What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
There are so many, but the ones that stick out in my mind are the following: hearing Charlie Parker's Verve Recordings; watching Spike Lee...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps” made me aware of what was necessary to learn—scales, chords and rhythms—in order to perform jazz music at a...
When the alarm went off this morning, my wife rolled over and said, "That was an amazing play." We spent the next 15 minutes lying there talking about the production of The Brothers Size that we saw...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
I watched Sharon-Jones perform when I was 19 years old, and it knocked me on my ass. I adore Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings! I could on...
Concert Artists of Baltimore celebrates its silver anniversary season with “Through the Looking Glass,” a benefit gala this Saturday night at the Engineers Club. Black tie is optional, costumes are...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
Hearing Julius Hemphill's Dogon A.D. for the first time was a life-changing experience for me. It was the first so-called avant-garde jazz...
As far as historic, back-in-the-day music venues go, the Royal and Howard theaters top the list in this region. Both of them stopped operating decades ago, but they've become mythic in the...
Last November, I blogged about local beatboxer Shodekeh contributing a track to what appeared to be a promising Meredith Monk remix project, Monk Mix. It boasted contributions from the likes of...
The classic musical, which comes to the Lyric February 2-4, changed Ira Glass's life and became a template for a certain NPR show. Here's what the This American Life host told us in 2009...
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Guitarist Manuel Barrueco and choreographer Liz Lerman have won fellowship grants for artistic excellence from United States Artists, the national arts advocacy organization. Lerman, who won a...
