
Music
Instruments in need of more than just TLC are brought back to life by Montco luthier
NewsWorks Tonight’s Dave Heller visited the workshop of restorative luthier, Tim Huenke, who owns and operates Superior Guitar Works in Flourtown, Pa.
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Listen 7:01NewsWorks Tonight, September 14, 2018
One of Camden’s newest employers finds itself in hot water. Philadelphia’s Historical Commission hears hours of testimony on ...
Air Date: September 14, 2018
Listen 22:57NewsWorks Tonight, September 13, 2018
Philadelphia mayor Jim Kenney and the council come to compromise on a 15-month-long battle over funding affordable housing. A local hospi ...
Air Date: September 13, 2018
Listen 19:52Pulling the plug on Electric Factory: Rock club sold, name retired
The legendary Electric Factory, which helped launch rock music in Philadelphia, has been sold. It will still operate as a music venue, but under a different name.
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Philly Orchestra’s new CEO ready to lead in the concert hall — and the community
The Philadelphia Orchestra begins its new season with a new CEO.
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Curtain to rise again at Philly’s historic Met in December
Facility will host a variety of shows, entertainment and weekly church services.
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Playing a different tune, repaired instruments return to Philly classrooms
Damaged instruments from the 'Symphony for a Broken Orchestra' are coming back into the Philadelphia School District, ready to play.
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Calls for respect for black America at Franklin funeral
Amid the gospel, personal reflections and grief were calls to register and turnout to vote.
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Kids go ham for ‘Hamilton’ at Music Theatre Philly camp
A 'Hamilton' musical theater summer camp puts kids in the room where it happens.
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Dixie Hummingbirds celebrate 90th anniversary with yearlong flight
In 2000, the Philadelphia-based gospel group was deemed a "national treasure" by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Listen 1:48Thanks to cultural appropriation, Aretha Franklin transcended categories dividing us
Her entire career was a testimony to the wondrous mixtape of America itself. She stands as a rebuke to cultural police who try to prevent that type of border-crossing.
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Aretha Franklin, the ‘Queen of Soul’ dies at age 76
Aretha Franklin, 76, was the Queen of Soul. One of her final performances was in Philadelphia.
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Listen 4:06Addressing oversight, Philly Orchestra to present work by women composers
The Philadelphia Orchestra will bring in more women composers next season, including a workshop of six new pieces.
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Four African-American composers go to church with Bernstein’s ‘Mass’
A Baptist church in West Philadelphia will premiere new music by four African-American composers working in the vein of Leonard Bernstein.
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Princeton University hosts artists, scholars from Puerto Rico
Princeton invited artist and scholars from Puerto Rico to work on their projects at the university campus during the summer.
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