On Tuesday night the parking lot outside Merriweather Post Pavilion was expectantly converted into a hippie convention. There were the aging members of the love generation who chased swigs of straight bourbon-whiskey with drags from their Marlboros and temporarily satisfied their anticipation for the show with stories from the glory-days. All the while the new-age [...]
Falls Church, Virginia is not by any stretch of the imagination, a hot-bed of musical talent. Northern Virginia for that matter has never been thought of as a region with a burgeoning scene. But here, in good ol’ NoVa, sandwiched between a center for spiritual enlightenment and a sandwich joint, lays the State Theatre. “The [...]
M. Ward and Zooey are back together for another tune, but don’t call them She & Him this time around. “Never Had Nobody Like You” is the lead single off Ward’s upcoming solo album Hold Time. Zooey was kind enough to lend her vox to the effort. Anyway, download the song and more after the [...]
So there’s this little band out of good ol’ Baltimore that headlined at the Recher in Towson this past Friday, January 9. You may recall them as Terrapin Sound’s numero uno local band of 2008. While the shows they played in College Park consist of mostly radio station and bar shows, the Recher presents a [...]
Anyone out there from New Jersey? Well, if you answered yes, like me, then you’re in for a treat. Our hometown hero, Bruce Springsteen is offering up a new song on his website about the legendary Jersey Devil. Head on over for some bluesy Halloween howling…
Concerts in the area from now through the first weekend of November in DC, NorVa, and Baltimore: BOLDED shows are writer’s pick of the day ITALICIZED shows are late-night shows STRUCK(?)-OUT shows are sold out at time of posting Remember, ALWAYS DOUBLE CHECK WITH THE VENUE BEFORE GOING TO THE SHOW. All information is accurate [...]
Let us commiserate (a word we all learned from Blink-182) with our nation in light of recent financial events by listening to a beautifully done spiritual from Louis Armstrong. Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen
