Thursday June 13

Susanna Baca at Howard Theatre- classy but funky Afro-Peruvian vocalist

Maseo (eclectic rapper) from De La Soul dj'ing at Tropicalia
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Fri. 6-14

Jose Alberto El Canario and orchestra (great salsa singer) at the Diamond Lounge
7203 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA

Manhattans at the Fillmore (velour soul)

Joe Veras (Bachata); Miriam Cruz (Merengue); and Asdrubar (Salsa) at 9:00pm at
Cococabana, 2031A university blvd., Hyattsville, MD

Alex Bueno (bachata and merengue) at the Palace, Woodbridge

"Celtic Woman" at Wolf Trap

Jazz and Jazz Samba: a Tribute to Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd featuring Harry Allen (tenor sax), Chuck Redd (drums/vibes), Nate Najar (guitar), and Tommy Cecil (bass) at Rams Head Tavern Annapolis

Hem at the Birchmere

Paquito D'Rivera & Pan American Ensemble: Jazz meets Latin Classics at Kenn. Ctr Terr. Th. For 2 shows


Early show (live reggae, ska, rocksteady) with  The Snails (Philadelphia, PA) 8:30PM and  The Shifters (DC) 9:30PM at Tropicalia


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Sat. 6-15

Maryland Traditions Folklife Festival at Creative Alliance Patterson Theatre, Baltimore
FREE - 11am-7pm withLafayette Gilchrist (Jazz), Swallows (Doo-Wop), Carroll County Ramblers (Bluegrass), Sam Ouen-Tes (Kahmer), Marimba Linda Xelaju (Guatemala), Uhwachi-Reh (Native American Dance)

The Roots at Kastle Stadium at SW Waterfront wharf

Questlove (from the Roots) dj'ing late at the Howard

Columbia Pike Blues Fest at South Walter Reed Drive (900 block) at Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA

*Capital Congress Dance Fest (salsa, zouk, more with instruction and dance performances) in Alexandria through the 18th

Brassaholics at the Hamilton (New Orleans jazz meets go-go)

*Teen Battle of the Bands at 6 at Artisphere
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Sun. 6-16

Swamp Romp at 2 pm at Wolftrap Filene Center with Marcia Ball, Steve Riley(excellent Cajun & pop & rock bandleader) & the Mamou Playboys, Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys(sultry-voiced zydeco singer)

Joe Louis Walker (blues guitarist) at Bethesda Blues & Jazz

Eric Lindell & the Sunliners w/ Walter 'Wolfman' Washington (New Orleans funky blues guitarist) at Rams Head Annapolis

Festival de la Raza at Manassas Fairgrounds with Tito El Bambino (reggaeton), Bachata Heightz, Rene Alonso and more (cumbia, regional Mexican)

Kodai Kaal Katre" grand tamil music concert from 4:00pm to 8:00pm
At Langley High School, 6520 Georgetown Pike, McLean, VA

Festival Latino at 6 Flags in Upper Marlboro, MD

Rebirth Brass Band at 8 by 10 (New Orleans funky-hip hop inflected horns)

*Jontre (Colombia folkloric band) at Tropicalia
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Mon 6-17

Eric Lindell & the Sunliners w/ Walter 'Wolfman' Washington (New Orleans funky blues guitarist) at the Hamilton

* For free at 7 p.m. at George Washington University's Phillips Hall, Room B-120 (basement) "University of Maryland Sound Archivist and Ethnomusicologist Laura Schnitker will discuss the cultural relevance of campus radio, outline the histories of WAMU and WMUC and highlight salient aspects of both archival collections. Digital Reformatting Specialist Eric Cartier, University of Maryland, will describe some of the challenges of preservation and access in working with a wide range of media formats. Fascinating audio treasures will be featured throughout."
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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Tues. 6-18

Amadou & Mariam with Bombino at 930 Club (Mali & Niger)
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Wed. 6-19

The Hall Brothers at Mason District Park 7:30 to 8:30 (roots/honky-tonk)

Juneteenth

Juanes at Wolf Trap (Colombia rock)

* Harold Lopez-Nussa (Cuban pianist from 90 Miles album on 1st US tour) at An die Musik in Baltimore, MD
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Thurs. 6-20

Muscle Shoals (60s soul & rock) movie doc at 7:45 p.m. at the National Portrait Gallery

Son Volt (alt-country rock) at the 930 Club

"When the Song Dies" (15 minute Scottish folk music doc) at AFI Silver at 5:30 with other film shorts


*DJ mettabbana (DJ night Global Bassment featuring sounds of global urban bass:: balkan beat, global trap, funk carioca, electrocumbia, afro house, kwaito, kuduro, tecnobrega, 3ball, coupé-décalé, soukous, zouk, kizomba. FREE at Tropicalia

*Cheik Hamala Diabete (DC based Malian and band) for UN refugee Day at Kennedy Ctr. Mil. Stage for free from 6 to 7 

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Fri. 6-21

Victor Manuelle (Salsa singer doing special 20 years of his history show) at the Palace in Woodbridge

Maggie Rose (country) at Fillmore

Dwight Yoakum at 930 Club (country)

K-Ci & Jo-jo at Howard Theatre (r'n'b)

*Jonny Grave & the Tombstones (Miss. Hill country style blues) at Tropicalia

*Noche de San Juan celebration with the Salblompe band and Puerto Rican djs at Cuba Libre
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Sat. 6-22

the annual Summer Music Fête, 4 pm to 12 midnight -- La Maison Française (French Embassy)

