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We blog about arts and entertainment around the city, and we specifically look at the following happenings - Live Reviews, Preview, Interviews, Around Town, and Stars and Bars. We are DC's biggest blog for concert reviews.
Parklife DC
21h ago
‘”Since I’ve been here last,” Mindy Smith told the audience during her recent performance at Jammin’ Java, “I have a new album. She added, “I know it’s about time,” referring to the passing of a dozen years since her last, self-titled record and the release of Quiet Town earlier this year. While it’s been a ..read more
Parklife DC
21h ago
Pianist Robert Glasper recently performed at the Howard Theater in DC with Marsha Ambrosius on vocals! Chris Castillo was there to photograph the show. The following article is adapted from press materials. On Nov. 23, Robert Glasper appeared at the Howard Theatre as part of the Howard Anniversary Series: A Celebration of 114 Years, presented ..read more
Parklife DC
2d ago
Welcome to the 2024 Thrushie Awards! Parklife DC will name the best local band of the year with your input. Parklife DC will honor DC bands and venues with our annual Thrushie Awards program, named for our mascot, DC’s own state bird — the Wood Thrush. A best local DC band must perform in the ..read more
Parklife DC
4d ago
After dropping his highly successful album Almighty So 2, Chicago rapper Chief Keef recently closed out his A Lil Tour at Echostage. With 2024 winding down, the hype for live music is at an all-time high, and this night was no different. The show sold out weeks in advance, and you could feel the excitement ..read more
Parklife DC
5d ago
Craig Finn can spin the yarn with the very best of them. The 53-year-old songwriter and storyteller has showcased his abilities as the leader of The Hold Steady but also with his own studio albums — he’s released five of them along with a compilation. Finn’s got another record in the works, and this fall he ..read more
Parklife DC
5d ago
“It’s Saturday night and we’re in a church…let’s have some fun!” On an otherwise unremarkably mild November evening in our nation’s capital, I climbed the steps of St. Stephen Church in Columbia Heights. A hugely anticipated event for the city’s punk scene was about to unfurl, and so of course I ran into some familiar ..read more
Parklife DC
1w ago
Reunited Velocity Girl Mesmerizes Crowd at Black Cat Words by Erin Corbin Photos by James Todd Miller Was this the last-ever performance by DC shoegaze heroes Velocity Girl? This Saturday was a trifecta of awesome music at Black Cat in a hometown show headlined by the recently reunited Velocity Girl. To start the evening on ..read more
Parklife DC
1w ago
On Thursday, Sept. 19, 1985, the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing “not to promote any legislation” but “to provide a forum for airing the issue itself, for ventilating the issue, for bringing it out into the public domain.” The issue at hand, of course, was that “some music glorifies ..read more
Parklife DC
1w ago
AC Newman is best known as the songwriter for Canadian power-pop band The New Pornographers. But he’s been playing in bands since the ’90s, and he’s been releasing solo records for 20 years. It was the 20th anniversary of that first solo record, The Slow Wonder, that brought Newman to The Miracle Theatre in DC ..read more
Parklife DC
1w ago
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony recently visited The Fillmore Silver Spring to celebrate the group’s 30th anniversary, and Chris Castillo was there to photograph the show. The following article is adapted from press materials. The Grammy-winning hip-hop group, formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1991, is traveling the country to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut extended-play album ..read more