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Capital Soundtrack Is On Hiatus

We’re plotting the next phase of our local music initiative Capital Soundtrack. During this brainstorming period, we are putting the…

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D.C. rocksteady outfit Caz and the Day Laborers

The Harry Bells, Caz And The Day Laborers

Songs heard on WAMU 88.5 on May 31, 2016, as part of our new Capital Soundtrack project.

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Feedel Band at WAMU

Announcing Capital Soundtrack, A New Music Project From WAMU

This summer, WAMU is turning over our airwaves to musicians from D.C., Maryland and Virginia. We’re doing that with a…

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Grab Free Tickets To The ‘All Songs Considered’ Sweet 16 Bash

Update, 4:57 p.m.: These tickets are gone! But you can still hop on our waitlist. Just fill out the form…

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Bandwidth’s 50 Favorite D.C. Songs Of 2015

Is music in the Washington, D.C., region getting better every year? Or is it that now we can finally explore the…

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Get Free Tickets To Hip-Hop Doc ‘Stretch and Bobbito’ At NPR

Update: These tickets have been claimed. Thanks, folks! Nas before Illmatic. A young Jay Z and Notorious B.I.G. Members of…

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Bandwidth’s Favorite D.C. Songs Of 2014

For a growing share of D.C.’s population, life is comfortable — it’s healthy, convenient, increasingly safe and even luxurious. But luxury rarely produces great…

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Dutch producer Martyn, a Northern Virginia resident, releases his third LP this year.

What D.C. Releases To Pay Attention To This Year

Bandwidth contributors tell us what local recordings they’re most looking forward to in 2014. Deleted Scenes, “Lithium Burn” April 15,…

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Garden of Earthly Delights

600 Year-Old Butt Song From Hell

While admiring Hieronymus Bosch’s painting The Garden of Earthly Delights, a music and information systems student at Oklahoma Christian University…

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Cellist Wytold teaches music workshops for soldiers at Walter Reed military hospital in D.C. He says the experience has changed his approach to music.
December 16, 2016

Working With Soldiers At Walter Reed, Cellist Finds A New Creative Path

Oddisee's new album, The Iceberg, comes out Feb. 24.
December 15, 2016

Songs We Love: Oddisee, ‘Things’

Maryland hip-hop artists Brain Rapp, Nature Boi and Ezko make up the collective Dope Music Village.
December 13, 2016

To These Maryland Rappers, ‘DMV’ Stands For ‘Dope Music Village’

D.C. label Verses Records says its newest release, a compilation called "Code Red," will benefit the American Civil Liberties Union.
December 7, 2016

In Wake Of Trump Election, Verses Records Rallies 40 Bands To Benefit ACLU

The latest tune from D.C. indie-rock band Brushes is "about the tension we feel between Venus and Mars within ourselves," says leader Nick Anway (left).
November 28, 2016

Premiere: On ‘Mars And Me,’ D.C.’s Brushes Come From Mars And Venus

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