Thursday May 8 * doors at 7, music at 7:30 * $10-20 * TICKETS

Bashi Rose is a theater artist, musician, and filmmaker. He was raised in West Baltimore and was nurtured, inspired, and trained in his craft by the Baltimore Arts Community. As a musician, Bashi uses the drum-kit as a creative tool for mental/spiritual healing and as a bridge between the spirit and physical worlds. He is the co-founder of Konjur Collective, a multidisciplinary group using music, video, and spoken word to create radical, experimental, and spiritual Black art. Bashi also wields his artistry as a force of community good. In 2007, he helped establish D.R.A.M.A, a program designed to bring theater to prisons and to help engender communication and empathy. This project began at the Maryland Correctional Training Center in Hagerstown, Maryland. In 2012, Bashi was awarded an Open Society Institute fellowship to expand the program. In addition to this work, Bashi is the co-founder New Generation Scholars, a youth program that allows Baltimore youth to study the African Diaspora and travel nationally and internationally. With Lemuel Marc, trumpet.

The Emperor King Bishop TrioDuo - The Emperor King Bishop | Solomon Selassie, is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and all around multi disciplinary artist. Selassie does not consider himself as a musician fitting into any particular genre, but knows himself as a sound scientist, a sonic alchemist. Through divine connection with The Most High and our Divine Ancestors, Selassie uses various sound/art forms to heal, ground, ascend, transmute, teach, and connect with the hearts and souls of the listeners/observers, Ancestors, and The Most High. Selassie has headlined and performed at the Monterey Jazz festival, Keystone Korner, Brooklyn Academy of Music, High Zero Festival, and much more.

Friday May 9 * 7pm * $15-20 * TICKETS

Roger Clark Miller is a guitarist, pianist, bassist, composer, singer, percussionist and occasional cornet player. He has been a band leader since 1967. His recordings have appeared on Matador, Fire, Ace of Hearts, SST, New Alliance, Forced Exposure, Cuneiform, Atavistic, Feeding Tube, Fun World, World in Sound, and others. He has toured nationally since 1979 and internationally since 1998. His career officially began in 1979 when he co-founded the influential post-punk band Mission of Burma on guitar and vocals.

For this concert, Miller will be performing compositions from his newest album on Cuneiform Records "Curiosity for Solo Electric Guitar Ensemble". He currently uses a customized stratocaster 6-string electric guitar and three lap-steel guitars on stands, two of them loaded with alligator clips or bolts, the other tuned to a post-Glenn Branca unison E. Using bass and tenor guitar strings, this melts his previous prepared piano ideas into more portable guitars, resulting in percussive grooves and bass-lines. Combining advanced looping technology with new stomp-boxes, many in stereo, he truly creates a "solo ensemble" sound.

Tag Cloud - Long-standing solo project of Chris Videll (also with THAT CLOUD), currently focused on modular synth but incorporating other electronics and occasional field recordings. Noisy ambient (or maybe ambient noise). Maximum R&D.

Saturday May 10 * 9am-6pm * $75-100 * REGISTER

Calling all writers who need time and space and no distractions! Whether you are just starting a project, thick in the middle of it, or needing to finish it, come spend one full day with other writers at RhizomeDC. You will have your own table and space to throw papers and books on the floor, and lots of quiet. Space will be shared but not tight (if you’ve been to Rhizome, imagine two people in each room, each with their own table). Coffee, tea, snacks, lunch, provided. Wine or beer at the end of the day. Phones will be squirreled away by Rhizome’s own squirrels. For an extra fee, we won’t give you the wifi password. (Just kidding; we won’t give it to you for free.) Featuring:
-an inspiring space (old house, big windows, beautiful art)
-delicious vittles you don’t have to plan yourself
-enforced quiet with designated talking times
-one whole day of focused work!

The Rhizome Writers Collective knows how hard it is to enter that writerly trance/get sh*t done. We’re here to facilitate the magic!

2nd Saturday of the month * online at 1130am Eastern * to REGISTER, please email rhizomepuppetlab@gmail.com

Rhizome Puppet Lab is committed to the performance side of puppetry. It supports the development of works in progress. You can present work for feedback or direct others in the lab to improvise or puzzle out specific scenes. You may use the group to figure out how your show might work. Anyone may lead a lab about any aspect of performance.

Puppet Lab’s purpose is to be a hub for all those interested in puppet theater who would benefit from: boosting creative power; honing puppet-manipulation skills; cross-pollinating ideas; receiving feedback about works in progress; building puppet community. Types of labs have included shadows, Laban, suspense, metaphor, music, voice, Clown, character development, props, table top, humanette, hand puppets, and much more. Open to all levels of experience.

Saturday May 10 * doors at 7 * $10-15 * TICKETS

Sensor Ghost is a no-wave art-punk trio from Washington, DC, featuring Mike Andre (bass/vocals), Amanda Huron (guitar), and Sam Lavine (drums). The band’s spiky songs have been known to leave listeners in a discombobulated trance. Former/current projects include Puff Pieces, Antelope, Weed Tree, Light Beams, Vertebrates, and Stigmatics. Like the aforementioned groups, Sensor Ghost owes a debt to the freaked-out sonics and iconoclastic creativity of the storied DC punk scene. 

Anarkuss is s folk/punk band formed in 2018 in Berlin by Al Burian (ex-Milemarker, Burn Collector zine) and Annee R. Kuss. The loud and soft duo has been described as "combat folk" and "experimental acoustic punk". Anarkuss has played shows in Europe and the US, released two tapes on their own label, with a CS/CD on Exotic Fever Records forthcoming. A playfully political post-apocalyptic song and story act, providing thought-provoking minimalist entertainment and a glimpse into what bands will sound like when the power grid fails and we all revert to eating nuts and berries. 

FREQ FLAG are a new DC/Baltimore trio from Dave Bryson, Joe Halladay and Burleigh Seaver (ex-members of Son Volt, Des Demonas, Shortstack), dealing in rhythm-centric cosmic Americana. 

every other Sunday * 10am-noon * Free / donations * REGISTER

Rhizome is pleased to announce our Youth Electronic Music Lab, for young people ages 11-18. We meet regularly to share space together while working and to give and receive feedback in a positive and encouraging environment. Our group at this point consists of some beginners and others who have experience making electronic music and are able to work independently on it. We plan to invite guest musicians periodically to share tips, talk music theory / composition, offer feedback, etc. Please bring a laptop and headphones if possible. Bring some of your own music you’re working on or would like to share.

