Baltimore Sun
The Baltimore Sun is Maryland’s largest general-circulation daily newspaper and provides coverage of local and regional news.
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Sly & the Family Stone: Sly Stone: An Obnoxious Great Musician
Report and Interview by Mike Jahn, Baltimore Sun, 20 December 1970
SLY STONE mumbles. This is not unique; many big-name rock stars mumble and are incoherent. ...
Eric Burdon, War: Burdon Back With Black Band
Profile by Mike Jahn, Baltimore Sun, 24 January 1971
ERIC BURDON and the Animals, along with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, was one of the most impressive of the early British rock groups. ...
John Lennon, Iggy Pop: Sounds Of The Seventies: Portrait Of A Naked Iggy
Report and Interview by Mike Jahn, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 1971
ONE DAY late last December I came home and found this message on the tape recorder that answers my telephone when I'm not home: "This is ...
Sounds Of The Seventies: Characters Find Oldies Shop
Interview by Mike Jahn, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 1971
GO INTO YOUR average record store — the one with the Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Tom Jones covers all over the walls — and ...
Goldie & The Gingerbreads, Genya Ravan, Ten Wheel Drive: Genya Ravan: Goldie Zelkovich Breaks Loose
Profile and Interview by Mike Jahn, Baltimore Sun, 17 October 1971
COLUMBIA RECORDS just bought Goldie Zelkovich away from Polydor Records, which makes Goldie very happy. ...
Bo Diddley: Sounds of the Seventies: A Bo Diddley Revival
Profile and Interview by Mike Jahn, Baltimore Sun, 28 November 1971
LAST SUMMER at a Creedence Clearwater Revival concert there was an unannounced special, a warm-up band. Its leader was a middle-aged black man carrying a ...
Dawn, Tony Orlando: Tony Orlando: Plague of False Dawns
Report and Interview by Mike Jahn, Baltimore Sun, 23 January 1972
LIFE USED to be simple for Tony Orlando. Then he became a rock star, sold 12 million records and started losing money. ...
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Elvis Presley: Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup: Rock's Debt to Crudup
Report by Mike Jahn, Baltimore Sun, 20 February 1972
BLUES SINGER Arthur (Big Boy) Crudup has spent most of his 67 years staring at bad crops, worse bills, garbage trucks and empty promises. He ...
Merry Clayton: The Spotlight's on Merry
Profile and Interview by Mike Jahn, Baltimore Sun, 5 March 1972
MICK JAGGER, the satin-pants Satan, is o-o-o-ing ominously through 'Gimme Shelter'. He is doing all right, rocking the boat but not overturning it. But behind ...
Dr. John: Voodoo to Rock Roots
Profile and Interview by Mike Jahn, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 1972
DR. JOHN inspires weirdness in those around him. Witness the press bio released by Atlantic Records: "...open a door into SHOOW HEEEH's lamblam another consciousness ...
Sounds of the Seventies: Graham is *#! mad again
Report and Interview by Mike Jahn, Baltimore Sun, 28 May 1972
BILL GRAHAM stood with his hands behind his back, watching a man from Twentieth Century Fox tell a press conference how Graham and the company ...
David Bowie: Carnegie Hall, New York NY
Live Review by Mike Jahn, Baltimore Sun, 15 October 1972
One more freak show ...
Dave Van Ronk: Lament for the Village
Interview by Mike Jahn, Baltimore Sun, 21 January 1973
"THIS WAS our last resort," Dave Van Ronk says, referring to Greenwich Village. "It was the only place we could live in, and it's been ...
Jefferson Airplane, Grace Slick: Grace Slick: Dreams of Spain and More Children
Interview by Mike Jahn, Baltimore Sun, 16 September 1973
NEW YORK — "I would like lo be a Spanish loose woman." Grace Slick says. This is not easy for her, as she is an ...
Essay by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 1981
ON SATURDAY nights in 1956, transistor radios in the hands of eager teenagers all over America shuddered with the sensual sound of Elvis Presley's 'Hound ...
The Beach Boys, Carl Wilson: Carl Wilson to Beach Boys: Let's play '80s music
Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 1981
THE FIRST thing to remember about the Beach Boys is they're a family. When Brian Wilson formed the band in 1961, he recruited his two ...
Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 25 September 1981
JOHN HAMMOND is a rare figure in the American recording industry. In an industry that worships last year's trends, Mr. Hammond discovered such original artists ...
Earth, Wind & Fire, Funkadelic, Prince: Whites Are Missing Good Rock By Blacks
Overview by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 15 November 1981
IF YOU LISTEN to Baltimore's album-oriented rock (AOR) radio stations or any of dozens of similar stations around the country, you're unlikely to hear any ...
Chic To Take The Disco Wraps Off Inspired Guitar Work
Profile and Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 6 February 1982
ANYONE WHO still suffers from the delusion that disco was simple, unchallenging music should listen again to Chic's hit single, 'Good Times'. Dig under the ...
The Temptations: Temptations Reunited and on the Road Again
Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 6 June 1982
IN THE MINDS of many, the greatest soul record ever made was the Temptations' performance of Smokey Robinson's 'My Girl' on Motown's Gordy Records in ...
Allman Brothers Band, The Marshall Tucker Band: Tucker Band Keeps Southern Rock Alive
Profile and Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 1982
SPARTANBURG IS a mill town of 50,000 nestled in the hills of western South Carolina. All six members of the Marshall Tucker Band grew up ...
Smokey Robinson: Painters Mill Star Theatre, Owings Mill MD
Live Review by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 3 July 1982
Robinson in fine sinuous form at Painters Mill ...
Doobie Brothers: The Doobie Brothers: Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia MD
Live Review by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 5 August 1982
A sloppy good-bye kiss from the Doobies at Post. ...
