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…
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…
What I Saw at Capital Fringe
I took buses, cars, Metro trains, streetcars, and even walked to the H Street corridor where most of this year's Capital Fringe Festival took place in Northeast D.C. As part…
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…
Buckingham and McVie at Wolf Trap
Of the many incarnations of Fleetwood Mac since 1967, the most popular by far is the California version ushered in by the addition of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. Probably…
Alejandro Escovedo at the Birchmere
Alejandro Escovedo brings a lot of talented approaches into one rock figure. His show at the Birchmere in Alexandria Saturday had aspects of both his hard rocking postpunk career and…
Review: Elvis Costello at Wolf Trap
At a time when heritage artists have been distinguishing their tours with reverent presentations of their classic albums, playing them in strict order, one side and then the other, Elvis…
Rock Review: U2 Does ‘The Joshua Tree’
Playing whole albums from past catalogs is the variation that has kept arenas full for classic rock acts. It’s a way to both break from the greatest hits format and…