Jason Segel’s Dispatches from Elsewhere is a big smooch love letter to Philadelphia
Jason Segel loves Philadelphia.
A.D. Amorosi
Catching up with The Roots: next Picnic, new street corner, old members doing fresh things
“The Roots started their performance experience by busking on the streets of Philadelphia. East Passyunk Avenue and South Street was one of their main locations…”
Digable Planets, Digging
Though the richly dynamic “Reachin’”, had its acid jazzy vibe and hop-pop reach, Digable Planets’ second album “Blowout Comb,” is a misunderstood masterpiece.
Bruce Klauber and the art of ring-a-ding and swing a la Buddy Rich
For both a step to the past and to the present, Bruce Klauber will make
Low Cut Connie’s Adam Weiner goes it alone, just once or twice
Low Cut Connie has just released an Atlantic City-inspired new ballad, “Look What They Did,” with Adam Weiner hitting the boards.
Michael Reiley is Mikroneisa Maximal Micro and the other way out
Michael Reiley and his ECHOZOO project is a recreation of the sounds of extinct animals
Ant Music: Jersey-Philly singer and songwriter Ant Saunders turns it on
Inspired by R&B artists such as John Legend and Frank Ocean, as well as John Mayer, Ed Sheeran and Post Malone, Ant Saunders’ chart numbers are as high as his aspirations.
Total Recall: Philly-Jersey stand-up comedian Joe Matarese brings up his past this weekend
Joe Matarese’s Valentine night’s gig is bound to be a bold, but broad look at who we are as a people, how he and his family fit in, what personal mental health issues feel like when embraced by a master comic.
Luther A. Randolph, In Memoriam
A bold innovator and an unsung hero of the Philly soul sound, Luther A. Randolph
Tanya Tucker at World Café Live
The Tanya Tucker old school country music concert on Thursday night at World Café Live should be forever the norm, and never again the exceptional exception.