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"Summer SOULstice featuring Jarreau Williams, Kemi Adegoroye, and Cecily"
Thu Jul 11 8:00 pm
$12.00 - $22.00 Buy Tickets

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Around the DMV, Jarreau (juh-ROW) Williams is known as the "man with the golden pipes.” The Alexandria, VA native and 5x Wammie Award winner is a consummate showman and charismatic front-man. His smooth powerhouse vocals fused with electronic 80s-90s modern R&B grooves, beatbox, and nostalgic lyrical innuendo leaves listeners hyped with messages of self love, unity, perseverance, and positive vibes. Expect high-energy, funk, and a unique brand of soulful humor at any of his performance.

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Kemi Adegoroye is a soul and jazz-inspired singer-songwriter based in the DC Metro Area. She performs regularly as a solo act and as the frontwoman of DC-based jazz and R&B band Terra Firma the Band

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DC-based vocalist and songwriter Cecily, (pronounced ses-suh-lee), is known for her agile soprano and  honest lyrics. Her sound, as soothing as it is rich, is rooted in a deep appreciation for mid-century soul  and jazz, 90’s R&B, and re-imagined folk music. 


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Jarreau Williams

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Around the DMV, Jarreau (juh-ROW) Williams is known as the "man with the golden pipes.” The Alexandria, VA native and 5x Wammie Award winner is a consummate showman and charismatic front-man. His smooth powerhouse vocals fused with electronic 80s-90s modern R&B grooves, beatbox, and nostalgic lyrical innuendo leaves listeners hyped with messages of self love, unity, perseverance, and positive vibes. Expect high-energy, funk, and a unique brand of soulful humor at any of his performances.

Williams and his band, JWX: The Jarreau Williams Experience, have been entertaining crowds at some of DC’s premier music venues such as 9:30 Club, Blues Alley, Farm Brew LIVE, and Jammin Java... and have appeared in major area music festivals like DC Music Rocks, PIKEtoberfest, The Wharf and Capitol Riverfront Summer Series.

Jarreau’s professional credits include backing 4-time Grammy Award winner Michael Buble, praise and worship with President Barack Obama and the First Family, as well as performing the National Anthem for thousands in DC’s most prominent professional sports arenas.

Anyone who has seen Jarreau perform will agree, it is truly an ‘experience’ from the moment he grabs the microphone. His enchanting personality and extraordinary voice has a way of creating special moments; inviting you to join in the experience right along with him. Always leaving room for magic.

 

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Kemi Adegoroye

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Kemi Adegoroye is a jazz and soul-inspired singer-songwriter based in the DC Metro Area. With versatile vocals that range from dulcet to thundering, her performances have been likened to those of Aretha Franklin, Sarah Vaughan, and Roberta Flack. She performs regularly as a solo artist and as the frontwoman of DC-based jazz and R&B band Terra Firma the Band.

On Valentine's Day 2020, Kemi released her first original single, The Man Who Stole the Moon, inspired by the 2010 movie Despicable Me starring Steve Carell. A year later, she became a 2021 Wammie Awards Finalist for the release of The Man Who Stole the Moon. Her debut EP, For the Record, was her first collection of original music, and earned her two finalist spots in the 2022 Wammie Awards for Best R&B/Soul Album and Best R&B/Soul Artist.



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