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Win Tickets to DelFest!
It’s festival time and one of the best is right in our back yard! DelFest is over Memorial Day weekend (May 23-26) and we have 4 pairs of general admission single day tickets to give away. Anyone that pledges between now and 11:59pm on May 19th will be automatically entered to win! This…
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Made in Maryland: Victory Racing Plate
The Preakness is Saturday. All of the horses running in the race have something in common. They all wear shoes. Horseshoes that is. Victory Racing Plate has been making horseshoes of all shapes and sizes for the last 85 years. One of only two companies left in the country making sport foot-wear for the equine…
Made in Maryland: Bornfriend Pens
Bryan Bornfriend fell into making pens, on purpose. He wanted to learn a craft that he and his son could share together. Now after two years of making high quality hand crafted pens, Bornfriend is outgrowing his garage. Take an audio tour below and check out some photos of the process above. Also check out…
Made in Maryland: Kinetic Sculptures
The American Visionary Art Museum has been holding an annual event for the last 15 years. The Kinetic Sculpture Race has become one of Baltimore’s most beloved spectacles. Part art show, part obstacle course. Kinetinauts ride their sculptures across the city and compete for outrageous prizes and bragging rights. Listen to the story below about…
Made in Maryland: Millstone Cider
We here at WTMD do not condone or encourage the consumption of alcohol for anyone. However, if you choose to imbibe, this week’s Made in Maryland might just be good for you. A new Apple Cider and Mead manufacturer has converted an old mill in Monkton into a up and coming business, focusing on locally…
Sunny Side Up: Cold Fronts
Cold Fronts, a melodic garage-rock band straight out of Philly’s fortified DIY scene, played an energetic set on Sunny Side Up last weekend. Led by singer/guitarist Craig Almquist and drummer Alex Smith (pictured, right), their debut EP Pretty American hints at what’s to come from this double guitar-driven quartet: drunk punk with extremely hummable tunes….
Sunny Side Up: Little Green Cars
Leave it to the folks at Glassnote Records to find bands from across the pond who look to our shores for inspiration. First, England’s Mumford & Sons and now from the Emerald Isle, anthemic, roots-folk band Little Green Cars. This young five-piece with the five-part harmonies just released their full-length debut Absolute Zero. Steve Appleby’s…
Sunny Side Up: Wake Owl
Wake Owl started out as a vehicle for Pacific Northwest singer/songwriter and former rapper Colyn Cameron. But it’s now starting to take shape as a full-fledged band. Their new EP Wild Country (out on Vagrant Records) features Cameron’s longing vocals and the seasonably-warm strings of Aiden Brant-Briscall. They blend beautifully with lyrics inspired by wanderlust…
Sunny Side Up: Milo Greene
A singular band of multi-instrumentalists and vocalists, the California group who call themselves Milo Greene make shimmering, cinematic rock. And given all their hours traveling across the country by van, it sure helps if to have an affinity for movies and a DVD player. Their self-titled debut features instrumental interludes between songs; the warmly-layered music…
Five O’Clock Shadow May 17
Got some time to kill and want to figure out what the 5 O’Clock Shadow is gonna be before it airs? Try and figure out these hints for the Shadow today. Original Performer and Song Title: Spirited, touchy – synonyms for the adjective you can make with this artists stage name include high-strung, quarrelsome, scrappy….
Today In Music May 17
LATE NIGHT TV GUESTS David Letterman – Kurt Vile Jimmy Fallon – De La Soul BIRTHDAYS TAJ MAHAL (born Henry St. Clair Fredericks), born in 1941 in New York. ENYA (born Eithne Ní Bhraonáin), born in 1961 in Gweedore, Donegal, Ireland. JESSE WINCHESTER, born in 1944 in Shreveport, Louisiana. UTAH PHILLIPS, born in 1935….
