Music

May 11, 20203 min read

First Lady of Jazz Guitar Recalls her Philly Youth, the Folks who Helped, and Why She #VotesThatJawn

Monnette Sudler never skips a vote. Never will. But as a kid, Sudler says, she wasn’t into politics. For her, it was all music.

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Apr 18, 20201 min read

Why Music on a Youth Voting Site?

Because music is a gateway to the things that matter to you. What matters to us is what motivates us to vote. Hill-Freeman Music Director...

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Apr 3, 20202 min read

At Music, I Suck … or Used To

By Giovanna Cicalese When I was younger, I listened to all kinds of music on the radio, mostly guided by my dad, a drummer. I played...

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Apr 3, 20201 min read

The Escobar Brothers Podcast

By Lorene Cary Special thanks to the Escobar family: three talented young musicians who live with their parents in suburban Philadelphia....

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Apr 3, 20202 min read

You Don’t Always Get What You Want, But . . .

By Lorene Cary I wanted to play trumpet. Blow blow hard! A kid who had asthma, whose breathing sometimes felt like sucking air through a...

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Apr 2, 20201 min read

My Place, All Over the Place

By Jada Orr When I was younger I had a lot of unorthodox idols in the music industry. I enjoyed singers with dark and gritty sounds and...

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Apr 2, 20202 min read

Finding the Right Chord

By Shamaur Williams THEN When I was younger I was hidden within myself. Locked away in my head, because I never kept a steady home,...

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Apr 2, 20201 min read

The Song is About Life

By Umu Diallo As a child I wanted to do everything. At first it was writing, then singing, then playing an instrument and so on. You...

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Apr 2, 20201 min read

This Is It! Perfection.

By Jamison Cooper THEN The strings seem flat, silver, light. No formal connection to pitch. Just noise. Noise that makes pretty and ugly...

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