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Review: Bobby McFerrin peforms this week’s Free at Noon (photos, audio, setlist)

Ten time Grammy winner Bobby McFerrin gave a stellar performance at this afternoon’s Free at Noon concert. McFerrin just...Read More

A conversation with The Thermals’ Kathy Foster about bass, Rocky and their first decade as a band (playing Union Transfer...

This spring, Portland indie-punk trio The Thermals turned ten and released an album that’s got all the fuzzy scuzzy energy and...Read More

Download Major Lazer’s remix of “Can’t Hold Us” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (playing Roots Picnic on Saturday, June...

Below, download a Major Lazer remix of “Can’t Hold Us,” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. It’s an unstoppable...Read More

Watch James Blake live in concert via NPR Music (playing Union Transfer in November)

Photo by Chris Sikich | countfeed.tumblr.com While watching a video of James Blake concert in no way will ever compare to the...Read More

Tonight’s Concert Picks: Arrah and the Ferns at PhilaMOCA, White Laces at Kung Fu Necktie, Dani Mari at Philadelphia Folk Festival...

Arrah and the Ferns play PhilaMOCA tonight. The concert will act as both the band’s album release show for Make Your Mind as...Read More

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