From impertinent upstart at a gay newspaper to parlaying volunteering into a 35-year career in radio, he's seen it all. His iconic party Sex Dwarf has its own culture. Where the heck does the name come from, anyway?
In the lead up to his newest album, 2022’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers and his most recent tour, Kendrick Lamar proved again, with singles such as “The Heart, Part 5,” that his music is an intricate existential puzzle.
I started going to rave parties when I was 19 years old, when local promoters would throw events in unsuspecting locations that were either completely illegal or operated outside of the “nightclubs,” leaving cops no options to shut them down.
Philadelphia is in for an uproarious treat when the rock-fusion quartet Making Movies takes the stage at World Cafe Live on with a mashup of culture, rhythm, and song that honors the ancestors while pushing the boundaries of sonics.
Growing up the son of proud Nigerian parents who warmed their home in London, England with Christian spirituals by Fred Hammond and Helen Baylor, Iniabasi (“God’s Time”) Samuel Henshaw was holed up in his room taking in the hymns from below and blending them with the pop music of the day –...