Rock Review: Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
Eighteen years after he started Ted Leo & The Pharmacists here, the band returned to D.C. for a spirited pair of shows this weekend at the Black Cat after a…
Steely Dan’s Walter Becker (1950-2017)
One of the charms of Walter Becker, the Steely Dan co founder who died Sunday at 67, is that he looked less like a rock star and more like the…
Shelby Lynne, Allison Moore Team Up
It's a bit of a head scratcher why it hasn't been until now that Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer have collaborated together. The sisters have each carved out distinctive careers…
Greta Van Fleet’s Lil’ Led Zeppelin
Like Lynyrd Skynyrd, Greta Van Fleet was named after a random person in their community with a quirky moniker. The teen band from Frankenmuth, Mich., might have risked getting mixed…
Sheer Mag Rocks the Black Cat
For all of the power and velocity of her screaming-mimi voice, Sheer Mag lead singer Tina Hallaway can be awfully shy on stage. Raging through the band’s headlining show Wednesday…
Glen Campbell, 1936-2017
Though we knew it was coming, it was sad to hear of the death of Glen Campbell at 81. His long bout with Alzheimer’s was brilliantly depicted in the sometimes…
Review: Paul McCartney, Bringing It at 75
Paul McCartney was just kidding a half century ago, when he painted a picture of a grandfatherly existence at 64, doing the garden, digging the weeds and wondering whether he’d…
Steve Earle & the Dukes at the Birchmere
It’s a brash move to close out a show on one of the hottest days in the D.C. metro with a song called “Christmas in Washington,” but Steve Earle’s career…
The Zombies Come Alive at Birchmere
Half a century ago this summer, the Zombies were in Abbey Road studio, working on an album that would both break up the band and bring them back together decades…
Rock Review: NRBQ Sustains at Amp
It was a shock six years ago when the newest incarnation of NRBQ was actually something that had been touring as the Terry Adams Rock & Roll Quartet. Adams had…