Mystery Artists Revealed

You may have heard a little promo leading up to our March fund drive talking about how WTMD brings you closer to the artists you care about and want to get to know.

The spot had clips of some live music and interviews made here in the TMD studios with artists we did not identify.

So, if you happen to be playing along, here’s the big reveal!

Check out the featured artists below and remember that you make moments like this happen!

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Rusted Root
Morning Sessions Air Date: November 6, 2009

The Pittsburgh-based band became a critical and commercial success with its 1994 album, When I Woke, featuring the alternative hits “Ecstasy” and “Send Me on My Way.” Last fall the band released Stereo Rodeo, its first studio album in seven years. Here they are warming up in our studios!



Lead vocalist Michael Glabicki described his songwriting process with the musical collective. “Traditionally, it’s based off the acoustic guitar—the guitar rhythm and the overtones of the guitar," he said. "I kind-of get inside that world … I scat the melodies and formulate those into words later. Then I bring the song to the band, and everybody puts their ideas into it. Then they start to feed into each other, and it turns into something different at that point.”



Eric Lindell
Morning Sessions Air Date: January 29, 2010

The New Orleans native serves up a hybrid of funk, reggae and Americana with a blues backbone. The Baltimore area is a regular stop on his endless touring, but he's still discovering incredible new venues to play.



He recounted how he wound up performing at Club 66 in Edgewood: "[The owners] followed me around for a couple of years, and said, ‘You gotta play our club!’ . . . . After a couple of years of seeing these guys at shows and [hearing] their enthusiasm, I finally get to their club. It’s one of the coolest places I’ve probably played. It’s like an old Elk’s Lodge out in the middle of the country. It’s got a big brick fireplace [and] a BYOB situation. It’s great!"



Fanfarlo
Morning Sessions Air Date: February 12, 2010

The London-based band's debut, Reservoir, was featured as WTMD's CD of the Month in January and they deliver a charming blend of orchestral-flavored art rock with a literary flair. And their live shows enjoy a little more homespun flair.



“We take our own sort-of bunting with flags and lighting," said bassist Justin Finch. "And the first thing we do when we get to a venue is set up, decorate and make it our own. And yeah, we’re into our own dust bowl carnival sort-of thing.”

Mix Tape Thursday, 8/6/09

WTMD listeners take over the airwaves with three-to-five song sets on Thursday.

7 a.m. Jim Kozma

I sure there is a story in here somewhere . . . a sad one.

* "Dancing Barefoot," by Patti Smith
* "You Don’t Love Me," by Matthew Sweet
* "Someday Never Comes," by Brandi Carlile
* "That's How I Knew This Story Would Break My Heart," by Aimee Mann


9 a.m. Marci Cooke

These are my favorite artists to see live and great songs they play live.

* "Live and Let Die," by Paul McCartney
* "Starlight," by Muse
* "Everlong," by Foo Fighters
* "Paranoid Android," by Radiohead


11 a.m. Gillian Waldo

I selected these songs because I think they have to do with questioning your own sanity and the world.

* "Where Is My Mind?," by The Pixies
* "I'll Believe In Anything," by Wolf Parade
* "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley


1 p.m. Becky Brown

This mix tape is follows the course of a day at work. From driving to work and eating in your car because you're running late ("Stick Shift"), to needing sleep ("All You Need Is Sleep"), and dreaming at the end of the day ("In Dreams").

* "Stick Shift," by Young Sir Jim
* "10 A.M. Automatic," by The Black Keys
* "It’s Nice To Know You Work Alone," by Silversun Pickups
* "All You Need Is Sleep," by Sunbears!
* "In Dreams," by The Bridge


5 p.m. Sandy Bernstein

Artists who performed at Artscape this year and last year.

* "Ain't Nothing Wrong With That," by Robert Randolph and the Family Band
* "Never There," by Cake
* "Die, Die, Die," by The Avett Brothers
* "More Bacon Than the Pan Can Handle," by Mike Doughty
* "Martyr," by Rusted Root


7 p.m. Anthony Piazza

Um....Summertime, travel, vacations, etc.....

* " Safe European Home" by The Clash
* "Vacation," by The Go Gos
* " Holiday in the Sun," by Sex Pistols
* "Holiday," by Weezer
* "Back In The U.S.A.," by Chuck Berry