Jimmy Webb’s Songs For Eternity
By Steve Houk livingonmusic.com In researching the astonishing songwriting career of the legendary Jimmy Webb, one image kept cascading through my mind. My parents. You see it was Lynn and John Houk who got...
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Adrian Belew: Best Of Both Worlds
By Steve Houk livingonmusic.com For a musical virtuoso and true groundbreaker like Adrian Belew, you’d think that sharing the studio and the stage throughout his illustrious career with legends like David Bowie, Frank Zappa, Talking Heads,...
Love in Full Bloom: The Wedding of Elle Leonsis & Toby Helme
A member of Washington sports royalty and a Guinness family heir tie the knot at a former Kennedy estate and “Summer White House.” Sept. 1, 2018 | Marwood Estate, Potomac, Md. When Elle Leonsis...
Around Town: Cherry Blossoms Abound
The long-awaited peak bloom is here and to celebrate, we’ve compiled a list of our favorite cherry blossom-related activities in the District this season. **As of publication, all deals are live and tickets to...
Reviving The Music of a Legendary Concert
By Steve Houk livingonmusic.com Among some other notable factoids, September 3, 1977 is considered by some to be the day the Grateful Dead proved to everyone that they were absolutely here to stay, drawing so many...
Hotel Watch: The Adlon Kempinski
Berlin’s most famous hotel is one of the best in Europe, with matchless decor, food and service.
Mary Gauthier Powerfully Soldiers On
By Steve Houk / livingonmusic.com Mary Gauthier has to feel that life is full of the gloriously unexpected. Twenty-nine years after she stopped drinking cold turkey and twenty-two after she wrote her first song,...
Music Notes: The Rhythmic Brain Of Mickey Hart
By Steve Houk / livingonmusic.com Mickey Hart has got rhythm. Of course anyone who knows anything about rock music knows that. I mean, as drummer and percussionist extraordinaire for the Grateful Dead for over...
Framebridge Opens its First Retail Space
The online custom framing company launches its first brick and mortar on 14th Street today. Within five minutes of touring Framebridge’s first retail store on 14th Street with Washington-based CEO and founder Susan Tynan,...
