The top bands, djs, concerts, music festivals, and live music happenings from across the metro Washington D.C. area.
In the past ten or so years, Tony Bennett has sold over ten million records. Yes, that Tony Bennett. And yes, ten million records. By Steve Houk livingonmusic.com Now considering this happened while he was in his...
By Steve Houk livingonmusic.com The first thing The Mavericks‘ co-founder and drummer Paul Deakin told me when we hooked up to discuss the band’s 30th anniversary of making music was that he and his band had just...
The acclaimed singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and leader of Stay Human, the house band of ‘The Late Show’ with Stephen Colbert, hits the perfect tune for DC JazzFest. Night in and night out, Jon Batiste...
Over the jazz legend’s stunning 60-year career, there’s just one thing that might still be daunting. Amid the surfeit of summer concerts around the DMV, no one can surpass the legendary status of Herbie...
By Steve Houk livinonmusic.com For singer/songwriter AJ Croce, being an up and coming musician and having the name Croce, in addition to looking just like his revered late father, well, that connection didn’t hurt...
By Steve Houk livingonmusic.com Three years ago, a movie called “Hired Gun” came out. The well-told documentary highlighted the stories of some of rock and roll’s best musicians, many largely unknown to the average...
By Steve Houk livingonmusic.com It’s somewhat of a unique phenomenon, that moment when an artist with a voice from heaven like Joan Osborne chooses to roll an entire album of covers from a guy...
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...
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,...
The Timeless Existence of Tony Bennett
16 Aug, 2019
The Mavericks: 30 Years In The Melting Pot
16 Aug, 2019
The 2019 American Portrait Gala
13 Aug, 2019
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28 Jul, 2019
22 Jul, 2019
Saudi Princess Arrives as Riyadh’s New Envoy
23 Jul, 2019
“The Great Hack” – Like it, Share it, Learn from it.
24 Jul, 2019
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28 Jul, 2019
