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The first Prince Summit met on Zoom 10/31/21 3pm EST.     Yes, we could have been with our family and friends.  Yes, it is Halloween!  Yes, NFL Football is on!  Instead of everything else that is going on the world, we felt it was important to chat about the movie and soundtrack of Prince's "pretty- mess" Graffiti Bridge!  Actually, it is a failure for a casual f...

Today's Episode:  Hey Jude (US Version) The Beatles Come to America is a limited run podcast/interview with host Tom Gouker (podcast host of "SOMETHING came from Baltimore") and the Beatles Guru Brooke Halpin  (host of "Come Together with the Beatles & Brooke Halpin). Facebook (Sign In and Rank Your Favorite US Albums from Best to Worse) https://www.facebook.com/thebeatlescometoameri...

Frank McComb is coming to town:   The DC City Winery 11/20/21!   This is the podcast version.  You have to check out the full version on Youtube, we had so much fun, it is worth a spin.    Frank's Bio:   Frank McComb is a soul singer and record producer. He has collaborated with Prince, Chaka Khan, Will Smith, Najee, Branford Marsalis, George Duke, Frankie Beverly and...

Bio Information for Rachel Eckroth   Polymath (noun): a person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning.   Music needs a term for this. What do you call one person who is a pianist, vocalist, keyboardist, composer, producer, arranger, band leader, sideman and more? Music may not have a term, but it does have a name: Rachel Eckroth.    Eckroth can lead with a bold vision or accompa...

GA-20 was formed by friends Pat Faherty and Matthew Stubbs in Boston, MA  in 2018. The project was born out of their mutual love of heavy  traditional Blues, R&B, and Rock & Roll of the late 50s and  early 60s. Faherty and Stubbs bonded over legendary artists like Lazy  Lester, J.B. Lenoir, Earl Hooker, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush and Junior Wells.  Feeling a void in curr...

Today's Episode:  Abbey Road The Beatles Come to America is a limited run podcast/interview with host Tom Gouker (podcast host of "SOMETHING came from Baltimore") and the Beatles Guru Brooke Halpin  (host of "Come Together with the Beatles & Brooke Halpin). Facebook (Sign In and Rank Your Favorite US Albums from Best to Worse) https://www.facebook.com/thebeatlescometoamerica The Guru...

(vault)  Aired Apr 14, 2019 • Before there was Beyonce, before there was Lady Gaga, before there was Madonna there was the queen of the dance floor Donna Summer. Time has passes and people have forgotten how important Donna Summer was to pop culture.   We have superfan Roy De La Mar who is going to countdown his Top 10 Donna songs, chat about his favorite album of hers and give us some Donna Summe...

10/14/21 Interview with Terence Blanchard (Podcast Version)   This episode with appear on SOMETHING came from Baltimore (Long Form) on Youtube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpVaFBwAnlo A great interviewer gets everything he needs in a certain time frame, today I got the change to speak with Terence Blanchard, and we talked about everything.  I had a couple minutes left to chat ab...

Dave McMurray has taken a long, strange trip to arrive at his sophomore release for Blue Note Records. On Grateful Deadication, the saxophonist bridges his gritty, soulful Detroit sound with the flower empowered songs of San Francisco icons the Grateful Dead with a tribute album as vibrant as it is unexpected.   For this spirited excursion into the Dead’s vast repertoire, McMurray reconvened...

Today's Episode:  The Yellow Submarine Soundtrack The Beatles Come to America is a limited run podcast/interview with host Tom Gouker (podcast host of "SOMETHING came from Baltimore") and the Beatles Guru Brooke Halpin  (host of "Come Together with the Beatles & Brooke Halpin). Facebook (Sign In and Rank Your Favorite US Albums from Best to Worse) https://www.facebook.com/thebeatlescometoamerica B...

The Cure FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About the Most Heartbreakingly Excellent Rock Band the World Has Ever Known Paperback – October 15, 2021  Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1617137073?pf_rd_r=VX03WDZM6MTM67SSSQ4P&pf_rd_p=8fe9b1d0-f378-4356-8bb8-cada7525eadd&pd_rd_r=86c1f42f-98e9-4d5b-b69c-21458ed05ca7&pd_rd_w=AHL0C&pd_rd_wg=JDJ4U&ref_=pd_gw_unk  It's the...

MediaBanda is a Chilean musical group that is characterized by its eclectic and energetic proposal, nourished by several styles such as rock , jazz , funk , pop , latin american fusion and contemporary music , among others. It was formed in the year 2000 in Santiago de Chile by saxophonist and composer Cristián Crisosto .  Fulano was a Chilean progressive rock , jazz fusion and experimental m...

