CB’s guide to the 2024 DC Jazz Festival
This week marks the 20th anniversary of the DC Jazz Festival, and with that comes a lineup worthy of...
Category: Features
How the DC JazzFest went from ‘a sketch on a paper napkin’ to its 20th anniversary
This year’s DC Jazz Festival, which kicks off on Wednesday, will be the 20th. It’s a big milestone for...
The 6 D.C.-area record stores that will scratch your vinyl itch
CapitalBop recently asked Rhome Anderson, aka DJ Stylus, a well-known DMV-area DJ and record collector, to survey D.C.’s under-appreciated...
Through Cats’ Eyes: joy and resistance in jazz through the lens of violinist Jamie Sandel
Editor’s note: This article is part of a recurring series highlighting D.C. musicians who double as photographers, part of...
On new albums by Ensemble Volcanic Ash and Janel & Anthony, cellist Janel Leppin weaves together intention and abstraction
It begins simply enough: a gentle cascade of finger-picked guitar notes high up on the fretboard, at once supporting...
My Body, My Festival taps D.C.’s many music scenes in support of abortion access
D.C.-based flutist and composer Alex Hamburger believes passionately in the cross-section between advocacy and art, a conviction that drove...
At the Sonic Lifeline’s shows, artists come first — and audiences reap the rewards
From the outside, late on a Tuesday night, the downstairs of Whitlow’s DC looks like any other restaurant in...
Willard Jenkins has been connecting jazz with listeners for more than 50 years. Now, he’s an N.E.A. Jazz Master.
Willard Jenkins wasn’t a jazz fan first. Growing up in 1960s Cleveland, naturally he loved the sounds of Motown...
The 14th Washington Women in Jazz Festival packs music, community and celebration into one overflowing weekend
Jazz has always tended to be an unfortunately dude-centric vocation. Although women often appeared prominently as instrumentalists in New...
What do Duke and Dilla have in common? The Kennedy Center’s Hip Hop & … Festival offers its own answers
The Kennedy Center’s Hip Hop & … Festival arrives this week with a series of remarkable sessions and concerts...