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Music Documentarian Paul Ingles hosts a weekly mix of music from his multi-genre personal collection of Rock, folk, blues, Americana, classic soul, R+B, and jazz standards.
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Music Documentarian Paul Ingles hosts a weekly mix of music from his multi-genre personal collection of Rock, folk, blues, Americana, classic soul, R+B, and jazz standards.

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Adam Blackstone and Scott Mirkin at a press conference
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia readies first-ever New Year’s Eve concert on the Parkway

The event will feature LL Cool J, who boycotted his July 4 show because of a city workers strike.

3 months ago

Fireworks are launched from a barge in the Delaware River as seen from Penns Landing.(Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Philly preps for first-time New Year’s Eve concert, extra fireworks and Mummers parade

Philadelphia’s supercharged New Year’s Eve festivities next week will set the stage for a banner year of special events in 2026.

3 months ago

Philadelphia-based Grammy award-winning rockers The War On Drugs
Arts & Entertainment

The War On Drugs celebrates ‘A Drugcember To Remember’ with guest stars to aid Philly public schools

The Grammy Award-winning rock band packed Fishtown’s Johnny Brenda’s for a three-night benefit concert featuring performances by Joe Walsh and Kurt Vile.

3 months ago

Listen 1:08
Cherri Gregg and Avi Wolfman-Arent
Studio 2
Arts & Entertainment

Holiday Party

We invited some of our favorite people to join us for an hour of fun, holiday season tips and live music.

Air Date: December 18, 2025 12:00 pm

Listen 51:56
FILE - Beyonce, left, and Jay Z perform
Studio 2
Arts & Entertainment

Best music of the 21st century

Which artist has had the biggest impact of the 21st century so far? Which songs will transcend time? And what great music flew under the radar?

Air Date: December 17, 2025 12:00 pm

Listen 51:14
Conductor Laura Harmon leads singers with the Philadelphia Youth Choral Ensembles
Community

A Perkasie family’s cancer journey inspired this sci-fi fantasy choral music

The Pennsylvania Youth Choral Ensemble will premiere a song based on a tale about pandas written by the daughter of a cancer patient.

3 months ago

Listen 3:28
A selfie photo of Steve Heise and Alina Josan standing on a large hill overlooking a wide landscape
Arts & Entertainment

Philly band Walnut Brain takes humble diddley bow from earliest days of blues to modern psychedelic improvisation

Steve Heise and Alina Josan make music together by instinct and improvisation, one string at a time.

3 months ago

Jess Conda, Sam Rise and Rose Jarboe performing
Arts & Entertainment

Bearded Ladies Cabaret returns to Philly’s Wanamaker Building to close out its fall series

The “Pipe Up!” series of performance events ends this weekend with a series of drag cabaret performances.

3 months ago

Listen 2:13
a child plays a xylophone
Education

South Philly charter school opens musical sensory garden for kids to explore creativity and learning through sound

The Philadelphia Performing Arts Charter School built a musical learning space for kids with autism and other students with a grant from String Theory Schools.

4 months ago

Listen 2:15
Pianist Jennifer Blyth and baritone James Martin performing
Arts & Entertainment

America’s founders had specific ideas about the ‘pursuit of happiness.’ Now they have been put to music

The Constitution Center’s Jeffrey Rosen wrote songs about the moral philosophy behind the Founding Fathers’ signature phrase.

4 months ago

Listen 2:02
LARS performing
Community

Philadelphia musician LARS navigates self-discovery on debut EP ‘I Should Be OK Now’

The four-track EP dives into the nonbinary musician's recent transition and connection to the city’s queer community.

4 months ago

Listen 1:16
The band Open City looks on
Arts & Entertainment

Philly punk band Open City returns for benefit show supporting immigrant advocacy group

After five years away, the punk supergroup returns to the stage Sunday for a show benefitting the human rights organization Juntos.

4 months ago

Listen 1:12
Pierre Robert posted this photo on social media
Arts & Entertainment
6abc

Memorial concert to be held in honor, celebration of the late Philadelphia radio host Pierre Robert

Pierre Robert, the midday host on Philadelphia's 93.3 WMMR for more than 4 decades, passed away Oct. 29 at the age of 70.

4 months ago

Inside the Wanamaker Building
Arts & Entertainment

Center City’s former Macy’s building will be ‘Home for the Holidays’ one more time

Opera Philadelphia and WHYY will present a holiday concert in the Wanamaker Building Dec. 2, to be broadcast on TV12 on Dec. 23.

4 months ago

Listen 1:25
Elizabeth Avril Barden smiles
Arts & Entertainment

After 200 years, Philadelphia’s Jefferson University now has a song

Thomas Jefferson University asked one of its customer service employees to write an alma mater.

4 months ago

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