The hour-long concert featured hit songs and Wonder talking about social issues.
It starts at 10 a.m.
What we would’ve given to be there.
The music documentary, which puts the spotlight on background singers, is as bittersweet as it is inspirational.
The 40,000 people who eventually piled into the exclusive upper ballrooms and cavernous underbelly of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center looked like they were having a good time.
Last night’s first ever Neighborhood Inaugural Ball at the Washington Convention Center ended up being billed by the Presidential Inaugural Committee as the hottest ticket of all of the ten official Inaugural Balls, and from a vantage point in the middle of the packed ballroom, it was easy to see why. The sheer number of hugely famous stars gathered to perform at the ball, which was broadcast live on ABC, gave the event the feel…
As a Historic Event, Sunday’s We Are One concert on the Mall was often stirring and inspiring. But as a show? As music? Pretty much the same, actually. These all-star Frankenstein line-ups, usually the stuff of benefit gigs and 20th century Super Bowl halftime shows, are often train-wrecks. But We Are One reflected the same rare mixture of persuasion and efficiency that Team Obama showed during the presidential campaign. The talent fell into line. None…
FRIDAY: >> Local comic book store Fantom Comics is celebrating the grand opening of their new Union Station store tonight with a party from 6 to 10:30 p.m. They’ll be serving up free pizza on the early side and the comedy stylings of the Geek Comedy Tour during the second half of the night. There will also be a trivia contest with $500 gift certificates up for grabs. The party is inside the Union…
To say Stevie Wonder is a good artist would be an understatement. Over five decades, Wonder has amassed a catalog that not only includes over 30 albums but numerous songwriting and production credits. Fans in the District were treated last month to a two-and-a-half hour trip through a slew of rhythms and emotions. Wonder’s musical mastery has touched people worldwide, probably no two more than Brooklynites Bobbito Garcia and DJ Spinna. Both have made names…
It goes without saying that Stevie Wonder is a living legend. The singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist has been performing for well over 40 years and is responsible for a slew of well-known hits. As one concert-goer stated to me on my train ride home, the near capacity crowd at Verizon Center would’ve been there for a couple of days if he’d decided to play everything in his discography. Instead, he covered approximately 27 songs over the course of…
