Here’s a list of what to do and who to see this week.

NEW YORK - A young Mick Jagger sits appeasing a journalist with a boyish grin on his face. The journalist asks, “Can you picture yourself at the age of 60 doing what you’re doing now?” Jagger answers, “Oh yeah, easily.”

When Jagger first takes the stage in Martin Scorsese’s new concert film, Shine A Light, to [...]

In today’s mainstream record industry, it has become increasingly hard for new music to circulate and grow. But there are still a few rebels who are dedicated to making their mark. Badmaster Records is one of those companies. Their list of bands is relatively small, but in their minds, small is good.
Founded in March 2005 [...]

Look up the word “paradox” in the dictionary, and you will see a woman who is beautiful in an entirely natural way, whose green eyes and knowing smirk reveal intelligence, wit and a healthy amount of je ne sais quoi.
She is equal parts folk singer and punk, gay and straight, darling and rebel, larger-than-life icon [...]

Being a local rock star may be harder than you think.
The Temple News interviewed members of Philly-based bands The Teeth, The A-Sides and Man Man for stories of the prudence and prestige that define the lives of professional musicians here in the land of cheesesteaks. Below are seven rules to live by if you want [...]

If there were to be a king of accordions, it would be Benny Cintioli.
The owner of Cintioli’s Music Center in Northeast Philadelphia makes sure his store serves as a bastion of anyone’s musical needs.
“We have everything you can think of that’s a musical instrument,” said employee Andrew Skalski.
Indeed, they have every instrument imaginable - guitars, [...]

Unlike most record companies, Manny Strong Records stresses the importance of family and community and cares about providing the highest quality product for the cheapest price.
Promoting fresh hip-hop with a positive message is the goal behind the North Philadelphia-based label that was founded by aspiring artist John “Black Cease” McCay.
Cease, 23, of Erie Avenue, is [...]

REVIEW - “Never forget where you came from.”
These are some of the earliest words on American Gangster, an album that’s proof that Jay-Z will never forget where he came from.
Call it Brooklyn, call it the streets. But whatever you call it, Jay-Z is defined by it. Hova’s gangster roots play a huge role in the [...]

He emerges from behind the pillar, his step hurried. His clothes - khaki pants and a plain T-shirt - are appropriate for the setting. He sets up his violin and begins to play outside of the tiny McDonald’s at Suburban Station.
It is 9:30 a.m. For most of the people hurrying in and out of the [...]

REVIEW - A band called The War on Drugs is a band you’d expect to be wild. Or at least political to the point of tear gas. But Adam Granduciel and Kurt Vile, who each play a pharmacy’s worth of instruments, spent their time in the green room of the First Unitarian Church on Nov. [...]