For a young jazz musician, it’s not enough to be really good; you have to find a way to get people to notice that you’re really good. One time-honored method is to join a band led by an older musician who’s already well known. Baltimore pianist Lafayette Gilchrist has done that by joining David...
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Earlier this week, I logged onto the popular mixtape hub DatPiff.com to listen to some of hip-hop’s latest underground releases, and was pleasantly surprised to see that the banner at the top of the site counting down the day’s big new release was from Baltimore’s own Los. The eagerly anticipated The Crown Ain’t Safe...
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Ryan Adams is one of the most prolific songwriters of his generation, and as such his show Sunday night at the Modell Center for the Performing Arts (aka the Lyric) was an impressive 27-song one-man marathon featuring Adams’ solo work, plus pieces from past bands Whiskeytown and the Cardinals and a Bob Mould cover....
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Murder Ink Murder Ink: Murders this Week: 5; Murders this Year: 77 By Edward Ericson Jr. 5/15/2013
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