Music & Concerts
Music makes us come together
D.C. is always home to more concerts than you could possibly write about. Here are some of the season’s highlights.
Barns at Wolf Trap
1645 Trap Rd.
Vienna, Va. 22182
Spring highlights:
Antares -March 19
Jeri Sager – March 20
HAPA -March 23-24
Bastianello & Lucrezia -March 26
John Eaton -March 27
Shemekia Copeland -March 28
Richard Marx and Matt Scannell -April 6
Ruthie Foster and John Hammond -April 7
Moya Brennan -April 8
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet -April 9
Julie Murphy Wells -April 10
The Bad Plus -April 13
Livingston Taylor -April 15-16
Luke Brindley -April 22
Lucy Kaplansky -April 23
Buskin & Batteau -April 24
The Bobs -April 28
John McCutcheon -April 29
Bonnie Rideout -April 30
For more information: 703-255-1900 or wolf-trap.org
Black Cat
1811 14th St. N.W.
Washington D.C. 20009
Spring highlights:
Black Lips, Box Elders, The Vermilions -March 19
Close to the Edge featuring DJ Dredd -March 19
Fruit Bats, Blue Giant, The Singleman Affair -March 20
Right Round featuring DJ lilíe -March 20
Magik Markers, Buildings -March 21
The Ruby Suns, Toro y Moi -March 24
Jukebox The Ghost, Tally Hall, Skybox -March 25
The Saturday Night Dance Party -March 27
The So So Glos, The Pharmacy -March 28
The Smith Westerns, So Cow, The Cheniers -April 1
Sorted with DJ Stereo Faith -April 2
HomoSonic -April 4
Tim Barry, Red Clay River -April 5
Exit Clov, Gringo Star -April 8
High on Fire, Priestess, Black Cobra, Bison B.C. -April 11
Freddie T & The People, Brandon Bulter -April 12
Shortstack, Birds of Avalon, Suns of Guns -April 16
Ugly Purple Sweater, La Strada, Lucia Lucia -April 20
Bitch -April 29
Echo & The Bunnymen -April 30
These United States, The Mother Hips -May 15
Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra -May 19
For more information: 202-667-4490 or blackcatdc.com
Blues Alley
1073 Wisconsin Ave. N.W.
Washington D.C. 20007
Spring highlights:
Earl Klugh -March 20
Swing Shift -March 21
Sherrie Maricle & The Diva Jazz Trio -March 22
Gregg Karukas -March 23
Nicole Henry -March 24
Stanley Jordan -March 28
The Outer Bridge Ensemble -March 29
Dan Leonard -April 6
Dani Cortaza -April 7
Bucky Pizzarelli -April 8-10
James Madison High School Band -April 11
Richard Montgomery High School -April 12
Columbia Jazz Band -April 12
The Dave Brubeck Quartet -April 16-18
The World Famous Count Basie Orchestra -April 20-25
Yellowjackets -May 6-8
Teri S -May 12
Larry Coryell Power Trio -May 13-16
Marcus Young -May 18
Spyro Gyra -May 20-23
John Eaton -May 25
For more information: 703-549-7500 or bluesalley.com
DAR Constitution Hall
1776 D St., N.W.
Washington D.C. 20006
Spring highlights:
Fresh Fest with Salt-N-Pepa -March 20
The Moody Blues -March 26
Vampire Weekend -April 3
Phoenix -April 26
For more information: 202-628-1776 or dar.org/conthall
DC9
1940 Ninth St. N.W.
Washington D.C. 20009
Spring highlights:
