“Wandering Soul,” Rachel Levitin, IOTA Club & Cafe, Arlington, Virginia, May 2, 2013. Concert to Benefit The One Fund Boston.

Design by Christian Curto

This past Fall, I had the extreme pleasure of sharing a bill with my new found friends out of Chicago The Future Laureates at The Velvet Lounge in Washington, DC. They’re a pop-rock band that really know how to 1) make a solid album of memorable songs and 2) play an impressive live show.

When TFL member Danny Surico called me up a few weeks ago to see if I wanted to join the boys for another show in DC this Spring, along with the extremely talented Mike Mangione & The Union (also out of Chicago), I couldn’t say no. I’m really looking forward to sharing the DC stage with these two bands from my hometown (aka the Windy City) in one of my favorite listening rooms in town. It’ll be a great night of live original music.

Ebenezers Coffeehouse is a top-notch venue and also proves to be a pleasant experience as a performer, patron, or audience member. The coffee’s great, the vibe is chill, and the people who go to concerts there actually stop chatting long enough to listen to the music being played. In the words of another Chicago band Cobalt and the Hired Guns, “Everybody Wins!”

Tickets are now available for Friday, April 12′s show at Ebenezers featuring Rachel Levitin, The Future Laureates, and Mike Mangione & The Union. 

Recorded in Chicago, Ill. during June 2012.

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Monday, November 5th at Pound the Hill, 621 Pennsylvania Ave SE, 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.

$4 happy hour (beer, wine, appetizers) all night

$10 suggested donation at the door. Let’s show cancer how powerful we are!

If you cannot attend, please consider donating to Cathy’s cause. Visit Unite Against (http://uniteagainst.net/) to learn more.

This past June I spent some time back in my home town of Chicago to play a show, visit with family, and meet the infamous Michael Teach of the Chicago Acoustic Underground podcast. The show has featured hundreds of local and national acts, including American Idol finalist Crystal Bowersox. Michael’s got a great thing going in Chicago in addition to his record label CAU Dog Records, so it was an immense pleasure to spend an afternoon with him recording a podcast for all to hear.

The episode recorded this summer now up at https://chicagoacoustic.net/#/content/podcasts/444-rachel-levitin-1691 so feel free to listen at your leisure!

Here’s an acoustic preview of a song from the upcoming album featuring Zia Hassan on guitar. Zia will be joining me for a show at The Velvet Lounge in Washington, D.C. on October 3 for what is sure to be an amazing night.

Fun Fact: This song, “Head Held High,” was originally written nearly 10 years ago while I was still in high school. Since then, with the guidance of my album’s producer and my new songwriting partner Dave Mallen, the song was revamped for its eventual release in 2013.

After a week of open polling, a poster was picked. A hard-copy version of this beautiful work by Lung-I Lo will be for sale in limited quantities at the Velvet Lounge on the day of the show.

You can find the poll here.

Pink Jams! and the Hard Rock Café are teaming up to kick off Pinktober® and Breast Cancer Awareness month by hosting a live music event targeted towards awareness for under 40 men and women in the Washington, DC area.

TICKETS ON SALE AT: www.PinkJams.org

Headliners: Phillip Phillips and Haley Reinhart from American Idol!

From the evening of September 28th through the afternoon September 30 – we will be playing live music WITHOUT STOPPING. In order to draw attention to an important breast cancer awareness message for men and women under 40 – a wide variety of local, regional, and national musicians will play continuously for 39 hours and 59 minutes.

Click through to see the full schedule for the weekend.

Haley Reinhart, American Idol Friday 7:00pm
Phillip Phillips, American Idol Friday 7:30pm

Driven to Clarity Friday 8:00pm
Gallons to Ounces Friday 8:30pm
Becca Levy Friday 9:00pm
Mike Corrado Friday 9:30pm
HeLO Friday 10:00pm
Brian Franke Friday 10:30pm
Black Dog Prowl Friday 11:00pm
Practically Einstein Friday 11:30pm

Color School Saturday 12:15am – midnight
The Dirty Jacks Saturday 12:45am
Harris Face Saturday 1:15am
Photo Radio Saturday 2:00am
Future Band Saturday 3:00am
ACES and 8s Saturday 4:00am
Johari Saturday 5:00am
Derek Evry Saturday 6:00am
CoolFire featuring B. Blunt Saturday 7:00am
Tanya Dallas-Lewis Saturday 8:00am
Phil Rossi Saturday 8:30am
The Great Unknowns Saturday 9:00am
Grace Bernicker Saturday 9:30am
Phillip Noss Saturday 10:00am
Memphis 59 Saturday 10:45am
Olivia Mancini Saturday 11:30m
MELODIME Saturday 12:00pm – Noon
The Vagabond Union Saturday 1:00pm
Moch Pryderi Saturday 2:00pm
Bravenoise Saturday 2:45pm
Sara Davenport Saturday 3:30pm
Laura Finley with Jackson & Jesse Smith Saturday 4:00pm
Rene Moffatt Saturday 5:00pm
Benny Saturday 5:30pm
Dreamscapes Project Saturday 6:00pm
Matt Tarka Saturday 7:00pm
Andrew Tufano Saturday 7:30pm
Rites of Ash Saturday 8:00pm
The Stolen Camaros Saturday 9:00pm
The Crimestoppers Saturday 10:00pm
the Very Small Saturday 11:00pm

Noise in the Basement Sunday 12am – midnight
Septimius Sunday 1:00am
Burntsystems Sunday 2:00am
Breeze Sunday 3:00am
Chris Aaron Sunday 4:00am
Brittany Jean Sunday 5:00am
Laura Peterson Sunday 6:00am
Rachel Levitin Sunday 7:00am
Harriet Vanderpool Sunday 7:30am
Javier Starks Sunday 8:00am
CD Porter Sunday 9:00am
Shanon Harris Sunday 9:30am
James Britton Sunday 10:00am
Say Chance Sunday 11:00am
Final Raffle Drawing and Hard Rock Check Presentation to City of Hope Sunday 12:00pm – noon