Lightshow, a rapper native to Washington, D.C., would do anything if it meant getting out of trouble with his mother. His tactic of choice: sweet-talking her with handwritten poems before she even walks...

It’s 7 a.m., Saturday morning. You lie defeated, exhausted in your bed, helpless as Cooper Field blasts pop hit after pop hit. Ultimately, you give up trying to fall back asleep — but not without...

★★★★☆ After building a career around eccentricity, Lil Yachty cranks his musical weirdness dial to the max in “Let’s Start Here,” his fifth studio album. Released Jan. 27, the album...

★★★★☆  SZA’s new album, “SOS,” has sat at the top of the Billboard 200 for the sixth week in a row, and it does not look like it is going anywhere anytime soon.  33-year-old...

★★★★★ Smino’s signature smoothness returns with much love. Four years after releasing “NOIR,” Smino has dropped his third studio album “Luv 4 Rent,” treating fans to 51 minutes...

★★★★★ Clad in all black and surrounded by glowing rows of television screens, Soccer Mommy seemed every bit a chic indie performer at first glance.  The illusion of sophistication was...

★★★★★ On Sept. 11, 14th Street’s Black Cat celebrated its 28th anniversary with a concert featuring five bands and a DJ between sets. The headlining act was Algiers, an Atlanta-based rock...

★★★☆☆ After a long hiatus, singer-songwriter Lorde (Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor) has returned to the music scene with her highly anticipated third studio album, “Solar Power.”...

Though it’s perhaps not strictly a biography, and perhaps a little out of place in this column, I simply could not listen to Barbra Streisand’s “Release Me 2” without considering how her cross-decade...

How does a relatively unknown popstar break the Spotify record for most streams of a single in one week? 17-year-old Olivia Rodrigo made waves in the music industry with the recent release of her record-breaking...

After 10 fond years, Washington, D.C. music fans said goodbye to one of their favorite music venues when U Street Music Hall shut down in early October. The independent music venues that have long lined...

★★★★☆ Indie singer Samia Finnerty’s “The Baby” was not written about coming of age during quarantine, but somehow the description fits perfectly.  Samia’s debut captures the nostalgia...