The dynamic duo of Kanye West and Jay-Z will be coming to 1st Mariner Arena on November 1st. It's part of their Watch the Throne tour, and it figures to be the hip-hop event of the year, maybe even...
Experimental filmmaker and Baltimore expat Catherine Pancake screens new work at the the Creative Alliance tonight! Tomorrow morning (11 am), Joyce Scott hosts a bead workshop at the Reginald...
Years ago, I interviewed trombonist Joseph Bowie at his family's homestead in Frederick, Maryland. Joseph and his brother Lester stretched the boundaries of jazz with their sonically adventurous...
Artscape, Artscape, Artscape… The weather’s perfect, uncharacteristically comfortable for the usually sweltering Artscape weekend. There's a ton of great stuff on tap, but I’m most interested in...
Wednesday night, my wife Anne opened for Jimbo Mathus at Night Cat, a tiny (but mighty) club in Easton. Anne played seven songs—two with our daughter, Posie, singing back-up!—and that, in itself...
One of the most hotly anticipated shows of the summer comes to Merriweather tomorrow, as Animal Collective plays something of a homecoming concert. It should be a gorgeous night to stretch out on...
With Animal Collective playing Merriweather Post Pavilion this weekend, I emailed a few questions to Brian Weitz (Geologist), who went to Park School with Josh Dibb (Deakin) and Dave Portner (Avey...
If you’ve recovered from the U2 show, check out funkateer Bootsy Collins tonight at Rams Head in Annapolis. Tomorrow, Sahffi brings her heady blend of blues and jazz to Teavolve for a CD release...
With U2 in town, I was thinking about the first time I saw the band. It was The Unforgettable Fire tour in late 1984, at D.C.'s Constitution Hall. Now, I know lots of folks who gloat about seeing...
Reclusive Neutral Milk Hotel frontman Jeff Mangum is coming to Baltimore for two shows at 2640 Space on September 26 and 27. Tickets, which are sure to go fast, go on sale Wednesday.
I interviewed...
