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  • Level 42 at The Birchmere

    By on July 20, 2010

    The British pop band Level 42, who scored hits in the ’80s with “Something About You,” “Lessons in Love” and “Running in the Family” are...

  • Sting with the Royal Philharmonic

    By on July 9, 2010

    British pop superstar Sting offers a “Symphonicity Tour,” with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, recreating many of his most popular songs, both as lead singer of...

  • Wale Makes Amends [video]

    By on May 30, 2010

    Washington D.C.-based rapper Wale, who made headlines last week after canceling his performance at DC Black Pride's main event on May 30, appeared at Sunday's...

  • Music: Pop, Rock, Folk and Jazz

    By on March 11, 2010

    BARNS AT WOLF TRAP 1645 Trap Rd. Vienna, Va. 703-255-1900 wolf-trap.org Greg Brown (3/12) Altan – Traditional Irish music ambassadors to the world (3/15) Battlefield...

  • Tegan & Sara

    By on February 10, 2010

    Tegan and Sara Quin actually look like twins on the cover of Sainthood. ''For years we rejected this twin image, people always trying to twin...

  • Too gay for TV: Is the FCC coming after Adam Lambert?

    By on December 3, 2009

    ”Yes, sadly friends, ABC has cancelled my appearances on Kimmel and NYE. :( don’t blame them. It’s the FCC heat.” Twitter post from Adam Lambert,...

  • Barry Manilow: Adam Lambert should have stood there and sung

    By on December 3, 2009

    ”I’ll tell you what I was hoping. I was watching it, and I think he’s got a fantastic voice. I was hoping he would stand...

  • Music: Pop, Rock, Folk and Jazz

    By on September 16, 2009

    BARNS AT WOLF TRAP 1645 Trap RoadVienna, Va.703-255-1900www.wolf-trap.org Will Hoge -- Folk rock (10/8) Cowboy Junkies -- This mesmerizing, hypnotic group offers a country-rock twist...

  • Classical Music: Symphonies, Operas, and other Concerts

    By on September 16, 2009

    BACH SINFONIA Evelyn Glennie: Music Center at Strathmore Takoma Park/Silver Spring Performing Arts Center Montgomery CollegeGeorgia Avenue and East-West HighwaySilver Spring301-362-6525www.bachsinfonia.org The Story of the...

  • Still a Thrill

    By on July 22, 2009

    Jody Watley (Photo by Mike Ruiz) Jody Watley has been an advocate for gay rights since her solo career took off in the mid-’80s. In...

  • Harmonic Convergence

    By on May 28, 2008

    If ''Queering Sound'' is distorting, shaking up and subverting familiar sounds -- specifically what one might describe as ''gay music'' -- then ''Queering Sound 08...

  • Wicked Win

    By on February 20, 2008

    Wicked Jezabel Forget the Grammy Awards. In D.C., it's all about the Wammies, the Washington Area Music Awards (WAMA), which...

  • Bowled Over

    By on January 23, 2008

    Doug Bowles may not be the only gay conductor in town, but in the genre of swing and big-band music, he's pretty sure he's one...

  • In Phase

    By on August 15, 2007

    The recent juggernaut of alternative offerings in the nation's capital -- from Art in Heat to the Fringe Festival -- shows no sign of stopping....

  • A Welcoming Home

    By on June 3, 2007

    Mara Levi jokes that during her early Capital Pride Mainstage set a couple years ago, she may have been seen as a bit of a...