MUSIC AND COMEDY WITH A BOWL OF BORSCHT
By Kieran Loughney “I’m picking up something for Joel Grey,” said the young man next to me as I shopped at a store in New York City’s West Village. Excited by Grey’s name, I exclaimed, “How cool!” ...
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LOU ROGAI ON LOSS, MOVING FORWARD AND ‘SHAKING THE SNOW GLOBE’
With his longtime group Lewis & Clarke, Lou Rogai has crafted music that transcends and transfixes, challenges and comforts. On the heels of film scoring and last year's string quartet composition...
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LITTLE FEAT’S BILL PAYNE ON LOWELL GEORGE’S LEGACY, ‘WAITING FOR COLUMBUS’ and ROBERT HUNTER
When Little Feat got together 50 years ago, the goals set by keyboardist Bill Payne and singer-guitarist Lowell George were twofold, Payne says. "One was keeping it elastic so if we needed to inclu...
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HELLYEAH HONORS LATE DRUMMER VINNIE PAUL AT SHERMAN THEATER
Photos by Alex Seeley Hellyeah, with Nonpoint and Sleep Signals, headlined a heavy metal bill on July 30 at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg. Hellyeah, founded 12 years ago as a supergroup featur...
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BRIGGS FARM BLUES FESTIVAL PHOTO GALLERY NO. 1: DONNA THE BUFFALO, BOBBY KYLE, CEDRIC BURNSIDE & CLARENCE SPADY
Photos by Jim Gavenus The Briggs Farm Blues Festival in Nescopeck, Pa., welcomed thousands of fans and campers for its 22nd edition last weekend. Photographer Jim Gavenus was on hand to capture all...
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TODD SNIDER AT KIRBY CENTER
Photos by Jim Gavenus WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- Prolific singer, songwriter and storyteller brought his tour in support of his latest studio album, "Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3," to the FM Kirby Center ...
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PROG ROCKERS CRACK THE SKY RETURN TO NEW YORK
Crack The Sky, the US prog-rock band who broke onto the scene in 1976 with an album that Rolling Stone called "one of the year's most impressive debuts," will return to New York for the first time in ...
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FRONT BOTTOMS & MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA BRING CO-HEADLINE TOUR TO PHILLY
Photos by Dominique Kozuch Manchester Orchestra and Front Bottoms brought their co-headlining late-fall/winter tour to The Fillmore in Philadelphia for two nights last week, starting with a Dec. 12...
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LLOYD COLE BRINGS RETROSPECTIVE SHOW TO CITY WINERY
Lloyd Cole, the British-born singer, songwriter and musician, will bring his retrospective tour to City Winery in New York on Saturday, Nov. 25. The tour coincides with the 2017 release of the 6-CD "...
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DUSTIN DOUGLAS & THE ELECTRIC GENTLEMEN BRING SRV RETROSPECTIVE TO KIRBY CENTER LOBBY SERIES (VIDEOS)
Dustin Douglas & The Electric Gentlemen will bring their SRV Retrospective show to the FM Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre, PA, on Saturday, Nov. 18, as part of the venue's Live from the Chandelier Lo...
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