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One of the most intriguing musical projects going on in Baltimore this season is one that brings musicians from the pop, jazz and classical worlds together to re-imagine one of the most influential and well-known progressive rock albums of all time. 

County executive or board of commissioners?  That's a choice voters in Frederick County will face this fall when they decide  whether to adopt a new form of govenrment. We hear from a political science about the differences, and a reporter from the Frederick News Post about public reception thus far.

Caroline Queen grew up paddling the streams of Montgomery County. Now she's taken her oar to London as a member of the U.S. Olympic kayaking team. We ask her how she's assessing the course ahead.

March 23rd & 24th, 2012, on The Signal…

An unlikely musical friendship blossomed thirteen years ago between two Americans and two West Africans in the Ivory Coast city of Abidjan.  Together, they formed the band Zieti.  Since then, political turmoil has kept the old friends half a world apart.  But thanks to modern technology, they’ve made a new album nonetheless.  The American half of Zieti joins us with the new tunes, and the stories behind them.