Toshi and her mother, the legendary Bernice Johnson Reagon, perform at the Creative Alliance tonight.
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
In 1976, the American Folk Life Festival lasted all summer on the mall. My mother (Bernice Johnson Reagon) produced a section called the...
The punk rock musical continues its run at the Hippodrome.
My 13-year-old son, Levi, walked into the Hippodrome a bit warily for Green Day’s American Idiot musical. He expected watered-down versions of favorite songs servicing a Broadway-friendly narrative...
Beloved indie band playing St. John's Church in October.
You might recall that Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum played two nights at St. John's 2640 Space in 2011. Well, he must have liked the venue a bunch, because it appears NMH will be kicking off its...
Exhibitions exploring 1980s DC subculture feature Globe posters.
Roger Gastman's Pump Me Up: DC Subculture of the 1980s winds up a successful run at the Corcoran this weekend, as Mumbo Sauce, another Gastman show, opens at DC's Contemporary Wing. Both exhibitions...
Belts out "Longview" and gets guitar from Billie Joe.
It isn't easy to upstage Billie Joe Armstrong, but a kid plucked from the audience did exactly that at the Patriot Center last night. Green Day was playing "Longview" about two-thirds of the way...
Winner of 2013 JJA Award
The Jazz Journalists Association has named Baltimore's Craig Alston as one of its 2013 "Jazz Heroes," JJA cited Alston and 25 other "activists, advocates, altruists, and aiders and abettors of jazz"...
Innovative saxophonist plays two area shows this week.
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
The pivotal moment for me musically was an all-night concert just outside of Bangalore in 1994. I was in India performing at the...
Band plays Ottobar tonight, tours Europe in May.
I've long been a fan of Celebration's, and news that they're recording new material is cause for... celebration. Once again, the band is posting songs on the Electric Tarot website as they go along,...
Acclaimed filmmaker in Q&A after Gimme Shelter screening.
Legendary filmmaker Albert Maysles will appear at the Annapolis Film Festival this Saturday. Maysles—who produced classic documentaries such as 1968's Salesman and 1976's Grey Gardens with his...
Pioneering indie rocker, influenced by The Beatles, coming to town Saturday.
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
Seeing The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show had a big impact on me. I remember making a cardboard "guitar" shortly after that, and soon...
