Arty Hill and Caleb Stine play 1919 Fleet Street tonight at 9 pm. Hill has a new EP coming out, and Stine's new CD, Eyes So Strong and Clean, is his best recording to date. Does it seem as if Stine...
At the end of my interview with The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne last Tuesday—I'll post it closer to the release of the band's new disc next month—I mentioned how much my children, Posie and Levi,...
In all the Woodstock coverage, you might have spotted this photo of a VW bus (painted by Baltimore's Bob Hieronimus) at the festival. I asked Hieronimus about it, and here's his response...
No, I'm...
Tomorrow night, Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson will be in Cal Ripken's house. The pair of music legends will be appearing at Ripken Stadium for a reprise of a fantastic tour they did a few years ago....
NPR's excellent "All Songs Considered" blog features an amazing Dan Deacon concert video. It's a time lapse video, so you can watch Deacon's entire 9:30 Club performance in four minutes. Amazingly,...
This Sunday's lineup at the African American Heritage Festival is particularly impressive. Starting at 2:50 pm, the Verizon Wireless stage will feature Big Daddy Stallings,Winslow Dynasty (featuring...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
I don't recall ever having a moment of Pauline conversion as a result of a piece of art, but I guess this, from a long way back,...
The Virgin Mobile Festival will return to the area after all. This year's event will be held at Merriweather, rather than Pimlico; it's one day (August 30), instead of two; and it's free.
And at...
Interesting show tomorrow night, hosted by Baltimore contributor Geoff Himes. There's a good article in today's Sun about it.
THE ROOTS CAFÉ PRESENTS:
The Night of 1000 Dylans
Cathy Fink & Marcy...
What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
Thelonious Monk’s Greatest Hits. I found it by chance in the $1.99 bin at F.W. Woolworth’s at the Alameda Shopping Center. I didn’t know...