June 3rd, 2025. The SPARK w Mike P Ryan.
Mike contacted me a little while ago about playing the SPARK and I was flattered. He’s won a lot of awards and to have him cross our little stage is
May 27th, 2025. The SPARK w Tavair Dominque.
Baltimore-based singer/songwriter, poet and author Tavair Dominque is a positive FORCE on the local music scene – and I do mean FORCE. It’s not a happy-go-lucky grin, it’s the grin
May 20th, 2025. The SPARK w Sadia the Star.
My friend Miles Spicer (MSG Acoustic Blues) brought Sadia the Star out to my open mic night as a “voice you’ve GOT TO HEAR” – an up-and-coming Washington DC artist
May 13th, 2025. The SPARK w just US!
Due to some miscommunication on the part of some people who totally weren’t me, but some miscommunication that I could’ve totally foreseen and so THAT part IS on me –
April 22nd, 2025. The SPARK w Babel Baby.
I must admit – I came home from tonight EXHAUSTED. Just mentally beat. It was a great night. Three new artists? But I was just so … freakin… beaten. The
April 15th, 2025. The SPARK w Jack Lavin.
Driving down to Takoma Park on Tuesdays has increasingly become an ordeal. Increased traffic, increased construction, increased distraction. Today at least SOME of the delay was people slowing down to
April 8th, 2025. The SPARK w Lydia Sylvia.
Tonight’s featured artist, Lydia Martin, has great folk lineage and is known throughout the local old-time scene for her banjo playing, and that’s definitely what Dave was expecting to see
April 1st, 2025. The SPARK w Jeff Miller.
Jeff Miller continues to be are hardest-riding road-warrior. I really admire his devotion to highways and craft. He joins us at the SPARK and in the Lair about 2-3 times
March 25th, 2025. The SPARK w Just US!
Tonight was actually a pretty close to perfect night – though the thing that made it TEMPORALLY perfect was the fact that our featured artist was sick with the flu.
March 18th, 2025. The SPARK with Juels Bland.
I’m a victim of my own success, and I should be grateful for this – but both my Sunday and Tuesday open mics are simply glutted with amazing talent. Woe