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Owings Mills-Reisterstown Patch Editor Marc Shapiro, a lifelong musician, talks music.Those looking to catch some live music this weekend have an eclectic variety of national and regional acts to choose from. If you're in the mood for hip-hop, head to Rams Head Live on Friday for Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def. If you're in the mood for metal, head to Hampden Saturday night for Necropsy. If you want to jam and dance, head to the 8x10 for Talking Heads Tribute The Psycho Killers on Friday, or Saturday for funk-rock band Subtle Hustle and electro-rock jamband Big Something. Here's what's on tap this weekend: Friday, March 1Who: Yasiin Bey aka Mos DefWhere: Rams Head Live, 20 Market …
Musicians will rock out and get their funk on for Hurricane Sandy aid and voter registration for the next four nights. HeadCount and Magic Hat Brewing Company have teamed up for this year’s Participation Tour, which is anchored by funk outfit Dumpstaphunk and folk rocker Anders Osborne, both from New Orleans. While the tour’s original aim was to register more voters for the upcoming election, HeadCount announced Thursday that all proceeds from the four-day tour will be donated to the Red Cross and other relief efforts. “In an election year we get very focused on voter registration, but …
This weekend, 25,000 people will descend on Marvin’s Mountaintop in Masontown, W.Va., for the 15thAll Good Festival. Attendees will be treated to three days and four nights of music with no overlapping sets. The stacked lineup features mainstays from the jamband scene and beyond, including Further, which features Bob Weir and Phil Lesh of Grateful Dead fame, Primus, moe., Yonder Mountain String Band, Keller Williams, Galactic, Toots and the Maytals, hometown heroes The Bridge and a long list of other bands. “We schedule it so it’s band after awesome band,” said Dave Weissman, a spokesman for …
