What does Washington sound like? So many things! It sounds like go-go blasting from an open car window. Like a punk band at Fort Reno and a jazz combo in a sculpture garden and a Verdi aria wafting out over the lawn at Wolf Trap.
What does Washington sound like? So many things! It sounds like go-go blasting from an open car window. Like a punk band at Fort Reno and a jazz combo in a sculpture garden and a Verdi aria wafting out over the lawn at Wolf Trap. DC sounds like 1950s R&B and 2020s indie rock, like young artists forging new sounds, and like veterans making records together again after decades. In the stories that follow, we’ve tried to capture just some of what has made our city such a hotbed of great music, so go put on this issue’s official playlist and dive in.