Metro Weekly

Music

  • Musical Stocking Stuffers

    ''You better watch out, you better not cry. You better not pout, I'm telling you why: Santa Claus is swinging in town.'' Yep, it's that...

  • Holiday Tunes

    Ever seen a clarinet player with raindeer ears? You just might at the D.C. Different Drummers' holiday concert this Saturday, Dec. 12. ''The tradition is...

  • Stringing Along

    ''It's hard to make a mandolin sound sad. You can play it in a minor key, but it's got a sprightly tone,'' says Catie...

  • Musical Monstrosities

    ''Yeah, you make me wanna listen to music again,'' Adam Lambert sings at the top of his debut, For Your Entertainment. The album is as...

  • Gift of Gab

    ''Tonight I'm recording – ahem – a holiday CD,'' Kathy Griffin says at the top of her new recorded set, Suckin' It For The Holidays....

  • Punk Doll

    Amanda Palmer is nothing if not unpredictable. Amanda Palmer ''I like mixing up music and lyrics in ways that are confusing to compel the listener,''...

  • Ol' Blue Eyes

    ''She's the one who really encouraged us to get married,'' says singer-pianist Michael Feinstein, referring to his ''close friend'' Judith ''Judge Judy'' Sheindlin. Judge Judy...

  • Pop Circus

    When Mika first emerged on the pop scene a couple years ago with Life In Cartoon Motion you could hear echoes of many of his...

  • Seriously Sweet

    The folk-pop trio Girlyman is serious about living up to its name – in being sweet and sensitive, even a little silly. But these two...

  • Love Hangover

    Have you ever been in love, really in love – but still felt unsatisfied? Like it takes too much work, when it should be effortless?...

  • Hit Parade

    Summer is officially over, which means you should hear less of the season's leading club anthem. And that's all to the good. Because if you...

  • Mess No More

    Let’s see, the last time we got a good dose of Whitney Houston was four years ago, when she appeared as a caricature on Bravo’s...

  • Classical Gas

    Did you know Sandra Bernhard is a ''classically trained singer?'' We didn't either, but it says so right there in the press release for her...

  • Amped Indigo

    Amy Ray says she’s more of the rocker in the Indigo Girls. “Yeah, definitely. I mean, Emily can play an electric guitar like crazy,...

  • Sensitive Singers

    Over two and a half years ago, Duncan Sheik produced the debut album from gay pop singer Chris Garneau. Music for Tourists was released one...