On the first Friday following Halloween the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presented The Nightmare Before Christmas Live at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Tim Burton’s Gothic Halloween Christmas classic was brought to life with a Movie and Music presentation.
The BSO along with soloist Freddy Kempf performed at The Music Center at Strathmore Saturday night for a concerto of Nordic favorites. It featured Sibelius’s Finlandia, Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto, and Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4 “The Inextinguishable.” They were lead by conductor Rune Bergmann.
Greta Van Fleet has been hailed by Sir Elton John as “the best rock and roll I’ve heard in 20 f**king years.” It’s no wonder each one of Greta Van Fleet’s 2018 tour dates have sold out in advance. They also made an April 13th appearance at Coachella. Tonight they crashed Rams Head Live in Baltimore and were joined with Dorothy.
Gov’t Mule (or Mule as fans like to refer to them as) graced the stage of the Hippodrome last Saturday night in Baltimore. Lead by The Allman Brothers Band guitarist Warren Hayes. The psychedelic blues Southern rock ensemble has been dishing out serotonin since the mid-nineties. They were joined by Black Stone Cherry.
A crumbling RFK stadium provided the backdrop to a much more delightful scene this St. Patrick’s Day. The lot eight parking lot. Throngs of people wearing green bowler hats, shiny plastic beads and green and white striped knee-highs steadily marched across the asphalt seeing the world through four leaf clover tinted glasses. On a cloudy day just past high noon on the grounds of RFK Shamrock Fest was about to begin.
The Awolnation, Here Comes the Runts Tour transcended a Sold Out Fillmore in Silver Spring Saturday night for an evening of good ole fashioned hard rock. They are fresh off having just released the Here Comes the Runts album February 2nd on iTunes, CD, and Vinyl. They were joined by Nothing But Thieves and Irontom.
If it’s February, it’s Katsucon! Katsucon is the assemblage of cosplayers, gamers, artist, animators, hobbyist, actors and anything else you can imagine all in the name of Japanese culture. The annual convention took over the Gaylord National Harbor for three days this President’s Day weekend. It’s fandom taken to a whole new level.
Prince George’s County’s premiere bluegrass ensemble performed at New Deal Cafe Friday night. They combine bluegrass favorites, rockin’ covers, and all originals to produce a sound as unique as it is entertaining.
The National Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorale in collaboration with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center presented Cosmic Designs at the Music Center at Strathmore Saturday night. Claude Debussy’s La Mer, and Gustav Holst’s The Planets are symphonically synchronized to stunning NASA footage.
The BSO welcomed revered pianist Gabriela Montero for a Saturday night showcase of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 at The Music Center at Strathmore. The concert also featured a pair of Béla Bartók arrangements; Rumanian Folk Dances, and Concerto for Orchestra. They were conducted by Marin Alsop.
