Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joe Tarsia, founder of Sigma Sound Studios and chief engineer for Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff's Philadelphia International Records, ...

Dexter Wansel, a forefather of alternative R&B and the gifted songwriter/producer of hits such as Patti LaBelle’s “If Only You Knew,” died Sunday in Philadelphia of undisclosed causes. He was 75. A ...

Just possibly, the Philadelphia Orchestra is the most treasured musical institution in the world. Some would argue for the Metropolitan Opera, the Vienna Philharmonic, or even the Juilliard String ...

After minor chart success, the O'Jays had considered calling it quits before Leon Huff and Kenneth Gamble revived their career with chart-topping hits. Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images When Leon ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... With the Philadelphia Orchestra joining the New York Philharmonic this summer as a resident orchestra, the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival boasts a ...

Fans of the Philadelphia Sound will be able to indulge in some of the genre's iconic music next month at the National Liberty Museum. The Old City institution will host "NLM at Night: The Sound of ...

Love Train, 71 songs sprawled across four CDs, brings together a mass of music that has already been anthologized in a variety of forms over the years, though not as exhaustively or attractively. The ...

His work as an engineer at Sigma Sound Studios left a sonic stamp on R&B hits by the O’Jays, the Delfonics, the Stylistics and many others. By Bill Friskics-Warren Joe Tarsia, the recording engineer ...