HOW A 24-HOUR FRANK ZAPPA PARTY BECAME PROJECT/OBJECT
When Frank Zappa, the brilliant, outrageous and outspoken musician, composer and filmmaker, died 25 years ago, he did not take his influential body of work with him. His activism against censorship, h...
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KUNG FU TO BRING ‘HIGH-OCTANE’ FUNK TO RIVER STREET JAZZ CAFE
Wandering into a Kung Fu show for the first time is like stumbling upon a gold nugget in a stream full of pebbles. Before the unacquainted can comprehend what they’re experiencing, they’re aware it’s ...
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AARON FINK’S ‘GALAXIES’ A DIVERSE AND DYNAMIC MUSICAL JOURNEY
On “Galaxies,” Aaron Fink’s third solo album after his tenure in the wildly popular alternative metal band Breaking Benjamin came to an end, the guitarist, singer and songwriter offers a deeply person...
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WRAP-UP: LOS ANGELES/ SAN FRAN WITH BOB WEIR and DAVE SCHOOLS/ BOULDER, COLORADO/ HOMECOMING GIG
"Off" Week. 11/8-11/16 After the New York run of shows, I was able enjoy a few days of downtime as well as play some gigs with other folks. On Tuesday, I played a gig in Burlington VT at Nectar's w...
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UNBROKEN CHAIN: GRAHAME LESH CONTINUES FAMILY LEGACY WITH MIDNIGHT NORTH
When many Grateful Dead fans talk about the band and their fellow Deadheads, they use the word "family." For Grahame Lesh, though, it goes a bit deeper than that. Lesh, the son of the Dead bass...
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FLUX CAPACITOR GEARS UP FOR BONNAROO
Flux Capacitor doesn’t appear to want a lazy summer. The Specht brothers – Pete, Jason and Mike – just played Susquehanna Breakdown and are off to another festival: Bonnaroo! [Wish you could be the...
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MOCK SUN SHARE ‘SOUP SPOON’ VIDEO IN ADVANCE OF SINGLE RELEASE
Wilkes-Barre-based lo-fi psychedelic pop outfit Mock Sun will release a new single, "Soup Spoon," on May 20, as well as a video for the song. The song will be included on a new album, which is set to ...
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JUSTIN MAZER ON ‘ANTI-GUITAR’ and ‘MAKING SURE IT’S AWESOME’
Photos by Brittany Boote If it seems like guitarist Justin Mazer has been everywhere lately, it’s because that’s essentially the case. Whether touring with American Babies, the rising, impossible-t...
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PREMIERE: TOM GRAHAM DEBUTS ‘THE BAR BROKE MY HEART,’ DISCUSSES NEW ALBUM
Photos by Jason Riedmiller Poster art by Tom Graham Singer-songwriter Tom Graham's fifth album, "Underneath A Rusting Roof," is big. It's his first studio record since 2007. That's a pretty big ...
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DUSTIN DOUGLAS PREMIERES TRACK and DISCUSSES DEBUT ALBUM (EXCLUSIVE)
By Michael Lello The artist’s name Dustin Douglas might not ring a bell for you. But the music on his album -- “Black Skies and Starlight,” the debut from the artist more widely known by his r...
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