Sonia Sanchez

Arts Desk

Jazz Philadelphia's Hometown Heroes: Spotlight on Poet Sonia Sanchez

Bobbi I. Booker

Poetry. Motion. Sound. For most of the 85 years Sonia Sanchez has existed, she has known and embraced the power of words and music, eventually merging…
Arts Desk

Jazz Album of the Week: Christian McBride Revisits The Movement Revisited

June 15, 2020. In 1998, bassist and bandleader Christian McBride composed The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons as part of a musical…
WRTI Spotlight

WRTI's NPR Live Sessions Video of the Week: Anthony Tidd and Band Play Ursula Rucker's "Supa Sista"

Bobbi I. Booker

When London-born bass player Anthony Tidd teams up with Philly-born, spoken-word artist Ursula Rucker, a special type of combustion occurs. Both create…