Music

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The singer-songwriter Victoria Vox maintains a busy tour schedule throughout the year. She’s appearing here in Baltimore this weekend along with the country singer Karen Collins at the Roots Café, a monthly series hosted by the writer and singer-songwriter Geoffrey Himes.

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A conversation with punk-rock firebrand Ian Svenonius, who exploded onto the music scene in the 1980s with a frenetic, high-octane band called "Nation of Ulysses."  He’s been burning bright ever since, fronting groups like "The Make-Up" and "Chain and the Gang," and he’s just written a book called "Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock ‘n’ Roll Group."

Kevin “Kal” Kallaugher has been poking fun at poli

The number of Maryland babies born with HIV is shrinking, and those babies are living longer. We talk with a Baltimore teenager who lives with the virus and to a nurse and a social worker who are helping those born with HIV transition into adulthood.  

Then, Baltimore City Police Commissioner Frederick Bealefeld retired last year after 31 years in law enforcement. He tells us about his new gig as a criminal justice professor. 

Stewart Mostofsky is a pediatric neurologist with the Kennedy Krieger Institute and an associate professor of neurology and psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. But he’s not here to talk about neurology—he’s here to talk about experimental music.

This conversation originally aired April 30, 2012.

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra musicians Phil Munds and Ken Goldstein were making a record with pianist and composer Bryan Rowe when he died in 2009. Bryan's widow Barbara encouraged them to finish.

Today on The Lines Between Us, some people in Baltimore's nonprofit community tell us why they're moving the conversation about employment opportunities beyond "diversity" into "inclusion," and we'll learn what the difference is.

Then, the Celtic music group, Helicon, joins us for a preview of their 27th annual winter solstice concert.

Three talented musicians come together to play as Helicon each December for a winter solstice concert in the Baltimore area.

Tom Hall remembers his friend and colleague, jazz musician Dave Brubeck, who passed away last week just short of his 92nd birthday.  We also listen back to an interview he did with Maryland Morning in 2009.

We talk to Baltimore City Council President Bernard "Jack" Young who wants to force some city contractors to hire more city residents.

A little over a decade ago, a band called Oxes captured the hearts of Baltimore music fans with their loud guitars, weird meters, and even weirder performances. They're back with a new single. Today, they look back on their days as bassless provocateurs.

How to handle the onslaught of mammoth holiday meals.