Sunday May 11 * 7pm * $15-25 * TICKETS

Xin Ni is a multidisciplinary artist whose art practice explores sex, gender and politics through humor. She transforms the ready-made objects, and plays with her body to make objects, performance and social intervention pieces. "My work is my reaction to my surroundings. I encounter myself in the World."

Hideo Sekino was born in Tokyo, Japan. After learning different styles of shakuhachi playing, in 1986 he joined the Komuso Kenkyu-kai (monks of emptiness), a research organization on Komuso monks and their shakuhachi music. He has been performing honkyoku pieces since then in both Japan and the United States. Besides his involvement in the tradition of Komuso music, he has been active in collaboration with performing arts such as Modern Dance, Butoh, Flamenco, Performance Artists and Noh dances.

Charlotte Richardson-Deppe is a queer feminist artist working between performance and soft sculpture. Her work considers how people relate to one another, abstracting and exaggerating these connections through performance and wearables. She has completed residencies at VisArts, Montgomery College, Stamp Gallery, and the Torpedo Factory Arts Center and shown work at MOCA Taipei, Auckland Pride Festival, NextNow Fest, Culture Lab LIC, StableArts, Rhizome DC, Source Theatre, VisArts, Phaze 2 Gallery, NE Sculpture, Maryland Art Place, and more. She received her MFA in Studio Art from the University of Maryland, College Park, where she teaches drawing, sculpture, and photography as a Lecturer in the Department of Art.

Emi Kawashima (she/they) is a mover, grower, and maker based in DC. They explore movement and other mediums with a constantly changing body and mind. Inspired by nature, relationships, mental health, and everyday situations, she has been experimenting with plant dyed shibori fiber in their work. Emi gets their hands dirty as a garden manager at the Washington Youth Garden while finding ways to share space and collaborate with other creative folks.

Monday May 12 * doors at 7 music at 730 * $10-20 * TICKETS

Bone Bag
https://hardtackk.bandcamp.com/album/distorted-number-3-bag

Femurs
https://on.soundcloud.com/aCC2twSMjzuTQoib8

Opposite Tiger

Tuesday May 13 * 7pm * $10-20 * TICKETS

Elka Bong is:
Al Margolis - clarinet, violin, contact mics, objects
Walter Wright - Board Weevil, drums, percussion

with
Irman - electric cello, bass

"Al Margolis ... is some sort of evil genius working with sources radically altered up to an utterly unrecognizable state, anarchic manifestations moving in compact determination.” ~ Massimo Ricci

Walter Wright is an interdisciplinary artist, his practice includes computer programming, music, and video performance. His focus is on “improvisation as a way of being present in the world.”

Irman is a cello, bass and electronic music improvisor, composer and producer, active and involved in live performance since 1975.

Pat Cain’s electronics are one-half of the DC experimental hip hop duo, model home. With Nappy Nappa (voice), they take a freewheeling and improvisational approach that forms a sonic journal, unfiltered and immediate.

Wednesday May 14 * 7-9pm * Free / donations

Beauty Behind Bars: The Transformative Power of Art in Confinement presents a collection of evocative, poignant and beautiful pieces created by incarcerated artists, each a powerful meditation on resilience, hope, and the human capacity for change. This groundbreaking exhibit allows audiences to see beyond prison walls into artists’ lives, shaped by reflection and the quest for connection through their enduring creativity. Curated by a formerly incarcerated artist and a public defender, this exhibit strives to affirm the humanity of incarcerated artists and demonstrate art’s profound and curative roles in the lives of people who have lost their freedom. Each piece challenges stereotypes and the all too unforgiving narratives about incarcerated persons. They bear witness to the transformative and redemptive power of art, even in the most inhumane of conditions.

2nd & 4th Wednesdays * online at 8pm Eastern * Free / donation * RSVP

A weekly guided dream-sharing hangout…. Welcome to the theater of your dreams—an inexhaustible source of images and stories that can provide entertainment and insight, and that requires no cable service and no subscription—just attentiveness and an open mind. Participants will share dreams, using a gentle, non-intrusive method for unlocking the metaphors that structure dreams (derived from the long-tested method of Dr. Montague Ullman). We’ll also talk about techniques for recalling and recording dreams, as needed.

Please click through for more details.

Thursday May 15 doors at 6:30, music at 7 $15 *TICKETS

Blockade - Blockade is a straight edge hardcore band from Tampa, Florida brimming with energy. Lyrics ranging from disdain towards big shots in glass towers to the total rejection of poisonous vices. Inspired by floorpunch, no tolerance, and stop & think, hit the dance floor and show your style

Inversion - DC Hardcore

Reason Why - DC Hardcore

Cross Examine - DC Straight Edge

BITE - Baltimore Hardcore

Friday May 16 * doors at 7:30, show at 8 * Free / donations * RSVP

A DIY drag show celebrating new and upcoming drag artists in the DMV area. Join us for drag performances that celebrate queerness, artistry, and community while supporting local drag!

Saturday May 17 * 1pm * in the backyard * $15-25 * REGISTER

Itching to get creative? Come dye with me! This class will cover making and dyeing with indigo, including the basics of shibori (Japanese tie-dye).

You'll learn how to:
-make an indigo vat
-dye with indigo for long-lasting color
-tie up the cloth for a variety of beautiful patterns
-care for your indigo-dyed items

Each participant will receive 1 bandana to dye with. All other materials provided. You may bring a few additional items to dye from home. Small to medium sized items with 50% or more natural fiber content work best. In addition, wear clothing that you don't mind getting stained. Bring an apron if you wish, and rubber gloves if you have them.

Saturday May 17 * 2pm sharp * $10-20 * TICKETS

An experimental guitarist, artist and architect based in Brooklyn NY, Sandy Ewen's guitar playing playing is centered around found objects and extended techniques. She performs solo and in many diverse musical and multi-media collaborations. Ongoing projects include duo with a Damon Smith, an all-female large ensemble, the trio Etched in the Eye, and a duo with Tom Carter called Spiderwebs.

Aaron Russell is a guitarist from Tallahassee, Florida.

Layne Garrett is an improvising musician and instrument builder based in Washington DC. He works with prepared guitars, found objects, and self-built instruments. He plays in the improvising duo Weed Tree with drummer Amanda Huron and the rock group Drawn with Nate Scheible and Nenet.

