Rachael McShane ‘The Gardener’ Having won the BBC2 Folk Award for Best Live Act three out of the last five years, plus a prestigious appearance at the Proms in 2008, Rachael McShane has already achieved phenomenal success as a member of 11-piece folk big band Bellowhead. As the group’s only female member, she has always stood out from the pack, and now she’s finally indulging the dream of a lifetime by releasing an album under her own name. No Man’s Fool , out through Navigator Records on A
Christopher Nelson by James Truitt The Saturday following the summer solstice was shaping up to be an eventful one. Between the spectacle of the Rock‘n’Roll Marathon, the unbeatable party-vibe of Pride, and an impromptu mass-moonwalk tribute going down on South Jackson St, there was a ton of great stuff set to happen all over our summer-crazed city. Add to that already mighty list the relatively under-publicized (and free!!!) Georgetown Music Festival — itself combing powers with Sea
Celebrate the re-opening of the Eastern Market building by enjoying free music outside, on 7th Street SE, courtesy of the Capitol Hill Community Foundation : Saturday, June 27 10 AM Yamomanem — New Orleans Jazz Noon Memphis Gold and Jay Summerour – Blues 2 PM Honky Tonk Confidential – Rockabilly 4 PM Runakuna — Andean music Sunday, June 28 10 AM Rick Franklin and Friends — Acoustic Blues 1 PM Dead Men’s Hollow – Americana-Bluegrass Comments are