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Vocalist/songwriter and Maryland local Benny Mardones made an enormous splash along with his ’80s strike “In to the Evening.” The tune made the very best Ten twice, an initial for a single artist. Originally from your 1980 album By no means Run, Never Cover, the track was also included on …

Known on her behalf comic aswell emotionally intense tracks, folk singer/songwriter Cheryl Wheeler grew up in Timonium, Maryland, and started playing your guitar and ukulele as a kid. She initial performed appropriately at an area restaurant, but shortly graduated to night clubs within the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., areas. In …

The defining characteristic of any given jazz musician is generally his sound. The greater control a new player has on the nature of this sound, the much more likely he’s to project a unique musical personality. For instance, a saxophonist provides practically unlimited physical control of the audio that comes …

The Magic-Tones were one of the myriad Baltimore/D.C. doo wop clothes to emerge within the wake of regional heroes and R&B symbols the Orioles. Based on the profile at Marv Goldberg’s R&B Notebooks site, business lead tenor Joe “Grain” Reed, 1st tenor Arthur “Boxy” Williams, second tenor/guitarist Gene Hawkins, and …