Rock Starr
To set the record straight, Garrison Starr is not the girl Katy Perry kissed and told about in song. ''No, no, it wasn't,'' Starr laughs. ''Believe me, I would be telling everybody that if I were.''...
View ArticleO, Tannenbaum
A man whose last name is best known from a Christmas song, leading a Jewish-themed show on Christmas Eve? It's not just funny -- Rob Tannenbaum insists it's Good for the Jews. To be exact, that's the...
View ArticleGirlyman's Womanhood
''I'm learning so much about myself as an artist, and just learning a lot about singing and performing,'' says Tylan Greenstein. Of course, none of that is new to the 38-year-old, who spent the last...
View ArticleScientific Songwriter
''A lot of the stuff that they're making fun of is actually things that I like about Portland,'' says Chris Pureka, referring to the IFC series Portlandia. From an independent women's bookstore to a...
View ArticleGerman Engineering
Sonia Rutstein recently met a man in Germany who inquired about her name. ”Oh, ‘Rutstein.’ This is a German name. Are you German?” she recalls the man asking. ”And I said, ‘Well, I was once.’ And it...
View ArticleJammin Java’s 11th annual Mid-Atlantic Band Battle
Four bands have advanced from preliminaries to compete in Jammin Java’s 11th annual Mid-Atlantic Band Battle, a contest for bands from all genres of music and up and down the East Coast, with a grand...
View ArticleTorch and Twang: Mary Gauthier’s country
Mary Gauthier has found her place in country music The post Torch and Twang: Mary Gauthier’s country appeared first on Metro Weekly.
View ArticleEditor’s Picks: Rent, Anthony Ramos, Theater J’s Annual Benefit, and more!
Our picks of the best arts and entertainment in the D.C. area this week The post Editor’s Picks: Rent, Anthony Ramos, Theater J’s Annual Benefit, and more! appeared first on Metro Weekly.
View ArticleOctober highlights at Jammin’ Java & Union Stage
Luke Brindley, Torres, Phony Ppl, Evann McIntosh, and more! The post October highlights at Jammin’ Java & Union Stage appeared first on Metro Weekly.
View ArticleEditor’s Pick: Mary Gauthier at Jammin’ Java
“Mary’s songwriting speaks to the tender aspects of our humanness: We need her voice in times like these more than we ever have.” That quote from Brandi Carlile was one among a handful from some of...
View ArticleEditor’s Pick: Gina Chavez at Jammin’ Java
Chavez returns to the area in support of her album 'La Que Manda,' which garnered a 2020 Latin Grammy nomination. The post Editor’s Pick: Gina Chavez at Jammin’ Java appeared first on Metro Weekly.
View ArticleFall Arts Preview 2022: Popular Music
All things pop, rock, folk, blues, and jazz in Washington, D.C.'s fall popular music concert scene. The post Fall Arts Preview 2022: Popular Music appeared first on Metro Weekly.
View ArticlePop, Rock, Folk, Blues, Jazz: Spring Arts Preview 2023
LGBTQ musical artists really and truly will be a force to be reckoned with this spring and summer. The post Pop, Rock, Folk, Blues, Jazz: Spring Arts Preview 2023 appeared first on Metro Weekly.
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