George Michael - Verizon Center, July 29, 2008 George Michael shuts the book on the first 25 years of his career on the North American leg of his 25 Live tour.
...continue reading. By Barrett King Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Virgin Festival Schedule Announced Set times for the Virgin Fest are available now.
...continue reading. By Barrett King Monday, July 28, 2008
A Bilingual Eve - Under The Cloud Cover A gentle patina in her voice gives this self-released effort a sense of character unfamiliar to many indie acoustic singers, tinged with a soul unmatched by her peers. Her whistle-register voice is reproduced in a very honest and intimate fashion on the self-released EP,
Under The Cloud Cover.
...continue reading. By Barrett King Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Professionals Pulling Together To Perform It's intriguing to imagine a powerful trial attorney shaking in his shoes on his first open-mic night, or the pensive business lawyer tuning up her guitar for a mid-Atlantic tour, to be sure, but you're not likely to find these performers at the Ottobar opening up for The Melvins. As one attorney points out in the piece, it can be difficult to pull a weeknight gig with a set at 11:00 PM when you have a hearing at 9 the next morning.
...continue reading. By Barrett King Monday, July 21, 2008
Artscape Is This Weekend! Whartscape Is, Too! Artscape kicks off this weekend and features plenty of Baltimore bands which have often graced the pages of this blog and magazine. Whartscape takes the cake this time.
...continue reading. By Barrett King Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Any Given Tuesday #18 - Squååks Join me as I talk with Squaaks about their album,
Rock Control, and the songwriting process, art, and more.
...continue reading. By Barrett King Monday, July 7, 2008
Death Has Its Own Soundtrack Funeral music, with a twist.
...continue reading. By Barrett King Monday, July 7, 2008
Any Given Tuesday #17: Telesma Hear three tracks from World/Electronic/New Age fusion group Telesma (www.myspace.com/telesma), and listen in as Ian Hesford plays the kubing (a bamboo mouth harp and Chris Mandra talks about his invention: the "man drum".
...continue reading. By Barrett King Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Rosey - Luckiest Girl Luckiest Girl mixes the best of the 20th century with the freshness of the 21st and proves that jazz is neither dead nor dusty. The songstress never goes out of style.
...continue reading. By Barrett King Tuesday, June 17, 2008
The Ghostwrite - Anxiety Forget about what you thought folk and nostalgia sounded like, this simple release is angry, frustrated, and whispers an angular promise of better things to come from The Ghostwrite.
...continue reading. By Barrett King Monday, June 16, 2008
