Music
Philadelphia Orchestra throws Mozart a curve
The orchestra will give the hometown concert debut of a piano with an ergonomically curved keyboard.
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Listen 1:26Philly Organ Festival uses sacred pipes to make secular music
A week-long music festival on eight church pipe organs around the city brings thunder down from the heavens.
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Listen 1:29Michael Knott, who changed the course of Christian rock, dies at 61
An entire industry wouldn't exist without him, yet few know his name. In his songs, Knott challenged the faithful to examine their faults and hypocrisies.
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March 14–17: Boney James in N.J. and Liz Longley in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.
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Listen 5:09Philadelphia Chamber Music Society to stage festival about dementia
Arts on the Mind seeks to foster connection and meaning for people living with dementia.
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Listen 1:48Eric Carmen, singer-songwriter of ‘All By Myself’ and ‘Hungry Eyes,’ dies at 74
The pop crooner was behind some of the biggest power ballads of the 1970s and '80s. His wife said he died in his sleep.
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The acclaimed rapper reflects on careers, prepping for Philly show with plenty of “Gremlins.”
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A whisper to a scream: ‘Aluminum Flowers’ plays out the guitar’s history
The world premiere by Curtis composer Steven Mackey samples the development of guitar sounds over hundreds of years.
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Listen 2:38Marian Anderson’s legacy celebrated at Tindley Temple exhibit
The “Faith, Music and Community” event hosted by the Marian Anderson Museum celebrates musical legend and her contributions to Philadelphia’s history.
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Commas, syntax and usage star in “The Angry Grammarian: A New Musical”
If you noticed the missing Oxford comma in that headline, you’re the target audience for Theatre Exile’s new production.
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North Philly’s New Barber’s Hall hosts ‘Matinee Jams,’ celebrating the city’s jazz legacy
Aqueelah Jamal hosts live jazz jams in North Philly every 2nd Saturday, 3-7 p.m.
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Feb. 29 - March 3: Philadelphia Comic-Con, “Fiddler On the Roof” in N.J. and “The Little Mermaid” in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.
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Listen 5:265 ways Marian Anderson changed the world
Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center will soon bear the Philly opera legend’s name.
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The Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall will be renamed for singer Marian Anderson
Donors of $25 million to the Kimmel Center want to rename the Philadelphia Orchestra’s home after Anderson, instead of themselves.
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Listen 1:192 men convicted of killing Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay, nearly 22 years after rap star’s death
An anonymous Brooklyn federal jury delivered the verdict Tuesday in the trial of Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington.
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