Music
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Musician Finds Perfect Outlet to Propose Marriage: the TLA Concert Marquee
Sean Fisher, a 28-year-old musician with the Philly band The American Standard found a unique way to propose—on the TLA concert marquee, writes Gina Tomaine for phillymag.com. There’s a reason the TLA marquee on South Street is so special for Sean and his bride-to-be, Morgan Sarton, 27. TLA was the location of their first date.…
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Kamal Gray of The Roots Gives to Neumann Scholarships
Kamal Gray of The Roots was one of three donors who presented a check for $25,000 to Neumann University Oct. 18. Gray is the keyboard player for the Grammy Award-winning hip-hop group and house band for The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. The funds will be used for scholarships to support Neumann students who need…
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Drexel Hill Man, Part of Band Duo Rubber, Excited Over Release of First EP
A band duo called Rubber, made up of Drexel Hill resident Andrew Loper and Philadelphia area resident John Della Franco, has released its first EP, “Rubber Baby,” writes Lawrence Ukenye for Temple News. ““I really hope it does well, this is honestly the most nervous I’ve ever been,” said Loper, a 2018 economics alumnus at…
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Swarthmore Folk Singer’s Song on Obama’s ‘Amazing Grace’ Went Viral. Now There’s a Children’s Book
Folk singer-songwriter Zoe Mulford of Swarthmore was visiting an aunt in the Philadelphia suburbs June 26, 2015 when nine people were shot and killed in a Charleston church, writes Natalie Pompillo for The Philadelphia Inquirer. She was transfixed watching President Barack Obama eulogize one of the nine people then, unexpectedly, begin to sing “Amazing Grace”.…
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Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra Takes National Award for Recording What Was Never Recorded Before
The Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra has won itself a national award for showcasing never-before-recorded American romantic music of the late 19th and 20th century, reports benzinga.com. The orchestra was honored with The American Prize for its première recording released by New Focus Recordings. The music comes from the Fleischer Collection of the Philadelphia Free Library. The…
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Modern Classical Composer George Crumb Honored in Media for His 90th birthday
Grammy and Pulitzer Prize winning contemporary classical composer George Crumb, of Upper Providence, was honored Sunday in Media as he turns 90 on Oct. 24 this year, writes Susan L. Serbin for Delco News Network. A ceremony took place during the borough’s annual food festival. The birthday party was put together with the help of…
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Marple Newtown Marching Band Offers a Teen Oasis From Crazed Competitiveness
The Marple Newtown Marching Band exists apart from today’s anxiety-ridden competitiveness of all-season league sports, video games and college applications, writes Maria Panaritis for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The no-cut, no-tryout marching band has remained largely untouched by the ‘sorry-you-didn’t-make-the-cut’ culture that seems to have swallowed childhood and poisoned extracurricular activities from elementary school on up.…
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Delco Arts Week Is Here! See What’s Coming Up This Week
Delco Art Week kicked off this past weekend with plenty to see and do. And it’s just getting started. Events continue throughout the week, from art exhibits, to studio tours, arboretum tours, dance performances, theater, concerts and more. Check out DelcoArts.org for a complete listing . Take a Wyeth family studio tour at the Brandywine…
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He’s Sung in Opera Houses World-wide But Now This Havertown Vocalist Is Bringing It Home
Havertown native Ben Wager is no stranger to the opera stage but he’s found it an interesting challenge to appear as Farfarello in the Philadelphia Opera Company’s premiere, “The Love for Three Oranges,” writes Ruth Rovner for the Daily Local. The Prokofiev comic opera is rarely performed in the U.S. It is part of Opera…
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Delco Arts Week Opens Tomorrow With Exhibits and Festivals and Runs Through Sept. 28
Come experience the Arts! Delaware County Arts Consortium and the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance presents the first-ever Arts Week Sept. 21 to 28. Sponsored by Visit Delco PA and the Foundation for Delaware County, Arts Week showcases a wide range of art around the county. Visit DelcoArts.org and schedule times to experience music, dance, art,…
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Ridley Park’s John Scagall Releases Music Video About Coping with the Loss of a Pet
Ridley Park native and county singer John Scagall has released a music video “Send My Fur Angel” to remember his dog Tobey, who passed away last year, three days before Scagall’s wedding, reports MyChesCo.com. The video captures the pain and yearning Scargall felt to see his family dog again. Tobey’s collar was at the wedding…
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He Lived in Delco, but No One Place Could Contain Wells Fargo Exec Louis K. Habina
He lived modestly in a blue collar apartment in Delaware County, but attorney and Wells Fargo exec Louis K. Habina will be beloved as a legend, writes William Bender for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The 64-year-old Philly Pops booster and international racquets player died Sept. 4. “People loved this guy,” said Gregory Montanaro, a vice president…
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Amy Rigby, Haverford Music Festival Performer, Is Also a Writer
Amy Rigby, who performed this past Saturday at the Haverford Music Festival, has written a memoir, “Girl to City: A Memoir”, writes Dan DeLuca for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Rigby was backed by a band that included drummer Doug Wygal and her husband, Wreckless Eric on bass–the British punk-era songwriter who penned the immortal 1977 anthem…
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Move Over Vivaldi. Delaware County Gets Its Own Four Seasons, at Sept. 22 Symphony Concert
For the first time ever, Delaware County is getting its own musical composition. On Sunday, Sept. 22, at Neumann University, the original piece, “The Four Seasons of Delaware County,” will have its world premiere. The work for violin, cello, flute and piano will be part of the Delaware County Symphony’s first chamber series concert. The…
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Woodstock: Delco Residents Offer a Local Spin on 50th Anniversary of Music Fair
When Janet Sanders, a Springfield High senior, announced she was going to Woodstock, her brother and late sister-in-law didn’t want her to go because they had seen photos of nude festival attendees at the Atlantic City raceway concert, writes Peg DeGrass for the Delaware County News Network. “I lied and went anyway, telling my brother…
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Upper Darby’s Tower Theater Sign Comes Down, Museum Gets Iconic Sphere and Letters
The Tower Theater’s radio tower sign, a landmark for 69th Street in Upper Darby, is unsafe and is being removed, writes Joseph A. Gambardello and Dan DeLuca for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Live Nation, the theater’s owner, said inspections by company engineers determined the signage atop the 92-year-old building had deteriorated, according to Upper Darby Mayor…
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Lansdowne’s Steve Gunn Offers Personal Tribute to His Father on Latest Album
The title of Steve Gunn’s newest album, The Unseen in Between, has multiple layers of meaning with a focus on the songwriting process, writes Dan DeLuca for the Philadelphia Inquirer. “I find myself trying to explain where I’m coming from, or what I’m singing about,” Gunn said. “I’m always looking beyond the surface, trying to…
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This Country Band has Its Roots in Havertown and the Main Line
Meet the members of Rylan Brooks, the Main Line-area’s country music band. The band earned the Main Line Today 2019 Critics’ Choice Best New Band (Original Music) award, writes Hobart Rowland for Main Line Today. Chris Brooks and Nate Rylan recently shared how they became the best original outlaw country act to hail from the…
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