I equate the bow in my upper lip to playing the trumpet when I was in middle school. It was not a pretty sight initially because while learning […]
THEATRE – Fire & Desire @ Busboys and Poets
Fire & Desire, billed as “a cocktail of song & poetry,” was a highly-entertaining fundraiser benefiting Us Helping Us, an organization that has dedicated itself to fighting the […]
GRAMMY WEEK: Q&A with Grammy Nominee, Carolyn Malachi
Long before the Grammy hype, I first reviewed Carolyn Malachi’s third album, Lions, Fires & Squares on the Couch Sessions in July 2010, shortly after its release. That […]
GRAMMY PREVIEW: Best Electronic/Dance Album – Groove Armada’s Black Light
So the last time I watched the Grammy’s was in high school, and that probably won’t change this year. Very few of the artists and bands that I […]
Album Review: James Blake – James Blake
It looks like 2011 is gearing up to be another Year Of The Bedroom Producer—you know, those musicians who manipulate instruments and drum machines and midi sounds into […]
LIVE: Little Dragon at the Black Cat, DC
Photos by Jati Lindsay. Please support. People, where have you been? // Have you been hiding // in your big houses? ~ Little Dragon, “After the Rain” I […]
NEW MUSIC: SOFRITO – Tropical Dicotheque
Combing the vast and wide landscape of jazz and all its cousins for the perfect beats is no small endeavor, which is why compilations like this one are […]
LIVE: Off the Wall – Hip-Hop Photos by Mike Schreiber at the DCJCC
This is Mike Schreiber. Mike takes photos of the people (and dogs) of Cuba, Louisiana’s Angola prisons, hip-hop artists, and anything that crosses his lens and moves him. […]
ALBUM REVIEW: Slakah the Beatchild – Something Forever SPECIAL EDITION
Slakah the Beatchild really did Canada proud with last October’s release of the E.P. Something Forever. For those of you who couldn’t (and didn’t) get enough of this super-talented producer/singer/M.C.’s […]
INTERVIEW: Get to know the ladies of It’s Vintage Darling, DC
Photos by Kimberly aka sondai. Please Support. On January 1, 2011, It’s Vintage Darling made a home(coming) in Columbia Heights. Last week, I stopped by to check out […]