"Something...came from Baltimore"

Wow, it has been one year of "Jazz 101/SOMETHING...came from Baltimore" and here is the first interview (not recorded) but got on the air. This is an interview with the wonderful violin jazz artist Regina Carter, who just released a great album that celebrated Ella Fitzgerald 100th year of birth called, "Ella: Ac-cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive". This is a really great album. This is not the original edit of the episode that air on 88.9FM Morgan State Radio, I submitted this episode to air, and my producer at the time said it was too busy, so he reworked the whole episode. They did not like the B-Day tribute at the beginning and the end of the episode, but I had cuts from Ella to contrast the original with Regina’s new version. Remember – this is a “Jazz 101” show that aired at the station, but the show was canceled when they changed the stations format, “SOMETHING…came from Baltimore” is season two, must shows are recorded at home. The guests are Jazz, Funky, Local and National, all worth listening to. Tell your friends, subscribe, make comments, and forward. We are growing and we want you to come along for the ride. I am a music fan who believes that we are making the best music now!

Why Wait for "Something....came from Baltimore" to air in March when the Camilla A. Rose interview is ready now. Listen to Cameron, an amazing young "baby-fresh" talented "Drag Queen" based out of Baltimore, who developed her persona of Camilla A. Rose and is finally headlining her first show. Cameron is finding out that he loves the character so much that he may transition into Camilla for good. Follow Camilla A. Rose rise to fame now, as she develops her craft and becomes a future “Drag Race Superstar”. Listen – if you read this far, could you please subscribe to the show? I need 100 subscribers to make the show available on the search engine, then the show would be available world-wide. You would like that right. Watch for the show debuting in March on Hartford Community College, Sunday’s at 6PM. And, the full shows will be available as a Podcast soon.

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 hopelessness and despair are a couple reasons for the mass exit, stage left. That is why I thought of this segment, “Leaving Baltimore”. I actually wanted to have a long form hour and a half special segment on this topic, but for now 14 mins will do for now. I asked 8 of my friends who left me, “Why did you do it?” They are all under 40 years old, bright, educated….and continual brain drain lose for the city. The following voices that participated in this episode is: Dean Howell, Corey R. Scales, Michelle Ingradi, Rob Turner, James Faulkner, Kyle Jackson, Jason Simmons, and Heather Hooper Martin. This episode is called “Leaving Baltimore”

Welcome to another episode of “Something…came from Baltimore” my name is Tom Gouker and tonight we have Roosevelt Collier on the phone with us. Roosevelt Collier is an in-demand steel guitar player and runs all over the genres of gospel to blues, to jam band to world music. If it a good album and there is a steel guitar on it chances are Roosevelt Collier is on the credits. After years of working with other artists, Roosevelt Collier just stepped out in front and released his first solo recording “Exit 16” on the “GroundUp” label.