I've long been a fan of Celebration's, and news that they're recording new material is cause for... celebration. Once again, the band is posting songs on the Electric Tarot website as they go along, and the latest, "I Got Sol," (MP3) is particularly startling. According to singer Katrina Ford, it's the most "rock" song they've ever done, and I'd say they do it incredibly well. Give it a listen and check out tonight's show at the Ottobar, Celebration's final hometown gig before playing the All Tomorrow's Parties festival (curated by TV on the Radio!) and touring Europe in May.

Legendary filmmaker Albert Maysles will appear at the Annapolis Film Festival this Saturday. Maysles—who produced classic documentaries such as 1968's Salesman and 1976's Grey Gardens with his brother, David (who died in 1987)—will discuss his work after a screening of the Rolling Stones doc Gimme Shelter. The film begins at 2:15 pm at St. John's College Key Auditorium. One of my favorite moments in the movie shows Keith Richards and Jim Dickinson sitting side by side listening to the playback of "Wild Horses." It's intimate and revelatory, like many Maysles films.

What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?

Seeing The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show had a big impact on me. I remember making a cardboard "guitar" shortly after that, and soon convinced my parents to get me a real instrument. Gradually, I taught myself to play well enough to join a band, and I've been playing in bands almost continually since then.

Pioneering indie rockers The Feelies released a string of sublime records in the 1980s (1988's Only Life is a personal favorite) before going on hiatus for 20 years. The band (with original lineup, including guitarists Glenn Mercer and Bill Million, intact) resurfaced in 2011 and released the appropriately-titled Here Before, which embraced the group's legacy and...

Tonight, all-star band Palookaville—guitarist/singer Howard Markman, keyboardist Glen Workman, bassist Chas Marsh, and drummer Jim Hannah—bring their infectious roots rock to 1919 Fleet, the best neighborhood bar in Fells Point. While you're there, check out the amazing photos on the walls! Drummer Ches Smith plays the Windup Space with a band that includes Tim Berne and Andrea Parkins. Stay for the late night jam featuring saxophonist John Dierker, trumpeter Dave Ballou, and guests. Global Perspectives, an exhibition featuring pottery from Africa and Asia (see above) alongside work by Refugee Youth Project teens, opens at Baltimore Clayworks and runs through April 13. 

Tomorrow, the amazing violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, and the Grammy-winning Parker Quartet perform at the...