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Photo GalleriesEVERYTHING TURNED TO COLOR, ROSARY GUILD & JOE BURKE KICK THINGS OFF AT KARL HALL
Photos by Scott Kucharski Karl Hall, the new all-ages venue in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., celebrated its opening night on Saturday, April 14, with performa...
Concert ReviewsENGLISH BEAT SHOW AT CITY WINERY ‘RANKS’ HIGH
A posh venue in Lower Manhattan— a winery, nonetheless — is an odd setting for a band with punk roots whose ethos was imbued with a distrust of the es...
InterviewsROSARY GUILD: ‘IT’S PRETTY, BUT IT CAN GET SCARY’
Rosary Guild's sound is cinematic, expansive — big. But at its core, the Wilkes-Barre group comes from a place of isolation. The isolation of growing...
InterviewsKARL HALL GEARS UP FOR OPENING NIGHT: ALL-AGES VENUE HOPES TO BECOME ‘CORNERSTONE’
Photos by Robin Palmer Musicians have had an uneasy relationship with the music business, to put it mildly, since someone figured out they could ma...
Album ReviewsGRAYSON CAPPS’ RAGGED JOURNEY MAKES ‘SCARLETT ROSES’ A KEEPER
Six albums into his career, it would be wrong to say Grayson Capps has arrived — he’s too seasoned and world-weary to think the journey is over. No, o...
Photo GalleriesSXSW ROAD REPORT: FRANK TURNER, DESSA, WAXAHATCHEE, RACHAEL RAY
Photos by Jeff Colchamiro Friday, March 16 By Day 3 at SXSW it’s hard to avoid seeing some repeats, but we certainly didn’t mind it in the case ...
Concert ReviewsJUDAS PRIEST IS FRESH AND FIERCE AT FIREPOWER TOUR OPENING NIGHT
Photos and review by Alex Seeley WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — As anticipation for the headliner reached fever pitch, the curtain that obscured the stage was...
Photo GalleriesSXSW ROAD REPORT: EZRA FURMAN, SPEEDY ORTIZ, BILLIE EILISH, DURAND JONES & THE INDICATIONS
Photos by Jeff Colchamiro Thursday, March 15 If there’s irony in stuffing our faces with brisket and sausage on the way to the Brooklyn Vegan da...
Photo GalleriesSXSW ROAD REPORT: COMMON, JAPANDROIDS, WYE OAK, LUCY DACUS
Photos by Jeff Colchamiro Wednesday, March 14 SXSW always presents a seemingly infinite number of musical choices, with official and unofficial...
Photo GalleriesALICE COOPER SELLS OUT KIRBY CENTER — AGAIN — WITH ‘PARANORMAL’ PERFORMANCE
Photos by Alex Seeley Theatrical rock 'n' roll pioneer Alice Cooper performed yet another sold-out show at the FM Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pa....
InterviewsDIXIE DREGS CLASSIC LINEUP BACK TOGETHER FOR FIRST TIME IN 40 YEARS
The Dixie Dregs were seemingly an exercise in how not to be successful in the music business. Five guys playing complex, southern-flavored rock music....
InterviewsMAC SABBATH ARE THE UNDISPUTED CHAMPIONS OF ‘DRIVE-THRU’ METAL
Maybe you've heard of speed metal. But fast-food metal? Heavy metal has a staggering number of sub-genres. Death metal, thrash metal, doom metal, s...