Sunday May 18 * noon-2pm * MASKS REQUIRED * $6-20 * REGISTER

The sewing workshop with MotorMouth will focus on mending and alterations. The workshop will feature some instruction at the beginning followed by time to work on any projects or skills you learned. Some people may be working together or taking turns depending on availability of machines, although hand stitching is also available.

Please bring anything you would like mended or altered, and a machine if you have (it’s ok if not!)

COVID precautions: High quality masks (KN94, KN95, N95, etc.) are required and provided for this event. Please consider taking a rapid test before the event and masking in public/high risk spaces several days before. Please stay home if you have symptoms, were exposed, or are feeling unwell for any reason. An air purifier will be running in the space and we may have windows open.

Sunday May 18 * 3-5pm * RSVP

Death Cafes are opportunities for people to enjoy refreshments together and discuss the topic of death. The objective is to “increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives.” There are Death Cafes all over the country. What's on your mind about death and dying? Contact Death Cafe Facilitators Margaret Branch at margaret603@gmail.com or Monica Lynch at mlynch19@comcast.net.. Death Cafes are NOT therapy, grief support, or counseling sessions. Cost: Free (small donation for the space encouraged)

Sunday May 18 * 7pm * $15 * TICKETS

Come see and hear DC music icon

Don Zientara (Guitar & voice)

with special guest

Fred Hof (Guitar & voice)

aaaand

The Don Z Scheme (Full band)

Monday May 19 * 7pm * $20-25 * TICKETS

Join Transparent Productions for an evening of music with solo sets from Caroline Davis (saxophone, voice, electronics) and Janel Leppin (cello, electronics).

Caroline Davis’s dream for playing music comes from a wish to connect, yearning for curious listeners to expand their ears, hearts, and minds. Her musical journey began in humid Singapore, hearing sounds underwater that she would recreate by singing to her German shepherd dogs. Their Swedish-British family moved to the US -- Atlanta, Georgia -- around age 6, where she enjoyed R&B and gospel music, full of horns that lured her to choose the saxophone 6 years later. Drawing from these early influences, Caroline’s musical expression covers a wide range of styles. She has released eight of her own albums, to much acclaim, and is a collaborator on countless recordings. Her teaching practice centers around gender studies in jazz at The New School and she has a private saxophone studio at Manhattan School of Music. Caroline is an active advocate for gender equity (This Is A Movement) and current/formerly incarcerated people (Justice for Keith LaMar, Keys Beats Bars, Creatives Beyond Incarceration).

Janel Leppinis a musical force in multiple genres on her primary instrument the cello. Leppin's music can be found on Cuneiform Records and on bandcamp. From the Monterey Jazz Festival to the New York Winter Jazzfest Leppin performs widely as a cellist with a unique voice and artistic vision. She tours internationally as a soloist and in her duo with husband, Anthony Pirog. Her artwork which she weaves out her worn out vintage performance clothing appears on several of her record covers, are in private collections and are hung at D.C. music venues the Black Cat and at Comet Ping Pong.

Tuesday May 20 * 6pm * Free / donations * RSVP

The Museum of the Contemporary American Teenager (MoCAT) is hosting Part 2, Round 1 of its Battle of the Bands at Rhizome DC. Five high school acts are battling it out tonight--Hi Def, The Anti Heros, Swing Set, Submerge the Oppressor, and Majuy—for a chance to play on the National Mall on the 4th of July for an audience in the 10s of thousands and to be crowned ultimate champion of the galaxy.

Wednesday May 21 * doors at 7pm * $15 * TICKETS

Max Ochs came up through the ranks starting in Annapolis before studying at University of Maryland College Park. He frequented the early DC folk scene, eventually sharing stages and record labels with other guitar luminaries from the DMV like John Fahey and Robbie Basho. In 1962, he found himself in Greenwich Village where he collaborated with the late great Buzzy Linhart in the group The Seventh Sons. In 1966, he appeared on the Contemporary Guitar LP on Takoma Records and has released additional albums over the last 40+ years under his own name, on various labels like Tompkins Square, and with collaborators like Neil Harpe and an up-and-coming group called Rugburn. 

CAD & The Peacetime Consumers - A four-piece Rock & Roll unit banging out tunes in a musty Wayne County, Michigan basement.

Sean Pratt - Omaha

p cain - Pat Cain’s electronics are one-half of the DC experimental hip hop duo, model home. With Nappy Nappa (voice), they take a freewheeling and improvisational approach that forms a sonic journal, unfiltered and immediate. Cain’s solo excursions are also available on their Bandcamp page.

Thursday May 22 * doors at 6:30pm * $10 * TICKETS

Blank Hellscape (Austin)

Cicada (Richmond)

Daunting Nightmare (DC)

Friday May 23 * 7pm * $10 * TICKETS

Mannequin Fight

Berra

Lean Tee

Trinomial

Saturday May 24 * 12-4pm * Free * RSVP

Kiazii x Mirlo Music Movement is a 4 hour conference discussing music solidarity, social change and the solidarity economy. This event is going to feature live performances from 3 rising stars in the DC music scene:

Evry1LuvsJodie is a rapper, lyricist and hip hop artist based in the DMV area. As far back as middle school, Jodie has been writing poetry and bars as a reflection of his perspective growing up on the southside of Washington D.C. This past November Jodie released his 3rd studio album "It Be Like That Sometimes." IBLTS is a body of work reflecting Jodie's growth as an artist in the 3 years since his sophmore album "Luvr." Jodie is a hungry wordsmith with a sharp pen and introspective concepts similar to TDE's Ab-Soul and Chicago's Saba.

SBM CEO is a hip hop artist from Washington DC. In his own words, “I lost my close friend and fellow rapper 7 years ago & his work ethic was one of the best I ever seen. Ever since then I honor his legacy by carrying that drive in my music. After his passing I tried to be a manager to my fellow peers that rapped & I thought to myself maybe I can do this myself . Me being a manager is were CEO came from . I’m from Northwest DC & I rap for the struggle & hustle.

Struggles
Be Our
Motivation

Conquer
Every
Opportunity”

Oh Violet is an underground DC rock band comprised of Zii Violet, Zoë Violet, Rocky Violet and DarnL Violet. The band is slowly becoming one of DC's leading rock bands in the underground DIY Punk scene. After the loss of their close friend and creative director, O.V decided to channel their feeling into an EP. For the duration of 10 months the band stayed to themselves and self recorded their EP "T." In the perspective of band leader and bass player, Zii, "The recording process felt more like a catharsis than anything else. There were points where we'd laugh, we'd cry, we'd not talk at all. But the one constant feeling in the room was the unspoken understanding that whatever we were producing was bigger than ourselves. At a certain point you do this to carry the legacy of the people you lost in the process and I guess we just wanted to honor that. Our friend believed in us on a level that we couldn't comprehend until recently and I think she'd appreciate what we came up with." With a genre fluid and eclectic approach to music creation, Oh Violet has been likened to Deftones, Nirvana, Loathe and more.

