Music
Questlove and Elvis Costello Talk About Their New Album
The Roots’ new album with Elvis Costello is finally out, and Questlove is doing interviews for the album with Costello. Billboard reports: Their musical relationship […]
Tonight’s Sarah Dash Show Will Benefit Evoluer House
If you’re interested in some classic soul music and benefitting a worthy cause, you might want to check out tonight’s Sarah Dash show at the […]
Who Has The Better Philly Anthem? Que or Reno Sinatra?
A month ago, we showed you Que’s Philly video, and suggested it should be played in local sports arenas for decades to come. But now […]
Here’s What’s Wrong With Made in America
The biggest problem with Budweiser’s Made In America Festival is that it does not make Philadelphia one of its main characters—the city barely even has […]
The List: 5 Classic Philly Soul Tracks
Bobby Martin—producer and one of the architects of The Sound of Philadelphia—passed away Friday in San Diego. And ever since we heard the news, we’ve […]
RIP Bobby Martin, Purveyor of Fine Philadelphia Soul
The Philadelphia Sound is weeping today at the passing of classic R&B producer and composer Bobby Martin, who passed away Friday at a San Diego, […]
Rapper A$AP Rocky Charged With Slapping Woman at Made In America
Rapper A$AP Rocky has been charged with simple assault by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, reports TMZ, stemming from an incident that occurred over the […]
Made in America Rapper Charged with Slapping a Fan
A$AP Rocky has been sued by a young mom who says he slapped her last weekend at the Made in America Festival. The woman claims A$AP […]
Banjo Playing Emily Yates Arrested In Independence Park
Over the weekend, the above video began making the rounds on Facebook. It shows a 30-year-old California woman named Emily Yates (right) being restrained by […]
Budweiser Made In America Festival 2013
The Budweiser Made In America Festival benefiting The United Way rolled into Philadelphia for the second year over the Labor Day Weekend, bringing with it […]
WATCH: Blind Singers Bring Soul to Philly Streets
This is fairly striking: Singin’ Soul Philly from justjohnny on Vimeo. This looks to be some of the same group of people that City Paper […]
Rolling Stone: Made in America a “Smashing Success”
If you stayed in town instead of heading to the shore over the long holiday weekend, you might’ve noticed that traffic in and around the […]
Here’s Jay Z and Ron Howard’s Made In America Documentary Trailer
If you can’t afford tickets to see Beyonce, Nine Inch Nails and all their friends at this weekend’s Made In America festival on the Ben […]
A Very Handy Map of Made in America Road Closures
Courtesy of West Philly Reddit user CthulhuCompanionCube, here’s a map of the road closures that the Made in America Festival will unload on Philadelphia this weekend. […]
Listen: Paul McCartney Releases New Music, Calls in to WXPN
Everyone’s favorite Beatle (OK, living Beatle) is back in the music game this week with the announcement of “New,” Paul McCartney‘s newest song and album […]