Big Joe & the Dynaflows w/ Anson Funderburgh at Baltimore Blues Society gig at 
Rosedale American Legion Hall

Greek Cultural Heritage night at Ossian Hall Park: 7900 Heritage Drive, Annandale, VA 
7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Emmanuel Jal (Sudanese reggae) for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Jory (reggaeton & rap) at Diamond Lounge, Annandale, VA

Tribute to Women of Country at Blobs Park with locals Diana Quinn & Honky Tonk Confidential, Karen Collins and the Backroads Band, Ruthie Logsdon, Crayfish Sisters, Dagmar and Bob Newscaster, Wendy LeBeau and the Flea Bops, LesLee "Bird" Anderson
Shaam-e-ghazal - Radhika Chopra (geets, thumris and ghazals of poets) at 6:00pm at The Universities at Shady Grove 9630 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD 20850 Auditorium in Building One

Syleena Johnson at the Howard Theatre

*Baltimore Latino Fest at Patterson Park with Toby Love; Herman Olivera (salsa); Frankie Vazquez; La Firma ; Spanglish Fly; Grupo La Maquina de El Salvador and more 12 noon to 10 (not clear who is performing on Saturday and who is on Sunday)

* Spanglish Fly at 8 at Tropicalia (boogaloo/soul band)

gospel music from VaShawn Mitchell with Luther Barnes & The Red Budd Gospel Choir. FREE at 6 Flags in Upper Marlboro, MD with park admission.

Baltimore's World Refugee Day at Walters Art Museum, 1-3:30pm free (co-organized by Creative Alliance)

Wailers (reggae) plus EU and Troublefunk at National Capital Barbeque on PA. Ave
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Sun. 6-23

Muscle Shoals (60s soul & rock) movie doc at 4:30 p.m. at the Smithsonian Museum of
American History

Hamad Askari (Iranian pop singer) at Lisner Auditorium

Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble at Blobs Park with dance lesson at 3:30

Buddy Guy (great Chicago bluesman) at State Theatre

*El Zol 107.9 radio concert at Rosecroft Raceway in Ft. Washington, MD with Gilberto Santa Rosa (salsa), El Torito, Los Hermanos Rosario, N"Klabe, Toby Love, Angel y Khriz (reggaeton), 24 Horas, Juan Esteban (salsa) and more 

Los Huracanes del Norte (regional Mexican & norteno) at the Palace, Woodbridge, VA

JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound and John Michael Rouchell - Rock & Roll Hotel

Jean-Paul Bourelly Solo (Tribute to Pete Cosey, funky-jazzy guitarist), Jean-Paul Bourelly & Ernest Dawkins Duet, and Dawkins' New Horizons plus Tribute to Fred Anderson - Bohemian Caverns, 2001 11th Street (& U), WDC

"When the Song Dies" (15 minute Scottish folk music doc) at Goethe Inst. At 3:45 with other film shorts

Bob Marley Tribute at Kennedy Ctr. With Jacob Hemphill & Trevor Young of SOJA, David Hinds, Israel Vibration, Junior Marvin, Toshi Reagon, and Speech, all backed by house band Roots Radics.

*Baltimore Latino Fest at Patterson Park with Toby Love; Herman Olivera (salsa); Frankie Vazquez; La Firma ; Spanglish Fly; Grupo La Maquina de El Salvador and more 12 noon to 9 (not clear who is performing on Saturday and who is on Sunday)
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Mon 6-24

Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers w/ Edie Brickell at Wolftrap Filene Center

Billy Cox Band at the Hamilton (from Jimi Hendrix Experience)

Argentine-American indie-pop musician Diego Garcia for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

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Tues. 6-25

Creole for Kidz and the History of Zydeco atWolf Trap's Theatre-in-the-Woods at 10:30 AM (Wednesday also)

Michael Alpert (klezmer) for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

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Wed. 6-26

Smithsonian Folklife Festival ( 3 themes: Hungarian Heritage; One World, Many Voices; The Will to Adorn) with the Garifuna Collective (recommended) plus Kalmyk singers from a Buddhist-settled region of Russia; Tuvan musicians; Hungarian fiddlers; and the post-bop, noisy jazz experimentation of the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble. Through June 30th and picking up again July 3rd through 7th

6 to 8 Folklife fest Evening Concert-Szalonna and His Band with Andrea Navratil and Roma Fiddlers (Centuries of Hungarian Dance) and then 8 to 9:30 - Dance House with Heveder and Tükrös And on another stage at 6-Ethnic Heritage Ensemble & In Process (jazz)

Hungarian singer, film, and stage actress Eszter Biro for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Geto Boys (Houston rap) at Howard Theatre
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Thurs. 6-27

Temptations and 4 Tops at Wolf Trap (Many of the original members are dead; but this still could be fun)

Patricia Smith & Sage String Quartet-The Sound and Fury of New Orleans (poetry with music about Katrina) as part of the Colombia, MD Festival of the Arts at Monteabaro Hall

Smithsonian Folklife Fest evening concerts from 6pm: Eszter Bíró and Band: Klezmer Melodies Village Dances; Dance House with Életfa at 8 to 9:30; Hawaiian music and dance 6 to 8 also 

Parno Graszt (gypsy musc from Hungary), Orchester Prazevica at Baltimore's Creative Alliance

Bolivian ensemble Los Masis for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
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Fri. 6-28

Shankar Ehsaan Loy (Bollywood music show) at the George Mason Patriot Center, in Virginia 

