Fergie’s Pub

by Geno Thackara It’s been a long time since Frank Zappa asserted that jazz wasn’t dead, a thought which is thankfully still as true as it was then. Music is all about accepting and bringing all kinds of people together, and if there’s one milieu that arguably Read More

by Geno Thackara You can’t live in or around Philadelphia without being at least vaguely aware of its place in music history. Jazz in particular is part of the city’s DNA just as much as cheese steaks, big colorful art murals and parallel parking in maddeningly narrow Read More

by Zach Fraley The theater major and the scientist. If it sounds like an unusual coupling to you, then you aren’t the only one. The Goodnight Darlings are a combination that seems better suited for a screwball comedy than for music venues. Katarina Auster, a graduate of the Read More

by Andi Bricklin Long before most of us fell in love with everyone’s favorite curly haired spectacled contestant on Season 7 of The Voice, Matt McAndrew was a student at UArts in Philadelphia, trying out his tunes on the patrons of Fergie’s Pub during open mic night.  These days Read More

by Alyse Horn Saturday night at Union Transfer, the Kalob Griffin Band rocked their 5th Annual Holiday Bash to a crowd of about 800 people. This crowd is what drummer Eric Lawry refers to as the “KGB Family.” Church Girls and American Babies opened for the headliner, Read More

by Dominique V. Richardson A time for trumpets and saxophones, trombones and drum solos. Saturday, April 19th marks the return of The 3rd Annual Center City Jazz Festival in Philadelphia. Bringing forth the creativity and community of yesteryear, the festival continues to Read More