PEACH FESTIVAL 2016: TRIBUTES TO GREGG ALLMAN, PINK FLOYD, LED ZEPPELIN ENLIVEN SOGGY WEEKEND
Photos by Pati Bobeck SCRANTON, PA — Gregg Allman’s absence from last weekend’s Peach Festival on Montage Mountain figured to create a void that would leave festival organizers and headlining acts ...
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STRING CHEESE INCIDENT’S MICHAEL KANG ON PEACH FEST, CITIZENSHIP & BUSINESS PARTNER JOHN PERRY BARLOW
String Cheese Incident all-purpose string player-vocalist Michael Kang was sitting at home in Santa Cruz, California, Friday taking media calls amid prepping for his 2-year-old son’s birthday party la...
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WILLIE NELSON, NEIL YOUNG, SHERYL CROW TO PLAY OUTLAW MUSIC FEST IN SCRANTON
Willie Nelson announced on Tuesday that the inaugural Outlaw Music Festival, featuring Nelson, Neil Young and Sheryl Crow, will be held at Montage Mountain in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, Sept. ...
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SUSQUEHANNA BREAKDOWN: CABINET FAMILY WEEKEND ON MONTAGE MOUNTAIN
Photos by Pati Bobeck SCRANTON, Pa. — At the conclusion of its Saturday afternoon acoustic set at their fourth annual Susquehanna Breakdown on Montage Mountain, members of Cabinet welcomed about 5...
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DRIFTWOOD BRINGS ROCKIN’ BLUEGRASS TO SUSQUEHANNA BREAKDOWN
It would be easy to put Driftwood into a bluegrass category, but that isn’t really what the group does. It’s kind of rock ‘n’ roll meets fiddles. “From the Binghamton, New York music scene comes Drift...
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COAL TOWN ROUNDERS WILL SEE YOU AT THE BREAKDOWN FOR FOURTH STRAIGHT YEAR
Photos by Jim Gavenus This is the story of a few dudes, a banjo and the man in the yellow hat. Sort of. Christopher Kearney (the man in the hat) and some buddies that attended the same high scho...
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ELECTRONIC ARTIST QUOTH DEBUTS NEW TRACK WITH KATIE KELLY, TALKS PRINCE IN LEAD-UP TO ALBUM RELEASE (EXCLUSIVE)
For many of us, the only time we’ve heard the word “quoth” is in Edgar Allan Poe’s famous work “The Raven.” But there’s another artist making some noise with the word, using it as his performing name....
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STARGAZER LILIES TALK ’60s-MEETS-’90s SOUND and NEPA MUSIC SCENE AT SXSW
The evening had grown chilly at the Grackle in Austin, where the Stargazer Lilies spoke to me shortly before their show. The Poconos-based outfit was founded in 2011 by bassist Kim Fields and guitaris...
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BILLY ROGAN & IAN FLANIGAN DUO TO PERFORM IN SCRANTON AND TUNKHANNOCK
Woodstock, N.Y.-based acoustic duo Billy Rogan and Ian Flanigan will perform two Northeastern Pa. shows this week, with gigs lined up at Backyard Ale House in Scranton on Thursday, Dec. 17 and Twigs i...
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THE MENZINGERS 5th ANNUAL HOLIDAY SHOW FEATURES TIGERS JAW, SW!MS, CAPTAIN WE’RE SINKING, THREE MAN CANON & PETAL
Philadelphia-via-Scranton punk band The Menzingers will host their fifth annual Holiday Show on Saturday, Dec. 19 at the Scranton Cultural Center (420 N. Washington Ave., Scranton, Pa.). Also on the b...
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