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In the mid-1930s, “girl singers” were a novelty on the airwaves and recordings. In live performances, they were recruited as much for their sex appeal as the quality of their

This year saw the formation of a new supergroup: books broke news about Madonna, Sly Stone, Lou Reed, Ella Fitzgerald, Barbra Streisand and even Bob Dylan.

Selections from Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, currently at the Playhouse, will be performed Wednesday, Dec. 6, at noon in the Cumberland Room at the Library. This will certainly get you

A new biography sheds light on her humble beginnings and prolific, genre-defining career.

Judith Tick’s biography also gives readers a look at a media ecosystem that has all but disappeared

'Becoming Ella Fitzgerald,' by Judith Tick, is the first full biography of the multifaceted singer since her death — and captures her tireless evolution.

These Ella Fitzgerald songs prove she's 'The First Lady of Song.' Hear all the classics from "Dream a Little Dream of Me" to "Summertime."

The history of the flute in popular music is about so much more than Ron Burgundy and Jethro Tull.

In an hour’s sweep across a life of great consequence, five Asante Theatre actors whisked a full-house audience through a hip-hop exploration of the life and legacy of “the prophet

McBrides "The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store" is set in the Chicken Hill neighborhood of Pottstown.