Violinist Philippe Quint Receives Arts Award
Violinist Philippe Quint was awarded the Ambassador of Arts Award at the 16th Anniversary Gala Banquet of the Gateways Organization celebrating The Brownstone Experience. The banquet, held in the...
View ArticleEstonian’s U.S. Visit Helped Create Baltic’s Biggest Jazzfest
Over the past 25 years, Jazzkaar in Tallinn, Estonia, has become the biggest jazz festival in the Baltic countries, attracting both famous artists and undiscovered talent. For 10 days each year, more...
View ArticleA New Breed of Outdoor Movie Has Been Popping up Across The Nation
VOA More than half a century ago, there were 4000 drive-in movie theaters in the United States, and watching a movie from your car was a popular way to spend an evening. But with the number of...
View ArticlePair of #1 Sound Of Philadelphia Classics Also Among Hundreds of TSOP Hits
More than a generation since The Sound of Philadelphia was a chart-topping, worldwide hit-making machine, legendary producer-songwriters and TSOP architects Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff have another #1...
View ArticleFrank Sinatra Remembered in Small Hometown
VOA Victoria Kupchinetsky, Ramon Taylor Before singer Frank Sinatra became a global household name, he was a local boy from a small New Jersey town across the river from Manhattan. In that town —...
View ArticleRolling Stones to Play Free Concert in Cuba
VOA News Legendary British rock band The Rolling Stones will play a free concert in Cuba on March 25, a milestone event in a country where the communist government once banned the group’s music as an...
View ArticlePhilly Celebrates Jazz and Honors World-renowned Jazz Bassist Christian McBride
Mayor Jim Kenney will proclaim April as Philadelphia Jazz Appreciation Month and honor a native son, five-time Grammy Award winner, and world-renowned jazz bassist Christian McBride at the Philly...
View ArticleAutopsy: Prince Died of Accidental Fentanyl Overdose
VOA News Autopsy results from the U.S. pop star Prince, who died suddenly in April, show he died of an accidental overdose of fentanyl, a powerful opioid painkiller more potent than morphine or heroin....
View ArticleAdele Wins Album, Record, Song of the Year at Grammys
VOA Adele won the trifecta – album of the year, record of the year, and song of the year – at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles Sunday night, beating out Beyonce in all three categories....
View ArticlePhilly Celebrates Jazz WRTI Listening Session With Jazz Pianist Orrin Evans
The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, in partnership with public radio station 90.1 WRTI, presents a live listening session with internationally-renowned jazz pianist Orrin Evans....
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