Music
Philly arts institutions use COVID downtime to focus on accessibility and diversity
One silver lining of the yearlong pandemic is many theater companies have started putting plays and performances online.
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Listen 3:36Banished ‘witches’ sing of their pain — and their dreams
An estimated 1,000 women in northern Ghana have fled their homes because of witchcraft accusations — and the fear that they will be physically attacked as a result.
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Philly musicians scream, sweat, strip to rock out in a lockdown
“When there is an audience, I am involved with the audience and I thrive off their participation. But it's the music that ultimately injects that electricity into me,”
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Listen 4:16North Philly teen Cam Anthony impresses judges on ‘The Voice’
Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with Cam Anthony, a North Philly teen who impressed judges on “The Voice” last week.
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Listen 1:57Jazz legend, after house partially collapses, gets help from philanthropist, neighbors
The bottom literally fell out from the terrestrial headquarters of the intergalactic jazz ensemble. Ninety-six-year-old bandleader Marshall Allen lives inside.
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Listen 2:11This week; the battle over the Delaware River watershed fracking ban, what's new with N.J.'s marijuana laws, and the concert series to fall asleep to.
Air Date: March 1, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:00‘Why have I never heard of this?’: Phila Orchestra revives America’s first Black woman composer
Florence Price had one of her pieces performed in 1933, by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Since then, she has disappeared from the classical canon.
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Listen 3:58Music therapy brings solace to COVID-19 patients and healers
Even when forced online by the pandemic, music therapy sessions continue to help patients in some ways talk therapy can't. "Music is this portal," says one therapist.
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‘Save the Boys,’ a 134 year-old poem made fresh for 2021
Opera Philadelphia commissioned the composer to use the 1887 Frances Harper poem “Save the Boys” as opera for the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Listen 3:17Chick Corea, jazz fusion pioneer, has died of cancer at 79
The keyboardist, composer and bandleader died Feb. 9. He was one of the fathers of jazz fusion, with his work spanning from acoustic jazz to his own Mozart interpretations.
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Mary Wilson, founding member of The Supremes, dies at 76
The Supremes was Motown's most successful group in the 1960s, reaching 12 number one hits.
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This week; remembering legendary Temple basketball coach John Chaney, CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank Patrick Harker, and South Jersey soul singer Mary Cross.
Air Date: February 8, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:42Fewer empty lots, police from community: Philly teens tell Mayor how to make a safer city
For some of Philly's Gen Z residents, 2020 was a political wake-up call. Now, they're bringing their ideas to city government.
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Siberia's landscape has long been defined by ice, wind, and darkness. But underneath the region's bleak history and barren geography lives a uniquely Siberian piano culture.
Air Date: January 21, 2021
Listen 48:59Lady Gaga, John Legend, Garth Brooks, Katy Perry and more to perform
Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez will co-headline the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on Wed, Jan. 20. The day features a variety of performances from other artists.
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