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A new lineup of Spinners carries the torch of '70s Philly Soul hits on the O'Jays farewell tour.

Loch Bar, an upscale seafood house based in Baltimore, will open a Philadelphia location this fall inside the Arthaus Condominiums at 301 S. Broad St. The restaurant will offer live music and serve seafood dishes synonymous with the Mid-Atlantic region. Loch Bar also has locations in Houston, Texas and Boca Raton, Florida.

Seven stars will be added to the sidewalk along South Broad Street, honoring the city’s musical legacy.

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Soul music, term adopted to describe African American popular music in the United States as it evolved from the 1950s to the ’60s and ’70s. Some view soul as merely a new term for rhythm and blues. In fact a new generation of artists profoundly reinterpreted the sounds of the rhythm-and-blues pioneers of the 1950s—Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Sam Cooke, and Ray Charles—whose music found popularity among whites and was transformed into what became known as rock and roll. If r...

The Pride of Philadelphia - Black History Month with a Philadelphia spin!

Jerry Blavat, known to his fans as "The Geator with the Heater," has died at age 82. The Philadelphia radio DJ, performer and music influencer who danced as a teen in the early days of American Bandstand succumbed to a rare disease Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, at Jefferson-Methodist Hospital in South Philly.

SAFETY HARBOR — Bobby Rush will perform Thursday, Jan. 19, at the Safety Harbor Art & Music Center, 706 Second St. N., Safety Harbor.

“Thom Bell left an indelible and everlasting mark on the history of popular music, but even more so, he will be remembered by all who knew him as a kind and loving friend and family man. The music world has truly lost one of the greats,” his attorney wrote in a statement published in Billboard magazine. By Post Staff Songwriter Thom Bell, a classically trained instrumentalist who wrote songs for 1970s singing groups Delfonics, Spinners and Stylistics, passed away at his home Bellingham, Wash...

Songwriter and producer behind the Philadelphia sound, including the Delfonics and the Stylistics