The Scene

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Singer/song writer and Virginia native Erin McKeown is continuing her US tour Monday, October 19th in Vienna, Virginia. McKeown is playing at Jammin’ Java with Jill Sobule and these two have been known to put on some great shows. The show starts starts at 8pm and tickets are $18 at the door and $15 in advance – buy tickets here. For those of you unfamiliar with Erin McKeown, her voice is versatile enough to sing  everything from old jazzy cabaret tunes to rock, pop, swing, and folk. She has previously toured with artists such as Andrew Bird, Ani DiFranco and Josh Ritter. (more…)

This Monday, October 5th Bonerama is coming back to DC in support of “Musicians Bringing Musicians Home” at Rock and Roll Hotel.  This concert is part of a series of shows that FMC and partner organization Air Traffic Control (ATC) produces in New Orleans as part of their on-going commitment to support the music community post-Katrina. Bonerama has previously played with Ok Go to work on bringing musicians back to New Orleans, this time they will be performing with Erin McKeown, Martin Perna and Wayne Kramer. Buy tickets here for $18. The show Starts at 9pm, doors open at 8pm.

This concert is part of a larger policy summit being put on by the Future of Music Coalition. (more…)