Bonjour, Ganesh! -March 20
Barefoot Truth -March 21
My Disco -March 23
Miles Kurosky of Beulah -March 24
Natalia Clavier -March 27
A Sunny Day In Glasgow -March 28
today the moon, tomorrow the sun -March 29
The Appleseed Cast -April 13
The Mary Onettes -April 20
The Points -April 22
Nouveau Riche -April 24
Captured! By Robots -May 4
Eluvium -May 17
For more information: 202-483-5000 or dcnine.com
DC Center
1810 14th St. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
Tom Goss Live: Launching his new Marriage Equality EP Politics of Love -April 1
For more information: 202-682-2245 or thedccenter.org
Folger Elizabethan Theatre
201 East Capitol St., S.E.
Washington D.C. 20003
Spring highlights:
Ballets and Brawls: French Music of Court and Countryside -March 19-March 21
A Musical Banquet: Songs for Lute, Voice and Viol -April 9-April 11
For more information: 202-544-7077 or folger.edu
GMU Center For The Arts
4373 Mason Pond Dr.
Fairfax, VA 22030
Spring highlights:
Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra with Lang Lang -April 3
GMU Percussion Ensemble Concert -April 6
GMU Chamber Orchestra -April 13
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields -April 23-25
GMU Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band Spring Concert -April 27
Flutopia Flute Choir -May 4
For more information: 888-945-2468 or gmu.edu/cfa
Iota Restaurant & Bar
2832 Wilson Blvd
Arlington, VA 22201
Spring highlights:
Tom McBride and the Whig Party -March 19
Dead Heart Bloom with Aaron Thompson -March 20
David Ford -March 21
Amy Sullivan and the Whiskey Darlings -March 22
Justin Trawick -April 2
The U-Liners -April 3
El Ten Eleven -April 6
Caravan of Thieves -April 8
The Walkaways -April 24
Red Elvises -May 1
For more information: 703-522-8340 or iotaclubandcafe.com
Jammin’ Java
227 Maple Ave. E.
Vienna, VA 22180
Spring highlights:
Steve Forbert -March 19
Dreaming of Eden + The Chuck Shaffer Picture Show -March 19
Al Petteway and Amy White -March 21
Collective Change – Haiti Benefit Concert -March 23
Jim Weiderís Project Percolator -March 24
The Hint -March 26
Sara Borges and the Broken Singles -March 26
Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie Band -March 28
Army of Me -March 28
Pierre Bensusan -March 31
Benjy Davis Project -April 1
DC101ís Last Band Standing -April 6, April 13, April 21, April 27
Sara Watkins -April 20
Adrian Belew -April 22
Faze Electro Dance Party with Menya and Ypset and Santi -April 24
Graham Parker and the Figgs -May 1
Michelle Shocked -May 7
Boys Will Be Boys -May 8
Aqualung -May 9
Dan Navarro -May 14
Crash Test Dummies -May 16
For more information: 703-255-1566 or jamminjava.com
Kennedy Center
2700 F St. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20566
Spring highlights:
The Washington Chorus performs Mozartís Requiem -March 26, Concert Hall
Vocal Arts Society: America Sings Festival Showcase -April 10, Concert Hall
Marietta Simpson -April 21, Concert Hall
Gospel Across America Special -April 24, Concert Hall
Escher Quartet -April 26, Concert Hall
Barbara Cookís Broadway Spotlight: Laura Benanti -April 30, Terrace
Vocal Arts Society: Christine Brewer and Craig Rutenberg -May 7, Concert Hall
Jennifer Koh and Reiko Uchida -May 9, Concert Hall
Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival -May 20-May 22, Terrace
For more information: 202-467-4600 or kennedy-center.org
Lisner Auditorium
730 21st St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20052
Spring highlights:
Grease: The Gay Men’s Chourus of Washington presents a fully staged, all-male production of thie Broadway musical -March 19 thru March 21
Angelique Kidjo -March 27
Caetano Veloso -April 10
Rokia Traore -April 11
Time Machine -Mashina Vremeni -April 13
Music from the Crooked Road: Mountain Music of Virginia -April 16
Joe Bonamassa -April 23
Baaba Maal -April 29
The Fab Faux -May 22
For more information: 202-994-6800 or lisner.org
The Library of Congress-Thomas Jefferson Building
10 First St. S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20003
Spring highlights:
Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexandre Tharaud -March 12
Curtis Contemporary Music Ensemble -March 15
Voces Intimae -March 26
Juilliard String Quartet -April 9
Henschel Quartet -April 14
Alexander String Quartet, Afiara String Quartet -April 16
Jack Quartet -April 30
Woodley Ensemble -May 14
Ensemble Caprice -May 28
Mahan Esfahani -May 29
For more information: 202-707-8000 or loc.gov/concerts
Lyric Opera House
140 West Mount Royal Ave.
Baltimore, Md. 21201
Spring highlights:
Norah Jones -March 30
David Gray -March 31
Angie Stone and Leela James -April 17
For more information: 410-685-5086 or lyricoperahouse.com
Merriweather Post Pavilion
10475 Little Patuxent Parkway
Columbia, MD 21044
Spring highlights:
My Morning Jacket -May 1
Sugarland -May 16
The Bamboozle Roadshow featuring All Time Low and Boys Like Girls -May 21
For more information: 800-551-SEAT or merriweathermusic.com
Music Center at Strathmore
5301 Tuckerman Lane
North Bethesda, MD 20852
Spring highlights:
The Celtic Tenors -March 12
Ari Allal -March 24
Naomi Kudo -March 25
US Royalty with DJ Will Eastman -March 26
Tom Wopat -March 28
David Garrett -March 31
E.M. Spencer -April 2
Sezen Aksu -April 4
Gato & the Palenke Music Co. -April 9
George Winston, A Solo Piano Concert -April 9
Romeo and Julia Koren -April 13
Songs of the Earth: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day -April 23
Patti LuPone presents ìThe Gypsy in my Soulî for Strathmoreís 2010 Spring Gala -April 24
Nancy Wilson -May 7
An Evening with Rosanne Cash and Mark OíConnor -May 8
For more information: 301-581-5100 or strathmore.org
National Philharmonic-Music Center at Strathmore
5301 Tuckerman Lane
North Bethesda, MD 20852
Spring highlights:
All Brahms -March 20, March 21
Brahms Requiem -March 27
From Mozart to Mahler -April 17, April 18
Vivaldiís Gloria -May 1
The Polish Masters and Schumann -May 22
For more information: 301-493-9283 or nationalphilharmonic.org
Ram’s Head Live
20 Market Place
Baltimore, MD 21202
Spring highlights:
Charm City Devils -March 19
Mat Kearney & Ingrid Michaelson -March 20
Ben Folds -March 24
Mr. Greengenes -March 26
Julian Casablancas -March 28
The Fabulous Thunderbirds -March 31
The Big Pink with A Place To Bury Strangers -April 1
Artic Monkeys -April 7
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony -April 8
Steel Panther -April 9
Hotspur -April 10
2U: U2 tribute band -April 17
Mastodon -April 20
Jakob Dylan and Three Legs -April 22
Josh Gracin -April 23
Gogol Bordello -April 29-30
Who ís Bad: A Michael Jackson Tribute Band -May 1
Charlie Mars -May 12
Get the Led Out -May 15
For more information: 410-244-1131 or ramsheadlive.com
Ram’s Head on Stage
33 West St.
Annapolis, MD 21401
Spring highlights:
Eddie from Ohio -March 19-20
The Machine Unplugged -March 20
Amos Lee -March 20
Celtic Crossroads -March 21
HAPA -March 22
Ledisi -March 27
Tower of Power -March 28
Alice Smith -March 31
Pat McGee -April 1
Rhett Miller -April 3
Keith Emerson & Greg Lake -April 5
Christopher Cross -April 10
Joan Osborne -April 11
Gary Wright -April 15
Sonny Landreth -April 16
Lalah Hathaway -April 18
Swing Out Sister -April 20
Ambrosia -April 21
Colin Hay -April 25
The Church -April 27
Mick Taylor -May 6
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings -May 7
Sia -May 8
Chris Botti -May 10-11
Vonda Shepard -May 12
Phil Vassar -May 14-15
Beth Nielsen Chapman -May 24
Toad the Wet Sprocket -May 29
For more information: 410-268-4545 or ramsheadonstage.com
Rock & Roll Hotel
1353 H St. N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20002
Spring highlights:
