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Music From the Feet Up

Music From the Feet Up

The streets of Chicago, Philadelphia and Los Angeles have much to say, and 21-year-old  Isaac Treece, professionally known as Swisha, is listening. The electronic musician, who received arts training at the charter school CHAMPS in Van Nuys, combines his Philadelphia roots with the synth beat of hometown Los Angeles, choreographing it all around juke and footwork for an […]

David Bowie, Beat by Beat

David Bowie, Beat by Beat

David Bowie, the artist, defied categorization, though he is most often identified with music. In the catalog of my memory, however, he’s indexed as “showman” (with the qualifier “ultimate”).  I’ve seen dozens of arena rock concerts, mostly forgotten, but David Bowie’s Serious Moonlight tour is permanently etched into my grid. Casting its beam on Philadelphia in July ’83, the show was everything the […]