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Tech N9ne's Special Effects Tour made one of it's many stops at the Howard Theatre in Washington, DC on Tuesday, May 19, 2015.

Thanks to the fine folks of Juggernaut Sound and Strange Music, the FuseBox Radio Broadcast and BlackRadioIsBack.com family was able to stop on though to see an entertaining, energetic and well-oiled machine of Hip-Hop, R&B, Reggae and Rock performers throughout that night, including ZUSE, King 810, MURS, Krizz Kaliko and Tech N9ne give the sonic goodness to the sizable audience of die-hard fans and folks they ended up winning over to their sounds.

** All pictures taken by Mary Nichols (DJ Fusion/FuseBox Radio Broadcast) under a "Creative Commons Attribution - No Derivatives" license. Please feel free to use & share them if you wish with attribution/credit to the photographer (besides these pictures, there are plenty more from this and other events over at the official FuseBox Radio Broadcast's Flickr Page and Behance/Prosite Page) ... thank you! **

Tech N9ne

Krizz Kaliko & Tech N9ne

KING 810

Audience Shot

Chris Webby

MURS

Audience Shot

ZUSE

MURS

Krizz Kaliko & Tech N9ne

Krizz Kaliko

Audience Shot

Tech N9ne & Krizz Kaliko

Chris Webby

MURS & Various Fans

The syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast and BlackRadioIsBack.com had the pleasure to spend a part of this year's Memorial Day Weekend on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol, observing the setup and dress rehearsal for this year's National Memorial Day Concert.

Information about the annual internationally renown event via PBS:

The multi award-winning National Memorial Day Concert airs live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, co-hosted by Tony Award-winner Joe Mantegna and Emmy Award-winner Gary Sinise.

The broadcast marks the 10^th consecutive year that the acclaimed actors, who have dedicated themselves to veterans’ causes and supporting our troops in active service, co-host the event.

The National Memorial Day Concert will showcase courageous American heroes who have been disabled for life; shine a spotlight on Gold Star Children who have lost a parent to war; and commemorate the 70^th anniversary of the end of World War II.

The all-star line-up includes distinguished American leader General Colin L. Powell USA (Ret.); seven-time Grammy Award-winner and international superstar Gloria Estefan; acclaimed film and television actress Stefanie Scott (Insidious: Chapter 3; Jem and the Holograms); “The Voice” season five winner Tessanne Chin; the world’s most prolific classical cross-over artist Katherine Jenkins; and renowned tenor Russell Watson in performance with the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of top pops conductor Jack Everly (additional performers to be announced).

The 2015 National Memorial Day Concert will feature the following segments:

There are more than four million disabled American veterans, a visible reminder of the toll of America’s wars through the decades. A new national memorial in Washington, DC, to pay tribute to these courageous American heroes disabled for life, was dedicated in October 2014. The concert will feature the poignant stories of two veterans from different eras severely injured in war and living with life-altering disabilities.
Through the eyes of Gold Star Children, those who have lost a parent to war, we learn how their lives are changed forever.

· As the world commemorates the 70^th anniversary of the end of World War II, the deadliest war in human history, we honor the sacrifices of America’s “Greatest Generation” and remember the estimated 60 million men, women and children worldwide whose lives were brutally ended in the conflict.

Also participating in the event are the U.S Joint Chiefs of Staff with The U.S. Army Herald Trumpets, The U.S. Army Chorus, The Soldiers Chorus of the U.S. Army Field Band, The U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters, The U.S. Air Force Singing Sergeants, the Armed Forces Color Guard and Service Color Teams provided by the Military District of Washington, DC.

The program is a co-production of Jerry Colbert of Capital Concerts and WETA, Washington, DC. Executive producer Colbert and producer Michael Colbert have assembled an award-winning production team that features the top Hollywood talent behind some of television’s most prestigious entertainment awards shows.

The team includes Emmy award-winning producer Walter C. Miller, whose credits include the Grammy Awards and Country Music Awards; and award-winning director Paul Miller whose credits include Country Music Awards and Saturday Night Live.

This year's concert will be broadcast live on Sunday, May 24, 2015 on via various PBS stations and the American Forces Network starting at 8 pm EST.

For more information on this year's event, go to: http://www.pbs.org/national-memorial-day-concert/home/

U.S. Capitol

Gary Sinese and Joe Mantegna

Gloria Estefan

Esai Morales

Katherine Jenkins

Jason Dolley & Stefanie Scott

Nick Fradiani

Gary Sinese

National Memorial Day Concert Stage

Stefanie Scott

Russell Watson

National Memorial Day Concert Stage

This past Saturday, the second annual Broccoli City Festival went down once again at the Gateway DC pavilion.

Even during an abnormally chilly spring day that gave folks a pretty steady amount of evening rain in Southeast D.C., a sellout crowd was in full swing at the event and had a good time checking out a lot of different independent and major label musicians on two different stages, such as Erykah Badu (who did her thing in DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown mode, who gave folks a pretty solid mix of old and new school tunes on the selector end and did a bit of singing), Joey Bada$$ (who along with Kirk McKnight represented PRO ERA proper with energetic, lyrical MCing), Willow & Jaden Smith (who came in with an insane amount of security and entourage folks, but did a pretty solid, if a bit rough around the “let’s get turnt up” edges, music set of rapping and singing, especially for their age), Tink, Tiara Thomas, Kaytranada, Kali Uchis, Sunny & Gabe and lots of quality #DMV/DC Metro acts on the rise.

While the weird weather and distance between the stages made it kind of hard to check out everyone performing (and some acts sadly got washed out later on in the day at the One Love Massive stage), there was a bit of something for everyone with the music options on deck with the scheduling – Rock, Soul, R&B, Reggae, EDM, House, Reggae were all in the mix.

A nice mixture of local and national brands along with various parts of the local government represented on the vendor end in abundance with all sorts of clothing, food, literature, collectibles, artwork and more for purchase.

The Broccoli City Festival had a few rough edges this year but most of its issues were due to something that was totally not in the staff’s and organizers’ control – the weather conditions.

It’s pretty natural for scheduling, etc. to be a bit off or altered when you’re trying to handle sound equipment, making sure everyone arrives and sets up for their various sets on time, etc. in the rain.

The hosts from Rock Creek Social Club skillfully handled the situations thrown at them with professionalism, quality banter and making sure to keep the day’s DJs spinning the right tracks to keep the crowd from getting too restless in between acts and some schedule changes.

Overall, this year’s event was worthy of going to – and for someone like me who is NOT beat for being in the rain for outdoor music festivals, that’s saying something.

The upward growth of the Broccoli City Festival is very encouraging to see, especially as an event that happens in a usually neglected part of Washington, DC for such big, multi-faceted, affordable (like, for $35 general admission, you got over 9 hours of music acts – can’t beat that) and community based event programming.

The embrace of big name international and quality local area act lineups is a trend more music festivals in this area need to follow since there is a treasure trove of musical talent in DC, Maryland and Virginia.

I’m hoping that the event keeps growing while keeping its roots (as much as possible) in the area. The D.C. Council for Arts & Humanities is doing a stand up job with providing the Gateway DC venue and R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center for happenings like this and I hope the trend continues.

Check out our BlackRadioIsBack.com and FuseBox Radio Broadcast's coverage and pictures from last year's event here.