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| Music News - Music Alliance Inductees to Walk; New Jenny Lewis Video; Free Chance the Rapper Album |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/29/15 3:19 am | updated: 05/29/15 3:19 am |
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The Philadelphia Music Alliance announced seven new inductees to the Walk of Fame along the Avenue of the Arts. They include jazz legend Billy Holiday, hip hop band The Roots, 80's glam rockers Cinderella, disco/soul group The Trammps, Broadway star Andrea McArdle, Asleep at the Wheel's Ray Benson, and DJ Harvey Holiday. There will be a formal ceremony and the plaques installed in the sidewalk on October 26th.
Jenny Lewis has released a video for "She's Not Me" off... Read More |
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| $10k Reward Point Breeze Attacker; CDC: 150 Poss. Exposed to Lassa; Kelly Says McCoy is Wrong |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/28/15 5:26 pm | updated: 05/28/15 5:26 pm |
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| There is now a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of a man wanted for the sexual assault of a woman inside her Point Breeze home early Monday morning. It happened around 5:30 a.m. on the 1800 block of Rosewood Street. Surveillance videos show the man entering the victims home and then leaving and driving her car a few blocks away. He returned to the house demanded money and sexually assaulted the woman. The man is described as a black man, 20 to... Read More |
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| Music News - Rolling Stones' New Dead Flowers; U2 Tour Manager Dies; No Strawberry Steven Tyler Show |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/28/15 1:12 am | updated: 05/28/15 1:12 am |
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| The Rolling Stones are set to release a deluxe reissue of 1971's Sticky Fingers. This release will include some unleased tracks, extended versions, and alternate takes. Make sure you get a hard copy for the liner notes with 'making of' photos and more. They have already released two of the bonus tracks; an extended version of Side B opener, "Bitch," and a rollicking and rocking electric alternate take on the classic "Dead Flowers." Take listen below, and look for the reissue on... Read More |
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| Tracy Morgan and Walmart Reach Settlement; Tea Attack At Chinese Takeout; Point Breeze Sex Attack |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/27/15 6:43 pm | updated: 05/27/15 6:43 pm |
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| Actor Comedian Tracy Morgan has reached a settlement with Walmart almost a year following the deadly crash on the New Jersey Turnpike that killed one and seriously injured Morgan and others. The accident happened on the northbound turnpike on June 7th, 2014 when a Walmart truck driven by Kevin Roper slammed into the back of a nearly stationary limo bus with Morgan and friends. Comedian James "Jimmy Mack" McNair died. Morgan suffered severe brain trauma, a broken leg and ribs, and is... Read More |
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| Lyle Lovett To Play 54th Philadelphia Folk Fest this August. |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/27/15 1:50 pm | updated: 05/27/15 1:50 pm |
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The Philadelphia Folk Festival is thrilled to announce that Lyle Lovett and his Large Band will be appearing for the first time ever at the 54th Annual event taking place on the Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford Township August 13-16, 2015.
Lovett is considered one of the most original and distinctive singers and songwriters today, combining his incisive, witty lyrics with an eclectic array of music styles, ranging from country and folk to big-band swing and traditional pop. Joined... Read More |
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| Music News - Joni Mitchell Animated Interview; New Disclosure Tracks; Stream Jason Derulo Album |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/27/15 12:17 am | updated: 05/27/15 12:17 am |
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| Folk singer Joni Mitchell gets the animated treatment in PBS' Blank on Blank series. The short film is guided by audio clips of an interview between Mitchell and music exec Joe Smith from 1986. She talks about not being able to write a 'commercial' record or purposely 'sellout'. She also discusses dealing with fame, attention, and being recognized when she just wants to blend into the world. Other artists have been featured in the series like Lou Reed, Dolly Parton, B.B. King,... Read More |
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| Wawa Welcome America 4th of July Jam Lineup Announced; The Roots, Miguel, Jennifer Nettles |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/26/15 10:47 pm | updated: 05/26/15 10:47 pm |
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The lineup for this year's 4th of July Jam on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway as part of the Wawa Welcome America Celebration has been announced. Mayor Michael Nutter made the announcement on Tuesday morning at the African American Museum in Center City Philadelphia. The Roots will be back again to headline and act as house band for the show. Joining them on stage will be R&B star Miguel and Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles. More musical guests will be announced later this week.
The... Read More |
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| Husband Pleads Guilty Pennypack Park Murder; Cape May Sexting; Probation Poconos Teen Crash |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/26/15 6:18 pm | updated: 05/26/15 6:18 pm |
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| A Northeast Philadelphia man plead guilty today to strangling his wife near Pennypark Park last summer. 49-year-old Christopher Murray plead guilty to 3rd-degree murder in the death of 46-year-old Connie Murray. Connie had gone out for a walk after the couple had an argument over text messages Christopher received from a female acquaintance. She did not return and was reported missing the next day. She was found on the edge of the woods near Crispin Park in Holme Circle. Christopher... Read More |
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| Music News - A$AP Rocky Releases New Album; Icona Pop New Single; Chad Smith Gets Youth Music Award |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/26/15 3:06 am | updated: 05/26/15 3:06 am |
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| A$AP Rocky surprisingly announced on Monday night that he was moving the release date of the long awaited follow-up to 2013's LongLiveA$AP to Midnight. At.Long.Last.A$AP (A.L.L.A.) is now available online (Amazon and iTunes)... Read More |
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| Arrest in South Jersey Bank Robbery; Five Men Steal Cash, Jordans; NCAA Lacrosse Final at Linc |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/25/15 4:53 pm | updated: 05/25/15 4:53 pm |
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| South Jersey police have made an arrest in Saturday's bank robbery at a PNC branch in Gloucester Township. Tipsters helped identify 37-year-old Timothy J. Givens of Sicklerville from surveillance video released to the media. Givens robbed the bank on the 900 block of Black Horse Pike on Saturday morning of an undisclosed amount of cash. Camden County Sheriff's Department Officers spotted Givens near Cooper University Hospital in Camden on Sunday and arrested him after a short foot chase.... Read More |
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Alvin Clay
