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Beats Antique at the 9:30 Club
While shooting Earthdance this past year, I was blown away by Beats Antique for the first time–Wednesday night was the second time, in as many shows! David Satori, Tommy Cappel, and Zoe Jakes brought the house down with an intricate weaving of belly and tribal dance / performance art with drum kits, banjo, fiddle, triggered sounds, vocal…
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Frank Mitchell Jr.: Premiere @ Montserrat House
It’s never easy to expand your repertoire–much less, to do it in front of 100 friends, family, supporters, and critics. On Saturday night, at Montserrat House in the District, Frank Mitchell Jr. successfully demonstrated that, in addition to being a world-class saxophonist, he’s a crooner, an ensemble leader, and an all-around cool cat. You may…
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New Mastersounds @ The 8×10, Baltimore, MD
I shot Leeds-born, L.A.-anchored New Mastersounds for the first time in 2009 at the State Theater in VA, and I was immediately mesmerized by the quartet. Yes, Eddie Roberts’ guitar and vocals are driven, sweetly vicious, lilting, inspired. Yes, Simon Allen’s drums are steady thunder and waves. Yes, Pete Shand’s bass is a silky, deep, liquid…
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See-I MASHUP
Well, it was Bob Marley day this past Sunday, so I spent some time putting together a little mashup gallery of my favorite funk-ridden, soul-driven, roots reggae band, See-I! Lead singers Zeebo and Rootz hold down a weekly residence called Rockers International (Live and Direct Reggae in the Gold Room–a.k.a. “church”!) at the Eighteenth Street Lounge.…
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Fort Knox Five Causes Artispheric Rump Shaking
On Saturday night, Artisphere hosted Fort Knox Five for a great party to close out the Thanksgiving weekend. Artisphere is Arlington Arts‘ new art space with three theatres, three galleries, a ballroom, and and outdoor terrace. FK5 played in the ballroom and took advantage of two huge overhead screens for visual fun. Here they are…
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Rex Riddem Opens for BASSNECTAR @ 930
Washington, DC, November 3, 2010 – Rex Riddem opened for the SOLD-OUT Bassnectar show at the 930 Club last Wednesday–WHAT A SHOW! The crowd piled in quickly, and Rex brought up the temperature with a cool DJ set, dropping classics spiced with pre-release joints off of Thunderball‘s “12 Mile High”, just released yesterday. Now, for a little…
