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A Silver Spring native once featured in a classic short documentary about heavy metal fandom has reinvented himself as a luthier.

Silver Spring might not be the first place you’d think of, but the metal experience is alive over there.

After a two-year hiatus, Baltimore’s Flight of the Valkyries festival is back and badder than ever.

We talked to Borracho about about their following overseas and their take on heavy music coming back to D.C.

In the nearly three years since we last checked in with Rodrigo y Gabriela, the dynamic acoustic-guitar duo has been keeping quite busy. Their self-titled major label debut album brought their hybrid, metal-inspired sound to the masses, leading to sell-out crowds at clubs the world over, along with stops at many premier music festivals.