DC/Baltimore
Global Music and More- March 2017
Compiled
by Steve Kiviat
To submit
events (for posting) or comments (that are not posted) e-mail: ritmika (at)
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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.
Look for
additional shows & more info to be added through the month at my blog:
stevekiviat.blogspot.com
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Online
you should also check out the I Love Music forum/chatboard at ilxor.com and
look for the Rolling Outernational World Music 2017, Rolling Afrobeats
Afropop 2017, the Rolling Afro-Latin & the Capital Swamp &
Chitlin Circuit threads
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Late
again. Busy with dayjob, other writing
and more.
Seek out
music throughout the area…In addition to the below live and dj events, there
are more international dj dance events both in DC and in Maryland (African
ones--Golf lounge, Swahili Village, Fire Station One, Stonefish, Crystal) and
Virginia
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Remaining
Highlights
Tues. 3-7- Noura Mint Seymali (Mauritania band): at 8 PM at Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre (free but
evite suggested)
*Sat. 3-11 - Orquesta El Macabeo with Mirimar (Puerto Rican salsa headliner, bolero openers) at Atlas
*Sat. 3-11 - Orquesta El Macabeo with Mirimar (Puerto Rican salsa headliner, bolero openers) at Atlas
Sat. 3-18 - Hamid El Kasri and band (a maalem, a
master musician in the gnawa Afro-Islamic spiritual tradition from Morocco) for
free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
BM at
Fire Station One, Silver Spring, MD at midnight (Congolese afropop club music)
Thurs. 3-23-Clarence Carter at Bethesda Blues and
Jazz (old-school Southern soul)
Sun. 3-26-
DC Street Corner Harmony-The Clovers, The Spaniels and The Jewels at Bethesda
Blues and Jazz
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. 3-1
12 noon
Larry Appelbaum interview of Harvard prof and jazz book author Ingrid Monson at
Library of Congress
Ballake
Sissoko (Malian kora player) and Vincent Segal (French cellist) at Barns of
Wolf Trap
English
Beat at 930 Club
Dionne
Warwick at Bethesda Blues and Jazz
Gospel at
Colonus at Gunston Arts Center in Arlington (through March 26th)
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3-2
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. 3-3
Cedryl
Ballou and the Zydeco Trendsetters at the Glen Echo Ballroom Annex (Cancelled)
Kokayi
(DC rap) for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
WPA panel
at Mexican Cultural Institute at 7 with Kronos Quartet’s David Harrington; Jim
Thomson (MultifloraProd.); Huda Asfour (DC musician); Cynthia Vidaurri(Nat.
Museum of American Indian)
Tierra
Cali, Grupo Exterminador & Revancha Norteña at Rio Cantina - Sterling,
Virginia
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Sat.
3-4
Dobet
Gnahore at Barns of Wolf Trap (Coite D'Ivoire singer)
Maleek
Berry at Cities DC (UK Nigerian)
Liberian
Entertainment Awards from 5 to 11 pm at GW Lisner
Cedryll
Ballou & Trendsetters zydeco(canceled)
Scott Ramminger instead at Baltimore Blues Society event
DC Music
Download's Sounds of the City Fest at Black Cat
Darryl
Davis present the Wonder Women Blues Festival at Bethesda Blues and Jazz
Banda
Magda for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (samba to
French chanson, from Greek folk tunes to Colombian cumbia and Afro-Peruvian
lando)
Pavel
Urkiza & Congri Ensemble- Songs of Cuba 1851 to 1941 at Atlas Theatre
Trebol
Clan and DJ Joe at Club One in Alexandria
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Sun. 3-5
Liberian
Rntertainment Awards day event at Fire station One in Silver Spring, MD
Tekno at
Bliss DC (Nigerian afropop)
Sierra
Leone Refugee Allstars at Amp
Musicians
Sahba Motallebi, tar; Naghmeh Farahmand, tonbak and daf 11:30am; 1:30; 3pm at
Freer/Sackler for Nowruz celebration
Sweet
Honey in the Rock at Bethesda Blues and Jazz
Booker T.
