The Scene

MusicDetour.com’s commentary on music, performances, and the DC metro area music scene

One of the great things about the internet is it’s ability to allow independent artists new ways to get their music out. Jah-I-Witness is one of those artists that is using the internet to get his music out there. Check-out this collection of videos that he put together on ReverbNation. (more…)

Self-publishing an album can be one of the most difficult and most rewarding processes that an independent artist can experience. Jah-I-Witness has successfully completed his second self-published album with “The Struggle, The Love, the Glory” (The S.L.G.) and this is one you definitely gotta check-out. This album is a big departure from his first album, “Stranger”, which was a cutting edge eclectic/artistic mix of sounds that focused on rockin’. From the first cut of the album, The S.L.G.’s strength is in its lyrics and its dope production. Jah-I’s always been known as a nice MC, but with this album he demonstrated that he’s also a hot producer. (more…)

There’s no reason to leave DC completely following the big Kick-Off Concert at the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday. There’s plenty going on in DC on Sunday night that you may want to hang around and check some of it out. I recommend seeing Danni Rosner with The Echo Boom at Midtown. For a taste of Danni’s music check out Jaded. The doors open at 6:00pm. It only costs $10, which is a lot cheaper than most of the stuff going down Sunday night. AND, the show is over at 10pm which means you can still catch everything else going on around town.

• NATO Jenkins

From time to time, we are going to be posting music on the website. To kick this feature off, I figured I would post some music from a band that I used to play in: Ethnic Detour. This song is from a show that we did at Maggie’s Farm in the Jefferson National Forest just outside of Blacksburg, VA in 2005. Click on the link above to hear the song. Hope you enjoy and give some feedback on the music.

If you are interested in having your music posted on the site, leave a comment or email dave@musicdetour.com. We really want musicdetour.com to help independent artists get their music heard.