Junior League Band -March 19
Epic Dance Party with DJ Doc Rok -March 19
Garutachi with DJ Austin and DJ Ca$$idy -March 20
Bio Ritmo -March 20
Solar Powered Sun Destroyer -March 25
Shearwater, Wye Oak and Hospital Ships -March 26
Woods, Real Estate, Surf City -March 27
Japandroids, Love Is All, Tennis System -March 29
Gang Gang Dance, Highlife -March 30
Rattler -April 3
100 Monkeys -April 7
Pants Velour, Fuzzy G, The Canon Logic -April 10
ThíLegendary Shack*Shakers -April 13
Liars, Fol Chen -April 14
Trams Am, Nice Nice, Jonas Reinhardt -April 15
Mixtape -April 17
The Apples In Stereo -April 18
The Blue Line, Poor But Sexy, Drunk Tigers -April 23
Amanda Blank -April 24
Free Lobster Buffet -April 30
The Album Leaf, Sea Wolf -May 4
Imperial China -May 7
Patrick Wilson, Dovemen -May 8
Caribou, Toro Y Moi -May 10
Greg Laswell -May 24
Cobra Collective, Death by Sexy, Dead Heart Bloom -May 28
Black Dog Prowl -May 29
For more information: 202-388-ROCK or rockandrollhoteldc.com
The Birchmere
3701 Mt. Vernon Ave.
Alexandria, VA 22305
Spring highlights:
Average White Band -March 19-20
David Wilcox & Patty Larkin -March 21
Jonathan Butler -March 23
Carrie Newcomer & Peter Mayer -March 25
Jonatha Brooke & Lori McKenna -March 26
Ashford & Simpson -March 27
Anuhea & The Green -March 29
Bob Schneider -March 30
Robert Earl Keen -March 31
Keller Williams -April 2
Vivian Green -April 5
Keith Emerson & Greg Lake -April 6
Lizz Wright -April 7
Joan Osborne -April 8
Christopher Cross -April 9
Fourplay -April 12
Todd Rundgrenís Johnson -April 13
Michael McDonald -April 15
Guy Clark -April 17
Angie Stone -April 18
Swing Out Sister -April 19
The Wailiní Jennys -April 20
Colin Hay -April 23-24
Gentlemen of the Night -April 25
America: 40th Anniversary Tour -April 30, May 1
The English Beat -May 3
Kathy Mattea -May 6
Shawn Colvin -May 7
Shelby Lynne -May 11
Iris Dement -May 13
Chatham County Line -May 14
Virginia Coalition -May 15
Sweet Honey in the Rock -May 21-22
Toad the Wet Sprocket -May 27-28
Sonny Landreth & Tom Principato -May 29
Alex Bugnon -May 30
For more information: 703-549-7500 or birchmere.com
The Red & The Black
1212 H St. N.E.
Washington D.C., 20002
Spring highlights:
The Pubcrawlers -March 15
Rest Assured -March 17
Bellmer Dolls -March 19
One for the Team, The Prisms -March 21
YARN, Sgt Dunbar The Hobo Banned, Andrew Karnavas -March 25
Ravenous, FOX Japan, Caustic Casanova -March 26
Benyaro, Chris Merritt -March 28
Andalusian Dog -April 1
Shapiro, The Winter Sounds, Achtung Panda -April 4
East Coast Caravan -April 9
The Honeyguns -April 10
Lake Street Dive -April 13
Jounce -April 15
Horsehead -April 16
Deleon -April 17
For more information: 202-399-3201 or redandblackbar.com
The State Theatre
220 N. Washington St.
Falls Church, VA 22046
Spring highlights:
The Legwarmers -March 19-20
Tower of Power -March 26
Divas of Pop Dance Party -March 27
Rebirth Brass Band -March 31
The Soft Parade: The most authentic tribute to the Doors-April 2
The Legendary Rhythm and Blues Revue -April 3
Easy Star All-Stars -April 4
Anonymous -April 8
Cherry Poppin Daddies -April 15
Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers -April 18
Cowboy Junkies -April 23
The Machine -April 24
The Church -April 25, April 27
Taj Mahal Trio -May 1
Sematic and Charm City Devils -May 7
Donna The Buffalo -May 14
For more information: 703-237-0300 or thestatetheatre.com
Verizon Center
601 F St. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
Spring highlights:
Alicia Keys -March 25
Bon Jovi with Dashboard Confessional -March 29
Nickelback -April 13
For more information: 202-628-3200 or verizoncenter.com
Warner Theatre
513 13th St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
Spring Lineup:
Norah Jones -April 2
Trans-Siberian Orchestra -April 11
Widespread Panic -April 20-21
Elvis Costello & The Sugarcanes -April 22
Mark Knopfler -May 2
For more information: 202-397-SEAT or warnertheatre.com
9:30 Club
815 V St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
Spring highlights:
Anvil w/Misstallica -March 20
The Dan Band -March 27
Wiz Khalifa -March 28
Nada Surf -April 2
Wale & KíNaan -April 4
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club -April 5
The Temper Tramp and Florence & The Machine -April 6
King Sunny Ade -April 7
Mayhem -April 7
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists -April 8
NEEDTOBREATHE w/Will Hoge & Matt Hires -April 9
US Air Guitar -April 10
Pick Up The Phone Tour featuring Blue October -April 11
George Clinton and PFunk -April 12
Badfish -April 14
Martin Sexon -April 16
Jedi Mind Tricks -April 17
Kidz In The Hall -April 18
The Disco Biscuits -April 20
Rock Bottom Remainders -April 21
Jovanotti -April 22
Jakob Dylan -April 23
AP Tour: Never Shout Never, Hey Monday, The Cab, Every Avenue, The Summer Set -April 25
Ozomatli -April 28
Motion City Soundtrack -April 28
Kaki King -April 29
Citizen Cope -April 30, May 1
Shout Out Louds -May 2
Sia -May 4
Corinne Bailey Rae -May 13
Dr. Dog w/ Deer Tick -May 14
For more information: 202-265-0930 or 930.com
Music & Concerts
Musical icons and newer stars to rock D.C. this spring
Brandi Carlile, Bad Bunny, Nicki Minaj, and more headed our way
Bands and solo artists of all different genres are visiting D.C. this spring. Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight will team up to perform at the Wolf Trap in June, and girl in red will play at the Anthem in April. Some artists and bands aren’t paying a visit until the summer, like Janet Jackson and Usher, but there are still plenty of acts to see as the weather warms up.
