February 14, 2013
Get ready to hit the Facebook “Like” button on this one. Calling all summer concertgoers: the Grammy winners and Spotify-playlist staple, fun. is headed to Philadelphia on Friday, July 19 to perform at the Mann Center. fun., an American indie rock band, is led by the talented powerhouse vocalist Nate Ruess alongside Jack Antonoff on [...]
Read more»June 25, 2010
Peter Nero and the Philly Pops’ free concert at Independence Hall has become one of Welcome America’s most popular traditions, with 2010 marking the ninth consecutive year the Pops have wowed crowds in Historic Philadelphia. To help kick-off Fourth of July weekend, Friday evening July 2nd, the Pops will perform American classics including patriotic anthems, [...]
Read more»June 24, 2010
It’s Saturday, June 26th. You’ve just spent the late afternoon devouring a number of samples at Taste of Philadelphia and enjoyed a free concert featuring Morris Day & The Time. Well, keep your seat at Penn’s Landing, because immediately after the performance, the first round of July 4th fireworks blast off over the water. The [...]
Read more»May 15, 2009
Show some love for Philly’s burgeoning rock stars as The Girls Rock Benefit Show & Instrument Drive, which comes to Johnny Brenda’s on Saturday, May 23. Doors open at 8 P.M., with the music beginning at 9 P.M. Bands schedule to perform include: Oh! Pears, An American Chinese, The Mean, and Run at the Dog. [...]
Read more»December 12, 2008
Photo by Kate Wilhelmi Philadelphia native Anam Owili-Eger will be performing a benefit concert in support of his upcoming European tour through the The Philadelphia Sessions, (TPS), a non-profit organization that promotes Philadelphia by sending local Philadelphia musicians to perform abroad and establish relationships with other cities worldwide. The Philadelphia Sessions, a collaboration of Philadelphia [...]
Read more»October 20, 2008
Review By Joel Franke On Sunday, October 19, 2008, Ravi and Anoushka Shankar shared the Verizon Hall stage at the Kimmel Center. Each sitar (and musician) had a distinctive voice; the music was wholly organic and spellbinding as the two performers carried on a stylistic and generational dialogue using not the language of tired chords [...]
Read more»October 3, 2008
After last night’s rousing debate, we could all use a nice relaxing concert. Wouldn’t you know it, the Obama/Biden ticket is doing just that for Philadelphians this weekend in the form of the Vote for Change Rally and one Mr. Bruce Springsteen. Though the word from the Obama campaign (as of this writing) is, “From [...]
Read more»August 20, 2008
Post by Kate Bracaglia / Photo by Benjamin Kaufmann Having seen one too many ridiculous tribute band in my short lifetime, I generally steer clear of anything with the word “tribute” in its name. That includes: the little known ’80s flick, the beachy Nora Roberts read, the sporty Mazda Tribute, and even (yes) the greatest [...]
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