EPIC “DAWN” CONTINUES STUNNING “APES” RESURGENCE
By Greg Popil There are many wonderful pleasures to being a filmgoer, but perhaps the greatest joy someone that really cares about movies can experience is the all-too-rare sensation of watching a mov...
ReadmoreYES TACKLE “HEAVEN AND EARTH,” CLASSIC ALBUMS
By Michael Lello The family tree of progressive rock band Yes has more branches than a gnarled old redwood, with members joining, leaving, and in several cases, rejoining the band, throughout its sto...
ReadmoreCOLD COFFEE BRINGS RECORDING PROJECT TO LIFE AT FESTIVAL
By Michael Lello Photos by Chrissy Manuel Our Arts On The Square “Interview Swap” continues with our chat with Cold Coffee, who will perform on the Summersteps Records stage. Cold Coffee is a proje...
ReadmoreBRIGGS FARM RECAP, PHOTOS AND VIDEOS
H81EddieShaw By Michael Lello Photos by Alex Seeley The Briggs Farm Blues Festival near Nescopeck, Pa., had its largest crowd yet in its 1...
ReadmoreUNPLEASANT McCARTHY CHARACTER DOOMS “TAMMY”
By Greg Popil Ever since her breakthrough performance in 2011’s surprise smash “Bridesmaids,” Melissa McCarthy has carved out a comfortable niche for herself as America’s anti-sweetheart, playing boor...
ReadmoreJOHNNY HICKMAN ON DUO SHOWS, CHINESE CENSORSHIP AND NEW CRACKER ALBUM(S)
By Michael Lello There is a tendency to think quiet and laidback when you hear the word “acoustic.” But Cracker guitarist and founding member Johnny Hickman assures that Monday, July 13’s “semi-acou...
ReadmoreRISING ARTIST SAMANTHA FISH FOLLOWS BLUES PATH
By Michael Lello It might be surprising to some that blues artist Samantha Fish grew up to listening to rock music, but to her, it was a natural progression from one genre to the other. “It’s all co...
ReadmorePHISH’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. ...
ReadmoreKATIE KELLY: WE’RE PROUD TO BE PART OF NEPA MUSIC SCENE
By Eric Schlittler As we continue to pick up speed towards Arts on the Square, our Interview Swap series picks back up again on the Highway 81 Revisited stage. This week the subject of our interview...
ReadmoreEDDIE TURNER TAKES HIS MUSIC BEYOND THE BLUES
By Michael Lello Most musicians shy away from labeling their music, but Eddie Turner is especially averse to genre tags. “I call it all music,” he said in a recent phone interview, previewing his he...
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