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All ages show: Takoma Radio founder Marika Partridge holds the baby of a community member at an "open studio" earlier this year.

Low Power, High Spirits: Takoma Radio Prepares To Bring FM Airwaves To The People

Takoma “T-Rex” Radio, otherwise known as WOWD-LP, comes on the air July 16 at 94.3 FM, with a desire to give Takoma Park a DIY media outlet.

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"Heavy Metal Parking Lot" was viral video before the internet existed. The film is spotlighted now in a show at University of Maryland.

‘Heavy Metal Parking Lot,’ 30 Years Later: Still Viral, But All Grown Up

In the ’80s, if you wanted to capture your friends or yourself being drunk and stupid, you had to work…

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The show band Friends Of The Family, in an undated press photo from the Washington Talent Agency.

Jumpsuits, Stunts And Shooters: Inside Maryland’s Almost-Forgotten Show Band Scene

Pete Margus retired in October after 30 years in the wine business. The Takoma Park native lives with his wife…

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"I have to show I can rap my ass off," says K.A.A.N., the turbospeed rapper from Howard County, Maryland.

K.A.A.N. Could Be The Next DMV Rap Star, But He’s Not Taking Anything For Granted

When K.A.A.N. raps, he sounds like he’s releasing the valve on a pressure cooker. There are a lot of confessions, rants…

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Fat Trel, the rapper from Northeast D.C., was arrested Sunday.

Rapper Fat Trel Arrested For Passing Counterfeit Bills At Casino

D.C. rapper Fat Trel was arrested Sunday for passing counterfeit money at a Maryland casino, police say. The rapper signed…

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Cellist Wytold teaches music workshops for soldiers at Walter Reed military hospital in D.C. He says the experience has changed his approach to music.
December 16, 2016

Working With Soldiers At Walter Reed, Cellist Finds A New Creative Path

Oddisee's new album, The Iceberg, comes out Feb. 24.
December 15, 2016

Songs We Love: Oddisee, ‘Things’

Maryland hip-hop artists Brain Rapp, Nature Boi and Ezko make up the collective Dope Music Village.
December 13, 2016

To These Maryland Rappers, ‘DMV’ Stands For ‘Dope Music Village’

D.C. label Verses Records says its newest release, a compilation called "Code Red," will benefit the American Civil Liberties Union.
December 7, 2016

In Wake Of Trump Election, Verses Records Rallies 40 Bands To Benefit ACLU

The latest tune from D.C. indie-rock band Brushes is "about the tension we feel between Venus and Mars within ourselves," says leader Nick Anway (left).
November 28, 2016

Premiere: On ‘Mars And Me,’ D.C.’s Brushes Come From Mars And Venus

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