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WATCH: Bon Jovi Debuts New Song at Rutgers-Camden Graduation

Bon Jovi performs a song he wrote for the #RutgersCamdenClassOf2015 https://t.co/N9DlRSIPhy — Rutgers–Camden (@Rutgers_Camden) May 21, 2015 Jersey-born rocker Bon Jovi was presented an honorary […]

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Pandora Releases Digital Roots Picnic Mixtape

A local legend is upROOTing from an NBC stage and returning home to rock out for a day. For the eighth year in a row, Pandora […]

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WATCH: Shirtless Diplo Shoots Hoops With Arcade Fire’s Win Butler

Temple-trained DJ Diplo and Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler performed at the Hangout Festival this weekend in Alabama. Between sets, the two found time to […]

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Taylor Swift Becomes Winningest Billboard Music Awards Artist

Wyomissing-born pop sweetheart Taylor Swift owned the Billboard Music Awards (BMA) last night—from the show’s opening, when she debuted her new music video/short film “Bad […]

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The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia 50th Anniversary

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia celebrated its 50th anniversary with a concert at Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall on Sunday May 10, 2015. After the performance […]

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LISTEN: B.B. King’s “Philadelphia” With TSOP

Legendary blues man B.B. King passed away this morning at the age of 89. You’ll find moving profiles on him all around the web, including […]

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Pink on How She Continues to Deal With Body Shamers

In April, Doylestown native and pop-rock star Pink shut down a bunch of haters on Twitter who were ridiculing a photo of her in which they […]

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Lena Dunham, Kendrick Lamar to Play Noir Badasses in Taylor Swift’s Next Music Video

After the womp-womp that was her last video, “Style,” Taylor Swift has decided to turn things up a notch for her next offering by inviting […]

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Is Schoolly D Philly’s Greatest Hip-Hop Crash and Burn?

First, the Founding Fathers came to Philadelphia to birth American democracy, the shimmering benchmark of freedom and self-empowerment that has alternately subjugated and enlightened the world […]

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WATCH: YouTube Documentary Chronicles Questlove’s Trip to Cuba

Philly-bred Roots drummer Questlove took a trip to Cuba earlier in the year, and the whole thing is chronicled in a new documentary by Okayplayer that […]

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Q&A: Grammy-Winning Guitarist Jason Vieaux and His Philadelphia Connections

Jason Vieaux‘s mother was a school librarian who bought him his first classical guitar for $50 when he was a young boy. Fast forward several decades […]

City Life

WATCH: NJ Woman Channels Flo Rida on Dining Out for Life Rap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlSWVZA1UWc&feature=youtu.be A New Jersey woman is channeling Flo Rida in a new parody video in which she raps about why you should take part in tonight’s […]

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Chana Rothman’s Rainbow Train Debunks Gender Norms

Philly-by-way-of-Toronto artist Chana Rothman is debuting her children’s album Rainbow Train on Tuesday, May 12th. Rothman tapped into personal experiences and her son’s early experimentation with gender expression […]

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Man Sues Ex-Wife for Taking Their Daughter to a Pink Concert

Doylestown singer Pink has become pretty famous for her provocative, acrobatic stage shows, and for being that pop star who isn’t afraid to tell it like it […]

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Our Q&A With Out Center City Jazz Festival Headliner Dena Underwood

Out musician Dena Underwood—who you may recognize as one of the fab piano players at Tavern On Camac— opened last fall’s OutBeat, the nation’s first queer jazz […]