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  • ALEXIS P SUTER, KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD, SOUTHERN AVENUE AND MORE THRILL CROWDS AT BRIGGS FARM
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    ALEXIS P SUTER, KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD, SOUTHERN AVENUE AND MORE THRILL CROWDS AT BRIGGS FARM

    Jul 21, 2022 0

    Photos by Jim Gavenus The Briggs Farm Blues Festival in Nescopeck, Pa., celebrated its 25th year on July 7, 8 and 9 with performances by headliner Kenny Wayne Shepherd and crowd favorites such as A...

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  • KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BRINGS ‘TROUBLE’ TO BRIGGS FARM
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    KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BRINGS ‘TROUBLE’ TO BRIGGS FARM

    Jul 5, 2022 0

    It's been almost 25 years since Kenny Wayne Shepherd released his sophomore album, "Trouble Is...," but the record is still reverberating. On the back of the hit single "Blue on Black," the album rock...

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  • BRIGGS FARM HIGHLIGHTS: SHEMEKIA COPELAND, LIL’ ED, THE CAMPBELL BROTHERS
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    BRIGGS FARM HIGHLIGHTS: SHEMEKIA COPELAND, LIL’ ED, THE CAMPBELL BROTHERS

    Jul 16, 2021 0

    Photos by Keith Perks The long-running Briggs Farm Blues Festival returned to Nescopeck, Pa., last weekend for three days of performances featuring main-stage sets by Shemekia Copeland, Ana Popovic...

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  • BRIGGS FARM BLUES FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2021 DATES
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    BRIGGS FARM BLUES FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2021 DATES

    May 21, 2020 0

    Briggs Farm Blues Festival has been rescheduled to July 8, 9 and 10, 2021, due to the coronavirus pandemic. While the 2020 weekend has been wiped out, the team behind the long-running Nescopeck, Pa., ...

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  • RISING BLUES STAR KINGFISH ON BUDDY GUY, NIKKI SIXX and HIS BROAD MUSICAL TASTES
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    RISING BLUES STAR KINGFISH ON BUDDY GUY, NIKKI SIXX and HIS BROAD MUSICAL TASTES

    Jul 10, 2019 0

    Growing up in the blues Mecca of Clarksdale, Miss., Christone "Kingfish" Ingram was surrounded by music from the start. But his introduction to the blues came from a surprising source. "When I had ...

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  • BRIGGS FARM BLUES FESTIVAL CELEBRATES WOODSTOCK, OLD-SCHOOL BLUES AND RISING ARTISTS
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    BRIGGS FARM BLUES FESTIVAL CELEBRATES WOODSTOCK, OLD-SCHOOL BLUES AND RISING ARTISTS

    Jul 9, 2019 0

    Over the years, the Briggs Farm Blues Festival has hosted Grammy winners, blues legends and roots rock favorites. But when you're welcoming thousands of people to spend the weekend on your grounds, ma...

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  • BRIGGS FARM PHOTOS: TEDDY YOUNG, ED RANDAZZO & SELWYN BIRCHWOOD
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    BRIGGS FARM PHOTOS: TEDDY YOUNG, ED RANDAZZO & SELWYN BIRCHWOOD

    Jul 16, 2018 1

    Photos by Jim Gavenus Here are some more photos from the recent 21st annual Briggs Farm Blues Festival in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, featuring Ed Randazzo & Friends, Teddy Young & The Aces an...

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  • NATIONAL RESERVE BRINGS AMERICANA ROCK SOUND TO BRIGGS FARM BLUES FESTIVAL
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    NATIONAL RESERVE BRINGS AMERICANA ROCK SOUND TO BRIGGS FARM BLUES FESTIVAL

    Jul 3, 2018 0

    The National Reserve founder and frontman Sean Walsh abruptly interrupted fellow guitarist and bandmate Jon Ladeau during a revealing recent interview about the Brooklyn-based band’s upcoming two-day ...

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  • WEEKEND ROUNDUP: LEONARD COHEN & LEON RUSSELL PASS, BOB DYLAN RELEASES MINI-DOCUMENTARY
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    WEEKEND ROUNDUP: LEONARD COHEN & LEON RUSSELL PASS, BOB DYLAN RELEASES MINI-DOCUMENTARY

    Nov 13, 2016 0

    The week in music was bookended by the deaths of two uniquely talented and somewhat underrated artists, with Leonard Cohen, 82, passing on Monday, and Leon Russell, 74, leaving us on Sunday. Plenty of...

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  • BRIGGS FARM SUNDAY PHOTOS: ALEXIS P. SUTER, VICTOR WAINWRIGHT & FESTIVAL REVELERS
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    BRIGGS FARM SUNDAY PHOTOS: ALEXIS P. SUTER, VICTOR WAINWRIGHT & FESTIVAL REVELERS

    Jul 21, 2016 0

    Photos by Jim Gavenus The folks at Briggs Farm Blues Festival are most likely already hammering out plans for next year's edition, but we're still taking some time to reflect on the 2016 fest, whic...

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FACES OF THE BLUES THROUGH THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S LENSE

FACES OF THE BLUES THROUGH THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S LENSE

Jun 19, 2013
OF MASKS AND MEN

OF MASKS AND MEN

May 16, 2019
PAT FINNERTY GOT GROHL: ‘I KNEW HE’D BE INTO IT’

PAT FINNERTY GOT GROHL: ‘I KNEW HE’D BE INTO IT’

Aug 17, 2020
RUSTED ROOT BRINGS ‘THE MOVEMENT’ TO SHERMAN

RUSTED ROOT BRINGS ‘THE MOVEMENT’ TO SHERMAN

Jan 15, 2014
PRIMUS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM

PRIMUS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM

Jun 7, 2011
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS TO PERFORM AT KIRBY CENTER

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS TO PERFORM AT KIRBY CENTER

Mar 9, 2011
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Mar 9, 2022

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