TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17

Samantha Fish has earned respect as one of her generation’s best blues guitarists. But on September’s Kill or Be Kind, the 30-year-old puts the focus on her songwriting and her voice, working with Parker Millsap and some Nashville songwriters to craft the record’s 11 soulful songs. She followed that up last month with a pair of Christmas covers, including her take on “Run Run Rudolph.” 9:30 Club. 7 p.m. doors. $25. All ages, accessible venue.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18

Actor Eliot Glazer is best known for playing his real-life sister Ilana Glazer’s brother on Broad City. The comedian is also a classically trained singer whose live show Haunting Renditions finds Glazer singing pop songs as dramatic, showtune-esque epics—often with celebrity special guests. Songbyrd Music House. 7 p.m. doors. 8 p.m. show. $15. All ages, inaccessible space.

Chillwave pioneer (and Portlandia theme song writer) Washed Out—aka Ernest Greene—is taking a break from his full-band shows for an intimate DJ set at U Street Music Hall. D.C. producer Nitemoves (aka Rory O’Connor) will open to spin a set of his own. 9 p.m. doors. $20-$25. 18+, accessible space.

You Won’t Get What You Want may be Daughters’ heaviest album in years, with loud, off-kilter noise rock rhythms. The band will share a bill at 9:30 Club with Health, a band that goes heavy on the synths and bass on their equally noisy Vol. 4: Slaves of Fear. 7 p.m. doors. $25. All ages, accessible venue.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19

Former child prodigy Julian Lage has lived up to the early promise he showed in the documentary Jules at Eight. Now 31, Lage is a confident jazz bandleader with otherworldly guitar skills who is bringing his trio back to Union Stage in support of February’s Love Hurts. The album’s mix of originals and covers includes an aching and anthemic instrumental take on the Roy Orbison ballad “Crying.” 6:30 p.m. doors. 8 p.m. show. $21. All ages, accessible venue.
Update, 12/19: The Julian Lage concert has been postponed.

Lil Nas X isn’t the only black musician to make waves in country music of late. Singer Jimmie Allen hit it big last year with the infectious slow burn “Best Shot” from his breakout album Mercury Lane. Fillmore Silver Spring. 7 p.m. doors. 8 p.m. show. $25. All ages, accessible venue.

The 2012 Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugarman exposed cult singer-songwriter Rodriguez to a wider audience that had been eluding him for decades. He’s since built a successful career touring around the world (he’s particularly popular in South Africa, as the movie explains) and will play music and discuss his songs with fellow songwriter Raye Zaragoza at this City Winery show. 6 p.m. doors. 7:30 p.m. show. $70-$90. All ages, accessible venue.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20

D.C.-bred R&B singer Raheem DeVaughn is throwing his sixth annual holiday show at the Howard Theatre. Expect additional performances by some unannounced special guests and music from DeVaughn’s latest release The Love Reunion. 6 p.m. doors. 8 p.m. show. $35-$40. All ages, accessible venue.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21

Kelsey Wilson and Alex Beggins—the principal members behind Austin-based indie folk/pop band Wild Child—are embarking on their first tour as a duo, playing stripped down takes on such streaming hits as “Sinking Ship,” “Crazy Bird” and “Pillow Talk.” The Hamilton. 6:30 p.m. doors. 8 p.m. show. $20-$39.75. All ages, accessible venue.

Wammie Award-winning Alexandria reggae group FeelFree will play one last gig at Gypsy Sally’s—just in time for the release of the poppy new single “Make This Dance Last,” which follows on the heels of 2018’s Define the Free album. 7 p.m. doors. 9 p.m. show.. $15. 21+, accessible venue.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22

Ethoiopian-American rapper Ras Nebyu helps head up the fifth annual holiday party from his artistic collective the Washington Slizzards, performing as his new project, Thunda Man. Mereba, CCB, and Everything Nice help round out the late-night bill. U Street Music Hall. 9 p.m. show. $15-$20. 18+, accessible venue.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 23

Trans-Siberian Orchestra has become a holiday fixture thanks to the group’s progressive rock takes on Christmas classics. This year’s holiday spectacle (complete with a laser light show) is dubbed “Christmas Eve and Other Stories” and lands in D.C. on Christmas Eve Eve. Capital One Arena. 3 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. shows. $49.50-$79.50. All ages, accessible venue.

This post has been updated with the news that the Julian Lage concert has been postponed.