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Wu-Tang Clan Revolts Against Its Mastermindnew
Clearly emboldened by the fact that he doesn't need the Clan to move units, Ghostface Killah attacked RZA and 8 Diagrams with vigor.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Alan Goldberg |
01-15-2008 |
Music
Tags: 8 Diagrams, The Wu-Tang Clan
Way Down in the Holenew
HBO's The Wire digs deep into Baltimore's underground for a soundtrack album.
Baltimore City Paper |
Al Shipley |
01-08-2008 |
Reviews
Music of the Streetsnew
The idea is to get all of these people to walk down Charles Street with boomboxes, with each stereo blaring its own part of Phil Kline's Unsilent Night ambient tapestry, until everyone reaches Joe Squared.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ed Schrader |
01-08-2008 |
Concerts
Tags: Unsilent Night, concerts
Top Ten: The Year in Baltimore Musicnew
Our gritty little burg has a whole lot of something on any other city in this country. Opening the mail at City Paper every day, I simply can't risk not listening to everything that comes in.
Baltimore City Paper |
Staff |
12-18-2007 |
Music
Yes, Something Can Shine Brighter Than M.I.A.new
In Baltimore, a low-energy M.I.A. struggled to wow the crowd.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Byrne |
12-11-2007 |
Concerts
Bob Dylan's Legendary Grinnew
There's a reason he's pegged his concerts as the "Never Ending Tour": The only way he's been able to stay out in front has been to convince us -- and himself -- that he's still an active, modern artist, whose career is far from ending. It's hard, though, because the past keeps getting reinforcements.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
11-27-2007 |
Concerts
(Re)Making the Bandnew
Marin Alsop conducts the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra into the 21st century.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
11-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Prince's Control Issuesnew
For the past few months, Prince has been engaging in warfare with his fans.
Baltimore City Paper |
Vincent Williams |
11-20-2007 |
Music
Tags: Prince
Michael Hurley Returns After Never Really Leavingnew
The drawling, iconoclastic singer/songwriter has released sporadic slow-burning, charming folk albums on little labels for 40-plus years -- now we're on the brink of a full-fledged Hurley revival.
Baltimore City Paper |
Mike McGonigal |
11-20-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ancestral Swamp, Michael Hurley
Jay-Z Loses the Plot While Trying to See the Big Picturenew
His wordplay is dense, and perhaps more complex than ever, but, for the first time, Jay-Z's lyrics look better on paper than they sound on record.
Baltimore City Paper |
Al Shipley |
11-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: American Gangster, Jay-Z
Dean and Gene Ween Still Got Itnew
On La Cucaracha, their bent energy resonates like a vibrating pinata.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ed Schrader |
11-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: La Cucaracha, Ween
Holy Fuck: Worth the Hypenew
These Toronto kids (centered around Graham Walsh and Brian Borcherdt and notably including Broken Social Scene's Dave Newfield and Final Fantasy's Owen Pallett) deliver an epic Krautrock throwback lit up with outsider techno slash hipster techno.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michael Byrne |
11-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Holy Fuck
Janelia Sanya Hides in Plain Sightnew
Nigerian star Janelia Sanya is relatively unknown in her Baltimore home and that's just fine.
Baltimore City Paper |
Robbie Whelan |
11-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Arthur Alexander Was Country's Soulnew
The music on Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter still provides a living link between hillbilly twang and R&B.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
11-06-2007 |
Reviews
Other People's Propertynew
The world may never run out of songs, but you'd be forgiven for thinking otherwise. How else do you explain the approximately eleventy-bajillion covers albums released in 2007 -- including ones from Shawn Lee, Ann Wilson, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss?
Baltimore City Paper |
Michaelangelo Matos |
10-30-2007 |
Music
