Get ready for Asesinato, because they won’t
The purposely unrehearsed hardcore band brings its feral sound to Slash Run.
3 concerts to catch in the D.C. area over the next several days
Mndsgn, Hovvy and Saba perform.
Bbymutha turns sold-out show into an evening hanging out with friends
At Songbyrd, the underground rapper delivered a potent set of ferocious Southern rap and likened her concerts to one big living room.
Harrison Birtwistle, groundbreaking British composer, dies at 87
His works ranged from chamber pieces to large-scale operas, and were given prominent performances at events and venues across Europe and the United States.
Zev Feldman’s lifelong love affair with record stores
The Grammy-nominated producer will be at Joe's Record Paradise with limited-edition releases on Record Store Day.
DJ Kay Slay, influential ‘Drama King’ of hip-hop, dies at 55
He was a swaggering graffiti artist, record executive and radio host who helped shape four decades of New York hip-hop.
Art Rupe, record mogul who helped launch Little Richard and Sam Cooke, dies at 104
He focused on “race music,” scouring jazz and blues clubs for talent, and was also in the oil business.
‘Defiant Requiem’ mines musical hope from the horrors of the Holocaust
The multimedia project, to be performed at Strathmore on April 20, honors Rafael Schächter’s chorus of prisoners at the Terezín concentration camp.
Experimental singer Juana Molina takes listeners into a visual world
The experimental musician will perform at Union Stage.
Indigo De Souza brings her life-or-death love songs to D.C.
The singer-songwriter will perform at the Black Cat.
4 concerts to catch in the D.C. area over the next several days
Cat Power, Lorde, Blkvapor and Greet Death perform.
At Black Cat show, Boy Harsher serves synth-based, punky catharsis
The duo bring their filmmaker sensibilities to their sound.
At Blues Alley, Buster Williams listens intensely and shows who’s boss
At Blues Alley, the legendary jazz bassist and his quartet gave a lights-out performance — literally.
Two rising stars light up the National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Roderick Cox and pianist Hélène Grimaud joined the National Symphony Orchestra for a high-energy program of Salonen, Ravel and Prokofiev.
Pavement finally embraces ‘Terror Twilight’ more than 20 years later
The band that helped define '90s slacker cool talks about the reissue of its final album, "Terror Twilight," which was a departure from previous albums in both attitude and sound.
After a debilitating stroke, a pianist feels his way back to music
Recovering from a stroke, the Washington musician and composer uses local recitals to chart progress.
Bobby Rydell, teen idol who starred in ‘Bye Bye Birdie,’ dies at 79
For about five years in the late 1950s and early '60s, he was one of America's most popular young singers, recording hits such as “Wild One” and “Volare.”
Lido Pimienta’s visions of liberation lift up the crowd at Songbyrd
The Colombian Canadian artist creates a bright monument to diasporic ambivalence on her latest album, “Miss Colombia.”
A celebration for Don’t Mute D.C., and the music that inspired it
Ron Moten, one of the leaders of Don't Mute D.C., has helped put together a series of events that celebrate go-go music this weekend.
Lightmare explores the soulful side of punk
The D.C. sextet performs at the Pocket at 7DrumCity on April 13.