Archive for the 'Baltimore' Category
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
The biggest musical news coming out of Baltimore these days has to do with one of the 10 biggest orchestras in the land—the Baltimore Symphony. Despite receiving perplexed looks from people outside the curved lobby windows of the Meyerhoff for a decision to remedy years of operating in the red by dipping into their endowment, […]
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
SLN is issuing an apology on behalf of Mobtown Modern to any early adopters of Mobtown’s podcast. Initially, we were calling the podcast, The Modcast. However, due to the large number of Modcasts in the iTunes podcast directory, we’ve decided to change our podcast name from The Modcast to The Mobcast. (You win, Erik.) Sorry […]
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
We’re back! Following a critically acclaimed debut mini-season, the chamber music insurgents of Mobtown Modern bring the noise back to Bmore in 2008-2009 with a six concert all out aural assault. From Adams (John Luther, that is) to Zappa, we’re leaving no new music stone unturned this season and minding all the gaps in between. […]
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Mobtown Modern, your purveyors of fine new music in Baltimore, is making mix tapes for each of our 6 concerts for the 2008-2009 season, serving up more tracks that you need to check out. In advance of each show, we’ll distribute a new mix with songs associated with the show’s theme. We’ve got the first […]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
New Music Duo Hybrid Groove Project Drops Latest Hit “HGP Anthem”
Summer’s just beginning and Hybrid Groove Project, the genre-bending new music duo from Baltimore, is already heating things up with their number one summer jam, “HGP Anthem.” In the grand tradition of the great hip-hop conflicts like Tupac v. Biggie Smalls, Dr. Dre v. Eazy-E, […]
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Mobtown Modern’s first season came to a close last Friday night with an exciting concert performed for a packed house. Once again, we were overwhelmed with the coverage of the show, which included the following wonderful reviews:
Dynamic Minimalist Program by Mobtown
by Tim Smith, The Baltimore Sun
Performing Arts - Mobtown Modern
by Charles T. Downey, The Washington […]
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Here are the top 6 reasons you shouldn’t miss Mobtown Modern’s concert this Friday:
Forget that wine reception following the performance business, we serve alcohol before the concert. Seriously, how many new music shows have you found yourself at wishing you had something to drink?
Learn Katy’s secret Persian recipe.
Honest music.
You’ve heard Philip Glass, but never with […]
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Mobtown Modern’s fixing to have a great show this Friday at the Contemporary Museum. Here’s what’s come in so far:
The CityPaper gave us an amazing Critic’s Pick as well as listing us as a highlight on their website.
Baltimore MetroMix lists us as a Critic’s Pick as well.
We were featured in the new b daily in […]
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
Mobtown Modern takes to the radiowaves! Tune in to Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast on WYPR 88.1FM this Wednesday at 9 a.m. to hear Erik and I talk with Tom Hall about the series and our upcoming concert.
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