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Philadelphia lost seven great musicians in the first four months of 2020. These artists, like the music, have a special relationship with impermanence. Let us remember them.

Trumpeter Wallace Roney died from complications of the COVID-19 virus on March 31, 2020 at the age of 59. But his life in Philadelphia and beyond will…

September 14, 2020. Sarah Willis, the first female brass player of the Berlin Philharmonic, is a musician after my own heart—she loves to dance. Ms.…

Heading back to school is different this year, and here at WRTI we're especially aware of the challenges for young people working hard to continue their…

Here is the third of three stories highlighting a cross-section of some of the incredible bassists to have come out of Philly.

Since 2017, Slingshot—a collaboration between NPR Music and the digital music service VuHaus—has provided a platform where 'taste-making' music stations…

“The way I look at it, ‘jazz’ is a lineage,” said London-to-Philadelphia transplant bassist, composer, and teacher-mentor Anthony Tidd. He’s reflecting on…

Here is the second of three stories highlighting a cross-section of some of the incredible bass players to have come out of Philly.

Here is the first of three stories highlighting a cross-section of some of the incredible bass players to have come out of Philly.

Describing Louis Armstrong biographer Ricky Riccardi as merely enthusiastic about Satchmo would be a gross understatement. It’s easier to say he’s…