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Flock of Dimes (Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner), live in concert

How technology amplified Black music’s cultural exchange

American jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie in concert in Deauville (Normandy, France) on July 20, 1991.

By Raina Douris

John Morrison’s Philly Top 5: Jazz & Pop Past & Future

Music News

By John Morrison

Concert Reviews

Brandi Carlile Made Xfinity Mobile Arena Feel Intimate on Her Opening Night in Philadelphia

Concert Reviews

By Emma Zoe Polyak

Guerilla Toss embrace the ‘weird’ on new album

World Cafe

By Raina Douris

Concert Reviews

Philly Braves the Cold for Kashus Culpepper

Concert Reviews

By Ellen Miller

How This Is Lorelei gave old songs a new life on ‘Holo Boy’

World Cafe

By Miguel Perez

PRESS PLAY: New Albums out February 13th

Press Play

By Eric Schuman

From work songs to hip-hop, ‘call and response’ shaped Black music

O'Kelly (from left), Ronald and Rudolph Isley, of The Isley Brothers, pose for a portrait circa 1962 in New York.

By John Morrison

From local radio to global influence, the rise of Baltimore club music

Meagan "Ducky" Buster (left) and Abdu Ali are fierce advocates for Baltimore club music.

By Raina Douris

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