Music
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Reagon's Rites
Our community's progress with marriage equality has been impressive, but it's not enough for Toshi Reagon. ''What about the gay people that still don't want...
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Arts Hub
Over the past few years the once-derelict H Street Corridor near Union Station has become one of the city's buzziest. And it has the arts...
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Concert Review: Zola Jesus
''We're having technical issues,'' singer Nika Roza Danilova, who performs as Zola Jesus, told the packed crowd at U Street Music Hall toward the beginning...
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Estelle Shines Anew
''I've felt so much love and acceptance, it's overwhelming,'' Estelle says. '' gay people, it's a whole different level.'' In fact, the Grammy-winning British soul...
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Review: Aiden James
Aiden James is not just a pretty face, writing and singing pretty tunes. In fact, James could get by as your standard singer-songwriter, nothing more....
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Soul Salvation
''I listened to amazing singers when I grew up,'' Jamie Scott says, citing Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and Donny Hathaway. In fact, listening to such...
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Colorful Soul
Jamie Scott killed his lover. ''I hear the sirens blaze in the distance, her blood still on my hands,'' Scott sings on the moody, lilting...
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Catie Cares
No matter how you look at her, Catie Curtis is certainly not unsung. Not only has the gay singer-songwriter earned substantial accolades for her craft,...
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Maximum Impact
''It's a little bit different with us than other boy bands,'' says Max George, of the five-piece U.K. outfit The Wanted. ''We have 10-year-old girls...
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Coma Catch-Up
''How long until I know you don't care for us?'' Nina Diaz coos sweetly on ''Adjust,'' the song that launches the fourth studio album from...
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The Best Music of 2011
Lady Gaga and Beyoncé both released new albums in 2011. But aside from some great tracks (most notably ''Americano'' and Sheibe'' from Gaga, ''Run...
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A Diva DVD Christmas
Who's your favorite pop diva? Well, as long as it's not Madonna or Robyn or Rihanna -- or, God help you, Ke$ha -- chances are,...
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Concert Review: Tori Amos
Tori Amos's left hand had to know exactly what her right hand was doing at her concert at DAR Constitution Hall on Monday, Dec. 5....
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Balladeers
The In Series targets one performance of every production to the LGBT community, labeling it ''OUT at the In Series.'' But honestly, any performance of...
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A Carol Christmas
''There are more choirs here per capita than any other city,'' says Amy Stahmer, executive director of the City Choir of Washington (301-572-6865, thecitychoirofwashington.org). In...
