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Snacktime, a popular brass band from Philadelphia, put out its second original single on Wednesday ahead of its upcoming album release on July 15. 'Sounds from the Street: Live!' is a fully improvised album recorded at Rittenhouse Soundworks, featuring the band doing what it does best: having fun playing with sound.
Reasons to get out at the Norton Museum of Art, Wellington Classic Brew Fest, the opening of the Renaissance Festival in Deerfield Beach and a free concert by Third World at the ArtsPark in downtown Hollywood.
Share Eutelsat Quantum, backed by UK Space Agency funding and built in Britain by Airbus in Portsmouth and Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) in Guildford, is the first of a new generation of fully reconfigurable satellites that can respond while in orbit to changing demands on Earth. Until now large satellites were configured on the ground for specific tasks that could not be changed after launch. Eutelsat Quantum’s coverage, bandwidth, power and frequency can all be altered in orbit. The satellite’s beams can be redirected to switch between functions from broadcasting TV, enabli...
WHYY By SnackTime, a Philadelphia 10-man brass band playing in Rittenhouse Park. (Photo Courtesy of SnackTime) In October, I was out on a date with my partner in Rittenhouse Square. We were walking until we heard the warm sound of a trumpet. Soon enough, drums, a saxophone, and even a sousaphone — we had stumbled across one of Philadelphia’s hidden gems: Snacktime. A 10-man brass band that performs across Philadelphia, Snacktime performs covers of hit pop songs, timeless classics and their own original works. After spending close to one year in isolation and coping with the events of a tu...