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Take Two Ritornello and Call Me in the Morning

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

WYPR - By Tom Hall, Lawrence Lanahan - Sep. 07 (News Analysis) - Get me some rosin, stat! Tom Hall talks to a member of the World Doctors Orchestra, a musical body composed entirely of physicians that's coming to the Strathmore this weekend.

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Baltimore Jazz

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

WYPR - By Katherine Gorman, Tom Hall - Aug. 15 (News Analysis) - Tom talks with the editor and one of the contributors to Music at the Crossroads: Lives and Legacies of Baltimore Jazz.

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Akua Allrich

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

WYPR - By Tom Hall - Aug. 01 (News Analysis) - Tom talks with composer and neo-soul singer Akua Allrich

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Baltimore Club

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

WYPR - By Tom Hall - Jul. 19 (News Analysis) - The beginnings of Baltimore club.

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Feds Accuse Sonar’s Daniel McIntosh of Participating in Massive Pot Conspiracy

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

City Paper - By Van Smith - Jul. 08 (News) - Daniel McIntosh, the principal owner of downtown Baltimore’s Sonar nightclub, has been accused in a federal indictment of participating in a cross-country marijuana conspiracy involving more than 1,000 kilograms of the drug and $30 million in proceeds over an eight-year period, according to court documents.

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Sonar owner Dan McIntosh named in drug conspiracy indictment; says club won't close

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By Erik Maza - Jul. 08 (News) - Dan McIntosh, one of the owners of Sonar, has been named in a federal indictment alongside some 14 individuals for participating in a cross-country drug distribution ring, City Paper reported today citing court documents filed in Florida in December.

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Live Music Helps Beat the Summer Heat

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

North Baltimore Patch - By Jennifer Nastri - Jul. 08 (News) - Well, there’s no denying it. It's summertime in Baltimore, where the heat and humidity is so oppressive it feels like the entire city has taken up residence in someone’s mouth for three months.

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Common Ground on the Hill

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

WYPR - By Tom Hall, Lawrence Lanahan - Jul. 06 (News Analysis) - The annual roots music festival comes to Carroll County this weekend. We'll get a musical preview from festival founder Walt Michael and singer Lea Gilmore.

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U2 Claws Its Way to the Top at M&T Bank Stadium

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

City Paper - By Al Shipley - Jun. 23 (Review) - U2 playing anywhere is a big deal, but in Baltimore it was such a big deal that when the band’s show at M&T Bank Stadium was booked last year, the mayor made the announcement.

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Inside Out at 2640

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

What Weekly - By Philip Laubner - Jun. 23 (Review) - The ferocity of the band’s rhythmic attack induced a similar state of insanity in members of the audience.

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Seeking More From Baltimore Nightlife With Heidi Klotzman

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Bmore Media - By Staci Wolfson - Jun. 21 (News) - Klotzman's (not-so) 9-to-5 involves the all-but-forgotten art of social networking as it existed before Facebook and Twitter -- meeting people face to face, talking, partying, and laughing.

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Opera Camp!

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

WYPR - Jun. 21 (News Analysis) - Spring training for the vocal cords!

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Chris Ford Redirects Baltimore School for the Arts

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Fishbowl - By Leslie F. Miller - Jun. 20 (News) - A veteran saxophone instructor becomes the new director of the BSA--Ford brings experience, wisdom, and helpful goals, like preparing creative kids to conquer the real world.

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The Godfather of Go-Go

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

WYPR - By Tom Hall, Lawrence Lanahan - Jun. 20 (News Analysis) - Chuck Brown has been cranking out Washington D.C.'s homegrown dance music for over three decades now. He brings his band to Roots Fest 2011 in Baltimore this Saturday. Today he talks to Tom Hall about the history of go-go.

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U2 mega-fans gear up for Baltimore's biggest show of the year

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By Chris Kaltenbach - Jun. 17 (News) - Upwards of 75,000 fans should be showing up at M&T Bank Stadium to feel that energy Wednesday. And while not all of them are so excited at the prospect that they're ready to cry, plenty are pretty psyched. This is, after all, not any rock band, but U2 — members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, sellers of umpteen millions of albums over their 34-year history and, by all accounts, four guys who put on one heckuva show.

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Stop the Presses: Globe's Last Poster

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Magazine - By John Lewis - Jun. 14 (News) - After 82 years in business, Globe Poster has printed its last show poster. The Baltimore-based company—known for its eye-popping, day-glo designs—announced it was closing late last year, but co-owner Bob Cicero (above) got two jobs at the 11th hour:

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Historic Niemann organ destroyed in St. Stanislaus construction

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Sun - By Meredith Cohn - Jun. 05 (News) - Only a handful of his well-regarded instruments remain out of about 40 created more than a century ago by Niemann, a German immigrant who studied organ making in France and settled in Baltimore. Despite its local heritage and historic value, the church organ became "match sticks and scrap metal" as crews cleaned out the shuttered St. Stanislaus for a redevelopment project.

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Just Among Friends

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Urbanite - By Brandon Weigel - Jun. 01 (News) - For Friends Records, sustainability and profitability are still far off. But its founders boast a top-flight list of bands and collaborators from Baltimore's burgeoning underground music scene.

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House Party

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

City Paper - By Samantha Buker - Jun. 01 (News) - They might not call it a salon, but more and more Baltimoreans are throwing open the doors of their homes to display local musical talent at its best. Whether your host calls it dinner and music, a house concert, a recital, or a salon, the main attraction is music.

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Sho' Time

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Magazine - By John Lewis - Jun. 01 (News) - Towson University's Fine Arts Building is relatively quiet on a Tuesday afternoon. That is, until you open the door leading to the dance studios on the first floor. Immediately, booming music fills the hallway, ricochets off the cinderblock walls, and gets louder as you approach room 1004, where a few dozen dancers in leotards and shorts pirouette, bend, and leap in time to the rhythm.

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Really? Fantasia to Headline Artscape

Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Fishbowl - By B. Boyd - May. 31 (Opinion) - We’re rather astonished to report that Fantasia, “American Idol” winner from way back in season three, has been named Artscape’s opening night headliner, slated to perform at the Wells Fargo Main Stage, July 15—at 8 p.m., in case you want to attend...or avoid.

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Before rap and hip hop there was the biting “bluesology” of Gil Scott-Heron

Sun, 29 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Baltimore Brew - By Fern Shen - May. 29 (Opinion) - Gil Scott Heron, whose spoken-word compositions fused jazz and blues with razor-sharp political insights about American culture and racial inequality, died Friday at St. Luke’s Hospital in New York City.

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New Brotopia

Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

What Weekly - By Justin Allen - May. 26 (Review) - Darkness had befallen a previously vibrant theater situated on the west end of 25th Street. The once mighty venue had been left to patiently decay as it was overrun by all manner of vermin and derelict.

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Ones To Watch: The Horn The Hunt

Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Gutter - By Siobhanne Beattie - May. 26 (Interview) - The Horn The Hunt are Leeds-based pop duo Clare Carter and Joseph Osborne. Beginning their musical career writing and recording in Norway, their music has quite literally taken them on an extraordinary journey.

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The Ballad of Bob Dylan

Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

WYPR - By Lawrence Lanahan, Tom Hall - May. 23 (Interview) - Tom Hall talks to Baltimore author and Lincoln biographer Daniel Mark Epstein, whose new book analyzes the lyrics and life of the 20th century's most influential songwriter.

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