Saturday, May 24 * doors open: 6:30, music: 7:00 * $15 * TICKETS

Alexander is a solo moniker of New Haven, CT native David Shapiro (Headroom, Kath Bloom, Center). He has shared bills with Mdou Moctar, Loren Connors, Susan Alcorn, Kate Village, and many more. He has released an LP, a split 7" with Rob Noyes, and a handful of cassettes on C/Site Recordings. He has also self-released an LP and many cassettes that range from guitar soli to improvised electric guitar noise. Most recently he released a 7" of banjo and mandolin tunes on Carbon Records, as well as a self-released CD of hymns arranged for electric guitar.

Liz Meredith is a violist, improviser and composer from Baltimore, MD whose work explores intersections between acoustic chamber music, instrumental improvisation, electro-acoustic composition, and ambient music. David Sexton is a Baltimore-based violinist interested in American minimalism and microtonal music whose collaborations include work with Lower Dens, Eli Winter, and the filmmaker Erik Sutch. Drawing on their individual practices, Liz and David will present an improvised set for violin and viola that foregrounds space and timbral listening.

Jon Camp is a fingerstyle guitarist and composer based out of the DC region. Jon blends twang, drone, and melody into a cohesive whole that is exploratory without forsaking the hook. Of Jon’s self-titled release on Centripetal Force, Andy French of Raven Sings the Blues said, "From fingerpicked folk to broken dawn blues, glycerine Loren Connors contemplation, bluegrass breezes and non-trad tributaries, the album doesn’t settle. With so many muses, Jon keeps things from swerving between impulses, finding a common beam between the hues in his wheel of colors." Jon will perform a set for solo electric guitar. 

every other Sunday * 10am-noon * Free / donations * REGISTER

Rhizome is pleased to announce our Youth Electronic Music Lab, for young people ages 11-18. We meet regularly to share space together while working and to give and receive feedback in a positive and encouraging environment. Our group at this point consists of some beginners and others who have experience making electronic music and are able to work independently on it. We plan to invite guest musicians periodically to share tips, talk music theory / composition, offer feedback, etc. Please bring a laptop and headphones if possible. Bring some of your own music you’re working on or would like to share.

Sunday May 25 * noon-4pm * $5-10 suggested * RSVP

The DC Modular Society is a group focused on learning, teaching, and performing electronic music with modular synths. DCMS meetups are open to all with an interest in electronic music, modular and other hardware synths, and hybrid systems for creating and performing music. We encourage and support building a diverse and inclusive community—if you’re wondering if you belong—the answer is yes! No equipment is necessary to attend meetups, but feel free to bring gear if you like. Mixer and PA system provided. We frequently do informal demos of synths and electronic music techniques.

Tuesday May 27 * doors at 7, music at 7:30 * $15 * TICKETS

Laughing Matter (TX)
https://laughingmattertx.bandcamp.com

Gist (MD)
https://gist410.bandcamp.com

Aisle 19 (MD)
https://aisle19.bandcamp.com

QIIK (DC)
https://kanakattackrecords.bandcamp.com/album/qiik-demo

Wednesday May 28 * doors: 6:30, music: 7:00 * $15 * TICKETS

Friends of the Road is an experimental string band from Seattle, Washington exploring longform acoustic drones rooted in a melting pot of influences from American primitivism, Dhrupad, and free improvisation which coalesce into original arrangements of traditional folk tunes.

Kaho Matsui is a singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and improviser based in Philadelphia, PA. Her recorded work is a diaristic archive of field recordings, malfunctioning electronics, and improvisations of modular synth and extended guitar techniques chiseled into rock, pop, ambient, noise, and folk music, which has culminated into a discography of over 30 albums starting in 2020, including collaborations with i.v, snairhead, and more eaze.

Rowland Taylor is a guitarist from Cleveland, Ohio, currently living in Richmond, VA. He performs original compositions on six string, twelve string, and lap slide acoustic guitars.

Raven Bauer Durham and James Wolf first played music together in 2017 in the improvised noise ensemble Phoenix Auto Group. James contributed violin to Raven's first solo album, Conversations (2018). And in 2019, they released a duo album, The River and the Rain In It. They also frequently perform solo or in collaboration with other local musicians.

2nd & 4th Wednesdays * online at 8pm Eastern * Free / donation * RSVP

A weekly guided dream-sharing hangout…. Welcome to the theater of your dreams—an inexhaustible source of images and stories that can provide entertainment and insight, and that requires no cable service and no subscription—just attentiveness and an open mind. Participants will share dreams, using a gentle, non-intrusive method for unlocking the metaphors that structure dreams (derived from the long-tested method of Dr. Montague Ullman). We’ll also talk about techniques for recalling and recording dreams, as needed.

Please click through for more details.

Thursday May 29 * doors: 6:30, music: 7:00 * $15-20 sliding scale * TICKETS

In the tender, surrealist world that Dan Knishkowy has developed under the name Adeline Hotel, stories have been told through sprawling psych-rock epics (2020’s Solid Love), stark solo guitar performances (2021’s Good Timing), piano-led orchestral song cycles (2021’s The Cherries Are Speaking), and lush, jazzy compositions that felt like a genre unto themselves (2023’s Hot Fruit).

Cameron Knowler hadn’t stepped foot on Yuma, AZ dirt since the incarceration of his father when he was eleven years old. CRK, a self-titled affair, finds the artist confronting darkness with an open mind, sculpting the diorama of his youth into a record brimming with medicinal soundscapes.

Since 2005, Baltimore-based songwriter Bob Keal has released and performed music as Small Sur alongside a rotating cast of musicians. Keal has always been elusive–touring only occasionally, self-releasing the majority of his full-length records, and rarely throwing elbows in the attention economy.

