HEADCOUNT GETS OUT THE VOTE, ONE CONCERTGOER AT A TIME
With Election Day less than two weeks away, Headcount is ramping up its efforts to make sure that everyone does their civic duty and heads to the polls. But it’s an effort that the organization has be...
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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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PHISH’S “FUEGO” MIGHT BE BAND’S BEST ALBUM
By Michael Lello One of the most unfortunate results of the constant comparisons of Phish to the Grateful Dead is the assumption that the band is only worth paying attention to in the live setting. ...
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WAITING FOR PENNSYLVANIA WITH PAUL BARRERE
By Michael Lello While Little Feat is a Los Angeles band, New Orleans could be considered its second musical home, with a swampy sound and deep pocket that is NOLA to the core. It’s natural, then, t...
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FLOYD, TALKING HEADS, PHISH FUEL TRIBUTE ACT
By Michael Lello The idea of a tribute band has become commonplace. Whether it’s groups dressing up like The Beatles, or Dark Star Orchestra painstakingly creating actual Grateful Dead setlists from...
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MUSIC WORLD PAYS TRIBUTE TO LOU REED
Photo of Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson at 2010 Coney Island Mermaid Parade by Jim Gavenus Tributes to Lou Reed, who died Saturday, have been pouring in from rock musicians including David Bowie, Pearl...
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OBVIOUSLY 5 QUESTIONS: CHUCK GARVEY
By Michael Lester moe. guitarist Chuck Garvey grew up in Whitesboro, N.Y., the son of music-teaching parents, and attended the same high school — New Hartford High School — as bandmate and fellow gu...
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