Kokayi is a multi-discipline creative force who launched from D.C. and has touched the world in many ways over a lengthy career. From his start as an underground hip-hop destroyer of microphones, his roles expanded to include bandleader, producer, visual artist and — increasingly — in-demand collaborator in the wide world of jazz. As an…| CapitalBop
Earlier this month, Bill Warrell — an institution on D.C.’s music and arts scene since the 1980s — hosted what he called a “firehouse sale” at Outer Space, his decommissioned firehouse-turned-studio in Brentwood, Md., as he prepared the building to be sold. Warrell was a founder of the legendary experimental-music venue d.c. space and of…| CapitalBop