Weekend on the Radio Recap

Every Thursday morning at 6:20 a.m. and 8:20 a.m. Sam Gallant of the Creative Alliance shares with you all the cool happenings around town on Weekend on the Radio. In case you missed a detail about a specific event, here's the list for this week. This week, Megan Hamilton takes over the reins for Sam.

Weekend on the Radio Recap

Every Thursday morning at 6:20 a.m. and 8:20 a.m. Sam Gallant of the Creative Alliance shares with you all the cool happenings around town on Weekend on the Radio. In case you missed a detail about a specific event, here's the list for this week. This week, Megan Hamilton takes over the reins for Sam.

Thursday, 5/12:

• Alice's Wonderland Garden Party, Evergreen Musuem and Library, 6 to 8:30 p.m.


• Divided Voices:Maryland in the Civil War, Maryland Historical Society, daily

Friday, 5/13:

• The Wind-Up Space Anniversary Party, The Wind-Up Space, 10 p.m.


• The Anti-Social Network with Dave Attell, Jim Bruer and Bill Burr, DAR Constitution Hall, 8 p.m.


• My Life With Thrill Kill Kult, Bourbon Street, 7 p.m.

Saturday, 5/14:

• Preakness 5K, Pimlico Race Course, 10:30 a.m.


• M3 Rock Fest, Merriweather Post Pavilion, 11 a.m.


• Big Truck Day, Baltimore Museum of Industry, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.


• Marquee Lounge Opening, Creative Alliance, 6 to 8 p.m.


• John Waters signing, Atomic Books, 7 to 9 p.m.


• Doubt: A Parable, Spotlighters Theatre, check website for showtimes


• Mammojam Music Festival, 8x10, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, 5/15:

• Sunday Funday, Pier 6, 12:30 p.m.


• Reverend Horton Heat, Ram's Head Live, 7 p.m.


• Baltimore Farmer's Market, Under I-83

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WTMD's Auction for Music Lovers Coming Soon!

In just a few days WTMD's Auction for Music Lovers will open!  We'll be featuring dozens of signed music and Baltimore memorabilia.  Stay tuned for more details and here are just two of the items up for bid!

From Robert McClintock-a Framed William Donald Schaefer print!

Autographed drum head from My Morning Jacket.

Between the Grooves: Justin Jones Hits a Nerve

When DC music scene veteran Justin Jones first realized he could be a serious songwriter, it was at a townie bar on the Outer Banks that he performed a song that had one patron in tears.

And the empathetic way he sings the lyric, "I could use another friend, I could use another brand new start" from the title track to his new EP The Little Fox, could make one mist up the glasses.

From a guy whose survived some of the darker byproducts of being a musician, there's a real truth and honesty that draws you into his music.

Hear this talent shine on some brand new songs on this week's Between the Grooves, Thursday at 2pm on WTMD.

Al Stewart's Guitarist Dave Nachmanoff Live on WTMD

I'm a huge Al Stewart fan, so I can't wait for tomorrow's (Wednesday)TMD Morning Show when his amazing guitarist Dave Nachmanoff joins me at 820am.

He's in town to play the Public Justice Center's Celebrate Justice concert Wed night (5/11) at Goucher College's Kraushaar Auditorium along with Gaye Adegbalola (from Saffire: the Uppity Blues Women), Lea Gilmore, Walt Michael , and more.

Dave not only serves as Stewart's collaborator onstage, but produced his latest live album Uncorked. He's also a talented, literate songwriter in his own right.

But, it's his speed, melodic prowess and versatility on acoustic guitar (he replicated Rick Wakeman's piano solo on Al's "News From Spain") that leave dropped jaws in his wake wherever he plays live.

CD of the Week: Smithereens Blast to the Past

If my high school class decides to hold its 25 year reunion this summer, I'll have to tell my classmates of the time in 1986 when I bussed the table of The Smithereens while working at a Columbia-area hotel restaurant.  Pat DiNizio and the boys were playing Merriweather in support of their debut album Especially for You and couldn't have been nicer (good tippers!). Being the professional busser that I was, I kept the proper distance and tried not to gush about my favorite song at the time, "Behind the Wall of Sleep."

A quarter century later Don Dixon is back in the producer's chair as he was for the first one.  The Smithereens 2011 is our CD of the Week.  Beatles/Byrds-inspired melodies drive the songs while power-chords provide the fuel. DiNizio's voice aches with the kind of romantic longing you'd find in old movies, though sometimes a little growling defiance comes through, as on the TMD favorite "Sorry."

Though they've dabbled plenty in nostalgia (a remake of The Who's Tommy and a Beatles' covers record) over the ensuing years, the new music from these Jersey boys feels relevant and time-tested.

Enjoy all the tracks from The Smithereens 2011 this week on WTMD. And compare 2011 to 1986 Smithereens (w. the alluring Suzanne Vega). What a blast!