A tribute to legendary singer Hector Lavoe featuring Renzo Padilla La voz de la juventud and band (salsa) at 9:00pm at Tutto Bene, 501 N Randolph St., Arlington, VA

Cosculluela y Nengo Flow (reggaeton and rap) at Diamond Lounge, Annandale Ralph 

Smithsonian Folklife Fest evening concerts from 6pm to 8: Rinzler Concert with The Seldom Scene in honor of Peter Seitel; plus North American Dance Gala with Tükrös and életfa; 8 to 9 Dance House with Heveder

Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino (pizzica taranta music from Italy) at Baltimore's Creative Alliance

Alexis y Fido (reggaeton) at 9 at the Omega Lounge, 1401 University Blvd E 
Hyattsville, MD

5th Annual Flags Till Morning DC Carnival Featuring Bunji Garlin, Kerwin Dubois, Lyrikal at 12am w/ DJs The Dream Team DJ majestic & Dj Stephen at the Hampton Conference Center, Capital Heights, MD (soca and more)

Ethnic Heritage Ensemble for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
(jazz)

* Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang at Tropicalia

* Soundclash 11th Anniversary at Marx Cafe, Mt. Pleasant St (reggae, ska, rocksteady)

*Gangstagrass and Human Country Jukebox at Artisphere

*Banda Magda at Atlas Theatre, H St. NE

*Twenty Feet from Stardom (movie) at the Avalon, Conn. Ave. NW (movie about the backing singers for the Stones, Sting, Stevie Wonder and others)
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Sat. 6-29

Maryland Caribbean Fest at noon at Lions Sports Ground
11585 Cherry Tree Crossing – Brandywine, MD (all-ages, family etc)

Delbert McLinton at the Birchmere

Daniel Agostini & Agrupacion Marilyn at 9:00pm at Diamond Lounge
7203 Little River Tpke., Annandale, VA (cumbia)

DC Carnival Masquerade Ball at Shakespeare Theatre

Demarco (reggae) with Macky Gemini from Negril, Jamaica & 
DJ Stoka the Fire Marshall at Love Nightclub, 1350 Okie St NE DC

XEN DC Carnival Saturday Night Block Party with Cassi, K. Rich & more at 10 pm at Aqua, 1518 New York Ave NE

Preservation Hall Jazz Band at the Rouse Theatre, Colombia, MD 

Six Flags America's annual Blues Brews & BBQ, Upper Marlboro, MD

Brad Paisley, Chris Young, Lee Brice, and the Henningsens at Jiffy Lube Live

Joe Louis Walker at Rams Head Tavern (Annapolis) (blues)

John Grant at U St. Music Hall (indie singer/songwriter)

Smithsonian Folklife Fest evening concerts from 6pm to 8: Heveder and Juhász Family Village Dances; 8 to 9 Dance House with Heveder and Szalonna and His Band. Also at 6 is An-sky Yiddish Heritage Ensemble with Hungarian Guests

The Heveder Hungarian Folk Ensemble, (which plays music from Transylvania and Hungary) with dance house musician István Papp ("Gázsa,"), Moldavian flute player Zoltán Juhász, and his daughter, singer and gardon player Réka Juhász for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage


*old-time evening community dance for all ages, with Roustabout String Band and dance caller Janine Smith, at 6:30 pm as part of The Civil War Comes to Rockville-- 10 am to 8:30 pm. Also performing are Washington Revels Heritage Voices, and  Jubilee Voices.  This event marks the day Confederate General "Jeb" Stuart raided Rockville, delaying his arrival at the Battle of Gettysburg

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Sun. 6-30

DC Latin Flavor Fest at Fairgrounds at Half Street, 1299 Half Street SE Next to Nationals Park - Navy Yard Metro Washington, DC

Smithsonian Folklife Fest evening concerts from 6pm to 8:Peacock Gala Centuries of Hungarian Dance; from 8 to 9:30- Dance House with Heveder and Szalonna and His Band; Also at 6: Dimen Dong Folk Chorus: Previewing a Future Program on China

Kam Grand Choir, a multipart polyphonic choir (Dong nationality in China) for free from 6 to 7 at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

*Kes the Band (Caribbean) at the Howard Theatre
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Mon. 7-1

Alpha Blondy (reggae) at the Howard 

Jason Isbell at the Birchmere

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Other cool stuff (mostly indie-rock): 
6-3-Mtn. Goats @ 930; 6-4-Best Coast @ 930; Foul Swoops @ CD Cellar, Arl.; 6-6 Beach House @ 930 Club; 6-7 Willie Nile @ Jammin Java;6-8-Screaming Females, Priests & more @St. Stephens; the B-52s and Shark Week @ Celebrate Fairfax Festival ; 6-10 Ariel Pink @ Uhall; Wild Nothings @ Metro Gallery; 6-11-Ariel Pink @ Ottobar; 6-12 Blake Schwarzenbach @ Metro Gallery; 6-13-Go-gos & Psychedelic Furs @ Wolf Trap; David Byrne & St. Vincent - Meyerhoff Symphony Hall; 6-16-XX @ M. Post Pav.; 6-19-Rancid @ Fillmore; 6-20 B. Idol & Cat Power @ Wolf Trap; 6-21-Mikal Cronin, Shannon & the Clams, Roomrunner @ Comet;6-22-Punk Singer movie about Kathleen Hanna 10pm @AFI; 6-23-Punk Singer @ 2:45 Portrait Gallery;6-24-Rolling Stones @ Verizon;6-27-Eleanor Friedberger @ U St. M. hall;

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

D.C./Baltimore DMV "World" Music and More May 2013 Concert Calendar


DC/Baltimore "World" Music and More- May 2013
Compiled by Steve Kiviat

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***indie-rock and non-music stuff is at the bottom. Most sold-out shows omitted.
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I add items as I discover them and note them with asterisks*
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Highlights:

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Wed. 5-1

Moenia (Mexican synth-pop) at State Theatre, Falls Church

May Day at 4:30 in Malcolm X Park

DC Jewish Music fest at 6th & I synagogue with Israeli female vocalist Mika Karni and her ensemble of Israeli, Moroccan, Yemenite, and Ethiopian musicians and singers who combine traditional Jewish melodies with African ethnic rhythms and a dash of folk.

