Music
Successful Roots Picnic draws 25,000 to Fairmount Park, minor disruption near the end
Despite the temporary panic, it was a glorious day of music at the Mann Center.
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Pennsylvania’s heartbreaking ‘Kids for Cash’ scandal becomes a musical
‘Minors’ is a rock musical based on a pair of corrupt judges who sent children to prison in exchange for kickbacks. Both are now in prison.
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Listen 4:10Rescued from the vault: Nat Turner Rebellion
Fifty years ago, the band Nat Turner Rebellion made a funky album in Philadelphia that could have been a total classic.
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Batalá, the ‘loudest show on Earth’ hitting Philly tonight
Drumming group with Afro-Brazilian roots brings ‘loudest show on Earth’ to Philadelphia Wednesday evening.
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Listen 1:26Delaware Symphony ends season with cinematic flair
The Delaware Symphony Ochestra’s “Roman Hollywood” starts at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 17, 2019, at the Grand Opera House in downtown Wilmington.
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Philadelphia Orchestra begins concert tour of China as Trump’s trade war escalates
Over 10 years, the Fabulous Philadelphians have built strong cultural ties with China. With trade diplomacy hitting a low note, will that good will dissipate?
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Listen 1:21Before and after: What it’s like listening to Michael Jackson now
The allegations against Michael Jackson in the documentary Leaving Neverland make listening to his songs a struggle, one that resists the comfort those songs once provided.
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After 50 years, funk album recorded in Philly finally debuts
The Nat Turner Rebellion recorded the blistering funk-rock-soul album at Philly’s Sigma Sound Studios, but it sat forgotten on a shelf for a half-century.
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Listen 5:37After the flames, Notre Dame’s centuries-old organ may never be the same again
The main issues may be fixing the water damage to the organ's wind chest from when firefighters put out the blaze.
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80 years later, Philly holds tribute to Marian Anderson
Marian Anderson performed 80 years ago outside the Lincoln Memorial after she was barred by the Daughters of the American Revolution at Constitution Hall.
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Cellist Yo-Yo Ma plays Bach in shadow of border crossing
The world-renowned cellist brought his Bach Project to the sister cities of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, on Saturday.
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Hear music made ‘using an entire building’ in a West Philly church
This weekend, a church in West Philadelphia will host performances of music composed by experimental sound artist Maryanne Amacher.
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Imparting the patterns of history and disaster repeating on Ruination Day
A Philadelphia artist takes cues from Gillian Welch and folk ballads to paint historic repetition.
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Listen 3:34Philadelphia’s Tierra Whack serves up spuds with a side of horror in ‘Unemployed’ video
Philly rapper Tierra Whack's reputation as a surrealist and experimenter was sealed last year with the release of Whack World, her masterful debut.
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Nipsey Hussle, Grammy-nominated rapper and philanthropist, shot and killed
Nipsey Hussle was widely respected in the hip-hop world, not just for his musical contributions but for the hustle ethic personified in his chosen stage name.
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