Friday May 30 * 9pm * $10 advance, $12 door * LOCATION: CLEARBROOK CENTER OF THE ARTS (2230-B Tacketts Mill Dr, Lake Ridge VA) * TICKETS

Saturday May 31 * 1pm * Free / donations * RSVP

Are you interested in any of the following: theater, building community, making new friends, board games, tabletop role playing games, improvisation, and/or trying new things? Then you would probably enjoy Live Action Role Play (or LARP)! LARP is an umbrella term for games where you physically embody a character using a huge variety of rules, props, locations, and participants. LARPs can go from as few as 2 to as many as 100s of people, and explore stories ranging from the silly and fluffy to the dark and tragic, but for now we'll be exploring some entry-level LARPS that are great for new players.

On Saturday May 31 from 1-2:30 pm, we'll be taking on the role of gods creating a new world out of the litter of our present one. Come prepared to walk around Rhizome and its nearby environs while collecting trash for ~30 minutes, followed by up to an hour of collaborative worldbuilding based on the materials that we find. Trash bags and laboratory (non-latex) gloves will be provided, but you are welcome to bring additional materials (litter pickers, gardening gloves, etc.). All material collected will be disposed of in respective trash/recycling bins when the game is complete.

Saturday May 31 * 1pm * MASKS REQUIRED * $45-55 * REGISTER

Participants will learn in detail the process of yarn dyeing. Natural dyes will be used to create colorful skeins of both wool and cotton yarn. Dye modifiers and processes will be explored. All materials are provided, participants are encouraged to wear comfortable clothes.

Fatima Janneh is a Gambian American fiber and textiles artist. Based in DC, she works primarily with natural dye and is an avid knitter. Currently teaching dye workshops and selling at markets around the city.

Saturday May 31 * 7pm * $15-20 * TICKETS

Already Lateis a band shaped by a long list of genres and genders. On top of a variety of guitars, catchy hooks (in both English and Japanese), funky bass lines and drum beats as energized as a riot at a punk rock show, they have managed to find spots in their set for electronics, as well as some ukulele.

Ari Voxx is DC’s Dreamy Pop Princess. Well-versed in many different music worlds, she focuses on writing music that is eclectic and authentically her, transcending genres. With a sound heavily inspired by the moods and vibes of 80s/90s new-wave and pop artists.

Boy Meets Pearl are queer-fronted and oddly orchestrated, with a sound reminiscent of a carnival midway, these carousel punks play exciting new originals inspired by sea shanties, circus waltzes, and Victorian Music Hall singalongs.  

Blood Family Reunion are a DC-based dream pop band that makes joyful music for lost souls and broken vessels. A shiny thing in the dirty sand. Somber swells and lyrical riffs from Joe King's guitars overlay Stephen Lilly's driving bass melodies and Donovan Lessard's foundation beats, glimmering crashes. Pam Carder sings about tragedies, family legends, and time travel.

Rosslyn Station is Guinevere Tully, an anti-folk artist from Herndon, Virginia. Recorded cheap and released for free, her songs reach gently into past hurts and present despair for something kind to share. She sings about heartbreak, depression, and dysphoria with softness and sincerity in the stubborn hope that you'll sing along.

Sunday June 1 * 7pm * $15-20 * TICKETS

Queering Sound is excited to once again be teaming up with This Could Go Boom! to present this women-, trans- and gender queer-fronted showcase of awesome local talent!

Ammonite - Characterized by surprising harmonies, sharp songwriting, and fierce genre-bending, the power trio melds an edgy 90s/00s grit with the jangle and twang of classic country revival and queer confessional songwriting that pours out onstage as an authentic and dynamic live show.

Druid Stone was born under the influence of bad drugs and illegal behavior in Fall of 2011. In the present day, we are the singular purveyors of transexual torture music. Doom rock gone wild? Come see for yourself – if you dare….

grlztoy are your local (DMV), butch, indie band.  

Manners Manners is a queer, noise pop band from Baltimore, MD.  J Pinder sings & plays the guitar, H.S. Sweet sings & plays the drums, Jes Welter plays the bass & makes other sounds.  

The Timber Bridges is a Washington, DC indie folk trio comprised of multi-instrumentalists Hunter Gray, Maxfield Wollam-Fisher and JC Mickenben. They write and play bittersweet songs inspired by amazing people, unique places and unusual things.

Tuesday June 3 * doors at 7, show at 7:30 * $20 / sliding scale * TICKETS

Griefcat and Sex Monster combine forces for an evening that can only be described as...Grief Sex. Faeries Fucking meets Fairy Boyfriend in the cross-over episode you didn't know you needed. Will there be a mash-up? You'll just have to come and find out for yourself.

Griefcat (aka, Louisa Hall & Annie Nardolilli) is a musical comedy duo known for their harmonies, hilarity, viral videos, and engaging live performances. They’ve garnered over 50M views on their social media content over the last year, and have been featured by NBC (America’s Got Talent), ABC (Good Morning Washington), NPR, the Washington Post, and more. Hailed as “local favorites” by Washington City Paper in their hometown of DC, they are often referred to as “Tenacious Double D’s” due to their musicality and hilarious lyrics, their sequin studded shows has even Questlove admitting he "feels seen."

Sex Monster is what happens when a theater artist (Jenna Murphy) and a jazz musician (Amy K Bormet) bond over the romantasy novels in their Kindle history while waiting for the Metro. Musical genres are blended and mythical characters are reinvented in the titillating cabaret audiences refer to as "rabidly feminine" and "Lilith Fair for perverts." If you've ever seduced a ghost, or would like to give it a try, this show is for you. This act contains mature content, and is not appropriate for children or pearl-clutchers.

Wednesday June 4 * 7pm * $15 * LOCATION: TAKOMA SPARK (7112 Willow Ave) * TICKETS

Ella Gallogly spent decades honing her guitar, drum, and vocal skills, eagerly dives into life's darker moments, turning them into searing light through soul-searching tunes.

Fronted by poet Natalie E. Illum, All Her Muses is inspired by the unexpected breakups, the depression cycles, and a few bad decisions. Their debut album "Not Speaking in Metaphor" earned a Best Pop Album nomination at the 2023 Wammie Awards.

mysteryband - Lisa Moscatiello, Anita Burkam, and Bev Stanton are award-winning singer-songwriters and musicians from the Washington, DC area. Their new band is a culmination of their shared love of music. Lisa Moscatiello, who plays guitar as well as sings for the mysteryband, has been hailed as "one of the best voices in the business" by Philadelphia's legendary folk DJ Gene Shay (WXPN).

