Music
Hundreds of singers will be assembling in Philadelphia to participate at the Keystone Sacred Harp Convention in January. One of the conventions organizers, Thomas Ward, joins.
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Listen 17:00This week: An update on the legal battle over safe injection sites in Philly, Delaware Senator Chris Coons, and the oldest form of American music, sacred harp singing.
Air Date: January 13, 2020
Listen 49:00Chasing ‘Butter and Salmon’: Elusive street artists are like Philly’s own Banksy
The group (or person?) creates visual art, music and social commentary.
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Students hit all the right notes at Nebinger school
Singing songs, reading music notes, and playing an instrument are just some of the things that students at the George W. Nebinger School are doing in their music program.
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Apply now to showcase your art or music on Philly’s most central stage
The Center City District is taking applications for acts to perform in Dilworth Park.
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Kimmel Center introduces new jazz residents
Three musicians will spend six months at the Kimmel Center to make new work.
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Philly Loves Bowie opens with exhibition of fan and fine art
An international roster of 47 artists submitted work to the National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia to honor the late David Bowie.
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Listen 1:34They recorded Miley, Kanye & Nicki Minaj: Philly’s hottest studio is expanding to Maryland
The MilkBoy partners, who also own restaurants and produce movies, are celebrating 25 years in business.
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Building sale wipes out unique North Philly venue known for batting practice and music shows
Regulars remember Everybody Hits as an “only in Philadelphia” kind of space.
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Commemorating a King’s College Christmas tradition
Every Christmas Eve at exactly 3 p.m., the Chapel of King's College in Cambridge, England plays A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols.
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Why are there no new Christmas songs?
This year, Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" turns 25. Her single-item wish list seems to have been the punctuation mark on half a century.
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Martha Graham Cracker drops her first album
The popular cabaret entertainer got backing from the Kimmel Center to write and record the all-originals collection “Lashed But Not Leashed.”
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Listen 4:07TubaChristmas: Concertgoers in Philly give love to, and get joy from, overlooked instruments
For the past 29 years, dozens of players from the Philadelphia region have been able to show just how versatile their overlooked instruments are with “TubaChristmas.”
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In Suburban Station, live music brings holiday joy to the Hub of Hope
Project HOME’s underground “Living Room” is a place to play and sing.
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Philly free jazz pioneers Sounds of Liberation reunite with new album
Philly’s Sounds of Liberation reunite after unearthed 1970s recording from gains new life with a contemporary audience.
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