The Sounds Of Baltimore: Divine, Mama Cass And More : World Cafe WTMD's Erik Deatherage plays an eclectic set of songs on World Cafe's Sense Of Place: Baltimore.

The Sounds Of Baltimore: Divine, Mama Cass And More

The Sounds Of Baltimore: Divine, Mama Cass And More

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Erik Deatherage, host of WTMD's Morning Show, joins World Cafe for today's Sense Of Place to play songs by some of Baltimore's best musicians. With a tip of the hat to director John Waters, he starts with Divine's "Born To Be Cheap," then plays a song by the late Mama Cass and more in an eclectic set that touches on the city's diverse musical history.

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The Sounds Of Baltimore: Divine, Mama Cass And More

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Born To Be Cheap

  • from Born To Be Cheap
  • by Divine

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Dream A Little Dream Of Me

  • from Dream A Little Dream
  • by Mama Cass

The Sounds Of Baltimore: Divine, Mama Cass And More

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Raised On The Radio

  • from Ravyns
  • by Ravyns

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Friend To Friend In Endtime

  • from Talking Songs for Walking/Necklace
  • by Lungfish

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It's Gonna Take A Miracle

  • from It's Gonna Take a Miracle
  • by The Royalettes

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