Arlington Talent Magazine

Sonia

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Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Sonia
From the Opera House in Sydney, to the Open House in Jerusalem, SONiA (Rutstein aka disappear fear) writes and performs captivating love songs and confronts the hypocrisies and biases of our culture with a positive message of openness and optimism.

Orchard Wall

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Date: 
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Orchard Wall
Orchard Wall is a DC-based indie/folk band that pulls inspiration from the cafes, parks, streets, and sounds (including broken metro escalators*) of the city. Even more, Orchard Wall’s music often speaks to the idea of “home”.

Matthew Wojciechowski

Tag: Arlington Talent Magazine
Date: 
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Matthew Wojciechowski
Matthew Wojciechowski grew up in Houston, Texas. After High School, he attended the University of Houston and studied for a Bachelors of Fine Arts, but dropped out without a degree.

The Fabulous Hubcaps

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Date: 
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
The Fabulous Hubcaps
What began thirty-nine years ago as Harvey Hubcap and the Do Ron Ron has evolved into The Fabulous Hubcaps, one of the nation’s most sought after oldies show bands. Their career has been diverse and colorful.

The Chuck Shaffer Picture Show

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Date: 
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
The Chuck Shaffer Picture Show
There is no Chuck here. No, he’s not the lead singer. No, he’s not the inspiration for the music. He was the high school janitor with a son in the marching band... the janitor who talked on and on about his dream of creating a musical moving ’Picture Show’.  Ryan Johnson never knew exactly what exactly he was talking about.

Old Man Brown

Tag: Arlington Talent Magazine
Date: 
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Old Man Brown
Old Man Brown has, from their first downbeat in 2001, been seeking the source of Soul, real Soul in American Music. That part of a song that transcends any one chord, melody or lyric to touch people in a place that can only be enriched by rhythm and harmony. OMB’s material whether it be Blues, Funk, Rock, or Gospel music all has one tie that binds, Soul.

Harris Face

Tag: Arlington Talent Magazine
Date: 
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Harris Face
Harris Face is a folk-rock-blues artist from Washington, DC. Percussive guitar, harmonica, and emotive rock dominate his music, drawing comparisons with an acoustic Springsteen, the Counting Crows, and modern roots crusaders like William Elliott Whitmore.

George Skepton

Tag: Arlington Talent Magazine
Date: 
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Tree Of Life
George Skepton is an award winning professional photographer specializing in portraits, weddings and events and is a member of the Professional Photographers of America (PPA) and the Maryland Professional Photographers Association (MdPPA).

Scott G. Brooks

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Date: 
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Scott G. Brooks
Scott G Brooks lives and works in Washington, DC. His paintings are primarily figurative, and range from simple portraiture to intricate narratives. Often using humor, he depicts scenes using social, psychological, and political issues. Anatomical distortions separate the figures from the photographic ideal, which gives him the freedom to create his own distorted reality.

Eric Westbrook

Tag: Arlington Talent Magazine
Date: 
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Eric Westbrook
Eric Westbrook is a professional artist, illustrator, and instructor living and working in Washington, DC. His paintings have been shown extensively in solo and group shows in and around the Washington DC area.

Laura Tsaggaris

Tag: Arlington Talent Magazine
Date: 
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Laura Tsaggaris
Laura is just like everybody else. At least, that’s what she hopes you’ll take away from her new album, Everyman. Produced by Jamie Candiloro (REM, Ryan Adams, Willie Nelson, Courtney Love, Luscious Jackson) and out February 19, 2013, Laura’s third full- length record places a magnifying glass on the paradox we all face at the hands of the human condition.

The Rollex Band

Tag: Arlington Talent Magazine
Date: 
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
The Rollex Band
The Rollex Band is a seven-piece band based out of the Baltimore/Washington area. The band has been together for 15 years performing for weddings, corporate affairs, clubs, parties, opening for national recording artists, and also backing up recording artists. The band consists of a Bass guitar, Lead guitar, Drums, Keyboards, and two Lead vocalists.

Spinnabel Lee

Tag: Arlington Talent Magazine
Date: 
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Spinnabel Lee
Spinnabel Lee discovered the fire arts during a visit to Poptún, Guatemala and quickly became an incurable fire bug through the art of fire poi dance. Soon after, Spinnabel discovered hoop dance at a party and became involved with the RVA Hoop Lovers in Richmond, Virginia. She immediately caught a terrible case of hoop obsession and hasn’t recovered ever since.

Rachel Levitin

Tag: Arlington Talent Magazine
Date: 
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Rachel Levitin
Rachel Levitin is a Chicago born singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist currently based in Washington, D.C. Having over fifteen years of live performance experience under her belt as well as an unwavering passion for storytelling through song, Levitin continues to create an intimate show — no matter the stage — across the country.

Derek Evry

Tag: Arlington Talent Magazine
Date: 
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Derek Evry
Derek started writing music with his band “Self-Titled” in Lake Ridge, VA in the fall of 1999. Self-Titled released several albums from 2001 to 2006, and disbanded in 2005. After the split, Derek spent the next 5 years compiling material, and working on his next band “The Process”.

Mike Jabbur

Tag: Arlington Talent Magazine
Date: 
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Mike Jabbur
Mike Jabbur holds an M.F.A. in Ceramics from Ohio University, a B.A. in Graphic Design from Virginia Tech University, and is currently Assistant Professor of Ceramics at the College of William & Mary.

Kingsley Flood

Tag: Arlington Talent Magazine
Date: 
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Kingsley Flood
Boston and Washington, DC based six-piece Kingsley Flood released their first full-lenth Dust Windows in 2010, generating both critical acclaim and a passionate fan base.
In 2011, the band issued the six-song EP Colder Still, with tracks that were touted by NPR, Esquire, and Paste.

Dan Fisk

Tag: Arlington Talent Magazine
Date: 
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Dan Fisk
Versatile, award-winning singer-songwriter, Dan Fisk, brings a dynamic brand of acoustic rock to venues up-and-down the east coast. Voted as one of Washington, DC’s “Hottest 5” musicians in 2010 and featured in the DC Metromix primetime special on CBS (WUSA*9), he is quickly garnering regional acclaim.

Tony Denikos

Tag: Arlington Talent Magazine
Date: 
Monday, April 1st, 2013
Tony Denikos
After years of playing pubs and bars in various configurations Tony decided it was time to record his first release Naked & Smiling (1999) and included a mix of songs he’d written over the years. The Washington Post reviewed it calling him a, “Tunesmith in the best sense of the word”, and folks started coming out to hear the band that he put together during the recording.

Matt Tarka

Tag: Arlington Talent Magazine
Date: 
Monday, April 1st, 2013
Matt Tarka
At the age of fifteen, a shaggy-haired, wide-eyed kid named Matt Tarka was recruited by a close high school friend to join an unnamed band, and soon began tinkering with his first electric instrument - a four-string Peavey Fury bass guitar. While the band stuck together for a couple of months, each member decided to go their own separate way, but the friendships stayed intact.