TK's A thru Z Account

I decided to take a slightly different route. I wanted to supply the artist but I also wanted to include the song that makes me want to put them on the list. It's my Off The Beaten Track approach to the A to Z.


ARTIST - SONG

Aberfeldy - Hypnotised
Blonde Redhead - Silently
Cake - Let Me Go
Dan Hicks - Strike It While It's Hot
Essex Green - This Isn't Farm Life
Francis Dunnery - Too Much Saturn
Gabe Lee - Bonita Mala
Heavenly - So Little Deserve (Great British band who is now defunct)
I Am The World Trade Center - Soiree
Julia Fordham - Happy Ever After
Keane - Bend And Break
Let's Active - Room With A View
My Morning Jacket - Golden
NRBQ - Driving In My Car
Old 97's - Murder (Or A Heart Attack)
Paul Cebar - I Can't Dance For You
Queen - '39 (Check it out - Song is sung by Brian May)
Records - Starry Eyes
Style Council - Paris Match (Tracy Thorn on vocals is sublime)
Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love
U2 - New Year's Day
Van Morrison - Moondance
Weepies - Painting By Chagall (Gorgeous song)
XTC - Love On A Farm Boys Wages
Yaz - Bad Connection (Deeper cut from "Upstairs At Eric's")
Zutons - Pressure Point

Nothing like a list to promote a conversation. Have at it.

WTMD Goes A to Z

I'm sure you've been hearing the A to Z bumpers we've been playing on the station. We're going to have some fun by playing your favorite bands and singers in alphabetical order. It's kind of loose, the first or last name (or really any appropriate letter) can be the inspiration for where the band falls in your list. But we do need you to make your list so click here and submit your song suggestions and we'll play them back, in order starting May 5th.

Here's my list:


Abba
Beastie Boys
Citizen Cope
Dave Edmunds
Bruce Springsteen and the E street Band
The Magnetic Fields
Godley and Creme
Isaac Hayes
INXS
Joy Division
Kate Bush
Love and Rockets
Malcolm McLaren
New Order
Ozomatli
Peter Bjorn and John
Q-Boy
Robbie Robertson
Nina Simone
Thievery Corporation
U2
Guided by Voices
West Indian Girl
X (eXtra points for anyone who can name two or three x bands!)
Yes
Zutons

WTMD Goes A to Z

I'm sure you've been hearing the A to Z bumpers we've been playing on the station. We're going to have some fun by playing your favorite bands and singers in alphabetical order. It's kind of loose, the first or last name (or really any appropriate letter) can be the inspiration for where the band falls in your list. But we do need you to make your list so click here and submit your song suggestions and we'll play them back, in order starting May 5th.

Here's my list:
Abba
Beastie Boys
Citizen Cope
Dave Edmunds
E Bruce Springsteen and the E street Band
F The Magnetic Fields
Godley and Creme
H Isaac Hayes
INXS
Joy Division
Kate Bush
Love and Rockets
Malcolm McLaren
New Order
Ozomatli
Peter Bjorn and John
Q-Boy
Robbie Robertson
S Nina Simone
Thievery Corporation
U2
Guided by Voices
West Indian Girl
X
Yes
Zutons

Touring + Tourism

Props to Australian indie rock outfit Youth Group for showing the Towson/Baltimore area some love last weekend. Though the closest they performed was at The Black Cat in D.C., they took an overnight detour to catch the Orioles at Camden Yards and visit The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum on North Avenue. Then it was off to the gig (via a trip to the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum) to deliver up songs from their latest album, Casino Twilight Dogs, including their the-words-are-all-the-same-but-the-tune-is-totally-different cover of “Forever Young.”

Guest Blogger Drew's Amazing Experience

Something remarkable happened to WTMD listener Drew the other night and we asked to tell us about it...Here's Drew....

Last week my friend Adam and I scored tickets to see Robert Randolph & the Family Band at the Recher Theatre in Maryland. It was an invite-only show, sponsored by Jack Daniels. So we headed to Towson on a chilly evening with our friends Julie and Phil in tow.

We arrived early and got right in the front row of the crowd for the show. Midway through, Robert strapped on a guitar and then looked out into the audience and pointed at his guitar. He glanced in my direction and I must’ve given some sort of gesture that indicated “oh please, pick me”, because he gave me the nod.

I hopped up on stage, and their roadie handed me a Gibson Les Paul guitar. I shook hands with Robert and asked him what key they were playing in. He yelled back “A!” and then we were off and rolling. I have been playing guitar for 9 years and performing publicly for over a year, but of course nothing prepared me for that experience. To be sitting in with Robert and his band, just like Eric Clapton has...well, it was surreal.

For 3 incredible minutes, I wasn't a programmer analyst in the healthcare industry; I was a rockstar. I can barely remember what I played up there, but the crowd seemed to enjoy it. At the end, Robert introduced me at the mic and I took a bow, and then practically floated off the stage. An unforgettable evening.

Thanks to Jim C. for the photo of Drew on Stage with Robert