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A crowd stands before a stage lit up by several different colored lights as band members play to the audience.

Live at 9:30: The Music Venue that Won Over DC

The 9:30 Club's forty-fifth anniversary reflects on one little venue's outsized effect on the music industry At the corner of Ninth and V Streets sits a building, somewhere between small and mid-sized, fairly nondescript from the outside. The pale, weathered brick from repeated muggy DC

"The Hours: Morning" by Cautious Clay | Album Review

"The Hours: Morning" by Cautious Clay | Album Review

The passage of time has never felt so smooth as with the R&B singer’s latest release The day’s early hours for Joshua Karpeh are filled with wistfulness, curiosity, levity, optimism, and lucidity — not to mention a prism of musical color. Cautious Clay’s third and latest

Father Time (10am) by Cautious Clay | Single Review

Father Time (10am) by Cautious Clay | Single Review

R&B’s gentle poet cracks a window into his new album, one hour at a time Self-described “prose put to life in Brooklyn,” Cautious Clay has penned an epigraph to rival them all. Singer and songwriter Joseph Karpeh has released three new tracks to tease his new eight-song

The Music Industry's Image Is Going Female

The Music Industry's Image Is Going Female

A growing wave, or “femininomenon,” of female musicians in pop culture is putting more women in charge of the conversation On March 29, Billboard will host its annual 2025 Women in Music Awards, casting light on those in the industry who have carved out their moment in music history. The

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Scott Klass Takes The Davenports Back Home

An interview with Scott Klass of The Davenports leading up to their new album