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Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Butterfly Effect’
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Butterfly Effect’
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with New York Times Music Journalist Marcus J. Moore, author of the Kendrick Lamar biography "The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America." They spoke in 2020 when the book was ...
Super Bowl with Rob Havenstein
Super Bowl with Rob Havenstein
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Rob Havenstein of the Los Angeles Rams, who battle the Cincinnati Bengals this Sunday at the Super Bowl. They discuss his roots at Linganore High School in Frederick County, Maryland, including a surprise appearance by ...
Ginuwine
Ginuwine
WTOP Entertainment Editor Jason Fraley chats with R&B star Ginuwine, who brings a special "Valentine's Day Serenade" to MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland on Monday night. They discussed growing up in the nation's capital and recording hits like "Pony," "In ...
Hal Ketchum
Hal Ketchum
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with late country star Hal Ketchum, who released his hit song "Past the Point of Rescue" 30 years ago this weekend. They spoke five years before his death when he played The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia ...
Erin Jackson
Erin Jackson
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with comedian Erin Jackson, who comes home to the D.C. Improv on Friday and Saturday in Washington D.C. They discussed her rise from Howard University to Netflix stardom, appearing in Tiffany Haddish's "They Ready" ...
Anaïs Mitchell
Anaïs Mitchell
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with "Hadestown" creator Anaïs Mitchell, who brings her folk band the Bonny Light Horseman to Strathmore this Friday in North Bethesda, Maryland. She discussed her folks roots growing up in Vermont and how she came up ...
Douglas Trumbull
Douglas Trumbull
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Hollywood visual effects legend Douglas Trumbull, who died today at age 79. They spoke in 2018 when the Smithsonian celebrated the 50th anniversary of "2001: A Space Odyssey." He also shared memories of "Close ...
Iron Maiden (Part 1)
Iron Maiden (Part 1)
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain as Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson plays tonight at Warner Theatre in Washington D.C. McBrain called in back in 2019 when the band brought its "Legacy of the Beast" ...
Cinco Paul & Bekah Brunstetter
Cinco Paul & Bekah Brunstetter
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley chats with "Schmigadoon!" creator Cinco Paul and "This Is Us" writer Bekah Brunstetter about their new Biblical musical "A.D. 16" at Olney Theatre in Olney, Maryland about teenage Mary Magdalene crushing on Jesus. Paul also ...
Scott Hamilton
Scott Hamilton
WTOP Entertainment Reporter Jason Fraley celebrates the start of the Winter Olympics by bringing back this conversation with gold medalist figure-skater Scott Hamilton, who came to "A Capital Fourth" in Washington D.C. in 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...