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Browse This Issue: January 10th, 2008

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Bound for Glory
Paying tribute to unforgettable forgotten blues/gospel star Sister Rosetta Tharpe
by Mary Armstrong
Bonus Web Content
The energetic singing and guitar playing of Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973) broke ground not only for gospel music, but provided much of the inspiration for rock 'n' roll. She deserves better than an unmarked grave in East Germantown's Northwood Cemetery.

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The Unsung Singer
The Antfarm Quartet doesn't pander to its vocal minority.
by Shaun Brady
Jazz In jazz, the second a singer enters the picture, the picture itself tends to change. Landscape becomes portrait, with the vocalist front and center,

Suite Spot:
Bernstein Bears
Peter Burwasser on Classical
by Peter Burwasser
Leonard Bernstein's enormous success tended to raise suspicions in the perverse logic of the cultural elite of his time. It was granted, begrudgedly, that he was a pretty good educator and writer, with his landmark Young People's Concerts at the heart of this legacy.

Music Picks:
Steve Lehman Quintet
Sat., Jan. 12, 8 p.m., $12, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th St., arsnovaworkshop.com.
by Shaun Brady
In order to fully grasp the complexity of the music on his latest disc, it might help to be, as alto saxophonist Steve Lehman is, a doctoral candidate in composition at Columbia University.

Network for New Music
Network for New Music: The Poetry Project, Wed., Jan. 16, 8 p.m., $15-$25, Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St., 215-893-1999, kimmelcenter.org.
by Peter Burwasser
There are few more primal and universally accessible musical activities than singing. Banging a stick on a rock, perhaps.

Jaimie Branch Trio
Sun., Jan. 13, 8 p.m., $10, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th St., arsnovaworkshop.com.
by Shaun Brady
It's easy for anyone to get lost in Chicago's competitive free-jazz scene, so at a mere 24 years old and female in a notoriously boys-club environment, it says something that recent arrival Jaimie Branch is already staking a claim for attention.

Richie Havens
Sat., Jan. 12, 7:30 p.m., $39-$33, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com.
by Nicole Pensiero
Back in '69, Richie Havens made history by opening Woodstock with a set that went on for hours with countless ovations. "Nobody else was ready to play so I just kept on going," the 66-year-old recalls.

MUSIC . Blog Posts
ADVENTURES OF AN OPEN-MIKER: Mugshots Coffeehouse in Fairmount
by Matt Cantor
814 days ago
There were only six performers Tuesday night at Mugshots in Fairmount—and it was wonderful. Everyone got to play four or five songs, and »»
VIDEO REVIEW: Lady Gaga's "Born This Way"
by Massimo Pulcini
815 days ago
Alien outer space births, DMT trip sequences, facial spikes, and unicorns — what will she (err…Capital S-H-E) think of next? When Lady Gaga released »»
10 Track Mind: Playfully subversive
by Eric Schuman
815 days ago
I set my iPod on shuffle. Here’s where it led me … 1. Alice Cooper - “Teenage Lament ‘74” From Muscle Of Love, the last album where “Alice Cooper” referred »»
The Roots Picnic 2011 Lineup!
by Eric Schuman
816 days ago
Behold, the lineup for this year's Roots Picnic! As usual, it's anything but your average day-festival lineup. As always, The Roots Crew themselves will »»
CONCERT REVIEW: The Low Anthem @ First Unitarian Church, 2/25
by Matt Cantor
816 days ago
The Low Anthem got their timing right. At a moment when woodsy, Americana-inspired lyrics are approaching the mainstream (think Fleet Foxes, »»

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Sun., Jan. 13, 8 p.m., $10, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th St., arsnovaworkshop.com.
by Shaun Brady
It's easy for anyone to get lost in Chicago's competitive free-jazz scene, so at a mere 24 years old and female in a notoriously boys-club environment, it says something that recent arrival Jaimie Branch is already staking a claim for attention.
Network for New Music: The Poetry Project, Wed., Jan. 16, 8 p.m., $15-$25, Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St., 215-893-1999, kimmelcenter.org.
by Peter Burwasser
There are few more primal and universally accessible musical activities than singing. Banging a stick on a rock, perhaps.
Sat., Jan. 12, 7:30 p.m., $39-$33, World Café Live, 3025 Walnut St., 215-222-1400, worldcafelive.com.
by Nicole Pensiero
Back in '69, Richie Havens made history by opening Woodstock with a set that went on for hours with countless ovations. "Nobody else was ready to play so I just kept on going," the 66-year-old recalls.
Sat., Jan. 12, 8 p.m., $12, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 S. 18th St., arsnovaworkshop.com.
by Shaun Brady
In order to fully grasp the complexity of the music on his latest disc, it might help to be, as alto saxophonist Steve Lehman is, a doctoral candidate in composition at Columbia University.
 
 
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