MARCH
Brandi Carlile plays at the Anthem on March 21; Arlo Parks will perform at 9:30 Club on March 23; Girlschool will take the stage at Blackcat on March 28.
APRIL
Nicki Minaj stops in D.C. at Capital One Arena as part of her North American tour on April 1; Bad Bunny plays at Capital One Arena on April 9 as part of his Most Wanted tour; girl in red performs at the Anthem on April 20 and 21; Brandy Clark plays at the Birchmere on April 25; Laufey comes to town to play at the Anthem on April 25 and 26.
MAY
Belle and Sebastian play at the Anthem on May 2; Chastity Belt performs at Blackcat on May 4; Madeleine Peyroux stops at the Birchmere on May 5; The Decemberists play at the Anthem on May 10; the rock band Mannequin Pussy performs at the Atlantis on May 17 and 18; Hozier plays at Merriweather Post Pavilion on May 17 as part of the Unreal Unearth tour.
JUNE
Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight will sing soulful melodies at Wolf Trap on June 8; Joe Jackson performs at the Lincoln Theatre on June 10; the Pixies and Modest Mouse are teaming up to play at Merriweather Post Pavilion on June 14; Maggie Rogers plays at Merriweather Post Pavilion on June 16 as part of The Don’t Forget Me tour; Brittany Howard headlines the Out & About Festival at Wolf Trap on June 22; Sarah McLachlan plays at Merriweather Post Pavilion on June 27; Alanis Morissette performs at Merriweather Post Pavilion on June 29 and 30
Music & Concerts
Grammys: Queer women and their sisters took down the house
Taylor Swift won Album of the Year
When the late, great Ruth Bader Ginsburg was asked when there will be enough women on the Supreme Court, her answer was simple: Nine. She stated: “I say when there are nine, people are shocked. But there’d been nine men, and nobody’s ever raised a question about that.” RBG did not attend the Grammy’s last night, but her spirit sure did. Women, at long last, dominated, ruled and killed the night.
Cher, in song a decade ago, declared that “this is a woman’s world,” but there was little evidence that was true, Grammy, and entertainment awards, speaking. In 2018, the Grammys were heavily criticized for lack of female representation across all categories and organizers’ response was for women to “step up.”
Be careful what you wish for boys.
The biggest star of the 2024 Grammys was the collective power of women. They made history, they claimed legacy and they danced and lip sang to each other’s work. Standing victorious was Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish, SZA (the most nominated person of the year), Lainey Wilson, Karol G, boygenius, Kylie Minogue and Victoria Monét. Oh, yes, and powerhouse Taylor Swift, the superstar from whom Fox News cowers in fear, made history to become the first performer of any gender to win four Best Album of the Year trophies.
In the throng of these powerful women stand a number of both LGBTQ advocates and queer identifying artists. Cyrus has identified as pansexual, SZA has said lesbian rumors “ain’t wrong,” Phoebe Bridgers (winner of four trophies during the night, most of any artist) is lesbian, Monét is bi and Eilish likes women but doesn’t want to talk about it. Plus, ask any queer person about Swift or Minogue and you are likely to get a love-gush.
Women power was not just owned by the lady award winners. There were the ladies and then there were the Legends. The first Legend to appear was a surprise. Country singer Luke Combs has a cross-generational hit this year with a cover of Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car.” When originally released, the song was embraced as a lesbian anthem. When performing “Fast Car,” surprise, there was Chapman herself, singing the duet with Combs. The rendition was stunning, sentimental and historic.