Jones (Stax r’n’b organist) at the Hamilton
Jeezy,
Lil Durk, and YFN Lucci at Rams Head Live! Baltimore
Ben
Sollee at Creative Alliance (cellist/songwriter with drummer)
DC Music
Download panel
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3-6
GZA (rapper
from Wu-Tang) at Howard Theatre
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. 3-7
Noura
Mint Seymali (Mauritania band): Global-Phonic Music Series at 8 PM at Rosslyn
Spectrum Theatre
Ricke Lee
Jones and Madeleine Peyroux at Bethesda Blues and Jazz
Go-go
Social media hall of fame induction of Andre Johson and others at Fast Eddies
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3-8
Gypsy
Soul Party at Bossa
Brett
Young at Lisner (country)
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3-9
Los
Gaiteros de SanGuashington and and Sonic Castaways at Bossa
Be
Steadwell at Amp
Valerie
June at 6th & I
“Swing”
at 7:30 at Creative Alliance (movie about infatuation with musician Django R)
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Fri. 3-10
EU at
Bethesda Blues and Jazz
DC
Bluegrass Fest at Sheraton Tysons
Roseanne
Cash at the Birchmere
Tony Vega
at Rio Cantina in Sterling
Sonora
Dinamita at the Diamond Lounge
Bronco,
Grupo Bryndis y los Mismos at the Palace
Thomas Rhett
at Royal Farms Arena
Vanessa
Williams at Howard Theatre
Letitia
VanSant, Anne Watts, Queen Earth, J. Pope at Creative Alliance (Baltimore
singer-songwriters)
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Sat. 3-11
Ghana
Independence Celebration Ball at 11pm at
Howard T. with DJs: DJ Claude Di Martian; DJ Sam I Am ; Dj Akuaa and more
*Orquesta El Macabeo with Mirimar (Puerto Rican salsa headliner, bolero openers) at Atlas
*Afrobeats Day Party 5 to 10 at the Park, 14th St. NW
*Orquesta El Macabeo with Mirimar (Puerto Rican salsa headliner, bolero openers) at Atlas
*Afrobeats Day Party 5 to 10 at the Park, 14th St. NW
Be’la
Dona at Bethesda Blues and Jazz
“Drumline”
Live at the Modell Performing Art Center at the Lyric Theatre
Luis
Vargas at Los Amigos in Baltimore
Laurie
Anderson at Birchmere
Boys for
Pele - 21st Anniversary Tribute show to Tori Amos album at Creative Alliance
*Shamrock Fest at RFK
*Shamrock Fest at RFK
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. 3-12
Go-go
brunch with Be’la Dona at 1:30pm at the Howard Theatre
Mousey
Thompson & his James Brown Experience at the Howard Theatre at 8
Hans-Joachim
Roedelius at Creative Alliance
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. 3-13
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. 3-14
Ladysmith
Black Mambazo at the Birchmere
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. 3-15
Amadou
Kouyate (Malian) and Nathaniel Braddock (guitarist who lived in West Africa) at
Bossa
Mariah
Carey and Lionel Ritchie at Royal Farms Arena, Baltimore
Nicholas
Payton (Cd release gig) at Blues Alley
*A Tribe Called Red, Basscamp; & Kristy La Rat at U St Music Hall
*Kodo Drummers at Strathmore
*A Tribe Called Red, Basscamp; & Kristy La Rat at U St Music Hall
*Kodo Drummers at Strathmore
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3-16
Funk
Parade Kickoff Jam: Reesa Renee, Joe Keyes & the Late Bloomer Band, Alex Vaughn,
Kazaxe by Azuka Bom, and more at Tropicalia
Method
Man & Redman at Rams Head Live!
