Sound Directions

The small part of the Baltimore music scene that I run in has gotten some big mentions outside of our fair city these past couple of weeks. Last week, Mobtown Modern‘s presentation of the first ever arrangement of the complete Rite of Spring for big band was plugged by Alex Ross on his New Yorker blog. And today, Baltimore’s own intrepid beatboxer / vocal percussionist, Shodekeh, was thrust into the spotlight on NewMusicBox, the web magazine of the American Music Center. Those who were at Sho’s show at the Creative Alliance back in March will recognize some of the performance footage in the video. Check out the video and be sure to catch Shodekeh in his Baltimore Symphony debut this July 23 at the Meyerhoff.