Chapman, like many of the night’s female dignitaries, has not been public with her sexuality. Author Alice Walker has spoken of the two of them being lovers, however.
The legend among legends of the night, however, was the one and only Joni Mitchell. Not gay herself, she embodies the concept of an LGBTQ icon, and was accompanied by the very out Brandi Carlile on stage. On her website, Mitchell’s statement to the LGBTQ community reads, “The trick is if you listen to that music and you see me, you’re not getting anything out of it. If you listen to that music and you see yourself, it will probably make you cry and you’ll learn something about yourself and now you’re getting something out of it.”
Mitchell performed her longtime classic “Both Sides Now.” The emotion, insight and delivery from the now 80-year old artist, survivor of an aneurism, was nothing short of profound. (To fully appreciate the nuance time can bring, check out the YouTube video of a Swift lookalike Mitchell singing the same song to Mama Cass and Mary Travers in 1969.) In this latest rendition, Mitchell clearly had an impact on Meryl Streep who was sitting in the audience. Talk about the arc of female talent and power.
That arc extended from a today’s lady, Cyrus, to legend Celine Dion as well. Cyrus declared Dion as one of her icons and inspirations early in the evening. Dion appeared, graceful and looking healthy, to present the final, and historic, award of the night at the end of the show.
Legends did not even need to be living to have had an effect on the night. Tributes to Tina Turner and Sinead O’Conner by Oprah, Fantasia Barrino-Taylor and Annie Lennox respectively, proved that not even death could stop these women. As Lennox has musically and famously put it, “Sisters are doing it for themselves.”
Even the content of performances by today’s legends-in-the-making spoke to feminine power. Eilish was honored for, and performed “What Was I Made For?,” a haunting and searching song that speaks to the soul of womanhood and redefinition in today’s fight for gender rights and expression, while Dua Lipa laid down the gauntlet for mind blowing performance with her rendition of “Houdini” at the top of the show, Cyrus asserted the power of her anthem “Flowers” and pretty much stole the show.
Cyrus had not performed the song on television before, and only three times publicly. She declared in her intro that she was thrilled over the business numbers the song garnered, but she refused to let them define her. As she sang the hit, she scolded the audience, “you guys act like you don’t know the words to this song.” Soon the woman power of the room was singing along with her, from Swift to Oprah.
They can buy themselves flowers from now on. They don’t need anyone else. Cyrus made that point with the mic drop to cap all mic drops, “And I just won my first Grammy!” she declared as she danced off stage.
Even the squirmiest moment of the night still did not diminish the light of women power, and in fact, underscored it. During his acceptance of the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award, Jay-Z had a bone to pick with the Grammy voters. He called out the irony that his wife Beyoncé had won more Grammys than any other human, but had never won the Best Album of the Year. Yeah, what’s with that?
But then, it brought additional context ultimately to the fact that the winner of the most Grammys individually … is a woman. And to the fact that the winner of the most Best Album of the Year awards … is a woman.
Hopefully this was the night that the Grammys “got it.” Women are the epicenter of The Creative Force.
Will the other entertainment awards get it soon as well? We can hope.
Most importantly, in a political world where women’s healthcare is under siege. Will the American voters get it?
A little known band named Little Mix put it this way in their 2019 song “A Woman’s World.”
“If you can’t see that it’s gotta change
Only want the body but not the brains
If you really think that’s the way it works
You ain’t lived in a woman’s world
Just look at how far that we’ve got
And don’t think that we’ll ever stop…”
From Grammy’s mouth to the world’s ear.
Music & Concerts
Janet Jackson returning to D.C, Baltimore
‘Together Again Tour’ comes to Capital One Arena, CFG Bank Arena
Pop icon Janet Jackson announced this week an extension of her 2023 “Together Again Tour.” A new leg of the tour will bring Jackson back to the area for two shows, one at D.C.’s Capital One Arena on Friday, July 12 and another at Baltimore’s CFG Bank Arena on Saturday, July 13.
Tickets are on sale now via TicketMaster. LiveNation announced the 2023 leg of the tour consisted of 36 shows, each of which was sold out. The 2024 leg has 35 stops planned so far; R&B star Nelly will open for Jackson on the new leg.
Jackson made the tour announcement Tuesday on social media: “Hey u guys! By popular demand, we’re bringing the Together Again Tour back to North America this summer with special guest Nelly! It’ll be so much fun!”