Down in Washington, D.C., trumpeter and young jazz lion Roy Hargrove plays the second night of an extended stand at Georgetown's Blues Alley. The D.C.-based Rondelles play the Ottobar with Baltimore's mercurial quartet five gold stars and the Vexing . Down in Annapolis, the Rams Head Tavern hosts a rootsy one-two punch with former Blaster Dave Alvin and regional faves Buddy and Julie Miller . Trumpeter Roy Hargrove continues his residency at Blues Alley. Meanwhile, the Sting event, held at the Nation, welcomes the Moonshine Over America tour featuring DJs Dan , Keoki , and Dara , plus J-Smooth , John Tab , and Baltimore's own Leni K .
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The Bob Butta Quartet jazzes up the New Haven Lounge while bluegrass act the Lonesome River Band picks and grins at the Gordon Center for Performing Arts in Owings Mills. Turntable maestros DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist dazzle and amaze at Fletcher's. Tuck and Patti come to the Rams Head Tavern with local acoustician Tom Prasada-Rao . Down in D.C., new-metal master Godsmack plays the Nation alongside the antics of the Jim Rose Circus Sideshow . Punk-rock legend Mike Watt sails into Fletcher's.