DAVID BYRNE’S ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME PERFORMANCE THRILLS KIRBY CENTER CROWD
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Those fortunate enough to score tickets to the sold-out David Byrne show at the F.M. Kirby Center Sunday night undoubtedly knew exactly what they were getting into in that they had...
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BLUES FESTIVAL GOES TO CHURCH IN BLOOMSBURG
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — It’s not every Sunday you arrive to church to find a soundtrack of rock and rhythm and blues house music playing while a blues trio tinkers with and tunes instruments near the pulpit...
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SUSAN TEDESCHI THRILLS KIRBY CROWD DURING TEDSESCHI TRUCKS BAND SET
Photos by Sam Watson WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — When the 12-member Tedeschi Trucks Band re-emerged to the F.M. Kirby Center stage to cap an energized, nearly two-hour, sold-out performance, it brought alo...
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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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