4-11-12: Maryland Morning Culture Calendar

Treats for aesthetes!

3-28-12: Why “Porgy and Bess” Was Originally Just “Porgy”

George Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” is coming to Morgan State. Tom Hall talks with Vincent Stringer, who directs Morgan’s opera workshop, and Kevin Short, who sings the role of Porgy.

3-26-12: It’s Maryland Day!

Yay! Maryland Day! Let’s sing the state song! Oh, wait…

3-23-12: The Virtues and Vices of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The Concert Artists of Baltimore tell the story of Mozart — through narrative, pictures and music.

3-19-12: Ed Schrader’s Music Beat

Tim Kabara on “Jazz Mind,” the new record from Ed Schrader’s Music Beat.

3-13-12: Robin Bullock’s Magesty and Magic

Celtic guitarist Robin Bullock talks about his latest album, Majesty and Magic, available in time for Saint Patrick’s Day.

2-21-12: Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads

Tim Kabara on Dustin Wong’s Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads

2-6-12: Michael Formanek

Bassist Michael Formanek is the director of the Peabody Jazz Orchestra. During his decade in Baltimore, he’s become an integral part of the local jazz scene. Today he’ll tell us how much that scene has evolved just since he’s been here.

1-23-12: Roomrunner

Music critic Tim Kabara reviews Roomrunner’s first album.

1-23-12: Larry and the Godz

An interview and performance from 70-year old Baltimore cab driver and musician Larry Kessler, whose 1960s band The Godz out-punked punk before there even was punk.