February 1, 2015

February 2015 Concert Calendar

Photo by Sarah Lee for The Guardian
February's Global A Go-Go picks:
  1. Richmond's own Fado Nosso bring their Portuguese sound to Crossroads Coffee & Ice Cream on Friday February 6
  2. Aurelio Martinez, the great hope of garifuna music, returns to our area with a gig at Artisphere in Arlington on Friday February 13
  3. It's Brazilian Carnival Night at Hardywood Park Craft Brewery on Friday February 20 with Dende & Band from New York City plus Richmond's own Bio Ritmo and Capoeira Resistencia and WRIR's own Mike Murphy spinning Brazilian vinyl
  4. Two South African legends from two different generations, Hugh Masakela (pictured above) and Vusi Mahlasela, team up for a concert at George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium on Sunday February 22
  5. Miramar has a Valentine's Month residence every Tuesday night in February at Balliceaux, playing boleros about love and anti-love
Have an event you'd like me to include, or a suggestion for the concert calendar?  Just drop me a line at globalagogoradio [at] gmail [dot] com, or leave me a message right here.

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Tuesday Feb 3
Miramar at Balliceaux (Richmond)
http://www.balliceauxrva.com/sample-page

Cheick Hamala's Griot Street at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Wednesday Feb 4
Orchester Prazevica at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Thursday Feb 5
No BS! Brass Band at Balliceaux (Richmond)
http://www.balliceauxrva.com/sample-page

Feedel Band at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Friday Feb 6
Fado Nosso at Crossroads Coffee & Ice Cream (Richmond)
http://www.crossroadsrva.com/calendar.html

Afro Pop Thang with DJ Graybeard and Risegun at Balliceaux (Richmond)
http://www.balliceauxrva.com/sample-page

Miramar at Ashland Coffee & Tea (Ashland)
http://ashlandcoffeeandtea.com/events

Third World and Jesse Royal at the 9:30 Club (DC)
http://www.930.com/concerts

Black Masala and Congo Sanchez at Rock & Roll Hotel (DC)
http://www.rockandrollhoteldc.com

Alfredo Mojica Group at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Nappy Riddem, Sol Roots, Litz & Threesound at Jammin Java (Vienna)
https://jamminjava.com/calendar

Saturday Feb 7
Rattlemouth at Crossroads Coffee & Ice Cream (Richmond)
http://www.crossroadsrva.com/calendar.html

Simon Shaheen at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue (DC)
http://www.sixthandi.org/events/category/arts-entertainment/music

Enjambre at Tropicalia (DC)
http://tropicaliadc.com/index.php/calendar

Tumbao Y Raul Morel at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Tuesday Feb 10
Miramar at Balliceaux (Richmond)
http://www.balliceauxrva.com/sample-page

Music From Japan 40th Anniversary Concert at Meyer Auditorium (DC)
http://www.asia.si.edu/events/performances.asp

Cheick Hamala's Griot Street at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Thursday Feb 12
Afro-Zen Allstars at Balliceaux (Richmond)
http://www.balliceauxrva.com/sample-page

Ani Cordero at Millennium Stage (DC)
http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/schedule.html

Friday Feb 13
My Son The Doctor at Stir Crazy Cafe (Richmond)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1407309986229320

Happy Lucky Combo at Rare Olde Times (Richmond)
http://www.rareoldetimes.com/performances

Aurelio at Artisphere (Arlington)
http://www.artisphere.com/calendar/music.aspx

Dub City Renegades at Jammin Java (Vienna)
https://jamminjava.com/calendar

Alfredo Mojica Group at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Saturday Feb 14
Zaman (Christina Marie & Vlad Cuiujuclu) at Portrait House (Richmond)
https://www.facebook.com/events/505341086270273

Tumbao Y Raul Morel at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Sunday Feb 15
Yeni Nostalji at Sub Rosa Bakery (Richmond)
https://www.facebook.com/events/901069533259012

Big Mean Sound Machine at the Camel (Richmond)
http://www.thecamel.org/calendar

Temesgen Gebregziabeher & TEMU at the Howard Theatre (DC)
http://thehowardtheatre.com/calendar

Tuesday Feb 17
Miramar at Balliceaux (Richmond)
http://www.balliceauxrva.com/sample-page

Cheick Hamala's Griot Street at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Wednesday Feb 18
Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Thursday Feb 19
The Scotch Bonnets, King Django & Hub City Stompers at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Occidental Gypsy at Williamsburg Regional Library (Williamsburg)
http://www.wrl.org/events/concerts

Friday Feb 20
Dende & Band, Bio Ritmo, Capoeira Resistencia and DJ Mike Murphy at Hardywood Park Craft Brewery (Richmond)
http://www.hardywood.com/events

Hotel X at Crossroads Coffee & Ice Cream (Richmond)
http://www.crossroadsrva.com/calendar.html

SOJA, The Green and Leilani Wolfgramm at the Jefferson Theater (Charlottesville)
http://www.jeffersontheater.com/events

William & Mary Middle Eastern Ensemble with Kareem Roustom at Williamsburg Regional Library (Williamsburg)
https://events.wm.edu/calendar/upcoming/arts

Cheick Hamala Diabate at Atlas Performing Arts Center (DC)
http://www.atlasarts.org/?post_type=tribe_events

Eastern Standard Time at Tropicalia (DC)
http://tropicaliadc.com/index.php/calendar

Alfredo Mojica Group at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Saturday Feb 21
SOJA, The Green and Leilani Wolfgramm at the National (Richmond)
http://www.thenationalva.com/events

Veronneau at Atlas Performing Arts Center (DC)
http://www.atlasarts.org/?post_type=tribe_events

Tumbao Y Raul Morel at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Sunday Feb 22
Hugh Masakela and Vusi Mahlasela at Lisner Auditorium (DC)
http://lisner.gwu.edu/events

From Africa To Appalachia: Cheick Hamala Diabate & Danny Knicely at Bossa Bistro (DC)
https://www.facebook.com/events/411646432330281

Washington Dunhuang Guzheng Enseble at Atlas Performing Arts Center (DC)
http://www.atlasarts.org/?post_type=tribe_events

Tuesday Feb 24
Miramar at Balliceaux (Richmond)
http://www.balliceauxrva.com/sample-page

Cheick Hamala's Griot Street at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Thursday Feb 26
Hotel X at Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts Best Cafe (Richmond)
http://vmfa.museum/calendar/events/jazz-cafe

Cissa Paz & Friends at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Solas at the Jefferson Theater (Charlottesville)
http://www.jeffersontheater.com/events

Friday Feb 27
WRIR's Bill Lupoletti, DJ Graybeard and DJ Carlito spin world music at Portrait House (Richmond)
https://www.facebook.com/events/604152343049030

Alfredo Mojica Group at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Saturday Feb 28
No BS! Brass Band at the Broadberry (Richmond)
http://www.thebroadberry.com/calendar

Elite 8 Bhangra Invitational 2015 at Lisner Auditorium (DC)
http://lisner.gwu.edu/events

David Schulman & Quiet Life Motel at Atlas Performing Arts Center (DC)
http://www.atlasarts.org/?post_type=tribe_events

Tumbao Y Raul Morel at Bossa Bistro (DC)
http://bossadc.com/events

Moch Pryderi at Creative Cauldron (Falls Church)
http://www.creativecauldron.org/passport_2015_249.html

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