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Your Turn: Vote for Artscape’s Sound Off! Performer
OK, me and two other jurors did the hard, painful work, preening through some 40-odd bands–many of whom brought me to the edge of absolute despair–to come up with five semifinalists for you to vote...
View ArticleWhartscape, Artscape Announce (More) Details
Well, Artscape actually announced this some time ago, but we figured it’d be more fun to give you an overload headache. “Busy weekend” doesn’t come close. You can find all of Artscape details here, but...
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DJ K-Swift’s Final Set, the New Dru Hill, and Other Artscape Highlights:...
| Image by Puja Patel We’d already started writing up our memories of this year’s Artscape when we received some shocking news this morning about a performer who was responsible for one of our...
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Artscape’s DJ Culture Stage Returns With No Sunscreen Required
Well, the big outdoor stage is gone, but booker Chris Brooks is making do: July 17 and 18, the Windup Space hosts a not-at-all-shabby lineup of DJs in its stead. While part of the kick of the original...
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Artscape Music Lineup Announced: This Is Cool, But…
Nickodemus …there’s no DJ Culture Stage this year. Booker Chris Brooks has basically half an hour on the main stage Sunday afternoon for downtempo/pan-global producer Nickodemus to perform a set with...
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The Other Jam Music: Gov’t Mule at Artscape, July 16
What makes Gov’t Mule the most satisfying jam band of this era? Unlike most of its genremates, this quartet doesn’t play music; it plays songs. Attend a concert by Phish, Widespread Panic, the Yonder...
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Wale A Go-Go: Wale at Artscape, July 18
The old saying, “Hip-hop makes great records but puts on lousy shows,” is a cliché only because it’s so often true. There was reason to think that Wale might defy this pattern, because this MC emerged...
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More on Artscape Lineup
By Kimberly Uslin Legendary reggae band The Wailers, sprawling septet The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, southern rockers the North Mississippi Allstars, and R&B artist KEM will headline this year’s...
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As Virginia-based artist wins Sondheim Prize, Mayor urges artists who can’t...
Saturday night in the auditorium of the Walters’ Museum, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced that Gabriela Bulisova, an artist from Northern Virginia, won the $30 thousand Janet and Walter...
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