James Brown Tribute event at Tropicalia with Djs Damu the Fudgemonk; Sam the Man Burns; and DJ Underdog spinning Godfather of Soul vinyl in tribute to what would have been his 80th birthday

9th Wonder's Jamla showcase at the Howard (rap)

Boris at Rock n Roll Hotel (special show)
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Thurs. 5 -2

"On the Good Foot" --James Brown tribute continues at Tropicalia with DJ Applejac, Daz & Kue, DJ Stylus

Ben Harper & Charley Musselwhite at 930 Club (sold-out)

Maccabeats at Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation's Capital,
6045 16th Street NW,

Hayes Carll (country) at the Birchmere

Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird ( mixture of radical Yiddish song, punk sensibility and re-worked klezmer melodies) with an "unplugged" version of Sarah Aroeste's newest project, Gracia, which fuses Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) music with rock, pop, jazz and funk,at Artisphere

Boris at Rock n Roll Hotel (special show)

Found Footage Festival: Public Access Explosion! At Creative Alliance in Baltimore with Jeff Krulik
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Friday 5-3

Los Master Plus (Guadalaraja, Mexico Electro-cumbia duo) at 10 with Bio Ritmo (Richmond, VA salsa) opening at 8 at Tropicalia

El Vez at Black Cat

Bob Marley free tribute by Nayas at Bier Baron, 1523 22nd St NW
Washington DC,
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Sat. 5-4

JarabeDepalo at the Howard Theatre

Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mtn. Boys at the Hylton Center, Manassas

The Good Thing (DC funk band) at 8 and Fort Knox 5 at 10 spinning James Brown remixes at Tropicalia

Morris Day & the Time at Kentland/Columbia Park Community Center, 2411 Pinebrook Drive, Landover, MD

Led by Israeli-born Artistic Director Zvi Gotheiner, ZviDance will perform DABKE, a contemporary dance inspired by this ancient Middle-Eastern folk dance. Arabic for "stomping the ground," at 7:30 at American Dance Institute, Rockville, MD

Caravansary of Dreams Persian dance event at Joy of Motion Dance Center/ Friendship Heights , 5207 Wisconsin Ave NW

Los Redd from El Salvador at 8:00pm at Leyla's Restaurant, 5607 Sargent Rd.
Hyattsville, MD

Pan American Symphony Tango at Lisner

Danny Brown (rap) at Rock n Roll Hotel (sold-out)
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Sun. 5-5

*National Cinco de Mayo Fest between noon & 6 pm  on the mall between 8th & 12 Sts. NW with Maru Montero Dance Company;  Remember the Palladium theatrical excerpt w salsa dancers and Orchestra La Leyenda; Mariachi Los Amigos and more

Cinco de Mayo Block Party with Roman Arriola, ZakkE, Kickoman y Botta at El Gavilan, 8805 Flower Ave., Silver Spring , MD

Lila Downs at the Hylton Center, Manassas (recommended)(Mexican-American singer) (pre-performance discussion with ethnomusicologist at 7)

Dabke (Israeli dance re Arab Spring) at 2 pm at American Dance Institute, Rockville

Blues dance music night at 6 at Tropicalia

Dreamgirls at the Lyric in Baltimore

Earth, Wind & Fire at Pier 6 in Baltimore

Los Originales de San Juan Y Buknas de Culiacan at 9:00pm at the Palace
13989 Jefferson David Hwy, Woodbridge, VA

Hossein Omoumi and Fatemeh Keshavarz (Persian music) at U. of Md Arc Aud.
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Mon. 5-6

Culture with Kenyatta Hill (classic roots reggae) at Tropiccalia

Belgian multi-instrumentalist Paul Oorts & Karen Ashbrook on the hammered dulcimer and wooden flute for a program of traditional instrumental music from 6 to 7 for free at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

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Tues. 5-7

Alejandro Sanz (commercial Latin rock) at DAR Const. Hall

Steve Earle (alt-country) at the Birchmere

Old Bay Ceili Irish band from 6 to 7 for free at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars' Klezmer-Bhangra Extravaganza featuring Deep Singh at 7:30 pm at the Washington DCJCC, 1529 16th Street NW, Washington, DC
Indian and Jewish music collide! Trumpeter Frank London of the Klezmatics joins master percussionist Deep Singh. The concert will explore both the ecstatic and the meditative aspects of Jewish and Indian music, and will feature songs by Malkit Singh and Moyshe Oysher. Songs will be sung in Yiddish, Punjabi, Hebrew, Hindi, and English.
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Wed. 5-8

Joshua Morgan and guest vocalists Will Gartshore and Bayla Whitten at the DC JCC lead a singalong to show tunes from Jewish Broadway (aka Broadway) — everyone from Rodgers and Hammerstein and the Gershwins, to Kander and Ebb, plus Schwartz, Shaiman, and of course, Sondheim.