Rickie Lee Jones: Songs From a Bohemian Past
Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 10 August 1982
RICKIE LEE Jones appeared out of nowhere in 1979 with a stunning self-titled debut album. The mysterious bohemian blonde — who comes to the Merriweather ...
Talking Heads: Merriweather Post Pavilion, Baltimore MA
Live Review by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 25 August 1982
Talking Heads at last bring mind, body together ...
The Clash: Still Scruffy, But Now Rock Heroes
Profile by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 5 September 1982
NEW YORK — Four musicians sauntered onto New York's Pier 84 Tuesday. Tall, gangly, ragtag and scarred, they looked like the scruffy street fighters they ...
Rosanne Cash: Wax Museum, Baltimore MA
Live Review by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 22 October 1982
Rosanne Cash: genuine country ...
Charley Pride: Painters Mill Star Theatre, Owings Mills MD
Live Review by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 8 November 1982
Charley Pride has the voice but not verve. ...
The Beat: For English Beat, Dance Music is the Medium for Tolerance
Profile and Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 20 November 1982
ANDY COX, a young British lad with thick, wavy hair, plays a choppy guitar riff that's part slam-bang punk and part chinka-chinka reggae. Dave Wakeling, ...
George Thorogood & The Destroyers: Thorogood's Blues-Rock Has Made Big Leagues
Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 17 December 1982
IN 1980, GEORGE Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers, were really gathering momentum with their traditional brand of blues-based rock. Their second album, Move It On ...
Luther Vandross: Vandross adds '60s Emotion to '80s Technology
Profile and Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 17 December 1982
ANY REASONABLE list of this year's best soul albums has to include Cheryl Lynn's Instant Love (Columbia), Aretha Franklin's Jump To It (Arista), and Luther ...
Prince, The Time, Vanity 6: Civic Center, Baltimore MD
Live Review by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 7 March 1983
Prince sustains dramatic opening with music that obliterates rules ...
Willie Nelson: Capital Centre, Landover MA
Live Review by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 16 March 1983
Nelson's style: spare but brilliant ...
Laurie Anderson: Anderson Brings Everyday Life And Humor To Performance Art
Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 27 March 1983
IT WAS a strange kind of love song. The singer wore a shiny black jacket over a black shirt and black tie. Her blond hair ...
Ray Charles: Charles Sticks With Tune That Hyped His Career
Profile and Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 1983
RAY CHARLES will no doubt finish his show at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall tonight the same way he finishes every concert: with a wildly improvised ...
Labelle, Patti LaBelle: Labelle: Girl Group to Gospel
Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 1983
THE 18 CHORUS members of Your Arms Too Short to Box With God were assembled like a church choir in their red and white gowns ...
Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger: Seeger and Guthrie: A Tradition Continues
Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 22 July 1983
WHEN ARLO Guthrie and Pete Seeger performed together at Wolf Trap three summers ago, they managed to convince the sell-out crowd that they weren't really ...
Culture Club: Soft Rock Beats Beneath Culture Club's Wild Image
Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 30 August 1983
NEW YORK — The cover of Culture Club's first album, Kissing to Be Clever, featured lead singer Boy George in all his glory: glistening red ...
Stevie Wonder: Capital Centre, Landover MD
Live Review by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 17 January 1984
Wonder lights up Cap Centre ...
Apollonia, Prince: First Avenue is New 2nd Family, Apollonia Says
Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 5 August 1984
MOST OF Purple Rain takes place in an actual nightclub in downtown Minneapolis. In the film, the First Avenue club becomes a self-contained world, a ...
Michael Jackson, The Jacksons: The Jacksons: RFK Stadium, Washington DC
Live Review by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 22 September 1984
Michael shines through audio troubles, theatrics ...
Patti LaBelle: Lyric Opera House, Baltimore MD
Live Review by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 11 October 1984
Patti LaBelle: one of the biggest voices around ...
Elton John: Capital Centre, Landover MD
Live Review by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 18 October 1984
Elton John offers finest of throwaway pop-rock ...
Talking Heads Film Combines Rock Show With Light Show
Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 27 January 1985
"THE PROBLEM with the rock concert films I've seen," argues David Byrne of Talking Heads, "is they have no beginning, middle and end. But neither ...
The Neville Brothers: Neville Brothers, rhythm and blues kings, are still just neighborhood guys
Profile and Interview by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 5 May 1985
IF THE MARSALIS clan is the first family of New Orleans jazz, then Neville Brothers are the first family of New Orleans rhythm and blues. ...
Bruce Springsteen: Tougher Than Most: Bruce Springsteen's Tunnel of Love tour
Review by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 24 March 1988
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN'S 'Tougher Than the Rest' is a sombre, unforgiving song typical of his recent Tunnel of Love album. It describes love not as an ...
Roxette: Sweden's Roxette Is Making It Big Almost by Accident
Interview by J.D. Considine, Baltimore Sun, 23 September 1989
ALL AROUND THE WORLD, pop groups dream of making it big in America. Not only is the United States home to the biggest and most ...
Prince: The Artist weaves a web
Interview by J.D. Considine, Baltimore Sun, 20 September 1997
BY RECORDING INDUSTRY STANDARDS, The Artist Formerly Known as Prince is turning into The Artist Who Formerly Had a Career. Once one of the biggest ...
Review by J.D. Considine, Baltimore Sun, 8 January 1998
Sublime's Second-hand shows the promise that went up in smoke ...
The Chemical Brothers: Chemical Brothers: Surrender (Astralwerks 47610)
Review by J.D. Considine, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 1999
Surrender a heady mix Electronic music's Chemical Brothers simply dub over the torpedoes, go full speed ahead. ...
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