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Chris Richards

Chris Richards

Pop Music Critic at The Washington Post

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  • English
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  • Music

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Recent Articles

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Review | Wake up. Veeze just dropped the year’s best rap album.

Veeze might rap like he’s half asleep, but everyone else should pay attention. His new album, “Ganger,” is one of the year’s best.
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Review | Sir E.U can't stop, won't stop taking rap to new places - ...

The visionary D.C. rapper’s new album was improvised in a hotel lobby
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The Khan is using his deepest voice to reach higher heights

D.C.-raised rapper the Khan continues to push the aesthetic envelope. He performs at Union Stage on March 13.
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Review | As omicron slows down our nightlife, check out these new r...

Notable new music from Lil Xelly, Jett Chandon, Luke Stewart’s Silt Trio and more.
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Big Chess DC Music Group is stretching go-go by thinking big

The fourteen-piece ensemble performs at Blues Alley.
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Jacq Jill is finding a new kind of equality on the dance floor

The District mainstay spins a “techno-adjacent” set at DC9 on Friday.
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Baby Alcatraz and the Aurelions are about to hit the gas

The District DJ’s new band makes its debut at the Black Cat on Tuesday.
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Perspective | Our biggest pop stars keep falling for lowercase lett...

Today’s pop hits tend to have stylized song titles. Does it change how we hear them?
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Review | Yeat redefines what it means for a rapper to rock the bells

The rising star’s new album “Up 2 Me” feels inventive and of the moment — as rap should.
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Perspective | Turnstile, Tinashe, Fay Victor, 42 Dugg — the fall co...

Plenty of big names are coming to town. Just be sure to listen to the little ones, too.
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Perspective | Two saxophone masters delivered resonance in pandemic...

Recent works from Pharoah Sanders and Evan Parker offer relief and rumination. Parker undermines the moment with misinformation.
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AfroVelvet wants to reimagine what D.C. sounds, looks and feels like

The District-raised singer and fashion designer has a new ode to a disappearing city.
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Review | Yes, you can judge this Snoh Aalegra album by its cover

Instead of singing her soul out, the Swedish pop star looks to the strangeness inside.
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The Owners kept the Black Cat alive in more ways than one

The band of veteran club staffers perform inside their workplace on Friday night.
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Perspective | Florida’s ‘fast’ rap remixes are speeding up another ...

In a regional rap tradition, tweaking the tempos creates a sense of time running short.
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Perspective | Megan Thee Stallion, Taylor Swift win big on a ... - ...

The awards show re-imagined “music biggest night” with intimate performances from fresh faces.
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W. Royal Stokes has lived a jazz life as unpredictable as the music...

A new anthology compiles decades of music writing from the 90-year-old jazz critic.
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Caution, the musical duo once based in Washington, D.C., still ... ...

The indie musicians discovered their chemistry in the District. Now they collaborate online.
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Review | At the weirdest Super Bowl, the Weeknd came to play - The ...

The Weeknd is a fantastic singer, but you couldn’t hear it. At least he made the gig feel strange.
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Perspective | If Bruce Springsteen's Jeep commercial doesn't bum .....

After holding out for nearly 50 years, the Boss finally caved and did a television ad.
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Lady Gaga sings the national anthem at Biden?s inauguration - The W...

America thinks of itself as exceptional. But we weren’t born this way.