Banjo player Béla Fleck has always performed at the crossroads of bluegrass and jazz. Both styles require a large degree of technical skill and virtuosity, and are built on traditional songbooks that go back generations. Fleck’s[...]

Gospel, praise and worship singer Maranda Curtis leads the Sunday congregation in revelry at Bethesda Blues & Jazz through a special Christmas performance.

For years the Bethesda Blues and Jazz Youth Orchestra gave young jazz musicians a chance to learn in a large ensemble setting from one of D.C.’s greatest educators: the dearly departed Fred Foss. Now the[...]

The R&B singer Kenny Lattimore, born and bred in Washington, D.C., returns for a show of holiday favorites and hits culled from his albums that hit the top of the R&B charts. He teams up[...]

Trinidadian trumpeter and percussionist Etienne Charles emphasizes his Afro-Caribbean background in his music, performing sizzling originals and arrangements of standards that ride the calypso, Voodoo music tradition and reggae grooves of his birthplace. When he’s[...]

Mama Hendryx was once part of the vocal trio Labelle, backing famed vocalist Patti LaBelle, and performed a range of hits from doo-wop to funk, including the scandalizing “Lady Marmalade.” Her voiced had faded somewhat,[...]

All-female, DC-based band Be’la Dona performs a mix of go-go, jazz, R&B, soul and rock. The group performs a special holiday brunch set in the days creeping up to Christmas.

Local R&B singer Tee “Sylk” Harris leads a holiday-themed tribute to the great soul icon Donny Hathaway.

Saxophonist Skip Pruitt performs lightly funky originals and standards with a reedy, smooth tone.

E.U. (Experience Unlimited), maybe be the best known go-go band outside of D.C., famous for their 80s hit “Da Butt” and collaborations with filmmaker Spike Lee. The group is still led by longtime, iconic front man[...]