Not so much an interview as one friend interrogating another, pushing him a little
Musician and MDVLA executive director Adam G. Holofcener’s new album GEE-ZA-WHIZ begins with a deep breath and a deeper exhalation
An interview with Ottobar’s Tecla Tesnau and Todd Lesser and WWR’s KK Yeh
Yeh, Tesnau, and Lesser spoke with me about the importance of a robust local music industry, adapting during the pandemic, and deeply missing the visceral experience of live music.
On Lee Walton’s “Zeven Event Zcores for Zoom” and the online platform's subtle social ticks
Zeven Event Zcores for Zoom by Lee Walton, part of ‘sindikit’s Friday night performance series
Some of these records inevitably confront themes that are pertinent to our present circumstances and upheavals, some take the listener to places subterranean or extraterrestrial, and many others pull off an inventive combination of all the above.
The energy created in the space between her body and the audience is always charged
During the performance at The Shed, her breath inflated and deflated white balloons, one after another, while her body remained mostly covered by the earth.
Chris Cassius, Baby Kahlo, Logicoma, Stoop Baby Mo, Infinity Knives, Brian Ennals, Eze Jackson, Bailey Straughn
Though the feeling of being in a crowd at a show cannot be replicated, maybe reading the words and listening to the projects of these artists can bring you some semblance of that adrenaline and joy.
Nothing happens without the audience in The Institute for Counterfeit Memory, a play that arrives in a cardboard box
The experimental nature of this play is not simply for the sake of experiment but to highlight all of our assumptions that make us comfortable and therefore passive, forgetful, and complicit.
How Baltimore’s storied experimental and improvisational music festival is solving problems in interesting ways
High Zero shows aren't just musically intense, they're also quite frequently outlandishly entertaining.
Democratic process and production, decolonization, and more
Spreading a message of Light, Love, Peace, Truth, Freedom, and Growth
Being a part of a regional symphony orchestra for several years instilled Omnia Azar's love for classical music
Part of the Walters' Art Sound Now series, the artists' piece finds inspiration in myth and conceptions of the afterlife
While Reid’s part of Immortal Voices hints at the heavens, Pangelica’s deals with darkness.
Zadia's debut album is an ode to her hometown
Ali is a fluid performance and music artist, cultural worker, and organizer
Abdu Ali's nomadic curatorial platform as they lay includes sound and performance art, poetry, and more.
A Durational Performance Designed by Ada Pinkston
MAWU: TheEndisTheBeginningIstheEnd is an eight-hour durational performance that combines the history of Juneteenth with the legacy of Lucy Parsons, the revolutionary labor organizer who fought for the eight-hour workday.
Bobbi Rush, Dyyo, Josh Stokes, Amy Reid, Ami Dang
Musicians who already survive precariously have lost gigs due to Covid-19 cancellations and have had to figure out how to hustle through a pandemic
Kotic Couture, DJ Diaspora, Jay Swann, Mighty Mark, and Logicoma
The art of the DJ is sorely missed while music venues are closed. Find out how five local DJs have adjusted to quarantine life and how to support them.
In 2017 Baltimore rapper Deetranada starred in season 3 of the Lifetime reality series The Rap Game
"I knew I had a gift with words when I started getting in trouble for speaking my mind without being disrespectful or explicit, but simply for the fact I was speaking the truth that a certain group of people didn't want to hear."
Mani Marino's Overkill EP effortlessly fuses a combination of rap bars, lyrics, melodies, and inspiration from the past
Baltimore-based musicianr Marino is inspired by 90s/2000s R&B, to trap music, to storyteller raps, and beyond
