CapitalBop Looking back on three enchanted nights at the warehouse: Thundercat, AACM at 50 and a Trio of Trios Photography by Katherine Thompson/CapitalBop. For the fifth annual DC Jazz Loft Series at the DC Jazz Festival earlier this... June 24, 2015 2
Announcing... CapitalBop’s 5th annual DC Jazz Loft Series: Thundercat at the Warehouse, AACM at 50 + a Trio of Trios from Baltimore! We love hearing music in jazz clubs. Big arts centers can provide pristine sound and book fabulous artists. But... May 31, 2015 0
Announcing... We’ll be Riffin’ with Lena Seikaly before her Billie Holiday show this Saturday; enter to win tickets! We’re glad to be back at the Atlas Performing Arts Center this Saturday for another Riffin’ session with a... May 14, 2015 0
Announcing... HOT 5 @ HILL CENTER: Our new series of free outdoor shows on Sunday evenings—all summer long! Now that summer has finally broken through the clouds, it’s time we announce our newest project. Hot 5 @... May 11, 2015 0
Announcing... Two’s better than one: Bobby Muncy and Bobby Jasinski lead innovative bands, plus poetry from Karega Bailey This Mother’s Day, bring the family out to Union Arts for a wide-ranging musical feast. (Alternate plan: After mom’s... May 5, 2015 0
Interviews Greg Tate on Burnt Sugar, Afrofuturism and Black music’s ‘maroon spaces’ The 1990s were a time of overstated attitudes, swollen bubbles, and the warm expectation that somehow things might work... April 30, 2015 1
Announcing... CapitalBop at the Funk Parade: Three dance-inducing bands on U Street, this Saturday afternoon For the second annual Funk Parade, a daylong shutdown-slash-activation of U Street’s famous Black Broadway corridor, CapitalBop presents three... April 28, 2015 0
Announcing... This Sunday: The DC Jazz Loft welcomes three of this city’s trend-setters: Donvonte McCoy, Eliot Seppa & Allen Jones This Sunday’s upcoming DC Jazz Loft is about the state of things in D.C. jazz. Each of our three headliners is... April 8, 2015 0
Premieres Track premiere: ‘I Can’t Stand the Rain,’ by Akua Allrich, feat. Nicholas Payton When Akua Allrich played CapitalBop’s DC Jazz Loft last year, all she brought along were the raw materials: bass,... March 5, 2015 0
Announcing... This Sunday, Lafayette Gilchrist’s New Volcanoes debut the Go-Go Suite at our Traveling Loft—plus Allyn Johnson Trio! (VIDEO) Lafayette Gilchrist is one of the most powerful piano players to come out of Washington, D.C. in the past... March 2, 2015 0