Aug 14, 2012
DCist Interview: Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris is a grand dame of country music, but many don’t realize the 12-time Grammy winner got her start in D.C. DCist interviewed Harris about her early days in our fair city.
Aug 24, 2009
Weekly Music Agenda
The Flaming Lips are at Merriweather Post Pavilion on Friday. MONDAY >> Justin Moyer performs as his alter-ego, Edie Sedgwick, tonight. The Three Stars alum’s shows are unusual to say the least, but also interesting: the Black Cat described her as “Le Tigre meets Black Flag for an irony-free dance party with a tranny Milton Berle as MC!” 9 p.m., $8. TUESDAY >> The Black Crowes are still kicking out the blues, covering older…
Jul 30, 2008
Three Guys and a Singular Girl: Old 97s @ 9:30
The Old 97s made their triumphant return to the 9:30 Club last night. Photo by Lisa Johnson. Our Nation’s Capitol has seen a lot more of the emancipated Rhett Miller in recent years than it has of his band, Old 97s. Miller may write most of the songs for the hard-charging country-pop-punkabilly quartet, but somehow he’s only about one–eleventh as interesting when he doesn’t have Murry Hammond singing harmony and Ken Bethea blasting out those…