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Spoon @ Lincoln Theatre – Wednesday

Posted on September 7, 2014

Spoon Performs at the Lincoln Theatre in Washington, D.C.

I had originally planned to go see ZZTop and Jeff Beck on this night, but ZZ Top cancelled their tour due to an injury to Dusty Hill and an opportunity came up to shoot Spoon again and that’s not something I am going to pass up. The show itself didn’t quite reach the heights of the previous night’s show but it was still a great night. SHOOTING NOTES: Lights on Wednesday were much better than the first…

Spoon @ Lincoln Theatre – Tuesday

Posted on September 7, 2014

Spoon Perform at the Lincoln Theatre in Washington, D.C.

My wife and I took a trip up to Toronto in June and we were lucky enough to see Spoon twice while we were there, so when Spoon turned in one of the best shows I’ve ever seen them do, it wasn’t exactly a surprise. I’ve seen Spoon more than 15 times and shot them a bunch, and (respectfully) they can be hit or miss. That’s part of the fun. But they were definitely on during the…

Concerts featured Festivals

Trillectro @ RFK

Posted on August 27, 2014

Fat Trel performs at the Trillectro Music Festival in Washington, D.C.

This was the third year of the Trillectro Music Festival and I still have very conflicted feelings about the event. First, the positive: it’s very cool to have such a cutting edge festival here in the District and the line-up always features up and coming acts that end up stealing the show. Obviously I am not in the target audience for a festival like this but I consistently come away impressed by a few acts on the bill.…

Concerts featured Wolf Trap

Robyn & Royksopp @ Wolf Trap

Posted on August 25, 2014

Robyn Performs With Royksopp at Wolf Trap in Vienna, VA

This show was perfect. The only bad thing was we were only allowed to shot Robyn & Royksopp’s collaborative set at the end of the night, not their individual sets that led up to it. Robyn was just incredible. It was such a pleasure to see her do HER show after seeing her at festivals or opening for other acts for the last few years. This was the victory lap she never took after Body Talk. And then…

Concerts

Protect-U & Charanjit Singh @ Tropicalia

Posted on August 13, 2014

Protect-U Perform at Tropicalia in Washington, D.C.

I’m not going to lie and say that I was familiar with Charanjit Singh before this show. Many people credit him for making the first ever acid house album five full years before the movement started in England, so more power to him. I was honestly more excited about seeing the opening act, Protect-U. It’s been way too long since I had seen them live and they played a great set, some of which you can stream…

Concerts DAR Constitution Hall

Nick Cave @ DAR

Posted on August 13, 2014

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds perform at DAR Constitution Hall

I had a very, very bad experience shooting Nick Cave at Strathmore the last time he performed in the greater D.C. area (It’s a long story) and I walked out of the building swearing I would never shoot him again. But yet, there I was a few weeks ago, waiting for the lights to go down and for him and the Bad Seeds to take the stage at DAR. A friend asked me to cover the show…

Concerts Echostage

Passenger @ Echostage

Posted on August 12, 2014

Passenger performs at Echostage in Washington, D.C.

Passenger used to be a band, but these days it’s just Michael Rosenberg going it alone. And that’s what it was last week at Echostage, Michael Rosenberg all alone on stage. He had a sparse lighting rig set up behind him and not much else. He didn’t need it. The crowd sang along to all the songs and he spent the time in between tunes making jokes and charming their collective pants off.