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Thurs. 5-9

Dynami (Georgetown dancers doing traditional moves from Greece) from 6 to 7 for free at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Maracuyeah 2 year anniversary/Reventon with dj Guaguis (Kumbia Queers/Ultrasonicas) from Mexico and from DC : Son Cosita Seria & Dj Wanako at 10 p.m. at Tropicalia

Joshua Nelson, "Prince of Kosher Soul" at DC JCC-- Nelson combines Jewish liturgical lyrics with the soulful sounds of American gospel music

*Nadas and Jason Ringenberg (alt-country) at Hill Country Barbeque

*Alice Russell (jazzy soul ) at Liv
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Fri. 5-10

Big Sam's Funky Nation at Artisphere (New Orleans funk & jam band) with King Soul (DC)

Beausoleil at Culpeper State Theatre

Charlie Wilson at DAR Const. Hall

Roberto Jr at 9:00pm at The Palace, 13989 Jefferson David Hwy
Woodbridge, VA

Guy Davis (blues) at Montpelier Arts Ctr in Laurel, MD
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Sat. 5-11

Percy Sledge & Gene Chandler (soul) at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral Street, Baltimore,

Celebracion del Dia de las Madres con Caril Paura y Homenaje a Los Visconti en Ceviche House, 9:00pm, 117 N. Frederick Ave., Gaithersburg, MD

*Mousee Thompson and the James Brown Experience, Hardway Connection, Greg Cooper, Baltimore's Badd, Hardway Connection w WPFW's Mille Ware as emcee at Lamonts in Pomonkey 2 pm showtime

Bernice Johnson Reagon (Sweet Honey) with Toshi Reagon at Creative Alliance in Baltimore

*Luciana Souza (sings artsy Brazilian bossa nova jazz) at Atlas Theatre , H st NE

Taylor Swift at Verizon Ctr (sold-out)

Currensy at Howard Theatre (rap)

BeBe Winans (gospel) at Lisner

*DC Love Fest with Raheem Devaughan , Marsha Ambrosius, Lysette Titi, John Michael, B. Blunt & Kyonte (r'n'b) at DC Convention Ctr.

*Sweetlife Fest w/ Phoenix(French synths & guitar rock), Passion Pit (synth pop), Kendrick Lamar(rap), Yeah Yeah Yeahs (rock), Gary Clark (blues), Solange (r'n'b), Lindsey Stirling at Merriweather Post plus a bunch of indie rock bands on smaller stages

*Kendrick Lamar at Fur (after Sweetlife gig)

*Alerta Zero at Mexico Lindo in Bladensburg
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Sun. 5-12

Preston Frank and Big Daddy Zydeco at Glen Echo

Mothers Day Tribute to Motown legends with Dennis Edwards, Delfonics, Dynamic Superiors & JR Walker's All-star band at Lincoln Theatre at 5PM

*El Coyote y el banda; Alerta Zero; Tierra Santa; Agave Norteno & more at Prince William County Fairgrounds, Manassas, VA

Celebracion del Dia de las Madres con Caril Paura y Homenaje a Los Visconti at 6:00pm at Tutto Bene, 501 N Randolph St., Arlington, VA

Freddie Jackson at 7:30 (r'n'b) at Howard Theatre and Juicy J and Asap Ferg (rap) at 10 at Howard Theatre

*Mothers Finest (r'n'b) at Birchmere

*Urban Corps Transatlantic Hiphop & Dance Fest through the 18th at various DC locations
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Mon. 5-13

Backpack Jax and KLP and TSU at Creative Alliance (French hiphop inspired dance and more)

*Digitalism (German electro-house) at U St. Music Hall
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Wed. 5-15

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Thurs. 5-16

Kickoman (cumbia-reggae-rock) cd release show at Tropicalia with Maracuyeah djs and Pompeya

Isley Brothers at DAR Constitution Hall

Thunder Soul movie doc for free at Creative Alliance, Balt.

Sheila E. at 7:30 at Howard Theatre; Chuck Brown's band at 10:30 for year-later special tribute

Arturo Sandoval at Blues Alley
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Fri. 5-17

Bachata Heightz at the Palace, Route 1 South, Woodbridge

Big Sandy & the Fly-Rite Boys at Iota (alt-honky tonk)

Brian McKnight (r'n'b) at Howard Theatre

*Lucian Perkins and Alec Mackaye discuss DC 1979 punk photo (with essays) book Hard Art at Politics & Prose
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Sat. 5-18

Jim Byers' Metro Mambo—Rainbow Mambo- the Gay and Lesbian Presence in Latin music with actor/dancer Andy Torres and Orquesta de Leyenda from 2 to 4 at Smithsonian Anacostia Museum

Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival at Sandy Point with Eric Burdon & the Animals, Trombone Shorty, Lucky Peterson,

Argentine Festival at Thomas Jefferson Theater, 125 South Old Glebe Rd
Arlington, VA

Pitbull at Preakness infield

Tony Roy, Ambelique, and Sammy Dread at Rio Lounge, Rt. 1 , Laurel, MD (reggae)

Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Fest starts

Eme & Heteru "Afro-roots music" at Tropicalia

Elikeh (Togo/DC afropop), Nappy Riddem, & Black Masala at Artisphere

Freddie McGregor, Ken Boothe and Yellowman (reggae) at the Fairgrounds at Nationals Park

