The Zappa Family Trust has, once again, mined its vaults for material and released One Shot Deal, a compilation of performances from the early 1970s through the early 1980s. It's something of a...
Yesterday, Mark O'Connor recorded his Americana Symphony with Marin Alsop and the BSO (see previous post). Here, he discusses the piece, movement by movement.
I come from a folk vernacular world, so...
I just got off the phone with Mark O'Connor, who's still buzzing from recording his Americana Symphony with Marin Alsop and the BSO yesterday. One of the most versatile contemporary American...
While putting together the Fall Arts feature on Baltimore's music scene for the September issue, I asked Blake Leyh for a few comments. Leyh, the music supervisor for The Wire, has a unique...
David Byrne and Brian Eno's follow-up to their classic album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts came out today. It's only been about 30 years between the two discs.
This pair has never shied from new...
"Best Song" winner Howard Markman was circulating in the VIP room at Thursday night's Best Of Baltimore party at Ravens stadium. Three days later, he performed at the Wings n' Wheels benefit for...
So I'm finally home and in bed, ready to go to sleep so I can get up and go into the office tomorrow (where did my weekend go?). Another Virgin Fest is in the books and I was there for it. I heard...
Wow. There's a lot to say. But let's start with this: It was really, really good. It was a show in a way that hip hop performances rarely are. Kanye came out in a cloud of smoke and (appropriately...
Nine Inch Nails are on the North Stage right now. Bob Dylan is finishing up on the South Stage. After Dylan it will be Kanye. Finally. Judging from the comments I've overheard this weekend, Kanye...
On my way down to the stage to see Dylan, I swung by the Dance tent where Moby was spinning (like the lingo I used there? I'm way hip) a DJ set. The tent, which I have studiously avoided all weekend...
