WEEKEND ROUNDUP: DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, BOB WEIR STREAM NEW ALBUMS, BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO LEADER PASSES
Drive-By Truckers and Bob Weir are both streaming their upcoming albums via NPR First Listen. The Truckers' 11th album, "American Band" and Weir's "Blue Mountain" will both be released on Sept. 30. ...
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GRATEFUL DEAD NEWS: BOB WEIR SOLO ALBUM, WARREN & TIGER AT CENTRAL PARK, JERRY GARCIA CATALOG HITS STREAMING SERVICES
Things are very much alive in the world of the Grateful Dead, with a slew of exciting news for fans coming down the pike this week: Bob Weir's upcoming solo album, Warren Haynes getting a little help ...
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‘JUST LIKE NEW YORK CITY’: DEAD & COMPANY AT CITI FIELD
Photos by Angelo Santoro FLUSHING, N.Y. — There’s something to be said for ending your career while your skills are at their peak, guaranteeing you won’t have a chance to sully your scorecard. Jerr...
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STEVE KIMOCK REFLECTS ON HIS LIFE-LONG MUSICAL JOURNEY IN ADVANCE OF ARDMORE PERFORMANCE
I’m standing outside the Sellersville Theater in Sellersville, Pa., back on December 5, 2012, moments before Steve Kimock and his band were to take the stage. A man purporting to be homeless is pa...
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PEACH FEST: GREGG ALLMAN, TROMBONE SHORTY, AUSTRALIAN PINK FLOYD and JAIMOE’S JASSZ BAND
Photos by Pati Bobeck The fourth annual Peach Music Festival kicked off Thursday night at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain just outside of Scranton, Pa. It's the first Peach Fest since the 2014 dis...
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STARS ALIGN FOR JOHN KADLECIK
By Michael Lello Photo by J.C. Juanis Locked in a lengthy bout of writer’s block, singer and guitarist John Kadlecik resorted to some less-than-traditional methods to get back on track. “I finally ...
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JONATHAN WILSON’S SURREAL CALIFORNIA TRIP
By Michael Lello Some artists’ music is inextricably connected to a location. The Beatles and Liverpool. Bruce Springsteen and New Jersey. Willie Nelson and Texas. Jonathan Wilson’s sound has bee...
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SCI IMPRESSES AT LOCKN’ FESTIVAL
By Michael Lester ARRINGTON, Va. -- Vehicular gridlock welcomed travelers from all over the country entering last weekend’s inaugural four-day Lockn’ music festival and funneled them into a grass par...
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COVERS AND COLLABORATIONS
denson Karl Denson By Michael Lester Photos by Jim Gavenus SCRANTON -- Seemingly inspired by their surroundings at the canopy-covered Toyot...
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DAY 4: CROWES TAKE FLIGHT
crowes1 By Michael Lello Photos by Jim Gavenus SCRANTON – No band has carried the flag for the Woodstock generation into the latter 20th ...
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