Blind Boys of Alabama & Bettye Lavette (soul) at Howard Theatre

Night of 1,000 Dylans at Creative Alliance
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Sun. 5-19

Charity benefit with Deathfix, DJ Will Eastman, Razz, Kid Congo,
Richard Morel's Hot Sauce, Batala (DC style Brazilian), Lee Fields & The Expression (soul) at 930 Club matinee

Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival at Sandy Point with Bonnie Raitt, Mavis Staples, Indigenous, Slide Brothers, Deanna Bogart,

Karpouzi Trio(locally based band play Greek music) at 3:30 at Hill Center,921 PA Ave Se
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Mon. 5-20

Former V. Voice critic and Black Rock Coalition co-founder Greg Tate's jazzy Burnt Sugar Arkestra Chamber (with singers, horns and a rhythm section), go-go and jazz pianist Marc Cary, and Brooklyn/DC poet Thomas Sayers Ellis are teaming up with DC-based go-go vocalist Donnell Floyd, and percussionists Go-go Mickey and Kenny "Kwick" Gross to form "The Upper Anacostia ~ Lower Gold Coast Symphonic." They will be presenting their "Drums Along the Potomac-A Global Go-Go Fantasia" for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage. WPFW dj Bobby Hill will lead a post-gig discussion.

Casey Veggies and Travis Scott (rap) at Howard Theatre
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Tues. 5-21

Fishtank Ensemble ("Cross-pollinated Gypsy music") at Tropicalia
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Wed. 5-22

Mago De Oz at the Howard Theatre

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Thurs. 5-23

Del Fest at Allegheny Fairgrounds (through the 25th)

*L'Angelus (Cajun) at Jammin Java

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Fri. 5-24

Antonio Cartajena at Diamond Lounge, 7203 Little River Tpke, Annandale, VA

Machet v Dubenstein at Tropicalia (dubbed and echoed reggae ala Mad Professor)

Fieston Salvadorenisimo n Hermanos Flores y Tito Flores orquesta San Vicente
At 9:00pm at The Palace, Woodbridge, VA

Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan at Patriot Center

* El Gran Combo at El Boqueron II
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Sat. 5-25

Rakim y Keny (reggaeton) at Diamond Lounge, 7203 Little River Tpke, Annandale, VA

Stylistics, Blue Magic & GQ (soul) at Fifth Regiment Armory, 29th Division Street, Baltimore,

Manny Fuentes (from Puerto Rico) Tribute to Puerto Rican salsa at Ceviche House, Gaithersburg, MD

Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Eli Young Band, and Kacey Musgraves at Fed-Ex Field, Landover

*CS Blues movie (Rolling Stones 1972 doc) at Nat. Gallery of Art

*Migz at the Salsa Room, Arlington
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Sun. 5-26

* Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang (D.C.-based Sierra Leone) at Plum Orchard Conference Center,12210 Plum Orchard Drive, Silver Spring, MD as part of a special event dedicated to Sierra Leonean music. Afro National, Emmerson and Colin Crowe are also performing. Show starts at 9pm, and Janka is on at 10pm

Fab 5 Band and the Cables (Jamaiaca) at the Patapsco Park, Baltimore

Kelly Rowland & The-Dream at the Fillmore (r'n'b)

Homay & the Mastan Ensemble (Persian music) at Clarice Smith Ctr Dekelbaum Concert Hall

* Pandit Viswa Mohan Bhatt, Mohan veena (a modified slide guitar), and Pandit Subhen Chatterjee, tabla.  The USM Shady Grove Center, Rockville, MD 20850, at 6:00 pm;

**Migz at the Salsa Room, Arlington
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Mon. 5-27

Asian Pacific music night from traditional to k-pop from 6 to 7 for free at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

*Little Margie Clark from the Jewels with a great band featuring Jacques Johnson & Bobby Felder from 6 to 9 at the Westminster Church, SW DC
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Tues 5-28

Fado music from 6 to 7 for free at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

Kelly Rowland and the Dream at Rams Head Live in Baltimore

Aaron Neville at Rams Head Annapolis
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Wed. 5-29

Cyprus music from 6 to 7 for free at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

A Tribe Called Red (an all Native North American DJ crew from Ottawa Canada) at Tropicalia with Maracuyeah DJs

Toots & the Maytals & Rams Head Annapolis

Aaron Neville at the Birchmere

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Thurs. 5-30

Soul Power Movie doc for free (filmed in Zaire in the 70s with James Brown, BB King, Bill Withers, Celia Cruz, and more) at Creative Alliance at 7

*Chronixx (upcoming roots reggae star) with Zinc Fence Band and Hya Dream(DC) + Sagii Earthtone (VA)
 plus DJ music by Stoka Firemarshall and Revolution, at 10 p.m. at Twelve DC, 1126 H. St NE

Iris Dement at Rams Head Annapolis(alt-country)

Western MD Blues fest

A Tribe Called Red at 8 by 10(Native-North American rap)

*Kevin Naquin & the Ossun Playboys at Blobs Park (Louisiana Cajun band)
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Fri. 5-31

Daddy Yankee at Cococabana (reggaeton)

Maceo Parker at Birchmere (funk)