Thursday June 5 * 7pm * $10-20 * TICKETS

Liz Downing: Shadow Mother is psychotherapy by way of Toy Theater with voice, banjo, and puppetry. The setting is the dark, infinite land of the Id. One puppet is "Self" who speaks and the other is “Shadow Mother,” who sings. 

Alicia Puglionesi and Carrie Fucile: Circles In Absolute Night is the story of descending into a cave with spoken word, live sound, and projected video. Why do we put faith in false promises and what is it like to be a rock? We will shed light on these questions.

Erik Ruin: All That Is Solid is an audio-visual environment that layers/juxtaposes quietly transcendentalist video observations of everyday life alongside hand-drawn animations and cut paper projections. A series of reckonings with the state of the state, the self, society, the environment, the interpenetration and complicity of them/us all.

Friday June 6 * doors at 6:30pm * $15 * TICKETS

Pet Mosquito (IL)

https://petmosquito.bandcamp.com/

Jordan & the Switchblades (MD)

https://jrdnandtheswitchblades.bandcamp.com/

Powerband (DC)

https://powerband.bandcamp.com/album/2020-demos

Chill Parents (DC)

https://chillparents.bandcamp.com/track/the-raid

Saturday June 7 * 12-2pm * Free / donations * RSVP

DC Youthquake!
Distributing issue #1...

Looking for likeminded women, artists, activists.
Open meeting/call to action
Come meet friends…

Talk Music!
Talk Art!
Talk Change!

Calling all femme + queer people in DC And surrounding areas

Help us make our scene ours

BRING A FRIEND!
BRING A FRIEND'S FRIEND!!

Want to get involved?

Saturday June 7 * 7pm * $15-20 * TICKETS

BUSHMEAT SOUND - Thomas Stanley (a/k/a Bushmeat Sound) is an artist, author, and activist deeply committed to audio culture in the service of personal growth and noetic (r)evolution. In the musical practice of Black improvisation, Stanley has found ways of engaging historical epochs that we have yet to fully enter.

RAVEN BAUER DURHAM + JAMES LAWRENCE WOLF - Raven Bauer Durham is an experimental guitar-based performer from Virginia, incorporating electric and acoustic ambient textures, voice, and song layers. James Wolf is a DC-area composer and musician. He plays violin, guitar, and keyboards, using elements of noise, ambient, modern classical, song, and improvisation.

JA$$IE - Jassie Rios is interested in energy and applying scientific methods in a sound art practice. Their work is a process of questioning the relationship between nature, language and technology via interdisciplinary and conceptual drawing strategies.

THAT CLOUD - The members of DC-based noise/damaged art ensemble THAT CLOUD along with sympathetic co-conspirators present EUREKA! THE PURSUIT OF REPOSSESSION, an ominous reconstruction of “Warehouse” by The Work, 1992. “So many worthless things in the warehouse…Especially in these desperate times.”

KELSEY WILSON is a drummer and composer living and working in Atlanta, Georgia. As a composer, Kelsey primarily employs tape loops of both performed musical motifs and intentional field recordings of outside environments both near and far.

JOE BELKNAP WALL makes strange landscapes out of found sound. He refined his technique over the years, branching out into modular synthesis and modern digital sampling, always working on a balance between telling stories with words and building pictures out of pure sound.

every other Sunday * 10am-noon * Free / donations * REGISTER

Rhizome is pleased to announce our Youth Electronic Music Lab, for young people ages 11-18. We meet regularly to share space together while working and to give and receive feedback in a positive and encouraging environment. Our group at this point consists of some beginners and others who have experience making electronic music and are able to work independently on it. We plan to invite guest musicians periodically to share tips, talk music theory / composition, offer feedback, etc. Please bring a laptop and headphones if possible. Bring some of your own music you’re working on or would like to share.

Sunday June 8 * 7pm * $15-20 * TICKETS

Flora & The Fauna are a 4-piece, all-transfem rock powerhouse from Richmond, Virginia. Recently voted (2nd) best rock band by readers of RVA Mag, their sound is defined by sugary pop rock riffs mixed with lush harmony and punk attitude.

Novparolo create cinematic scores for films which haven’t even been made yet, but which just through their sonic grace conjure a thousand images. Images of wind-swept vistas, dream-like worlds, nighttime city streets, ancient landscapes and far-flung regions of space. Winston Psmith on guitar and Bev Stanton on keyboard and groovebox.

Depression Cherry - Loops. Lots of them. Adding a new layer each time the Loop comes around. Making it soft and pillowy. This is the soundtrack to the Queer resistance when it needs a nap.

PraxisCat is the experimental electronic solo project from Christine Paluch. Christine is a DC-based composer using synthesizers, code, and other musical instruments to explore the relationship between synesthesia and urban spaces.

Outboard is a guitar drone duo of Christopher Mathews-Larson (Grave Nature, Youth in Government THAT CLOUD) and Greg Mercer who play a blend of ambient, space rock, shoegaze, and noise. The fewer the chords, the better.

Baltimore rock and roll supergroup 50’♀ & the Worms stars Rahne Alexander (Santa Librada, The Degenerates) and Yuri Zietz (Bali Lamas, Candy Smokes, Monster Museum) making fun, furious music for a fucked-up time.

Tuesday June 10 * doors at 6:30, show at 7 * $15-25 * TICKETS

Deady - Deady is a 5 piece punk band from Louisville, KY. Album out this June.

Material Objects - With a foundation of textured and rounded rhythm, dense and propulsive bass and atmospheric guitars, Material Objects exist in that sweet spot of indie rock, psychedelic and post-punk with a rich melodic edge.

Ducts

Spring Silver - Spring Silver is a loud music project based out of Maryland.

Flyer by Terence Hannum

Friday June 13 * 7pm * $15-25 * TICKETS

Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, bass & Ben Dumbauld, percussion
Jair-Rohm Parker Wells is an American electric bassist, sound sculptor, and experimental music artist. He is a pioneering figure in the world of free jazz and improvised music, with a career spanning over four decades. Drawing inspiration from artists such as Lockwood, Feldman, Braxton, Wilson, and Cage, Jair-Rohm is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of musical expression. Ben Dumbauld is a percussionist and composer based out of Pittsburgh who runs the experimental music label Ephem-Aural.

In this musical context, Fanoplane is an improvisational project focused on projecting the infinite gifts of the Muse. Fanoplane’s performances are unscored, unrehearsed and improvised extemporaneously on the spot.