(Baltimore)
Nicholas
Payton (Cd release gig) at Blues Alley
Jens
Lekman at 7 at U St. Music Hall
*Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Celtic Celebration at Strathmore
*Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Celtic Celebration at Strathmore
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3-17
“Celia
the Queen”-Celia Cruz movie doc at 11am at the Smithsonian Anacostia Museum
Ethiopian-Israeli
singer and songwriter Aveva Dese for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center
Millennium Stage
Bell Biv
Devoe and DJ Money at Verizon Center after Wizards game (Wizards Friday Night
Concert Series)
Dikki Du
and the Zydeco Crew at Creative Alliance
*Mali Blues at AFI Theatre as part of New Africa Film Festival
*Dungeon at DC9 (Scandanavian rock)
*Nathaniel Braddock (guitarist in West African sounds and Fahey acoustic) at Georgetown U
*Mali Blues at AFI Theatre as part of New Africa Film Festival
*Dungeon at DC9 (Scandanavian rock)
*Nathaniel Braddock (guitarist in West African sounds and Fahey acoustic) at Georgetown U
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3-18
Hamid El
Kasri and band (a maalem, a master musician in the gnawa Afro-Islamic spiritual
tradition from Morocco) for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage
BM at
Fire Station One (Congolese afropop club)
Maluma at
Eaglebank Arena
Holi
Celebration from 11:30 am to 2pm at India International School, 4433 R
Brookfield, Corporate Drive Chantilly VA
Jose
James: "Love in a Time of Madness" featuring Nate Smith at U St Music
Hall (Early show at 7 PM)
O'Malley's
March 2 shows at Creative Alliance (Irish)
*Lamont's Birthday Bash with the Stone Pleasure Band at Lamont's in Pomonkey, MD
*Mali Blues at AFI Theatre as part of New Africa Film Festival
*Lamont's Birthday Bash with the Stone Pleasure Band at Lamont's in Pomonkey, MD
*Mali Blues at AFI Theatre as part of New Africa Film Festival
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3-19
Rhonda
Vincent & the Rage at the Hamilton
Ronnie
Milsap at Rams Head On Stage Annapolis
38th
Anniversary Gospel concert with "Patrick Lundy & The Ministers of
Music"; the "Voices of Hope
Youth Choir", "The Vintage Saints", and more at First Baptist Church of Highland Park (FBCHP), 6801
Sheriff Road, Hyattsville, MD
*Hardway Connection at Lamont's
*Hardway Connection at Lamont's
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. 3-20
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. 3-21
King (r’n’b
group) for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
(recommended)
Simrit at
St. Francis Hall in DC (Greek folk meets the Dead meets yoga )
*They (r'n'b w/ rap & ppop-rock) at Songbyrd
*They (r'n'b w/ rap & ppop-rock) at Songbyrd
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. 3-22
Valerie
Simpson at Bethesda Blues and Jazz
Jamal
Gray and other DC musicians pay tribute to The Soulquarians, comprised of such
artists as Common, D’Angelo, Erykah Badu, Q-Tip, J Dilla, The Roots, Mos Def
and more) for free from 6 to 7 on the Millennium Stage
NSO Pops
performance with rapper Common at 8 in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.
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Thurs. 3-23
Clarence
Carter at Bethesda Blues and Jazz (old-school Southern soul)
*Zombies at the 930 Club
*Zombies at the 930 Club
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. 3-24
Blind
Boys of Alabama at 8 at the Howard Theatre
UCB and
What Band at 11 pm at the Howard Theatre
*Sizzla and Lady Flame (dancehall reggae) at Bliss DC
*Sizzla and Lady Flame (dancehall reggae) at Bliss DC
May J
(J-pop singer from Japan) for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium
Stage
Sounds of
Kolachi at Tropicalia (Pakistan)
Lil
Margie Clark and friends at the PG Publick Playhouse (DC soul)
Lily Meka
at Hampton Conference Center
Frankie
Beverly and Maze, Keith Sweat, K-Ci & Jo-jo, Avant at Royal Farms Arena in
Baltimore
Rahsaan
Patterson and Nao Yoshioka.at the Birchmere
NSO Pops with
Sy Smith, Capathia Jenkins, and Montego
Glove in a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald (100th birthday) at Kennedy
Center
Jonatha
Brooke at Creative Alliance
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Sat. 3-25
Sounds of
Kolachi for free from 6 to 7 at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Pakistan)