Iris Dement at Jammin Java

Mink Stole at Creative Alliance

*Jesse Lege & Bayou Brew (Cajun) at Glen Echo Park

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Sat. 6-1

Dance Africa DC at Dance Place

Washington Folk fest

*Gator Day at Lamont's in Pomonkey, MD w/ Ms. Jody (Ecko R. ) & more

Sierra Leone Refugee Allstars at Artisphere
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Other cool stuff (mostly indie-rock):
Wed. 5-1- ; 5-4 - DJ Kid Congo Powers , DJ Ian Svenonius; Deathfix and Paint Branch at Black Whiskey, 1410 14th St NW; 5-7-Ian Mackaye @ Library of C.; 5-13-Black Francis @ Birchmere; 5-16-Father John Misty @ 930; Camper V. Beethoven @ State; 5-17-Priests @ Comet; 5-18-Paramore @ Fillmore;5-19-Titus Andronicus @ Black Cat;5-25-Total Control (Aussie punk)/Parquet Courts/UV race @ Black Cat; 5-26- Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby @ An Die Musik- Balt;5-30-Thermals, Pure Junk @ Black Cat;

Monday, April 1, 2013

D.C./Baltimore DMV April 2013 "World" Music & more Concerts


DC/Baltimore "World" Music and More- April 2013
Compiled by Steve Kiviat with Guest Editor Sheila Rieser

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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.
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A quickly done list this month as I'm busy preparing an EMP Pop Conference in New Orleans 4-20 presentation. Thanks to Sheila for helping compile this month's list-Steve

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Highlights:


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Tues 4-2
Bajofondo (Argentine and Uruguayan band) at 9:30 Club

Marvin Gaye tribute at Restaurant Marvin

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Wed 4-3
Carolina Chocolate Drops (string band) at Birchmere Flex Stage

Ozomatli w/ Federico Aubele at 9:30 Club

Otis Taylor (blues) at Blues Alley

Marvin Gaye Day Tribute at the Howard Theatre with hand-dancers and an award to Beverly Lindsay

Sanguivorous, Japanese film accompanied live by musicians Matsuya Nakatani (percussionist) and Edward Wilkerson, Jr. (saxophonist) at Freer and Sackler Galleries (free)
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Thurs 4-4
Los Amigos Invisibles at The Fillmore

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Fri 4-5

*Cimarron (from Colombia) at Artisphere Dome Theatre

Fats Waller Dance Party with Meshelle Ndgeocello at the Kennedy Center

* "Mumbo Sauce" opening with BORF, Richard Coleman, Tim Conlon, COOL 'DISCO' DAN, Clark Fox, Cynthia Connolly, Globe Poster Archive, Mark Jenkins, Mingering Mike, Robin Rose and Rosina Teri Memolo. at Contemporary Wing, 906 H St NE. rsvp for opening required  to lindsay@contemporarywing.com  Art exhibit from folks influenced by 80s DC go-go, punk, and graffitti
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Sat 4-6
Jive Aces (UK jive and swing band) w/ Toni Prima (Louis Prima's daughter) at Glen Echo Park

De La Ghetto (reggaeton) at CocoCabana

* Alash (master throat singers from Tuva, near Mongolia) with Kerry Holahan, a soprano classically-trained at Peabody Conservatory, and Shodekeh, the Human Beatbox, at the Creative Alliance in Baltimore. 

*Meek Mill at the Fillmore (rap)

* Christian Scott at Bohemian Caverns (Jazz from New Orleans)
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Sun 4-7
Voz de Mando at The Palace
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Mon 4-8



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Tues 4-9
Mavericks at Birchmere

Latin Jazz JAM featuring percussionists Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez and Giovanni Hidalgo (Cuban) at Lisner Auditorium (free)

Bomba Estéreo (Columbian hip hop and electro) w/ Empressarios & Maracuyeah DJs at The Howard Theatre

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Wed 4-10
Marc Broussard at Birchmere

JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound with George Smallwood (retro soul) at Tropicalia

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Thurs 4-11
Alejandro Escovedo at The Hamilton

*Tamagawa University Taiko Drumming and Dance Troupe Live Concert
at  8PM at Kushi Restaurant, 465 K. St NW opens at 5:30pm.

*Stereo Total At DC 9 (German new wave indie)
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Fri 4-12
Hugh Masakela at Lisner Auditorium

Tamagawa University Taiko Drumming and Dance Troupe at at Freer and Sackler Galleries (free)

Oscar D'Leon (salsa legend) at The Palace, Woodbridge, VA

Aniceto Molina at El Boqueron

Adnan Sami (Bollywood singer) at Warner Theatre

Del Exilio (New York Cuban funk) at Tropicalia

*Charles Bradley (retro-soul) at Rams Head Onstage Annapolis (sold out)

* Walking in Rhythm: A Tribute to the Life of Donald Byrd. one-night-only concert with performances by local soul legends,The Blackbyrds and special guest; flautist, Bobbi Humphrey.  at THEARC, at 7:00 pm and 9:30 pm. , Mississippi Ave. SE Anacostia

* Jesus Ojeda and Trakalosa at Cococabana, Hyattsville, MD
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Sat 4-13

K Rose at CocoCabana (free)

Aniceto Molina at El Boqueron at Club One

Bhangra Blowout at Warner Theatre

The New Orleans Bingo! Show Featuring the Preservation Hall Jazz Band with GIVERS and Big Freedia and Young Fellaz Brass Band and Quintron & Misss Pussycat at the Kennedy Center

Ryan Leslie at the Howard
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Sun 4-14


