A group of soulful singers and producers came together in the 1960s to create a sound unique to Philadelphia. The musical genre, appropriately dubbed the Philly Sound, produced hits like "Love Train," ...

Like many Black children growing up in the ‘70s and ‘80s, Mount Airy author Hilary Beard had fond memories of Afros and Soul Train dancers. “I was a little Black girl with braids who sat between my ...

Joe Tarsia, founder of Sigma Sound Studios and chief engineer for Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff’s Philadelphia International Records, died on Nov. 1 in Lancaster, Penn. The 88-year-old’s cause of death ...

As Motown, the sound of Detroit, was to black music in the 1960s so “Philly Soul”, the sound of the record label, Philadelphia International, was to the 1970s. Founded by the writer/producers Kenny ...

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 ...