Atlantic
Rhythms release party at Ten Tigers Parlour, 3813 GA Ave. NW
Tribute
to Teddy Pendergrass with Stan Hampton at Harmony Hall
Chicano
Batman, 79.5, and Sadgirl at Rock &
Roll Hotel
Leo
Sandoval + Eduardo Belo (Brazilian tap dancer w/ Brazilian bassist) plus Nic
Gareiss + Cleek Schrey (Appalachian dance) at Creative Alliance
*Post Carnival Relief at Karma Sound Stage DC with Linky First * Lady Flame at Sweet Home Jamaica, Brooklyn, MD (reggae)
*Post Carnival Relief at Karma Sound Stage DC with Linky First * Lady Flame at Sweet Home Jamaica, Brooklyn, MD (reggae)
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Sun. 3-26
DC Street
Corner Harmony-The Clovers, The Spaniels and The Jewels at Bethesda Blues and
Jazz
Stevie
Nicks and the Pretenders at Royal Farms Arena
*The Righteous Brothers at the Birchmere
*The Righteous Brothers at the Birchmere
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. 3-27
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. 3-28
Angie
Stone at Bethesda Blues and Jazz
Chuck
Prophet & the Mission Express and the Bottle Rockets at the Hamilton
James
McMurtry & Tift Merritt at Birchmere (sold out)
*Raul Midon at Reston Community Center (jazzy-soul guitarist/singer)
*Raul Midon at Reston Community Center (jazzy-soul guitarist/singer)
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3-29
Angie
Stone at Bethesda Blues and Jazz
*Raul Midon at Reston Community Center
*Raul Midon at Reston Community Center
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3-30
The Wiz
(through April 2nd) at Morgan State
* the New Orleans pianist James Booker movie doc-Bayou Maharajah for free at 7:30pm at Georgetown Univ. New South Film Screening Room,
* the New Orleans pianist James Booker movie doc-Bayou Maharajah for free at 7:30pm at Georgetown Univ. New South Film Screening Room,
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3-31
Elikeh at
Gypsy Sally’s j
Princess
Nokia at Songbyrd (soldout)
Dianne
Reeves sings Ella at the Library of Congress Coolidge Aud.
Falu's
Bollywood Orchestra at Wolf Trap (the Barns)
Larry Graham
& Graham Central Station at Birchmere
Vince
Staples at 930 Club (rap)
*Carl Craig at Flash (Detroit techno dj)
*Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers at Strathmore
* Yaadein.. a tribute to one and only Jagjit Singh by Tausif Akhtar and his orchestra at McLean High
*YBS Skola (Baltimore rapper) at Cities
*Soundclash (djs spinning Jamaican oldies) at Marx Cafe
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Sat. 4-1
*New Orleans sax player Charles Neville and band at Georgetown University McNeir Hall New North Bldg at 8 follwed by panel discussion
*Carl Craig at Flash (Detroit techno dj)
*Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers at Strathmore
* Yaadein.. a tribute to one and only Jagjit Singh by Tausif Akhtar and his orchestra at McLean High
*YBS Skola (Baltimore rapper) at Cities
*Soundclash (djs spinning Jamaican oldies) at Marx Cafe
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Sat. 4-1
*New Orleans sax player Charles Neville and band at Georgetown University McNeir Hall New North Bldg at 8 follwed by panel discussion
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Other
cool stuff (mostly indie-rock)-3-5-Anna Connolly @ Bossa; Potty Mouth @ DC 9; 3-6- Downtown
Boys, Sneaks, Snail Mail, Joe Biden, and DJ Brandon Carlo @ Ottobar; 3-7-Landlady
@ K. Ctr. Mill. Stage; 3-9-Los Campesinos! & Crying @ 930; Mal Blum,
Shondes & Hemlines @ Black Cat Backstage; 3-11- Priests
(record release) and Coup Sauvage & the Snips (record release) @ Black Cat ;
3-12-Sunn O)) @930; Deafheaven @ Baltimore Soundstage; 3-13-Green Day &
Against Me @ Verizon Ctr.; 3-14-Agent Orange, the Queers @ Baltimore
Soundstage; 3-18- the Magnetic Fields: 50 Song Memoir (Night 1: Songs 1-25) at
Lincoln Theatre; 3-22- Downtown Boys and Sneaks @ Rock & Roll Hotel; Kasey Chambers @
Rams Head On Stage Annapolis;3-25- Big Thief, Palehound, and
Snail Mail @Songbyrd; 3-25-Legs McNeil & Gillian McCain reading/q &a
for reissued punk book Please Kill Me @ Slash Run; *Bad Moves @ Comet; 3-27-Pretenders at the
Fillmore; Ne-hi @ DC9; *3-30-Escapism (Ian S.) w/ SelectorDubNarcotic (C. Johnson) @ Ottobar; 4-1-Jay Som @ DC9;
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