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Mon 4-15

Tony Dize at Fast Eddie's

* Filmfest DC movie (on the 16th too):New York-based singer Cucú Diamantes from Yerba Buena  returns to her homeland in Cuba to perform her songs. Along the way she realizes that she is "too much of a Cuban to live in New York and too much of a New Yorker to live in Havana." This paradox, along with a new-found romance, sets her semi-fictional lead character on a whirlwind tour through the Cuban heartland. Cuban filmmaker Jorge Perugorría mixes live concert footage with an over-the-top fiction smorgasbord to create a love story and a road movie with a flashy musical twist.  At AMC Mazza Gallerie

*Filmfest DC movie: "The Sound of the Bandonean" (tango) at 6:30 at AMC Mazza Gallerie
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Tues 4-16
Robert Cray at Rams Head Tavern, Annapolis

Soul Rebels Brass Band at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage for free from 6 to 7 pm

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Wed 4-17

Fonseca at Howard Theatre

Okayafrica DJ Party at Tropicalia

Collie Budz at 9:30

Great Big Sea at Warner Theatre

*Filmfest DC movie: "The Story of Lovers Rock" (reggae)(UK made) at  8:45 at the Goethe-Institute
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Thurs 4-18
Flatlanders: Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Butch Hancock w Joe Pug Trio at Birchmere (Texas alt-country)

Maracuyeah DJ Dance Party with Lido Pimienta at Tropicalia

Rhett Miller at the Hamilton (alt-country/indie)

*Filmfest DC movie: "The Sound of the Bandonean" (tango) at 6:30 at AMC Mazza Gallerie

*Filmfest DC movie: "The Story of Lovers Rock" (reggae)(UK made) at  6:30 at the Goethe-Institute
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Fri 4-19


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Sat 4-20

*Tabou Combo (great Haitian vets) at Rio Lounge, Laurel, MD

Dwayne Doopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage for free from 6 to 7 pm

Joan Soriano with his band from the Dominican Republic at La Tasca

Pragathi (Bollywood) with Tamil Light Music Orchestra at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt

Metro Mambo: Tito Puente Birthday Celebration with Historian Joe Conzo from 2-4 p.m. at Smithsonian Anacostia Museum

DJ Rekha (Basement Bhangra) at Black Cat
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Sun 4-21

Ernie Vincent & the Top-Notes (New Orleans r'n'b) for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

* Shuggie Otis at the Howard
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Mon 4-22



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Tues 4-23
Native Sun (British/Mozambique rapper & London/Caribbean singer) with Bocafloja at Tropicalia

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Wed 4-24

*Michael Rose & Sister Carol (reggae) at Howard Theatre

*Shamarr Allen & the Underdawgs for free from 6 to 7 pm at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
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Thurs 4-25

Gladys Knight at the Strathmore
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Fri 4-26

*Ninety Miles (American jazz musicians David Sanchez, Nicholas Payton & Stefon Harris with 3 guest musicians taking the place of the Cuban pianists from the album recorded in Havana) at the Clarice Smith Center Kay Theatre at 8

*U. of MD Korean Percussion Ensemble at 7:30 in the Clarice Smith Center Concert Hall

Jr. Brown with Duffy Kane at Birchmere

Bebe Winans at Lisner Auditorium

Tito Rojas y El Zafiro Carlos Manuel at Cococabana

Bachata Heightz at El Boqueron

Cheick Hamala Diabate Record Release Party at Tropicalia


*Soundclash- Harry J Tribute (Jamaican producer of "The Liquidator"), plus the return of guest dj Juan de Bolas, at Marx cafe


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Sat 4-27
Capital Funk's Hip Hop Showcase, featuring hip hop dance crews, spoken word artists, singers, rappers, and beat boxers, at Lisner Auditorium

Krazy 2, featuring Sunidhi Chauhan and Ali Zafar, (Bollywood) at Patriot Center

Shabazz Palaces at Black Cat

Fabolous & Pusha T athe Howard (rap)
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Sun 4-28

*Los Horoscopos du Durango at Prince William County Fairgrounds, Manassas

* English Beat at State Theatre
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Mon 4-29

*Rihanna & ASAP Rocky at Verizon Center

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Tues 4-30

*Sergent Garcia at the Howard Theatre

Melanie Fiona at the Birchmere
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Other cool stuff (mostly indie-rock):
 Apr 4 -- Peter Case at Iota; 4-5-Red Kross @ Black Cat;
Sun April 7 – Glen Matlock with Sylvain Sylvain and Dot Dash at Jammin Java; Jowe Head (of the Swell Maps) with Cigarette at Judy Bar and Restaurant, 14th St NW; 4-18-Bleached @ DC9; Government Issue  stories and songs by John Stabb with Derrick Baranowsky @ Black Fox Lounge, Conn Ave; 4-21-Joy Formidable @ 930; Graham Parker & the Rumour @ Birchmere; 4-22 Goat @ Black Cat; Billy Bragg @ Rams Head Annapolis;4-23-Milk Carton Kids @ Birchmere; Joy Formidable @ Ottobar; Woggles, Hall Monitors, Jake Star @ Comet Ping Pong; 4-25- Billy Bragg @ Birchmere; 4-27 Robyn Hitchcock @ 930; 4-29-Johnny Marr @ 930 Club
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RIP Leroy Fleming, Saxman for Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2013/03/21/remembering-leroy-fleming-soul-searchers-member/

Here's my obituary for a talented D.C. musician who never got the credit or the attention that he deserved, and then had health problems at too young of an age.  Fleming was a multi-instrumentalist who helped pioneer funk with the Young Senators, proto-disco and psychedelic soul and pop backing Eddie Kendricks, and go-go with Chuck Brown.