Music
Wilmington leans into Bob Marley connection with plans for museum to promote cultural awareness
Bob Marley's cousin Judy Malcolm is spearheading the effort to create a Jamaican Heritage and Reggae Museum in Wilmington to empower culture and revive unity.
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Listen 1:13Feb. 22 - 25: Arctic Wonderland in Philly, Paul Stankard in N.J. and “Always…Patsy Cline” in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.
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Listen 5:202024 Roots Picnic lineup announced
Lil Wayne and The Roots will celebrate New Orleans and André 3000 will give a special jazz performance.
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Beyoncé’s ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ debuts at No. 1 on the country chart
Beyoncé became the only other solo woman alongside Taylor Swift to achieve the feat with no accompanying artists, Billboard said.
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Boyz II Men, Philly Beer Fest and ‘Zooman and the Sign’ in this week’s ‘Things To Do’
Feb. 16 - 18: James Baldwin celebration in Philly, Rowan Jazz Festival in N.J. and Oleta Adams in Del. are among the weekend’s highlights.
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Listen 5:22Opera Philadelphia announces new season without fall festival
The 2024-2025 season will open with the delayed American premiere of “The Listeners." The company is still deciding if and how to produce a festival.
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Listen 1:16WHYY-TV remembers the heyday of the Uptown Theater
A new documentary traces the architecture, music and community that made the once-great venue on North Broad shout.
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Listen 1:43‘Diva’ film soprano, Philadelphia-native Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez Smith has died at 75
Fernandez Smith was a Philadelphia native who sang through the U.S. and Europe during her operatic career.
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Swift had a Philadelphia Phillies connection early in her career — both major leagues and minor.
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Parents’ Responsibility After A School Shooting, Local Music Roundup
A Michigan jury convicted Jennifer Crumbley of manslaughter this week, more than two years after her teenage son committed the largest school shooting in the state's history.
Air Date: February 8, 2024 12:00 pm
Listen 50:07Feb. 8 - 11: Galentine’s and Valentine’s Day events, “Ghetto Gods of Divineland” in N.J., and Wilmington’s Children’s Chorus in Del. are among the weekend’s highlights.
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Listen 5:30From Young Simba to Little Michael Jackson, Broadway’s doors open for 12-year-old Delawarean
After touring the country as Simba in “The Lion King,” Jackson Hayes is now playing a young Michael Jackson in Broadway’s “MJ: The Musical.”
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Listen 1:34Country music star Toby Keith dies at 62
Keith announced on social media in 2022 that he had been having chemotherapy and radiation treatments for stomach cancer.
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Feb. 1 - Feb 4: NoLibs Restaurant Week in Philly, “Escape to Margaritaville” in N.J. and Bob Marley's birthday celebration in Del. are among the weekend’s highlights.
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Listen 5:30Chita Rivera, revered and pioneering Tony-winning dancer and singer, dies at 91
Rivera first gained wide notice in 1957 as Anita in the original production of “West Side Story.” In August 2009, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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