music industry

• Obituaries

Steven C. 'Bo' Eckard, McDaniel College music instructor, dies

Steven C. "Bo" Eckard, a member of the music faculty at McDaniel College, where he was senior lecturer of music and founder of the Electric Bass Ensemble, died Aug. 24 of undetermined causes at his Westminster home. He was 58.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Sep 7, 2016

• Entertainment

Weill's 'Street Scene' offers incisive slice of urban life

Kurt Weill's "Street Scene," a blend of opera and musical, will be staged with a Baltimore twist by Peabody Opera Theatre at the Modell-Lyric Performing Arts Center.

• Journalism

Baltimore Sun newsroom directory

• Movies

Throwback Thursday: The top 10 songs this week in 1998 [Videos]

During this week 16 years ago, Google Inc. was founded in Menlo Park, Calif., legendary film director Akira Kurosawa died and these were the most popular songs in America, via Billboard's Hot 100 chart archive.

• Maryland

Carrying on the tradition

• Howard County

Columbia Orchestra tuning up for new season

The Columbia Orchestra's upcoming 37th season promises to bring a range of classical music to the Jim Rouse Theatre at Wilde Lake.

• Baltimore City Paper

The Short List 9/3/14

• Baltimore City Paper

Lecture Till You Puke

• Obituaries

Verna Mae Cann, social services worker

Verna Mae Peacock Cann, a retired social worker and church musician, died of congestive heart failure Aug. 27 at Sinai Hospital. The Parkton resident was 81.

• Baltimore City Paper

Copycat Kids Grow Up

• Howard County

Firefighters invite you to a country breakfast [Clarksville]

The Fifth District Volunteer Fire Department begins a new season of country breakfasts on Sept. 14, from 8 a.m. until noon, in the Ten Oaks Ballroom.

• Music Industry

Five questions for Paul Manna, concert promoter

Since he started 24-7 Entertainment in 1997, he's been working to bring in musical acts that provide excitement for audiences, booking about 100 shows a year in the Baltimore area, including the upcoming Shindig Music Festival at Carroll Park, with a lineup featuring Jane's Addiction, Rise Against, Gogol Bordello and Halestorm.

• Music Industry

Throwback Thursday: The top 10 songs this week in 1974 [videos]

Throwback Thursday: The top 10 songs this week in 1974 [videos]

• Food & Drink

Iggy Azalea surprises Horseshoe Casino Baltimore crowd with performance

Last night, Iggy Azalea -- the 24-year-old pop-rap artist responsible for the inescapable hit "Fancy" -- performed a surprise five-song set at the casino's three-level bar, 14Forty, to celebrate the Horseshoe Casino Baltimore's opening.

• Harford

The Bridge, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Zappa Plays Zappa, Dustin Lynch coming to Harford venues

The season for summer festivals may be drawing to a close, but the fall promises at least three more chances to catch a major show in Harford County.

• Baltimore City Paper

No Trivia: Streaming Baltimore Club, Streaming Police Brutality

• Baltimore City Paper

Normaling, "Corpus Callosum"

• Baltimore City Paper

Strum Und Twang

• Baltimore City Paper

The Short List 8/27/14

• Obituaries

Ingeborg F. Harrington, homemaker

Ingeborg F. Harrington, a homemaker and gourmet cook who was known for her memorable dinner parties, died Friday of heart failure at Manor Care Ruxton. She was 91.

• Baltimore City Paper

Live Review: Balladeer Jackson Browne shows a sense of humor in his lively concert at the Hippodrome

• Howard County

Columbia Pro Cantare singers clear throats for new season

Columbia Pro Cantare qualifies as a vocal tradition in Howard County. Its 38th season promises to have an interesting mix of familiar repertory with other pieces that may not be as familiar.

• Cooking

Five questions with Shirlé Hale-Koslowski, owner of Four Corners Cuisine

Shirlé Hale-Koslowski is the owner and sole employee of Four Corners Cuisine, a Baltimore-based private chef service she operates in the kitchens of her 10 clients.

• Anne Arundel

Chesapeake agenda reflects ambition to expand entertainment, educational programs

A glance at Chesapeake Arts Center's upcoming schedule indicates an exciting season beginning in September, with entertainment to attract audiences of diverse tastes for music, theater and star attractions.

• Concerts

Music festival to benefit Lyme research, awareness

Musicians will sing and strum and play the harmonica in Annapolis Thursday night to raise funds — and awareness — for Lyme disease.