Today's Episode:  The White Album, the Second Record (US Version) The Beatles Come to America is a limited run podcast/interview with host Tom Gouker (podcast host of "SOMETHING came from Baltimore") and the Beatles Guru Brooke Halpin  (host of "Come Together with the Beatles & Brooke Halpin). Facebook (Sign In and Rank Your Favorite US Albums from Best to Worse) https://www.facebook...

Everybody loves a countdown!  I hope you will like this one. THE BEGINNERS GUIDE TO JAZZ MUSIC In this episode I made a big mistake and I never fixed it.  I never said Shirley Horn's name. This is a countdown of 50 artist in the jazz world that you should be aware of!  Or, if you interested in jazz (beginner) these are artists that you should start with.  This was a "Jazz 101"...

Everybody loves a countdown!  I hope you will like this one. THE BEGINNERS GUIDE TO JAZZ MUSIC This is a countdown of 50 artist in the jazz world that you should be aware of!  Or, if you interested in jazz (beginner) these are artists that you should start with.  This was a "Jazz 101" episode that never made it to the air.  It took a month or so to collect all the clips and the...

Tom Gouker's contact for SOMETHING came from Baltimore Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj7HKmMrFB4vAQm3SKzvftA Facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/tomfunproductions Itunes:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/something-came-from-baltimore/id1400504427 Anchor:  https://anchor.fm/somethingcame-from-baltim Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Bdz5634Wk5bSpaa...

One of my favorite musicians Philly's own jazz legend Orrin Evans.  We talked last year and with the "Magic of Now!" we get to check in on him this year to see how Orrin is doing.  Interview Date:  7/28/2021 Website: http://www.orrinevansmusic.com/about.html www.smokesessionrecords.com  SOMETHING came from Baltimore  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj7HKmMrF...

Today's Episode:  The White Album, the First Record, Side 2 (US Version) The Beatles Come to America is a limited run podcast/interview with host Tom Gouker (podcast host of "SOMETHING came from Baltimore") and the Beatles Guru Brooke Halpin  (host of "Come Together with the Beatles & Brooke Halpin). Facebook (Sign In and Rank Your Favorite US Albums from Best to Worse) https://www.f...

The Band:  Young Pilgrims Album:  We're Young Pilgrims Listen:  https://ffm.to/wereyoungpilgrims PS:  I love this band! Young Pilgrims, the addictive young brass band brimming with jazz-rock energy, release their much-anticipated new studio album We’re Young Pilgrims this June, alongside a cluster of live dates as Britain’s live music scene reawakens! Growing out of the thrivin...

On this episode of SOMETHING came from Baltimore, we interview our guest, Gregory Thompkins.  If you remember, we chatted with Gregory on episode SCFB 241 (vault): John Coltrane's "Both Direction at Once".   This was a lost album from Coltrane and we asked the question, "Why is it good?"  The response for this interview was so overwhelming positive, and we got Gregory back to c...

Butcher Brown Website: https://butcherbrown.com/ Pulsing from the nerve center of Jellowstone Studios in Richmond VA, Butcher Brown takes careful note of the history and legacy of jazz and throws caution to the wind. Their musical vibe blends jazz with hip hop, funk, rap, rock and soul. The group honors each musical genre and, at the same time, challenges traditional musical boundaries. The result...

Today's Episode:  The White Album, the First Record, Side 1 (US Version) The Beatles Come to America is a limited run podcast/interview with host Tom Gouker (podcast host of "SOMETHING came from Baltimore") and the Beatles Guru Brooke Halpin  (host of "Come Together with the Beatles & Brooke Halpin). Facebook (Sign In and Rank Your Favorite US Albums from Best to Worse) https://www.f...

Brian Simpson Website:  https://bsimpsonmusic.com/ Bio After graduating from Northern Illinois University, keyboardist and composer Brian Simpson relocated to Los Angeles where he was soon playing alongside musicians Gerald Albright and Norman Brown and eventually on a world tour with Janet Jackson. In 1990 Simpson received a call from George Duke that led to a decade of touring and productio...

Vault Episode Ordinally Aired 2/16/2018 I met some great people since I moved to Baltimore, but they have moved on since then.  All of my friends have left. People keep moving out, Baltimore is now at a “Century Low” in population. While other cities are seeing an uptick, DC, Philly, and Boston; like Randy Newman wrote, “the city is dying, and we don’t know why.  Crime, lack of jobs, visual hopele...

Dat Feel Good:  https://datfeelgood.com/ Facebook Dat Feel Good:  https://www.facebook.com/DatFeelGood/ Bio: LIVE LIFE IN SONG Saxophonist and trumpeter, Clarence H. Ward III, pours heart and complex emotion into the fiber of his sound.  From the minute you hear the crisp, agile wail of his trumpet, or the playful sincerity of his sax you are frozen, caught in a snare of hope and ho...