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Ruth in the Bardo’s forthright politics shine in new genre-fluid album
Ruth in the Bardo‘s third album You’re Not Missing the Mark, You’re Missing the Point. is one you listen to with headphones on, barely acknowledging…
Ruth in the Bardo‘s third album You’re Not Missing the Mark, You’re Missing the Point. is one you listen to with headphones on, barely acknowledging…
Ruth in the Bardo’s forthright politics shine in new genre-fluid album
Ruth in the Bardo‘s third album You’re Not Missing the Mark, You’re Missing the Point. is one you listen to with headphones on, barely acknowledging…
Music News
At 102, Marshall Allen embarks on an ‘Audio Odyssey’
At 102 years old, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Marshall Allen has lived more life than most people. As the current leader and longest-tenured member of…
At 102 years old, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Marshall Allen has lived more life than most people. As the current leader and longest-tenured member of…
At 102, Marshall Allen embarks on an ‘Audio Odyssey’
At 102 years old, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Marshall Allen has lived more life than most people. As the current leader and longest-tenured member of…
Music News
On ‘WHACK’S MUSEUM,’ Tierra Whack enshrines herself among Philly hip-hop legends
“They call me Whack, luckily, it’s my government, one of a kind, your label been trying to double it,” is a hell of a…
“They call me Whack, luckily, it’s my government, one of a kind, your label been trying to double it,” is a hell of a…
On ‘WHACK’S MUSEUM,’ Tierra Whack enshrines herself among Philly hip-hop legends
“They call me Whack, luckily, it’s my government, one of a kind, your label been trying to double it,” is a hell of a…
Music News
Snapshots from Break Free Fest 2026
Break Free Fest, Philly’s three-day festival featuring BIPOC bands across the punk and hardcore spectrum, returned for its eighth year over the weekend. Tristate,…
Break Free Fest, Philly’s three-day festival featuring BIPOC bands across the punk and hardcore spectrum, returned for its eighth year over the weekend. Tristate,…
Snapshots from Break Free Fest 2026
Break Free Fest, Philly’s three-day festival featuring BIPOC bands across the punk and hardcore spectrum, returned for its eighth year over the weekend. Tristate,…
News
From WXPN Host To WXPN Ambassador: Kathy O’Connell Announces Retirement
After four decades of soundtracking childhoods across the region and beyond, WXPN host Kathy O’Connell has announced her retirement. Since O’Connell is irreplaceable, this…
After four decades of soundtracking childhoods across the region and beyond, WXPN host Kathy O’Connell has announced her retirement. Since O’Connell is irreplaceable, this…
From WXPN Host To WXPN Ambassador: Kathy O’Connell Announces Retirement
After four decades of soundtracking childhoods across the region and beyond, WXPN host Kathy O’Connell has announced her retirement. Since O’Connell is irreplaceable, this…
Music News
Unpacking Jill Scott’s Utterly Iconic Tiny Desk
When we told you a month or so back that Jill Scott is back, no one could have predicted the degree of back-ness that…
When we told you a month or so back that Jill Scott is back, no one could have predicted the degree of back-ness that…
Unpacking Jill Scott’s Utterly Iconic Tiny Desk
When we told you a month or so back that Jill Scott is back, no one could have predicted the degree of back-ness that…
Music Review
15 Years of Frank Ocean and The R&B Mixtape
Frank OceanNostalgia, Ultra(Self-released) Fifteen years ago, Frank Ocean quietly uploaded Nostalgia, Ultra to Tumblr, bypassing traditional industry machinery and, in the process, reshaping the…
Frank OceanNostalgia, Ultra(Self-released) Fifteen years ago, Frank Ocean quietly uploaded Nostalgia, Ultra to Tumblr, bypassing traditional industry machinery and, in the process, reshaping the…
15 Years of Frank Ocean and The R&B Mixtape
Frank OceanNostalgia, Ultra(Self-released) Fifteen years ago, Frank Ocean quietly uploaded Nostalgia, Ultra to Tumblr, bypassing traditional industry machinery and, in the process, reshaping the…
Music Review
Five albums that aren’t on your autumn playlist yet, but should be
“Seasonal” music goes one of two ways: thoroughly literal or an embodiment of how it makes people feel. Music that feels like fall is…
“Seasonal” music goes one of two ways: thoroughly literal or an embodiment of how it makes people feel. Music that feels like fall is…
Five albums that aren’t on your autumn playlist yet, but should be
“Seasonal” music goes one of two ways: thoroughly literal or an embodiment of how it makes people feel. Music that feels like fall is…
Events
Inside Hustle Returns May 13 for a Free Night of Music Industry Insight and Networking
Inside Hustle returns on Tuesday, May 13, at 5:30pm. Hosted in World Cafe Live, this two-and-a-half-hour event brings together emerging artists and aspiring industry…
Inside Hustle returns on Tuesday, May 13, at 5:30pm. Hosted in World Cafe Live, this two-and-a-half-hour event brings together emerging artists and aspiring industry…
Inside Hustle Returns May 13 for a Free Night of Music Industry Insight and Networking
Inside Hustle returns on Tuesday, May 13, at 5:30pm. Hosted in World Cafe Live, this two-and-a-half-hour event brings together emerging artists and aspiring industry…