If I’m going to Honfest, I’m bringing my own cat eye sunglasses and checking out the music. Saturday, Rob Fahey plays at 6:30 pm, Red Sammy goes on at 7:00, and Landis Expandis brings the funk from...
The National and Yo La Tengo are joining forces for a brief tour that includes a September 6th show at Merriweather. And it gets even better... local duo Wye Oak will be opening. It joins Animal...
There's great music for a wide variety of tastes this weekend. The Western Maryland Blues Festival kicks off this evening in Hagerstown, but things really get cooking tomorrow with George Porter,...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
Le sacre du printemps by Igor Stravinsky. I was overwhelmed when I first heard the ballet; such prominent use of percussion, rhythmic...
It's a long weekend, so there's ample opporunity to get out and explore. Local faves J Roddy Walston and the Business play the Ottobar tonight and tomorrow, and it's sure to be a rockin' good time....
A few worthwhile benefits are on tap for this weekend. Leon Fleisher and Katherine Jacobson Fleisher will play solo and duo pieces at Towson’s Central Presbyterian Church to benefit victims of the...
The Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric has announced its lineup for 2011-2012, and it's an intriguing mix. The Broadway shows include Spamalot, Rock of Ages, Come Fly Away, and Young...
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has awarded $100,000 to the BSO. Of the 1,145 NEA grants awarded this cycle, the BSO's was the largest in the music ctegory—Carnegie Hall and the San...
When a group spends a good deal of its creative energy singing about murder, rape, and mayhem, you’d think a thrown bottle wouldn’t faze them. Wrong. Last night’s Odd Future show in Detroit was...
Tyler the Creator and his Odd Future crew—the guys who make Marshall Mathers look like Jerry Mathers—play Sonar this Thursday night, and the hype is at a fever pitch. Tyler’s new CD, Goblin, came...
