WTOP Entertainment Reporter chats with Nathaniel Rateliff, who plays Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland on Friday for the Outlaw Music Festival with Willie Nelson and Sturgill Simpson. They spoke in 2016 about Rateliff forming The Night Sweats for the hit song “S.O.B.”
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with the “Queen of Funk” Chaka Khan, who performs tonight at MGM National Harbor. They spoke back in 2015 before her New Year’s Eve bash at the Kennedy Center, discussing everything from her Rufus hits like “Tell Me Something Good” to her solo hits like “I’m Every Woman.”
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley marks the 40th anniversary of “Das Boot” by talking submarine flicks with Gerard Butler, who says the genre accounts for three of his Top 10 favorite movies. They spoke during the release of Butler’s 2015 submarine flick “Hunter Killer.” Don’t miss his spoof of “The Phantom of the Opera.”
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This is the amazing story of Wendell Allsbrook, who took the lemons that life gave him, and instead of making lemonade, he planted the seeds and started a lemon grove. Now, this product of Washington DC’s inner city is one the most successful business people in Washington, D.C.
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with gospel-pop star Amy Grant about her concert at The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia this coming Monday. They also discuss the new gospel music documentary “The Jesus Music” in theaters Oct. 1.
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Shenandoah lead singer Marty Raybon ahead of Saturday’s concert at the Great Frederick Fair in Frederick, Maryland. They spoke about the band’s biggest hits, including “The Church on Cumberland,” “Two Dozen Roses,” “Next to You, Next to Me” and “I Wanna Be Loved Like That.”
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with author Paula Hawkins about her new murder mystery novel “A Slow Fire Burning.” She also reflects on her best-seller “The Girl on the Train” and watching it be adapted by Hollywood.
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Louis Prima Jr., who performs at City Winery in Northeast D.C. on Thursday night. They spoke about his famous father’s jazz, swing and big-band career, as well as him voicing King Louie in Disney’s animated “The Jungle Book” to sing the iconic tune “I Wanna Be Like You.”
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with jazz great Dave Koz, who performs Thursday night at The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia. They spoke about his Grammy-nominated jazz career, as well as his approach to interviewing other musicians on his popular syndicated radio show that he’s hosted since 1994.
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WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with “Daily Show” legend Jon Stewart, who hosts a 9/11 tribute tonight at Madison Square Garden called “NYC Still Rising After 20 Years: A Comedy Celebration.” He visited D.C. in 2014 to discuss his directorial debut film “Rosewater” about Iran’s imprisonment of Western journalist Maziar Bahari, who you’ll also hear in the interview. Just months later, Stewart announced his retirement from “The Daily Show.”
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