Features

A flash mob of a different tune

20 April 2010 Gia Lombardi

When a group of street clothes-clad students break out in song and dance, don’t be too surprised – it’s a Random Act of Dance.

Philly brothers start Snake Sustaine

19 April 2010 Thomas Dougherty

For Doug and Mike Sabolick, music runs in the family. The two are collaborating on their newest venture as they record in a Port Richmond studio.

Music lacks authenticity as you grow

19 April 2010

The music from Ciccarelli’s youth shaped his understanding of his present thoughts and actions.

Street Sounds: The Strapping Fieldhands

19 April 2010 Ashley Huber

To say it’s difficult to keep a band alive for more than a decade is an understatement, but many prestigious artists have demonstrated it can be done.

G. Love has saucy sounds

19 April 2010

The Philadelphia native talks about collaborating with Jack Johnson, fake IDs, cooking beef stew for his YouTube videos and his Philly-inspired tunes that are making a difference for the soldiers abroad.

Rocking musicals at Prince Theater

19 April 2010 Max McCormack

Goodman’s predictable off-Broadway, Rooms: A Rock Romance, receives mixed reviews.

The wandering musicians

19 April 2010 Caitlin Weigel

It was 4 p.m. on the corner of Broad and Chestnut streets. The streets were alive with people – constant streams hurrying past in all directions. Above the cars’ honking and crosswalk beeps, a steady pulse could be heard. A few people noticed its source. Others subconsciously walked in time with it, but most ignored it, allowing the music to fade into the soundtrack of the city.