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Susan Alcorn, a renowned pedal steel guitarist and experimental musician, died Jan. 31. She was 71.

We ranked the top 10 albums from Baltimore acts both small and national — including Mario, Future Islands and YG Teck — that graced our ears this year.

Second-generation Baltimore indie rocker Holden Wolf balances the musical ambitions of his band Combat with college courses from Towson University.

Rams Head Live! came along at a time when Baltimore nightlife needed it.

Cris Jacobs, former Bridge frontman set to perform at the Annapolis Baygrass Music Festival this weekend, embraces his love of bluegrass with his latest album.

Tracks such as “Rock & Roll Doctor” and the title track, which name-checks Baltimore, have remained mainstays of Little Feat’s live repertoire.

The lineup for SubScape, held the same weekend as Artscape, features mostly Baltimore bands, ranging from punk to metal to experimental music, in free, all-ages shows at The Crown and Metro Baltimore.

D.King has impressed superstars like Jay-Z and has recorded with Snoop Dogg and Kanye West, but between bad timing and a busy life full of personal setbacks, he’s spent the last couple decades out of the spotlight, getting ready.

Jawbox frontman and solo artist J. Robbins is an icon of D.C. punk, but his producing career and recording studio is a cornerstone of Baltimore’s indie rock scene.

Brittney Spencer's inclusion on Beyoncé's “Cowboy Carter” album is the latest achievement for the Baltimore native, who calls herself “a country artist that comes from a city.”

Indie rock quintet Super City is bringing the tour for their third album — a danceable scrapbook of hi-fi and lo-fi sounds — home to Baltimore with a show at Creative Alliance.

Kix, who recently ended their decadeslong music journey, have always been celebrated as hometown heroes in Baltimore.