Get ready to rock! And prepare to get wet. The fourth annual Sweetlife Music and Food Festival, one of the area's largest fests, is Saturday at Mer...

WASHINGTON -- In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the nation's capital produced two music scenes still being heard throughout the world, go-go and hard...

One of D.C.'s finest bands will be raising money for two of D.C.'s finest causes. This Friday, The Evens, Ian MacKaye (Fugazi, Minor Threat) and A...

WASHINGTON -- The Vinyl District, the popular music blog and app based in Washington D.C., kicked off collecting season with their first D.C. Record F...

TOP 5 FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 1. Vote Find your polling place. 2. Election Night Jam At Kennedy Center Enjoy jazz from Jason Moran & The Bandw...

For this installment of The Huffington Post's "My D.C." Q&A series, we chatted with Comet Ping Pong booker/promoter Sasha Lord. Sasha Lord is leavi...

I'll be missing out on our wonderful area's musical events this weekend in favor of a Pearl Jam show benefiting the campaign of Senator Jon Tester (D-MT). Sincerest apologies to Crystal Castles, Crocodiles, David Byrne and St. Vincent -- Missoula calls.

Now that you have hopefully, and properly, celebrated the contributions of the labor movement to American society by enjoying a long weekend, it's time to get to work. But not work exactly. Actually, not work at all...

WASHINGTON -- Do you dream of performing at a Metrorail station entrance? Opportunity beckons! The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority w...

WASHINGTON -- The summer music tradition appropriate for the whole family returns Monday, June 18. The Fort Reno summer concert series has long be...

I end my week how it begins, with singers small in stature, but big in both range and personality.

Overall, it's a generally light week for me, but between Miranda Lambert and Big Freedia, you'll at least see a nice cross section of what makes this country of ours so great.

WASHINGTON — The National Memorial Day Concert has been canceled due to a line of thunderstorms that moved into the District of Columbia on Sund...

Joshua Tillman takes everything he learned from being in Fleet Foxes and makes it a whole lot less boring. As Father John Misty, Tillman doesn't stray far from what made his band so popular, but picks up the pace just enough.

WASHINGTON -- Legendary musician Chuck Brown, D.C.'s "Godfather of Go Go,” has been hospitalized since mid-April, when he canceled a show at the new...

Marilyn Manson will likely not be the strangest show of the week. These acts run the gamut from the incredibly beautiful to the slightly bizarre. There will be voices and sounds on display that might even have a touch of both.

WASHINGTON -- Legendary D.C. musician Ian MacKaye's surprise 50th birthday party "was like all the D.C. punks paying tribute to the Don Corleone of th...

Back to nearly a full week of music in D.C. for me. Cheyenne Marie Mize at Black Cat, Möbius Strip and The Andalusians at Crooked Beat Records, Shpongle at the 9:30 Cluband and the list goes on...

We're going to rely on you, the artists, to find other creative people and foster innovative sounds. I pledge that I'll buy your stuff. But don't expect preferential treatment because of where you're from. The scene is dead. Long live the scene.