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45 RPM sleeve for 'Christmas On The Block' - Alan Mann Band (1984). (Image via Flickr Creative Commons, uploaded by Brian of Retroland U.S.A.)
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Arts & Entertainment

Seeing what really matters at Christmas

In Philadelphia, there's a very special song that reminds us of what Christmas is really all about.

7 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

Jazz legend Herbie Hancock becomes first musician to receive Ben Franklin Medal

"I'm not a musician": Jazz legend Herbie Hancock opens up about music, science, and his relationship with Benjamin Franklin.

7 years ago

George Lakey takes a turn at soloing in the
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A home-grown ‘Messiah’ sing-along marks 50 years in Philly

For 50 years, George Lakey has been organizing sing-alongs of George Frideric Handel's iconic oratorio, a beloved part of the holiday soundtrack.

7 years ago

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U.S. Navy CPO Graham Jackson, with tears of grief, plays
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Arts & Entertainment

How the ‘New World’ symphony introduced American music to itself

Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, subtitled "From the New World," has become one of the world's most beloved orchestral works.

7 years ago

In this Jan. 19, 1993 file photo, singer Aretha Franklin performs at the inaugural gala for President Bill Clinton in Washington. Franklin died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, at her home in Detroit. AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)
Arts & Entertainment

Aretha Franklin doc ‘Amazing Grace’ to finally see the light

More than 46 years after it was shot, the Aretha Franklin concert film "Amazing Grace" will finally be released.

8 years ago

Springsteen on Broadway will make its debut on Netflix in December. (Rob DeMartin/Courtesy of the artist)
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Arts & Entertainment

Recorded on Broadway, Springsteen sings a song for a ‘Land of Hope and Dreams’

Springsteen has performed "Land of Hope and Dreams" often for benefit concerts and political rallies.

8 years ago

Philadelphia Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown reads a resolution in support of Jazz Philadelphia at the opening of a jazz summit in the Kimmel Center. Councilman David Oh is at left. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia jazz gets a boost from new nonprofit

Jazz Philadelphia, a new support organization for jazz in the city, launches with a weekend conference on the art and business of music.

8 years ago

Future (right) and Juice WRLD blur the lines between celebration and social critique in three videos. (YouTube)
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Lifestyle

Could Future & Juice WRLD be trap’s Trojan-horse advocates for drug policy reform?

If it's hard to separate the celebration from the social critique, that's exactly the point.

8 years ago

Susan Watts, a fourth generation Klezmer musician will perform alongside an orchestra of exclusively women on Sunday at the Annenberg Center during a performance called
Arts & Entertainment

Celebrating women in Klezmer music

The Philadelphia Folklore Project is celebrating that lineage with a performance on Sunday, Oct 28, at the Annenberg Center called Soul Songs: Inspiring Women of Klezmer.

8 years ago

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T.I. performs on stage at ONE Musicfest on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, in Atlanta. (Photo by Paul R. Giunta/Invision/AP)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Community

Of caring and Trump

Sooner or later, someone was going to respond to Donald Trump’s uncouth behavior with the same level of rudeness that the president has often exhibited.

8 years ago

Members of Piffaro and the Prism Saxaphone Quartet rehearse David Ludwig's
Arts & Entertainment

Musical ‘bookends’ Prism Quartet and Piffaro offer world premiere performance

The Renaissance wind ensemble Piffaro and Prism Saxophone Quartet join forces Wednesday to premiere “The Anchoress” by David Ludwig.

8 years ago

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Philadelphia Orchestra’s two-week Barnes/Stokowski Festival explores the contentious relationship between art collector Albert Barnes (left) and conductor Leopold Stokowski (right). (Library of Congress)
Arts & Entertainment

Forever ‘frenemies’: Barnes and Stokowksi

The Philadelphia Orchestra is bringing together strange bedfellows.

8 years ago

Musician Todd Rundgren participates in AOL's BUILD Speaker Series to discuss his album
Arts & Entertainment

Upper Darby’s Todd Rundgren nominated for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Todd Rundgren, former member of Utopia and notable classic rock musician, is nominated for the first time for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2019.

8 years ago

Suzanne Bocanegra's elaborate ballet costumes are part of her exhibit
Arts & Entertainment

Artist’s take on women in trouble on display at Philly Fabric Workshop and Museum

In her largest solo show, Suzanne Bocanegra takes over the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia with four installations about women in trouble.

8 years ago

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Educators call for unity at Indigenous People’s Day celebration

Educators called for more awareness of indigenous cultures around the world at the 8th annual Indigenous People's Day celebration at Bartram's Garden in Philadelphia.

8 years ago

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