Sharon Katz & The Peace Train South African The multicultural South African band of Sharon Katz & The Peace Train helped Nelson Mandela end Apartheid and continue spreading their message of peace and reconciliation through music all around the world. Honoring South Africa’s 25th Anniversary, The Peace Train:Transcending Barriers tour features concerts, film screenings and workshops across Africa, Mexico, Cuba and the United States in 2019-2020. Their pulsating rhythms, … [Read more...]
LeBon LeBon Show Band | New Wave | Original Formed in the fall of 2010 by schoolmates and long time friends Dave Cope and Demian Mason, LeBon LeBon was, at first, nothing more than an experiment in song writing. Cope and Mason, both founding members of the Philadelphia based Fantasy Square Garden, decided to join forces again to create a "fake band" that would act as a vehicle to promote the holiday single "Megan Fox for Christmas". But the duo's repertoire would grow to include … [Read more...]
West Philadelphia Orchestra Balkan | Show Band With a diverse line-up of professional Philadelphia musicians whose influences range from Sun Ra to Bulgarian brass bands, West Philadelphia Orchestra is a unique live ensemble in today’s auto-tuned musical world. They began playing Romanian ballads, Macedonian folk-dance songs, Bulgarian wedding music, and Klezmer in late 2006, and have continued expanding their repertoire of Eastern European music. The band also plays original tunes … [Read more...]
The Wittchen Initiative Indie | Jazz | Original The Wittchen Initiative is a unique band featuring two harps and voice. As Dave Howell of The Morning Call says, "The Wittchen Initiative is an unusual combination. But it works beautifully." In early 2008, the three Wittchen women combined Andrea and Samantha’s fierce harp playing with Alexandra’s huge voice to launch The Wittchen Initiative. Since then, the band has been on a mission to surprise audiences by the harp’s … [Read more...]