‘an observance of absence’ by Jason Pappariella is a documentary that blends interior and exterior spaces left vacant and dilapidated by the abandonment of Central & Eastern Pennsylvania's anthracite coal region, with similarly neglected interior and exterior sites in postindustrial Central & Eastern Europe. The score, composed by Adam Parks (Lightning White Bison), is comprised of manipulated field recordings from both regions of the world, layered with ambient organ & synth instrumentals.

Saturday June 14 * 1-9pm * outdoors, weather permitting * $50 / sliding scale * TICKETS

Tyondai Braxton & Ben Vida: Tyondai Braxton is an American composer and electronic musician who incorporates electronic and modern orchestral elements into his music, which ranges in scale from solo pieces to large-scale symphonic works. Ben Vida is an artist and composer. Recent solo exhibitions include \[Smile on.\]… \[Pause.\]… \[Smile off.\] at Lisa Cooley Gallery, New York, and Slipping Control (West) at 356 S. Mission Road, Los Angeles.

Wendy Eisenberg is an improviser and songwriter who uses guitar, pedals, the tenor banjo, the computer, the synthesizer and the voice. Their work spans genres, from jazz to noise to avant-rock to delicate songs.

Josh Dibb aka Deakin is an artist, producer & composer most notably a member of the band Animal Collective. He has released multiple studio & live albums, and as a film composer he has composed music for the films Crestone, The Inspection, Jetty & Obex.

Lucy Liyou synthesizes field recordings, text-to-speech readings, poetry, and elements from Korean folk opera into sonic narratives that explore the implications of Orientalism and Westernization.

The Caribbean (festival founders and co-hosts) is an American experimental project from Washington, D.C., composed of Michael Kentoff, Matthew Byars, and Dave Jones. Described as “minimalist/drone/Phillip Jeck-by-way-of-Carole King,” the band has been critically acclaimed for its deconstructionist approach to pop music, and its wry, literary lyrics.

Emily Robb is a Philadelphia based musician who has been part of the rock underground and experimental scenes for over a decade. She recently released her debut solo album, How To Moonwalk, created almost exclusively on guitar.

Jon Camp is a well-known-and-loved fingerstyle guitarist and composer from the Washington, DC region. He blends twang, drone, and melody into a cohesive whole that is exploratory without forsaking the hook.

Tuesday June 17 * 7pm * $30-35 TICKETS

Transparent Productions presents The El’Zabar : Murray : Duo with Kahil El’Zabar (percussion) and David Murray (tenor sax and bass clarinet).

This startling, legendary duo returns yet again to Rhizome for an evening of great music.

Sir Kahil El’Zabar was Knighted by the Council General of France for his Global contributions to the Arts. Dr. El’Zabar, holds a PHD from Lake Forest College in Interdisciplinary Arts. He taught music and interdisciplinary arts at the U. Nebraska/Lincoln, and U. IL/Chicago. He was Appointed by Pres. Bill Clinton to the National Task Force for Arts representing Education. He won the International Ambassador Award from Pres. Barack Obama’s Administration. El’Zabar has recorded over 100 acclaimed projects, and founded and leads the legendary Ethnic Heritage Ensemble and Ritual Trio.

David Murray is considered to be the most influential tenor saxophonist of his generation. He has recorded more than 300 acclaimed projects. Dr. Murray was awarded a PhD in the Arts from Claremont College, and is also a Guggenheim Fellow and a Fulbright Scholar. Mr. Murray has won 2 Grammys and is the recipient of the prestigious Jazz Par Award from the country of Denmark.

Sunday June 22 * 7pm * $15-25 * TICKETS

In their debut album, Lily Finnegan (drums) and gabby fluke-mogul (violin and vocals) give their respects to the queer punk rock & avant jazz musicians of the expansive continuum past, present, future. A prayer, a scream, a steadfast commitment - Finnegan and fluke-mogul weave improvised song, solo, and laughter in this music, recorded in the depths of July 2023 in Chicago.

Lily Glick Finnegan is a Chicago born and based drummer, composer, improviser and organizer. She currently plays in her own self led quartet along with Ken Vandermark’s Edition Redux and punk band Cucuy. This is her second year curating the Experimental Sound Studio Option Series and Catalytic Sound Festival.

gabby fluke-mogul is a New York-based violinist, improviser, composer, educator, organizer and doula. Weaving within the threads of avant and free jazz, with deep roots in improvised and experimental music, their music has been described as “embodied, visceral and virtuosic” and “the most striking sound in improvised music in years”. 

Ollie Becker is a guitarist/vocalist/composer/improvisor based out of Boston. Current projects include: solo guitar, noise rock band Rong, experimental grind band Obsolescence Technician, ensemble Premium Velvet Headache Pillow, and composition for chamber groups. Their solo guitar combines their self-taught background with more recent studies in composition, with influences ranging from “American primitive” guitar to experimental metal, free improvisation, impressionism, and brutalism. Approaching solo guitar like a piano reduction of a larger score, each piece regularly shifts in meter, tempo, harmony, and texture – a review of their acoustic trio album minis said that it “hits like freak-lounge jazz, acoustic metal and hardcore riffing off art pop ... each influence in style and tone holds its place within each song” (Post-Trash, 2021).

4CASSETTES:1DRUM is a surround sound performance piece written and performed by experimental musician Will Hicks. This piece is written for 4 tape players and one floor tom. It takes you on a confusing journey from experimental electronics to a wall of noise to a heartfelt string arrangement that appears to circle the audience while Hicks plays a repetitive pattern on the drum positioned in the center of the room. A classically trained musician and accomplished experimental percussionist, Will Hicks continues to push boundaries through experimental and noise-driven performance. 

Monday June 23 * 7pm * $10-30 * TICKETS

The music of Høly River carries the message of humanity’s need for reconnection with the earth. Mystically political and wholeheartedly grassroots this DIY band finds themselves playing on large festival stages as well as backyard fire pits of intentional communities around the world.

Høly River is a musical duo known for their ethereal pop soundscapes, transcendent melodies, and environmental activism. Rooted in themes of nature, spirituality, and human connection, their music weaves together elements of indie folk, world, and ambient genres. The duo's performances create an immersive experience that transcends the boundaries of a traditional concert, offering audiences moments of reflection, introspection and inspiration.

In addition to their music, Laney and Jameson are passionate advocates for environmental stewardship and community building. They are the founders of Fonticello Food Forest, a thriving urban food forest in Richmond, VA dedicated to nature connection, education and community access to fresh and rescued food.

