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Today's Episode:  Meet the Beatles (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 Rack Your Favorite US Albums from Best to Worst) https://www.facebook.com...

mike watt!!! what did you do when you found out that your friend died on a sunday afternoon? that is a song that I wrote called, mike watt, what did you do? years ago.  it was a tribute to one of the best short-lived bands of all-time "the minutemen".    during the summer of 2021, I was walking everyday and I found the radio show called "the watt from pedro " and boy am I late to th...

Welcome to another edition of SCFB I am your Host Tom Gouker and tonight we are premiering the first episode of six called the R&B Teddy Bears. The Teddy Bears are amazing and talented soul singers who connect emotional to woman, but the guys like them  also.  I interviewed musicians for the last year to get there opinions about these guys,  it is funny how I can hear there passion for these artis...

Tonight we chat with drummer Tomas Fujiwara from Thumbscrew.  The new album is titled, "Never is Enough" and it hit the stores February 21, 2020.   In this episode, I confess that I am a "super-fan-crazy-psycho" for the guitarist of the group Mary Halverson.  In an embarrassing discussion I tried to address the issue with Tomas...it's ugly.    The bassist Michael Formanek rounds out the trio.  Thi...

Welcome to another edition of SCFB I am your Host Tom Gouker and tonight we are premiering the first episode of six called the R&B Teddy Bears. The Teddy Bears are amazing and talented soul singers who connect emotional to woman, but the guys like them  also.  I interviewed musicians for the last year to get there opinions about these guys,  it is funny how I can hear there passion for these artis...

Once in awhile you will have an interview that you will start talking and you forget that you are doing an actual interview and that is what happened with my interview with Jacqui Naylor.  Must of our conversation missed the cut of the final version of the interview, and I even forgot to welcome her to the podcast.  Unprofessional!!   But, this is what you have to know, there is a n...

Today's Episode:  Welcome To The Podcast   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 Rack Your Favorite US Albums from Best to Worst) https://www.facebook.com/thebeat...

Today's Episode:  Introducing the Beatles (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 Rack Your Favorite US Albums from Best to Worst) https://www.faceb...

Welcome to another edition of SCFB I am your Host Tom Gouker and tonight we are premiering the first episode of six called the R&B Teddy Bears. The Teddy Bears are amazing and talented soul singers who connect emotional to woman, but the guys like them  also.  I interviewed musicians for the last year to get there opinions about these guys,  it is funny how I can hear there pass...

Welcome to SOMETHING came from Baltimore, today on Zoom is the legendary trombonist Clifton Anderson.  Clifton is family of Sonny Rollins and joined the band in 1983 and worked side by side until Sonny retired.     Clifton Anderson just released "Been Down That Road Before" on the Ropeadope Records label.    You can hear the show exclusively on "TheBocX.com" Thursday'...

We are celebrating Nduduzo Makhathini's "Modes of Communication:  Letters from the Underworlds" album as it was ranked in the Top Ten of Best Jazz Albums of 2020 according to the New York Times....it was ranked #6 actually. This was a full interview with Nduduzo Makhathini and it was so much fun....this time around I made it even bigger!  i could not stripped down the conversation this episode I a...

Welcome to another edition of SCFB I am your Host Tom Gouker and tonight we are premiering the first episode of six called the R&B Teddy Bears.  The Teddy Bears are amazing and talented soul singers who connect emotional to woman, but the guys like them  also.  I interviewed musicians for the last year to get there opinions about these guys,  it is funny how I can hear ther...

Guitarist John Scofield celebrates the music of his friend and mentor Steve Swallow in an out going and spirited recording, made in an afternoon in New York City in March 2019-“old school” style as Scofield says, acknowledging that more than forty years of preparation led up to it. John was a 20-year-old student at Berklee when he first met and played with bassist Steve Swallow.  This is a ha...

