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Before the picks, a special video in honor of the opening day at Bonnaroo. It’s a neat little track from the sexiest tribute band ever: Lez Zeppelin.
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNstGls5880]
Ongoing:
- Step Afrika tonight through Sunday at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, with a special Father’s Day performance to cap it off.
- Summer Concerts at Farragut Square—with its weekly cross-section of local rock—continues tonight and the following two Thursdays.
- Check out the Silver Spring Summer Concert Series.
Tonight: Fink at Iota; Jamie Lidell with Jennifer O’Connor at the 9:30 Club
Friday: Alicia Keys at the Verizon Center; Robert Plant and Allison Kraus at the Merriweather Post Pavilion; Justin Jones and the Driving Rain at the Rock & Roll Hotel.
Saturday: BSO with Barry Douglas at Strathmore; Gordon Lightfoot at Wolf Trap; Monday Michiru at Bohemian Caverns; Wooly Mammoth at the Rock & Roll Hotel; Slick Rick at Love.
Sunday: Shearwater at Black Cat; Major Stars at the Velvet Lounge; Tullycraft at the Red and the Black.
And the closing video: Major Stars wailing (or is it shredding?) in a kitchen. Definitely an 11 on the face-melt-o-meter.
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nnK3wmN_DM]
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