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Music

Newark, Delaware's Kelsea Johnson performs on NBC's
Arts & Entertainment

Delaware singer advances on ‘The Voice’

Newark resident moves ahead with backing of coach Alicia Keys.

8 years ago

Frederica von Stade portrays a woman with Alzheimer's disease who falls in love in Opera Philadelphia's
Arts & Entertainment

Opera Philadelphia will premiere work about Alzheimer’s in the fall

Opera Philadelphia announces its 2018-2019 season, including the world premiere of an opera about Alzheimer's disease.

8 years ago

Newark, Delaware, resident Kelsea Johnson is a contestant on NBC's singing competition
Lifestyle

Delaware singer takes on national TV competition

Newark's Kelsea Johnson has received an outpouring of support from Delaware fans after securing a spot on NBC's singing competition 'The Voice.'

8 years ago

Daniel Ek, co-founder and CEO of Spotify. The company recently filed papers to begin trading on the public market. (Kimberly White/Getty Images)
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Money

Spotify cops to its problems, reveals massive ambitions of its founder

"Feels great to have the cat out of the bag. Transparency breeds trust," Spotify CEO Daniel Ek tweeted, just after the SEC published his company's 256-page financial opus.

8 years ago

Charles Dutoit, conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra at New York's Carnegie Hall in 2010. (Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Sexual assault claim against conductor Dutoit is credible, Boston Symphony says

Since the initial AP report chronicling allegations against the conductor, ten women have accused Dutoit of sexual misconduct.

8 years ago

Paul Green, founder of the original School of Rock (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

With School of Rock foundation, Paul Green returns to Philly for encore

Green is pursuing a legal degree at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law, as well as spreading the spirit of rock ‘n' roll once again through a new endeavor.

8 years ago

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Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

The art of the film score

Guests: Troy Herion, Michael Phillips Close your eyes and think of the shark from Jaws. Are you hearing ...

Air Date: March 1, 2018 10:00 am

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(From left) Penn students Ramon Garcia-Gomez, Helen Fetaw, and Nathaniel Gertzman, tour the 7th Ward. They read about W. E. B. Du Bois and his research in Philadelphia as part of their African American History class. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Touring Philly’s black history along South Street from Du Bois home to Standard Theater

Some University of Pennsylvania students studying African-American history are zooming in on the era when South Street was the heart of Philadelphia's black community.

8 years ago

Super Bowl Champion and Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce joins the jazz band of his alma mater, Cleveland Heights High School, on stage during a music exchange program visit at Central High School in Philadelphia, Pa. on Feb. 22, 2018. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

Before he was a Super Bowl champ in Philly, Jason Kelce was a Cleveland Heights Tiger

Eagles center Jason Kelce visited Central High School Thursday morning for a special performance from his high school jazz band.

8 years ago

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Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, performing with female dancers during this year's Grammy telecast, is a topic on this week's show. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images for NARAS)
NPR
Community

Reggaeton in the age of #MeToo

Today, we add to that national conversation by taking a look at women and their representation in reggaeton alongside some special guests.

8 years ago

Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the Philadelphia Orchestra (Jan Regan, Philadelphia Orchestra)
Arts & Entertainment

After European tour, Philadelphia Orchestra will play three concerts in Israel

In a rare move by a major American orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra will tour Israel in June.

8 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

Delaware artist Ellen Priest, the jazz painter

Ellen Priest uses music as other artists would use a mountain landscape or a person sitting for a portrait — as the subject of the art itself.

8 years ago

Branford Marsalis will join Jean-Willy Kurz for a night of jazz at Verizon Hall on Feb. 16. (Provided)
The Philadelphia Tribune
Arts & Entertainment

Jazz legend Branford Marsalis comes to Verizon Hall

Marsalis, the NEA Jazz Master, Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and Tony Award nominee, is a member of New Orleans’ most distinguished musical family.

8 years ago

Musician and spiritual leader Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda released Journey In Satchidananda, the album that would become synonymous with her sound, in 1971. Echoes/Redferns
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Meditating on the healing power of Alice Coltrane’s ‘Journey in Satchidananda’

I was searching when I first heard Alice Coltrane's music.

8 years ago

The War on Drugs perform in concert during the Radio 104.5 Summer Block Party
Arts & Entertainment

Local musicians shine at the Grammy Awards

Although you may not have seen it on television, Philadelphia was represented broadly in last night’s Grammy Awards.

8 years ago

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