The all-virtual 2021 Jazz and Freedom Festival honors the legacy of venues lost during the pandemic
Almost one year into the coronavirus shutdown, we’re starting to hear people reminisce on last March, asking themselves: What...
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Save D.C. Venues: The Music Venue Relief Act
Join our coalition of musicians, organizers and advocates calling on the city to step in before we lose more...
Watch Steve Arnold and Sea Change perform ‘Wide Eyed’ at the Spotlight Residency
True to the group’s title, the emotional tone of a Sea Change set moves in tides, or waves —...
D.C. jazz musicians march against homophobia in the community
Saxophonist Elijah Jamal Balbed convened a demonstration earlier this month in support of D.C.’s LGBTQ+ musicians, responding to the...
6 new D.C. jazz recordings
In spite of our strange new gig-less reality, the D.C. jazz scene has had a busy couple of weeks...
‘This is Black America standing up:’ a conversation with Katea Stitt about jazz and justice in D.C.
The murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of law enforcement have prompted a watershed moment...
Catharsis and comfort: Watch Abinnet Berhanu & Hebret Musica perform ‘Tizita’ at the Spotlight Residency
Abinnet Berhanu’s compositions and arrangements for his band Hebret Musica (“community music” in Amharic) are tapestries built of bright...
Watch Akua Allrich perform her original song ‘Shot of Sugar’ at our Spotlight Residency
CapitalBop is using the COVID-19 shutdown as an opportunity to catch up on our backlog of Spotlight Residency live...
Introducing the CB Sidewalk Sessions: Distancing-appropriate live concerts in the age of COVID-19
UPDATE 3/31/2020: In light of stay-at-home orders from D.C., Md. and Va., the Sidewalk Sessions are now on indefinite...
Best Practices for Livestream Concerts During the COVID-19 Shutdown
As D.C. shelters in place, many artists are beginning to livestream concerts. Here’s a quick list of our suggestions...