Oh, hi there! My name is Amy Mulvihill. I am the assistant managing editor here at Baltimore and, this weekend, a guest blogger on All The Pieces Matter. The occasion? The Virgin Mobile Festival, of...
Last week, Variety reported on lagging CD sales—down 11 % from a year ago, no surprise there—and the steady growth of digital downloads. Buried in the article was the following tidbit: "Sales of...
Various factors go into evaluating a president, and for me—though it's far down the list—music is one of them. And the past few administrations have set the bar pretty low. Remember when Ronald...
The Public Art Commission's approval of a sculpture honoring native son Frank Zappa has triggered discussions about where it should be installed. I've heard folks suggest MICA, Mount Vernon, Mercy...
When I first heard that actress Scarlett Johansson was recording an album of Tom Waits songs, all I could do was shake my head. I'm a huge Waits fan, and it was hard to imagine her—or anyone else,...
Local faves Deanna Bogart and The Holmes Brothers picked up trophies at the Blue Music Awards (BMA) in Tunica, Mississippi last Thursday. Bogart won "Best Horn Instrumentalist" and The Holmeses took...
A few months ago, I wrote a short piece in the magazine about Howard Markman, a local singer/songwriter who'd placed a song in the 10-part, Mel Gibson-produced, PBS documentary Carrier. While...
What's a "best scene" without a great music festival? This year's Virgin Fest figures to be quite a spectacle with Bob Dylan, Kanye West, Wilco, Nine Inch Nails, Iggy & the Stooges, Cat Power,...
The new issue of Rolling Stone magazine, the "Best Of Rock" issue, cites Baltimore as "Best Scene." We've known it for awhile—now, the rest of the country is catching on to the likes of Wham City,...
Later this month, Plume publishes The James Brown Reader: 50 Years of Writing About the Godfather of Soul. It’s quite an entertaining read, with a few Baltimore references along the way: Brown owned...
