KIMBERLY M. AQUILINA: CONCERTS
1. Indigo Girls: Kirby Center, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., March 20 2. Mavis Staples: Forest Hills Stadium, Queens, NY., July 8 3. George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic: BB Kings Bar & Grill, New ...
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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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BLU BAMBOO ENSEMBLE BRINGS AFRO-CARIBBEAN FUNK, SOUL AND REGGAE TO BROOKLYN, HARLEM
Blú Bamboo Ensemble is a Puerto Rico-based band that is bringing a Caribbean island vibe to the island of Manhattan and the west end of the Long Island. Specializing in a fusion of Afro-Caribbean funk...
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BENJAMIN FRANCIS LEFTWICH LAUNCHES NORTH AMERICAN TOUR WITH NEW YORK SELL-OUT
If you haven’t heard of Benjamin Francis Leftwich, listen up. With this British singer-songwriter’s previously sold-out tours and “hypnotic, ethereal vocals,” you might want to keep your eye (or ear) ...
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AMPLIFY YOUR SUNDAY WITH BELLA’S BARTOK
Bella’s Bartok’s sound is not so easily defined, nor is the band’s history or members who will give you a witty answer that will make you laugh before you realize no one actually answered your questio...
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AEROSMITH’S BRAD WHITFORD ON WHITFORD/ST. HOLMES REUNION, STEVEN TYLER & MORE
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Brad Whitford, one of the two guitarists from Aerosmith, and Derek St. Holmes, who supplied the vocals for many of Ted Nugent’s best known songs, got together and released ...
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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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FLUX CAPACITOR TALKS SUPERSTITIONS AND MYSTERY GUESTS BEFORE SUSQUEHANNA BREAKDOWN (VIDEOS)
Highway 81 Revisited caught up with the guys of Flux Capacitor before their first appearance at Susquehanna Breakdown at Montage Mountain, Scranton, Pa. Since 2007, the Tri State Indie Jam Band of the...
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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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