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We'll meet Alex Champagne and Dan Cohan of Scenic Route Records, a new label that combines old-fashioned ideals with a modern approach to making and sharing music.

We profile Baltimore psychedelic super-group, Telesma, whose new album, “Action in Inaction,” blends progressive rock, Buddhist chants, and the drone of the didgeridoo.

From the Stoop Storytelling Series, Deborah Keene recalls an ill-fated skinny-dipping outing - she and her friends made it back to Baltimore, but their clothes didn't.

March 30th & 31st, 2012, on The Signal…

South Baltimore’s Filbert Street Community Garden was a trash-strewn lot when Jason Reed showed up there two years ago.  With the help of Curtis Bay Elementary Middle School students, he’s transformed the area into a flourishing green space, and we’ll drop in on Jason and the kids as they dig in for their spring planting season. 

February 10th & 11th, 2012, on The Signal…

The late Nina Simone was dubbed “The High Priestess of Soul,” and she’s about to be honored in a tribute performance at The Creative Alliance.  Baltimore playwright Rosalind Cauthen is organizing the event, and we talk with her about Simone’s lasting impact

A conversation with Ira Kip and Nicol Moeller about “She’Baltimore,” a play about the sometimes overlooked (and under-reported) issue of domestic violence in the LGBT community

Part I of the live radio series, “O Little Town of Baltimore,” presented by Center Stage and produced by The Stoop & The Signal.  Stories, songs, and old-time radio theatre - we hear music from ellen cherry, Dundalk barbershop quartet BSQ, and Nepalese singer Prem Raja Mahat.  Our radio actors take on holiday travel, treacherous sledding hills, and absurdly lavish gifts.

***THE SIGNAL AIRS FRIDAYS AT 7 PM AND SATURDAYS AT 1 PM***

This week (June 24th & 25th, 2011) on The Signal…

We broadcast Part Two of a special radio series taped in front of live audiences at Center Stage:

The Stoop Says ‘I Do’ - Stories of Holy and Unholy Matrimony

***THE SIGNAL AIRS FRIDAYS AT 7 PM AND SATURDAYS AT 1 PM***

This week (June 16th & 17th, 2011) on The Signal…

We broadcast Part One of a special radio series taped in front of live audiences at Center Stage:

It’s The Stoop Says ‘I Do’ - Stories of Holy and Unholy Matrimony.

***THE SIGNAL AIRS FRIDAYS AT 7 PM AND SATURDAYS AT 1 PM***

This week (May 13 & 14, 2011) on The Signal…

The members of Orfeia Vocal Ensemble introduce us to the hauntingly dissonant harmonies and intricate rhythms of traditional Bulgarian music.

We talk with author Marion Winik about The Glen Rock Book of the Dead. It’s a collection of essays about 51 people whose lives (and deaths) have touched her life.

Contributor Sam Hopkins gets a local history lesson from a long-time produce vendor at Baltimore’s Northeast Market.