This is a phone interview recorded on 12/30/20, I interview the Smooth Jazz Sax Legend Walter Beasley and we reflected on the passing of his parents and his new career in health care management and we review all his hits from 2020.     What you are going to hear is 7 songs that range in EDM, Latin/Disco, Smooth Jazz, and Soundscapes  We focus on the  "Sax-less" recording c...

https://www.patreon.com/somethingcamefrombaltimore With Patreon you get access to all the complete interviews with all of the artists, like this one. Alex Bird.  And it is a great way to show your support for the podcast and the show.   Thank you - After 4 Seasons...I thought it was time to ask for your support. Tom Gouker Remember to subscribe to SOMETHING came from Baltimore!  Lis...

Ok - This is the 3rd Version of this interview. 1.  "Words and Music" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04d5ji4werI 2.  Bonus: Alex Bird Full Interview 1-1-2021 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAC5pUg27rc And now, here is the "SOMETHING came from Baltimore THE SHOW" mix of this interview that can be heard on "TheBocX.com".  You will hear more tracks from the album, "Whiskey Kisses...

We wear the mask that grins and lies,  It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes  This debt we pay to human guile  With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,  And mouth with myriad subtleties  Why should the world be over-wise,  In counting all our tears and sighs?  Nay, let them only see us, while  We wear the mask We smile,  but, O Great Christ,  our...

This is a repeat episode from SOMETHING came from Baltimore THE SHOW.  Heard on "TheBocX.com".  In this episode we are celebrating Orrin Evan's Grammy Nomination 2021 for "The Intangible Between"   Orrin Evans is driving the streets of Philly and we are talking about a whole bunch of stuff including the album "The Intangible Between"  I am telling him that it is made for our "C...

There is NO separation between Church and Jazz, especially went it comes to our next guest Shawn Raiford. 21 years ago, Shawn Raiford first played his sax at his grandmother’s church in Sacramento California and he never stopped until the Covig-19 break gave him the time to finally release his first record called, MAN WITH THE HORN. Recorded on his own label and released on August 23, 2020, ...

Listen to the Maria Schneider Show a repeat episode for "TheBocX.com" as we celebrate Maria Schneider's Grammy Nomination for the song, "SPUTNIK" and the recording, "DATA LORDS".  DATA LORDS - A Story of Two Worlds - One Clutters the Mind, the Other Clears It - One Seduces and Exploits, the Other Nurtures - One Ultimately Isolates, the Other Truly Connects - One Clamors for Our Attention, the...

Paula Atherton is a musician’s musician.  She has been in the game for over 20 years and she just achieved her first number one record with the single “CAN YOU FEEL IT?"  Paula is a working musician in the NYC area, she is a vocalist, saxophonist, she plays the flute and she  is a wonderful music producer as you can hear in her latest recording also titled, “CAN YOU FEEL IT?"  ...

Kevin Burt's  new release "Stone Crazy" hits the stores 10/13/2020 and it is found on the Gulf Coast Record Label.   SOMETHING came from Baltimore the Podcast" is now has it's own show called, "SOMETHING came from Baltimore THE SHOW!"   You can hear the show on exclusively on "TheBocX.com" Thursday's at  7:00pm EST.   I recommend that you check out this radio station,...

" Masterpiece - Imagine "Godspell" meets "Beethoven's 9th" meets "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" mixed by Oliver Nelson" - SCFB June 2020   This is SOMETHING came from Baltimore pick for "THE BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR"   Tonight I have Arturo O'Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra on the phone and we are chatting out his new album, "Four Questions" and discuss the state-of-the-w...

Season 4 of SOMETHING came from Baltimore is here.  In the next month or so you will hear the following artists: BJ Simmons  Jazz Legend Walter Beasley Blues Man Kevin Burt Shawn Raiford Alex Bird Orrin Evans Arturo O'Farrill Maria Schneider Immanuel Wilkins Nduduzo Makhathini Steve Swallow And The Beatle Guru Brooke Halpin Subscribe and Flip it to 5 music fans. Be Apart of that Bmore Mu...

This is a repeat episode right in time for your New Year's Resolutions.  Weight issues have been a concern for me all my life and I realize that I am not alone in the struggle.  Let's have a healthy 2021! For more information about Michael's Diet Plan contact MOVINGWITHMIKE19@GMAIL.COM Remember the TV Show, The Biggest Loser.  I don’t know about you, but I was a big fan of the reali...