Valeska Populoh is an artist and performer, educator and cultural organizer living in Baltimore, on the un-ceded land of the Piscataway Conoy and other Chesapeake First Families. Embracing a wide array of tactics, from puppetry to participatory performance, Valeska's work is motivated by an interest in healing and repair, in our relationships to each other and to the natural world. Using the magic lantern of decommissioned overhead projectors, Valeska and fellow puppeteer Peter Redgrave conjure a landscape of transforming shadows in "Groundswell Spell/Who Are We but If Not of Each Other," an incantation to our hoofed and antlered selves.

Talk to Your Neighbor is a band from the DMV playing experimental, genre-bending music that combines rock, pop, folk, electronics, futuristic production, and an array of complex textures. Reviewers have described the band's single 'Knock' as “haunting folk minimalism” with “jazz-touched rhythmic intensity” and the track "Pyro" as having “rich moody textures and sublime keys underpinned by alluring melodic runs.” The song "Half Moon" explores textures as diverse as spaghetti western and hyperpop, which listeners say  “manage[s] to fuse elements of trip-hop, classical, folk and about a million other styles into a haunting curveball.” The band consists of Ana Ruess (lead vocals) and Lukas Keel (guitar, bass guitar, production) both of the duo Help Yourself to the Citrus; Jeremy Padow (guitar) and Andrew Carlson (percussion), both formerly of the band Dope Francis; and Kevin Huang (keys) who collaborates with Be Steadwell and other DC-based artists.

Thursday June 26 * 7pm * $20-25 * TICKETS

Transparent Presents Gian Pérez (solo guitar) plus Fateful Encounter (Antonyraj/Saifi/Saifi)

Gían Pérez is a multi-disciplinary artist, improviser, and composer from Puerto Rico, based in Brooklyn, NY, whose work focuses on the elucidation, fermentation, and subversion of form. Recently, Pérez has worked with artists like Brandon Lopez, gabby fluke-mogul, Elliott Sharp, Brandon Seabrook, Marc Edwards, among others. He’s performed at venues like The Stone, Downtown Music Gallery, and Joe’s Pub. By extending the guitar to its extremes as a physical material, Pérez denatures the electric guitar beyond its ascribed historical identity, envisioning a language that was never conquered and had been left to govern itself. His debut solo guitar record, bambú, was released on zOaR Records. Ñ, his most recent solo record, is available everywhere now.

Fateful Encounter is a DC based free improvisation trio that centers collective liberation. The trio features saxophonist Lavender Antonyraj, bassist Teymour Saifi, and guitarist Kiyan Saifi. Kiyan Saifi is an experimental guitarist who currently performs with DC-based bands: Red Sunflower, Opposite Tiger, Fateful Encounter, and Sense Memory. Teymour Saifi is a DC based bassist who currently performs with Red Sunflower, Opposite Tiger, Fateful Encounter, and Sense Memory. Lavender Antonyraj is an experimental musician operating in DC. Her practice is grounded in green spaces with natural sounds to uncover methods outside of traditional practice. She brings these methods into improvised performance to genuinely connect and express to fellow musicians and audiences. Her practice has been aligned with grassroots spaces featuring trans and Queer musicians throughout the city.

Friday June 27 * doors at 6:30, music at 7:30 * $15 * TICKETS

B.A.D.G.E (NYC)

https://badgenyc.bandcamp.com/album/whats-not-to-love

Grudge (Baltimore)

https://grudge.bandcamp.com/

Saafewaay (DC)

https://saafewaay.bandcamp.com/album/thank-u-4-shopping

Glycine (DC)

https://glycine.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2025

Monday June 30 * 7pm * Free * RSVP

WWPH Literary Salon: PRIDE edition hosted by Washington Writers' Publishing House co-editors Jona Colson and Caroline Bock and featuring award-winning poet and scholar Dr. Tonee Mae Moll (You Cannot Save Here, WWPH) and more!

Free creative writing mini-workshops, reading, open mic discussion, snacks & treats reception & more! Free. All invited. Space limited.

Monday July 14 * 6-10pm * $10-20 * RSVP

Come celebrate the release of Mt Plantry Zine Volume 1 at Mt Plantry-fest on Monday, July 14! This science-fair style event will feature multiple interactive stations where you can learn how to:

-Make pinhole cameras and take photographs using them

-Develop film and prints using coffee and wine

-Develop motion picture film with sustainable developer made using local invasive plants

-Create chemograms (photographic prints without a camera)

All methods are featured in Mt Plantry Zine Volume 1, available for purchase at the festival. Art from the zine and from collective members will also be on display.

No experience in photography or film development is necessary!

Festivities start at 6pm and run until 10pm. Come for a bit or come for the whole night! We’ll end the night with a movie screening of Super 8 film processed in plants at the event! It will be an homage to the original Rhizome event where this collective first formed.

Entry is $10-20 sliding scale, with any proceeds over $10 going to DC Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid.

Sunday July 20 * 7pm * $10-$15 * TICKETS

Light Beams is a dance-punk band from Washington, D.C.
https://lightbeams.bandcamp.com

Time Room is a a Rock and Roll Music Group from Minneapolis
https://timeroom.bandcamp.com

Oddbodi is a DIY punk rock trio based in DC, known for their raw energy and introspective lyricism. Their 2024 EP, “ordinary / people” captures the bands gritty sound through four tracks that blend garage rock with post-punk influences. The lineup features thadMc on vocals and guitar, Ben Schultz on bass, and Antonio Peluso on drums and percussion.
https://oddbodimoe.bandcamp.com

Monday September 8 * doors at 7pm * $20 * TICKETS

A collective turned trio, Tara Clerkin craft free-flowing psychedelia with heavy dub drums amidst woozy washes of harpsichord and synths. Influenced by the natural landscape and their West Country hometown, their 2023 EP On the Turning Ground is a mesmerising sophomore release. Their sound lies somewhere between the avant-jazz of Moondog, the sun-tinged psych-folk of These Trails, and something else entirely. Tara Clerkin Trio embody an extraordinary otherness that should be witnessed by all.

“Drifting from dubby minimalism to smudged acid jazz, Tara’s stark and tuneful voice acts as the vehicle for her concise poetic lyricism. The group coalesce disparate influences into a cohesive sound, reflecting a romantic view of a familiar world.” - The Wire

The Caribbean - "They're taking Brill Building songs and writing them in invisible ink, turning jazz standards into Twilight Zone episodes, turning folk songs into clouds of fog." - PopMatters