• Movies

Throwback Thursday: The top 10 songs this week in 1982 [videos]

Throwback Thursday: The top 10 songs this week in 1982 [videos]

• Maryland

'Praize' to the Lord

Salmond performs as gospel rapper Praize. This weekend, Praize will be performing at Union Street United Methodist Church's annual Praise in the Park event Saturday, Aug. 23. The Rev. Daryl A. Foster, pastor at Union Street United Methodist Church in Westminster, said the event is designed as a way for the entire Carroll County community to come together and build faith and family, with live music, a praise team and food.

• Colleges and Universities

New Goucher College president uses off-beat videos to welcome students

In one video, Jose Bowen claps chalkboard erasers, organizes books on a shelf in the library, sprays lines on the athletic field and enthusiastically pops out from behind a tree.

• Entertainment

One-of-a-kind oboe belonging to BSO musician stolen

BSO's principal oboist was vacationing in Montreal when her unique instrument went missing

• Musical Theater

Center Stage to premiere musical about Bob Marley by Kwame Kwei-Armah

"Marley," a musical by Center Stage artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah focusing on Bob Marley's self-imposed London exile in the 1970s, will receive its world premiere in June 2015.

• Baltimore City Paper

Music Man

• Schools

For these musicians, a fateful first listen

Classical artists moved by 'Rite of Spring,' Beethoven's Fifth (no, really)

• Features

Baltimore native Kevin Liles is a big hit in music and beyond

The Woodlawn High grad long ago reached the top of the music industry. Now he's making moves to expand his ventures globally

• Anne Arundel

Annapolis Summer garden embraces the bright side of 'Spamalot'

Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre is capping its season with "Monty Python's Spamalot" an irreverent retelling of the quest for the Holy Grail.

• Baltimore County

Mural welcomes motorists entering Catonsville from Beltway

Those entering Catonsville from Interstate 695 may have noticed the brick wall of Perfect Touch Hair Salon & Day Spa on Frederick Road growing more colorful each day.

• Howard County

Article causes delight, another brings dismay [Letter]

My husband Lloyd and I have been experiencing such a sense of gratitude to Jim Rouse for our opportunity to live yet another beautiful summer in his newtown of Columbia.

• Baltimore City Paper

The Short List 8/12/14

• Howard County

Songwriter keeps many balls in the air

Sara Beck will perform at the One World Coffeehouse in Columbia

• Music

NPR veteran Ben Roe to be executive director of Heifetz Institute

Benjamin K. Roe, a Grammy and Peabody Award winner, to helm Heifetz International Music Institute at Mary Baldwin College in Virginia.

• Anne Arundel

Datebook

Anne Arundel County datebook

• Baltimore City Paper

Much ado about nothing: Tim Smith's erroneous concerns about modern ignorance

• Students

Summer center can be 'life-changing' experience for students

This year at the aquarium, 25 students in grades seven through nine are enrolled in the summer program at the National Aquarium where they work with blue crabs and water to investigate what goes on under the sea.

• Howard County

Music will float on a summer breeze at lakefront

There will be music in the air and water in the background for the Columbia Lakefront Summer Concert Series' upcoming free programs: the Columbia Concert Band on Sunday, Aug. 10, at 6:30 p.m., and the Columbia Jazz Band on Wednesday, Aug. 13, at 8 p.m.

• Classical Music

Amid all the fretting about classical music's future, some worries about its past

Lots of focus has been on the future of classical music, but its past may be in greater danger of fading away.

• Howard County

Music is her target and she's got 'Good Aim'

On Friday, Aug. 8, an audience in Harford County will hear Eileen Bernstein's musical accounts of trial and triumph

• Baltimore City Paper

The Short List

• Features

Wedded: Ashley Boarman and Doug Jagoda

This couple's love grew as they explored Baltimore together

• Broadway Theater

Throwback Thursday: The top 10 songs this week in 1963 [Videos]

Throwback Thursday: The top 10 songs this week in 1963 [Videos]

• Anne Arundel

Datebook

Anne Arundel County datebook

• Music Industry

Throwback Thursday: The top 10 songs this week in 1972 [Videos]

During the first week of August 42 years ago, a solar flare knocked out power in the United States, "Deliverance" was the top box-office draw, and the following songs were the most popular tunes according to Billboard's Hot 100 chart archive.