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Tuesday, June 30, 2026

America at 250, in the eyes of a prisoner and an immigrant by Kile Smith

Kile Smith grew up loving his family’s all-American road trips, and on his own forays as an adult, he encountered two especially memorable immigrants who came to the US in very different w…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:47PM[SHARE]

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

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 04:11PM[SHARE]

Monday, November 27, 2023

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[SHARE]

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

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 04:25PM[SHARE]

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

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 09:36AM[SHARE]

Monday, December 21, 2020

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 04:56PM[SHARE]

Monday, October 19, 2020

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 06:52PM[SHARE]

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

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 02:00PM[SHARE]

Sunday, May 15, 2016

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 04:35PM[SHARE]

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