News Your guide to this weekend’s Catalytic Sound Festival at Rhizome The Catalytic Sound Festival will bring together creative musicians from D.C., Baltimore and beyond, to Rhizome DC this Saturday... December 1, 2022 0
Features Cécile McLorin Salvant is bringing her magnum opus ‘Ogresse’ back to the Kennedy Center. Here’s what to expect. Whether she’s putting her spin on a Burt Bacharach number or an old American folk standard — or performing... November 11, 2022 0
The Month in Shows 5 live jazz picks for November in D.C. Blues Alley is already back to presenting live music, less than a week after the club’s attic caught on... November 1, 2022 0
The Month in Shows 5 live jazz picks for October in D.C. At last, the summer of our discontent – like every oppressively muggy summer in D.C. – is over and... October 5, 2022 0
The Month in Shows 5 live jazz picks for September in D.C. The running theme of this column tends to be: “There is a lot of great music happening in D.C.... September 7, 2022 0
News Musicians tell you what they’re excited to hear at this week’s DC Jazz Festival This year, we do have our usual CapitalBop guide for what to see at the DC Jazz Festival —... August 31, 2022 0
News DC Jazz Festival 2022: CapitalBop’s picks Last year the DC Jazz Festival moved its annual festivities from its usual timetable in early June to Labor... August 31, 2022 0
Interviews Matthew Shipp, an icon of creative music, says improvisation is everything The avant-garde piano luminary Matthew Shipp is always fearless, often ambiguous and unendingly ambivalent about how his music is... August 30, 2022 0
CapitalBop 5 live jazz picks for August in D.C. Four of this month’s D.C. jazz picks feature ticket prices at $20 and below. Two — well, two and... August 3, 2022 0
The Month in Shows 5 live jazz picks for July in D.C. The weather app on my phone yesterday said it felt like its 100 degrees Fahrenheit: Welcome to the official... July 2, 2022 0