What Will You Win in the WTMD Spring Online Auction?

The WTMD Spring Online Auction offers you a unique opportunity to support WTMD while receiving some of the most amazing thank you gifts we could gather up.  Hundreds of artists have come through the studios and many of them have left special gifts that you can display on your office wall (great for bragging to clients!) or have as keepsake in your home.

We've also created some experiences--since music is the original interactive activity--like sharing some time with a WTMD DJ while they prepare and host their show.  Or go record shopping with Weasel! Now what an amazing that experience will be and the opening bid is just $50.

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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.

HEY EVERYBODY, IT'S PREAKNESS WEEKEND!

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.

HEY EVERYBODY, IT'S PREAKNESS WEEKEND!

• Preakness 2011, Pimlico Racetrack, Gates open at 8 a.m., Saturday, March 21


• Preakness 2011 InField Fest, Pimlico Racetrack, Gates open at 8, Saturday, March 21


• Preakness Crab Derby, Lexington Market, noon, Saturday, March 21


• Preakness Balloon Festival, Turf Valley, all day, Friday, March 20

Thursday, 5/19

• UMBC Gallery Reception and Awards Ceremony, UMBC Center for Art Design and Visual Culture, 5 to 7 p.m.


• Rogers and Hammerstein at the Movies, Music Center at Strathmore, 7 p.m.


• The Radiators, Ram's Head Live, 8 p.m.

Saturday, 5/21:

• Wine in the Woods, Symphony Woods, noon to 6 p.m. (Also Sunday)


• KarmaFest, Oregon Ridge, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. (10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday)


• Songs on the Wind First Nations Gathering, Creative Alliance, 6 p.m.

Sunday: 5/22:

• Maryland Animal Shelter Benefit, 8x10, 2 p.m.


• Sugarland, Merriweather Post Pavillion, 6:30 p.m.


• Annapolis FreshFarm Market, Donner Parking Lot


• Baltimore Farmers Market, Under the I-83 Bridge

Between the Grooves: JJ Grey's Swampy Soul Solo

You just won't hear a groovier summertime tune than "The Sweetest Thing" by JJ Grey and Mofro. Toots Hibbert's soulful grunts and a laid back kick drum make the track from the Jacksonville, Florida band's latest, Georgia Warhorse something to savor on a hot day with a cool sunset.

Hear Grey's potent blend of funk, rock, gospel, Southern rock and homespun lyrics stripped down to its acoustic basics Thursday at 2pm on this week's Between the Grooves.

CD of the Week: Raphael's Rockin' Retro Rolls Into Future

You could forgive Raphael Saadiq for feeling giddy. The Tony! Toni! Tone! frontman, producer (Joss Stone, D'Angelo) and multi-instrumentalist started out the year playing guitar alongside Mick Jagger at the Grammy's during a rollicking Solomon Burke tribute.

So why not aim high on his new record? Right out of the gate, on "Heart Attack" from WTMD's new CD of the Week Stone Rollin', Saadiq ambitiously channels the Jackson's "Shake Your Body Down (to the Ground)" with a dirty guitar riff that boogies with the best of them.

And whether it's Motown he's channeling or early rock and roll,  Saadiq brings so much zeal and love to his influences that the music sounds as contemporary, cool and snazzy as the suits and sweaters he favors.