Olivia Neutron-John, Cigarbox Planetarium
Songs featured July 22, 2016, as part of Capital Soundtrack from WAMU 88.5. Read more about the project and submit…
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Diamond District, Chopteeth
Songs featured July 16, 2016, as part of Capital Soundtrack from WAMU 88.5. Read more about the project and submit your…
Alex Byrd, J. Flax & The Heart Attacks
Songs featured July 6, 2016, as part of Capital Soundtrack from WAMU 88.5. Read more about the project and submit your…
Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band, Sara Curtin
Songs featured June 16, 2016, as part of Capital Soundtrack from WAMU 88.5. Read more about the project and submit…
G-Flux, Rare Essence
Songs featured June 14, 2016, as part of Capital Soundtrack from WAMU 88.5. Read more about the project and submit…
For Banned Books Week, A Playlist Of Provocative D.C. Music (And More)
This post has been updated. Nationwide this week is called Banned Books Week. At the D.C. Public Library, it’s called “Uncensored.”…
Photos Of Landmark Music Festival, A Rare Megaconcert In D.C.
Washington, D.C., doesn’t get a lot of major music festivals: It’s had to make do with smallish events out in…
Wale Says He’s Working On A Go-Go Album With Tinashe, Chris Brown
No one could say that Wale, D.C.’s most successful rapper to date, has forgotten where he came from. The major-label artist out of…
D.C.-Area Rappers Shy Glizzy And GoldLink Make XXL’s ‘Freshman Class’
Every year, XXL publishes its Freshman Class issue, trumpeting what the magazine considers the most promising up-and-coming hip-hop artists —…
D.C. Rapper Fatz Da Big Fella Won’t Be A Big Fella Much Longer
Fatz Da Big Fella calls himself a “new generation Biggie.” Like the late Notorious B.I.G., the D.C. rapper can be…
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…
Wale Returns To Go-Go With ‘Miracle On U Street’
Original fans of D.C.’s biggest rapper, Wale, know that he got his start rhyming over go-go beats crafted by production…
Track Work: Fatz Da Big Fella, ‘Grew Up’
This song contains explicit lyrics. As a kid growing up in Northeast D.C., Antoine Williams played AAU basketball. “I thought…
D.C. Hip-Hop Producers You Should Know: Tone P
Rappers might be the face of D.C.’s growing hip-hop scene, but producers are its pulse. In this multipart series, Bandwidth…