You waited until the last minute to try to buy tickets for Saturday’s “Hip-Hop Honors” concert, only to discover it sold out. Fear not, because D.C. will be having a number of other noteworthy shows over the next week. First up is Eric Roberson’s Friday night set at the Black Cat.
Who’s Eric Roberson? New Jersey native Roberson began his professional singing and songwriting career while a student in Howard University’s Musical Theatre program in the early 1990s. During his sophomore year, he inked a deal with Warner Brothers Records and released a single, “The Moon,” which received moderate radio play but didn’t parlay Roberson’s career into star status. Instead, he soon lost his recording contract and found himself back in D.C. This seeming defeat actually paid off as he was able to finish his degree and formulate his return to the industry.
