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8 stories by "Kile Smith"

Remembering beloved WRTI jazz announcer Bob Perkins by Kile Smith

Composer Kile Smith worked with Bob Perkins in the studio at WRTI. He remembers the legendary Philly jazz announcer as an unwitting mentor who imparted the knowledge and the feeling of great…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 4:11pm on January 28, 2025[SHARE]

The boy on the bike is back, but now he's not me: my kingdom is in the weeds by Kile Smith

As a boy, Kile Smith knew there was no freedom like riding your own bike on your own time. But now, as he watches the world go by from his garden, a whole new kingdom opens up.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:42am on November 27, 2023[SHARE]

One man, his van, and 18 hours: Journey to an orphanage in Kyiv by Kile Smith

Philly composer and essayist Kile Smith was traveling in Germany when he met an electrician with an extraordinary story in the months following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 4:25pm on November 1, 2022[SHARE]

A walk in the woods, with the wrens, makes me wonder: if things were simpler, when? by Kile Smith

A photo of a common bird gives flight to Kile Smith's thoughts on technology and gratitude. Where things really simpler "back then"? What do we witness nowadays, and how?

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 9:36am on July 19, 2022[SHARE]

More music and words become art: Another top 10 from composer Kile Smith by Kile Smith

Composer Kile Smith offered his top-10 list of pop songs that mixed music and words into pure art. Now he's back for another round, this time with icons of classical music.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 4:56pm on December 21, 2020[SHARE]

When do music and words become art? Here's a top 10 from composer Kile Smith by Kile Smith

Do lyrics serve the music, or vice versa? Sometimes, in pop music, you don't have to decide. Listen to Kile Smith explain 10 times that pop songs mixed music and words into pure art.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 6:52pm on October 19, 2020[SHARE]

The Metropolitan Opera offers free streams of its 'Live in HD' series by Kile Smith

For Kile Smith, the quarantine was well-timed: just as he's working on his first commissioned opera, he took in a Wagner marathon thanks to the Met's nightly stream.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 2:00pm on April 14, 2020[SHARE]

Kile Smith on composing in a diner by Kile Smith

Kile Smith visits a Cincinnati diner and meditates on the unexpected pleasures of live music and strange meats. You just never know what might happen.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 4:35pm on May 15, 2016[SHARE]
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