Our full interview with the legendary Baltimore-born saxophonist.
What inspired you to record a Coltrane tribute at this point in your career? I have had so many record labels suggesting I do a Coltrane tribute recording. I said, “Everytime I play it is a tribute...
Why Dark Side of the Moon? Why Baltimore? Why now?
Why Dark Side? It’s an album that still speaks to people and still feels emotionally relevant across the decades. For me as an improvising musician and arranger, it began haunting me in 2009,...
Kwame Kwei-Armah, artistic director Center Stage/playwright Beneatha’s Place.
Through June 16, Center Stage presents The Raisin Cycle—two plays (performed in rotating repertory) inspired by A Raisin in the Sun. The first, Clybourne Park, is a 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning play...
With spring almost upon us, what better time to turn over a new beauty leaf? To fill us in on the latest products and trends, we turned to Amie Decker of the Maryland-based Amie Decker Beauty. A...
Our full interview with Jon S. Vernick, co-editor of Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis.
Are mass shootings occurring more frequently, or is the media more focused on such incidents (since Aurora and Newtown)? Do mass shootings draw attention away from other aspects of gun violence that...
Can you say a little about the eureka moment when you realized Swagger and the Kennedy assassination were a great match? I was sitting exactly where I'm sitting now, but I was drinking something far...
Our interview with Manil Suri, best-selling author and UMBC mathematics professor.
Does Baltimore ever remind you of Mumbai, or other cities in India? If so, how?It doesn’t, but we can work on it. First, fill the streets with people until every inch is occupied. Ask every car owner...
Peter Beilenson, co-author, Tapping into The Wire: The Real Urban Crisis.
What do you say to people who believe The Wire harmed Baltimore’s reputation?I say that The Wire is about only a part of Baltimore, but an important part. And, I say that until we are willing to face...
We speak with bassist and Peabody instructor Michael Formanek.
How would you characterize the current group and how has its music has evolved? Will you continue recording/performing with them?
The quartet that is on my two ECM CD's is kind of a dream come true...
Jim Newell, 27, freelance political journalist for The Guardian, Salon, formerly Wonkette/sportswriter for Grantland.
You are an Annapolis native. What are your abiding memories of growing up there?I am indeed from Annapolis, born and raised. My memories are mostly of going to either the mall or to Main Street in...
