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Black Music City Spotlight: Stanley Collins on exploring the culture of Black Lily in a new podcast documentary
Black Music City is a collaboration between WXPN, WRTI, and REC Philly celebrating Philadelphia’s Black music history and looking to its future with a…
Black Music City is a collaboration between WXPN, WRTI, and REC Philly celebrating Philadelphia’s Black music history and looking to its future with a…
Black Music City Spotlight: Stanley Collins on exploring the culture of Black Lily in a new podcast documentary
Black Music City is a collaboration between WXPN, WRTI, and REC Philly celebrating Philadelphia’s Black music history and looking to its future with a…
Events
Sun Ra Arkestra will play World Cafe Live’s anniversary show this fall
Sun Ra Arkestra | photo by Christopher Andrew McDonald for Ars Nova Workshop The legendary Sun Ra Arkestra will return to World Cafe Live…
Sun Ra Arkestra | photo by Christopher Andrew McDonald for Ars Nova Workshop The legendary Sun Ra Arkestra will return to World Cafe Live…
Sun Ra Arkestra will play World Cafe Live’s anniversary show this fall
Sun Ra Arkestra | photo by Christopher Andrew McDonald for Ars Nova Workshop The legendary Sun Ra Arkestra will return to World Cafe Live…
Recordings
Ensemble Novo celebrates the sounds of Brazil on two new EPs
Philadelphia samba-jazz band Ensemble Novo has spent the last decade exploring the music of Brazil, and their new pair of EPs, This Is Ensemble…
Philadelphia samba-jazz band Ensemble Novo has spent the last decade exploring the music of Brazil, and their new pair of EPs, This Is Ensemble…
Ensemble Novo celebrates the sounds of Brazil on two new EPs
Philadelphia samba-jazz band Ensemble Novo has spent the last decade exploring the music of Brazil, and their new pair of EPs, This Is Ensemble…
News
Moor Mother joins the roster at ANTI-Records, releases gripping new song “Zami”
Multidisciplinary Philadelphia artist Moor Mother has found a new home for her music. The project of poet / producer / sound artist / activist…
Multidisciplinary Philadelphia artist Moor Mother has found a new home for her music. The project of poet / producer / sound artist / activist…
Moor Mother joins the roster at ANTI-Records, releases gripping new song “Zami”
Multidisciplinary Philadelphia artist Moor Mother has found a new home for her music. The project of poet / producer / sound artist / activist…
Events
New Order and Pet Shop Boys co-headlining tour pushed back to 2022
New Order and Pet Shop Boys‘ co-headlining run was pushed back several times due to the Coronavirus pandemic, but it finally has a new…
New Order and Pet Shop Boys‘ co-headlining run was pushed back several times due to the Coronavirus pandemic, but it finally has a new…
New Order and Pet Shop Boys co-headlining tour pushed back to 2022
New Order and Pet Shop Boys‘ co-headlining run was pushed back several times due to the Coronavirus pandemic, but it finally has a new…
Events
PhilaMOCA’s grand-reopening in July features a screening of <em>Mausoleum</em>, plus a presentation about the road to resurrection
The beloved performing arts space PhilaMOCA is coming back from the dead, after 685 days of closure. Prior to the pandemic, the long-running home…
The beloved performing arts space PhilaMOCA is coming back from the dead, after 685 days of closure. Prior to the pandemic, the long-running home…
PhilaMOCA’s grand-reopening in July features a screening of <em>Mausoleum</em>, plus a presentation about the road to resurrection
The beloved performing arts space PhilaMOCA is coming back from the dead, after 685 days of closure. Prior to the pandemic, the long-running home…
Events
World Cafe Live will host the virtual premiere of <em>The Revivals of Blackness</em>
World Cafe Live will be hosting the world premiere of the new multimedia performance, The Revivals of Blackness, on Thursday, June 3, at 7:30 pm. An…
World Cafe Live will be hosting the world premiere of the new multimedia performance, The Revivals of Blackness, on Thursday, June 3, at 7:30 pm. An…
World Cafe Live will host the virtual premiere of <em>The Revivals of Blackness</em>
World Cafe Live will be hosting the world premiere of the new multimedia performance, The Revivals of Blackness, on Thursday, June 3, at 7:30 pm. An…
Events
The fifth annual West Philly Porchfest will take place this weekend
Nazir Ebo on drums, Richard Hill on bass, Yesseh Furaha-Ali on sax at Porchfest 2019 | photo by Yoni Kroll After a few setbacks,…
Nazir Ebo on drums, Richard Hill on bass, Yesseh Furaha-Ali on sax at Porchfest 2019 | photo by Yoni Kroll After a few setbacks,…
The fifth annual West Philly Porchfest will take place this weekend
Nazir Ebo on drums, Richard Hill on bass, Yesseh Furaha-Ali on sax at Porchfest 2019 | photo by Yoni Kroll After a few setbacks,…
Recordings
Lust Flower delivers out-of-this-world ambient on <em>Violet</em>
The Philadelphia-based band Lust Flower have released their debut album, Violet. The conceptual instrumental project is based out of Spice House Sound and is…
The Philadelphia-based band Lust Flower have released their debut album, Violet. The conceptual instrumental project is based out of Spice House Sound and is…
Lust Flower delivers out-of-this-world ambient on <em>Violet</em>
The Philadelphia-based band Lust Flower have released their debut album, Violet. The conceptual instrumental project is based out of Spice House Sound and is…