DEL McCOURY RECALLS PENNSYLVANIA ROOTS AHEAD OF BUCKNELL PERFORMANCE
When bluegrass icon Del McCoury and his sons’ five-piece band take the stage at the Weis Center on the campus of Bucknell University Saturday night, 78-year-old Del is going to feel very much at home....
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PEACH FEST 2017: MULTI-GENERATIONAL TRIBUTES TO FALLEN ALLMAN BROTHERS MEMBERS ABOUND
Photos by Pati Bobeck MOOSIC, Pa. — Fourteen-year-old Brandon “Taz” Niederauer was spotted backstage at last weekend’s Peach Festival by one observer just being a care-free kid — chasing and poppin...
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NEW MASTERSOUNDS BRING THE FUNK TO PEACH FROM ACROSS THE POND
Jazz-funk guitarist and New Mastersounds founder and frontman Eddie Roberts is 46 years old. And the native of Wales had never really listened to the Allman Brothers’ music until a few years ago, h...
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DON HENLEY MIXES EAGLES, SOLO HITS AT POIGNANT SANDS SHOW
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — If you closed your eyes to ignore the gray in Eagles co-founder Don Henley’s combed-back hair and thin goatee, you’d have a difficult time wrapping your head around the reality he’ll ...
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THE SUFFERS: GULF COAST SOUL, BEEF STEW AND A PHILADELPHIA EAGLE
In addition to her powerful, soulful voice, Kamerra “Kam” Franklin can partially thank a severely injured ankle for her whirlwind path to fronting The Suffers, an eclectic 10-piece band that’s gigged ...
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MICHAEL LESTER: CONCERTS
1. Neil Young, Outlaw Festival, Montage Mountain, Moosic, Pa., 9/18/16 2. David Gilmour, Madison Square Garden, New York, 4/11/16 3. Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Binghamton University, Bin...
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‘OLD MAN’ NEIL YOUNG’S EPIC SET HIGHLIGHTS INAUGURAL OUTLAW FEST
Photos by Jim Gavenus MOOSIC, Pa. — After approaching a guitar tech and trading out his acoustic guitar for an electric one Sunday night, Neil Young tore up the script. Literally. Young gra...
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KID KOALA BRINGS ‘NUFONIA MUST FALL LIVE’ TO BLOOMSBURG: PUPPET PERFORMANCE HAS BROUGHT ‘ACTUAL ADULTS TO TEARS’
BLOOMSBURG — Canadian record-scratching deejay Eric San marvels whenever he looks out over the crowd attending his high-tech puppet show and spots adults reduced to tears at what they’re witnessing. ...
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NEAL CASAL ON CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD, PLAYING JERRY GARCIA’S ‘WOLF’ & BEING A GOOD LIEUTENANT
Guitarist-photographer Neal Casal is one of a handful of musicians who can lay a legitimate claim to having played one of the late Jerry Garcia’s treasured guitars in the decades since Garcia’s 1995 d...
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PEACH FESTIVAL 2016: TRIBUTES TO GREGG ALLMAN, PINK FLOYD, LED ZEPPELIN ENLIVEN SOGGY WEEKEND
Photos by Pati Bobeck SCRANTON, PA — Gregg Allman’s absence from last weekend’s Peach Festival on Montage Mountain figured to create a void that would leave festival organizers and headlining acts ...
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