WIN STUFF: Win 2 tix to see James McCartney at Jammin' Java!

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You might be thinking, "Hmm, this guy looks a lot like that one Beatle. And they share the same last name. I wonder if they're related?"

Allow us to save you the Google search: James McCartney is indeed related to Sir Paul McCartney. 

Being the son of a legend, James got to learn from the best of the best, making it no surprise that he is quite the talented singer-songwriter himself. Before coming into his own as an artist, James contributed to both of his parents' solo albums, playing guitar and drums on Paul's Flaming Pie (1997) and Driving Rain (2001) as well as Linda McCartney's Wide Prairie, released in 2008 after her death. James then began working on his own music, eventually releasing his first EP Available Light in 2010. A year later, he released his follow-up EP Close at Hand. His first full-length album, titled Me, is set to release later this month on May 21. 

McCartney will make an appearance at Jammin' Java just a few days after his album release. For your chance to attend the show on Saturday, May 25 for free, please do one of the following:

1. Leave a comment below, using a valid email address, telling us your favorite musical offspring. 

2. Retweet this or tweet the following:

I'm entering to win tix to see James McCartney at Jammin' Java! @ChunkyGlasses

The lucky winner will be chosen randomly this Friday afternoon, so be sure to enter before then!

If you aren't feeling lucky but would still like to attend the show, tickets can be purchased here. 

LIVE: Jim James w/Cold Specks @ The 9:30 Club - 4/30/13

All photos by Joy Asico (joy@chunkyglasses.com / www.asicophoto.com)

Last week space wizard Jim James came down from the outer reaches of the Zebulon star system for a while to pay a visit to the good people of Washington, DC. As such visits from purveyors of magic can often go, it was a little weird, a little wonderful, at times a little bit frustrating, but in the end it was a cosmic, creative ride through one man’s tiny little corner of the cosmos.

Revered as one of the premier vocalists of his generation - scratch that - ANY generation, James is a frighteningly  fearless musician who has driven the My Morning Jacket train to impossible heights with his savagely golden voice, seemingly endless enthusiasm, and unabashed love for what he does. It’s no exaggeration to say that MMJ is one of the best, if not the best, live bands performing today, so when James released his solo album Regions of Light and Sound of God earlier this year there was just as much cause for rejoicing as there was for trepidation. One part, no matter how integral, of a larger whole has historically rarely lived up to the wattage of the larger entity, and it was feared this would be no exception. As such, it’s always best to take these things with a grain of salt, to consider them more a public experiment rather than some standalone masterpiece, and in that context, the album, and the performance of it, were both wildly successful.

Al Spx of Cold Specks being FUCKING AMAZING, like she do“Doom Soul” purveyors Cold Specks kicked the evening off with an opening set that was part soul comminuting beauty, part morphine-esque jazz, and a little bit of hangover for good measure. The last time lead singer Al Spx and crew came through town, the experience was almost perfectly revelatory, so to see a slightly looser, but no less intense Spx on stage explaining that her enormous “security cape” was usually accompanied by “confidence wine too, but I’m really hungover” -- it was Jim James’ birthday week last week -- served to further humanize a set full of slow burning songs off her debut album  I Predict A Graceful Expulsion.  From the very first note of the set, Cold Specks caused audience members to dig deep within themselves to consider who they were, and what it all really means.

And then the wormhole opened.

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WIN STUFF: Win 2 Tix to see Loretta Lynn BEFORE YOU CAN BUY THEM!!!

Loretta Lynn, the "First lady of country music" may have turned 82 this year, but as she proved on Van Lear Rose, her 2004 award winning collaboration with Jack White, this coal miner's daughter is nowhere near done with her remarkable career. And just in case that wasn't clear, Lynn is about to embark on a massive 34 date tour which will make a stop right here in Washington, DC on July 26th. 

For your chance to win tickets to see this living legend live BEFORE YOU CAN EVEN BUY THEM, please do one of the following:

1. Leave a comment below, using a valid email address, telling us the saddest country tune you've ever heard.

2. Retweet this or tweet the following:

I'm entering to win tix to see Loretta Lynn at @930Club @ChunkyGlasses #CoalMinersDaughter #FREERAWKRULES

The winner will be chosen TONIGHT, so be sure to enter before then! GOOD LUCK!

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