Posts tagged music
We Were Pirates Photos from our Sold Out show at Pie Shop DC!

Many thanks to Lisa Boggs Photography for the excellent photos from our sold out show at Pie Shop DC last Saturday! We had a blast playing with Color Palette from DC and Little Lungs from Baltimore; and we are very grateful to everyone who came out.

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Tonight’s show is SOLD OUT!

Tonight’s show at Pie Shop DC with Color Palette & Little Lungs is SOLD OUT. Thank you so much to everyone who bought tickets! If you missed out this time around, we’ll catch you at the next show….

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Thanks for Listening to We Were Pirates This Year!

Thanks for listening to We Were Pirates on Spotify this year. :)

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Saturday, 12/4 at Pie Shop DC with Color Palette & Little Lungs!

Hi friends,

We are playing a show on Saturday, December 4 at Pie Shop DC with Color Palette & Little Lungs. We would love to see you there, if you can make it.

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We're Playing with Mates of State in DC this Friday, 9/20!

We’re playing a stripped down set with Mates of State at Rock & Roll Hotel in DC this Friday, 9/20! Pat is out of town, so we will be drummerless. But, Kate is busting out the cello, which is a rare and fun treat.

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Photos From Our Show at The Smithsonian's American Art Museum!

We are very grateful to everyone at The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Luce Foundation Center for inviting us to play such a beautiful and historic space. It was a unique and fun experience.

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We're Playing Live at The Smithsonian American Art Museum!

We are extremely excited to be playing live at The Smithsonian’s Luce Foundation Center on the third floor of the American Art Museum on Friday, April 19th. The show is FREE.

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Sneak Peek Photo From Last Night's EP Release Show!

Last night we got to celebrate the release of the new EP, Gone, in a room full of family and friends. We are incredibly grateful.

Thank you Lisa for this amazing sneak peek. More to follow...

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EP Release Show Saturday, 2/2 w Color Palette & The Trillions!

We are very happy to be playing an EP Release Show on Saturday, Feb 2nd at Rock & Roll Hotel in DC with our buds Color Palette! You can get your tickets here.

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'The Three of Us' from the 'Break-Up' Episode of This American Life

This American Life re-ran the ‘Break Up’ episode this week. Here’s a cover of ‘The Three of Us’ I recorded for a song contest they did when the episode first aired years ago.

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I Sang Backup for The Mynabird's Tiny Desk Concert!

The Mynabirds Tiny Desk concert is up now. It was a pretty incredible experience getting to sing back up for my extremely talented cousin, Laura Burhenn, and meet a bunch of new friends. Thanks to Bob Boilen, Robin Hilton, & everyone at NPR Music for having us!

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Video of "I Don't Know" Performance at The Kennedy Center

Here’s video of our performance of “I Don’t Know” at The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage last month. Presented by Hometown Sounds.

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Photos From our Kennedy Center Show

We got to play a show at The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage last Friday! It was a really great night and we are very grateful to Paul and Tony from Hometown Sounds for setting it up.

Many thanks to Lisa for bringing her camera and taking some photos.

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We're Playing The Kennedy Center!

We are incredibly excited to be playing a show at The Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage next Friday, December 9. Our good friends Paul and Tony at Hometown Sounds were kind enough to invite us to play and we're so stoked. We will also have a special guest. Our pal Gavin Fallow will be joining us on violin for part of the set, just to class things up a bit.

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Photos From a Secret Sofar Sounds Show in DC…

We played a secret Sofar Sounds show on Friday at Hillyer Art Space in Dupont Circle. Stay tuned for a video coming at some point. Thanks to Lisa Boggs for bringing her camera and taking a few photos. We had a great time...

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We Played REI DC's Grand Opening...

We had a blast playing a Rock-n-Romp show over the weekend for the Grand Opening of REI in DC with the homies Olivia Mancinia & the Mates and The NRIs. And Biz Markie played a little later. Yeah, that's right. We opened for Biz Markie.....kind of.

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#TBT to This American Life Playing a WWP Song...

This American Life has a new app out called Shortcut that lets you create clips from the show. Here's a throwback to the time they played, 'A Strange Experience' from the Dear Mr. Watterson score. It's a great episode on an important topic. You can listen here.

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