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Expanded 40th Street Summer Series Kicks Off Memorial Day Weekend
UCD, The Rotunda and Penn to present five free extraordinary outdoor concerts: Man Man side project Spaceship Aloha, big band performances featuring the music of Sly & The Family Stone and Pakistani Legend Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the whimsical Philadelphia Ukulele Orchestra, and much more. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania, University City District (UCD), and The ...
ExCITe Center to Host Philadelphia's First Music Hack Day
PHILADELPHIA, PA: More than 100 technology and music enthusiasts will join forces with coders, designers and industry representatives to create new music-related technology during the first Music Hack Day in Philadelphia. A 24-hour marathon of conceptualizing, hacking and coding with the goal of designing the future of music technology will bring artists, engineers, musicians, programmers and ...
Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Vernon Reid, G. Calvin Weston Free Form Funky Freqs Cd Release Concert At World Cafe Live
Free Form Funky Freqs present their latest release Bon Vivant and Jamaaladeen Tacuma honors his mentors at WXPN's World Cafe Live Philadelphia (Upstairs) Saturday June 8th 2013, Doors 8pm FREE FORM FUNKY FREQS The Bon Vivant Jamaaladeen Tacuma: Bass Vernon Reid: Guitars G. Calvin Weston: Drums The birth of the ...
Woodmere Art Museum Caps Season of Music with Poignant Tribute to Jazz Icon Dexter Gordon on June 21
PHILADELPHIA, PA – After an exciting month of concerts inspired by the music of 1947, Woodmere Art Museum continues bringing audiences to their feet with sounds that reflect the global journey of jazz. Taking concertgoers through the months of May and June, Friday Night Jazz pays homage to the Great American Songbook, gypsy jazz, Stevie Wonder ...
Keith Brand retires from WXPN
Keith Brand, the Sunday morning host of WXPN's Sleepy Hollow, is retiring after 27 years at the mic. A letter was sent out to 'XPN members with Brand's fond farewell: Dear Sleepy Hollow listeners, It is with both sadness and anticipation that I announce that I will be retiring from Sleepy Hollow after 27 years. ...
Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia Dedicated to Preserve and Continue City's Signature Sound and Tradition
Premier Performance on International Jazz Day Free Event at City Hall Courtyard in Philadelphia, PA - April 30th at 12:00PM Terell Stafford, Artistic Director, and Deena Adler, Founding Director, announce the formation and premier performance of the long-awaited Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia (JOP). World renowned trumpet player and Director of Jazz Studies, at Temple University, Terell ...
Brazilian Jazz Duo Minas Launches Kickstarter Campaign For CD “symphony In Bossa”
Philadelphia-based Brazilian jazz duo Minas has launched a fundraising campaign to record their latest album, “Symphony in Bossa, A Tribute to Bill Zaccagni.” Channeled through the crowd-funding site, Kickstarter, Minas seeks to raise $20,000 to hire orchestral string players, a big band and a rhythm section to record, press, and distribute the album. The campaign runs ...
Vocalist Pearl Williams In Media Pa On Wednesday May 15th!
Appearing at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County—145 West Rose Tree Road in Media—on Wednesday, May 15th is singer Pearl Williams. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are available only at the door. Show time is 7:30 p.m. Information: 215-517- 8337. Pearl Williams embodies, embraces and perpetuates the legacy of legendary Philadelphia jazz singers. ...
Vocalist Kevin Valentine In Old City Phila. Thurs. May 16th!
Appearing at the Arch Street Friends Meeting House—4th and Arch Street in Philadelphia—on Thursday, May 16th is singer Kevin Valentine. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are available only at the door. Show time is 7:30 p.m. Information: 215-517-8337. I can’t remember any phase of my life when I wasn’t singing, says this Bronx- born ...
Vocalist Kitty Mayo @ Cheltenham PA Center For The Arts Wed. May 1st!
Appearing at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts — 439 Ashbourne Road in Cheltenham — on Wednesday, May 1st is singer Kitty Mayo. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are available only at the door. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Information: 215-517-8337. Kitty Mayo was born into a musical family and was singing before she walked. ...
