JOHN PETRUCCI DISCUSSES SOLO TOUR WITH MIKE PORTNOY AND THE STATE OF PROG METAL
John Petrucci's fall trek is being billed as a solo tour, but it's much more like a working family vacation. The Dream Theater guitarist has enlisted DT founding member Mike Portnoy on drums, big news...
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MELVINS BRING CLASSIC SLUDGE METAL TO MUSIKFEST CAFE
Photos and recap by Keith Perks Kings of sludge metal the Melvins brought their Electric Roach tour to Musikfest Cafe in Bethlehem, Pa., on July 1 along with support acts Harshmellow and Helms Alee...
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TAJ MAHAL’S LONGTIME PHANTOM BLUES BAND HONORS LATE KEYBOARDIST ON ‘BLUES FOR BREAKFAST’
Asked what he'd like people to know about his Phantom Blues Band comrade Mike Finnigan, who died in August of 2021, Johnny Lee Schell doesn't pick something musical. "He'd be doing an overdub with ...
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KAMIZAKE PALM TREE DISHES OUT ‘MINT CHIP,’ KICKS OFF WILCO DATES IN COOPERSTOWN
Kamikaze Palm Tree might be the perfect name for a band that blends disparate musical pieces and absurdist lyrics and somehow ends up with something that makes perfect sense in a nonsensical way. If t...
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WILCO GOES STRAIGHT TO THE HEART ON ‘CRUEL COUNTRY’
On “Cruel Country,” the sprawling 12th album by Wilco, the band sweeps aside Nels Cline’s dizzying electric guitar forays and Glenn Kotche's progressive drumming, stripping away the protective layers ...
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EXCLUSIVE: NOXEN VIDEO FOR ‘HARD WORK (HONEY)’ IS ‘CERTAINLY OPEN FOR INTERPRETATION’
While Samuel and Jonathan O'Connell have been writing songs together -- and separately -- for more than 25 years, "Hard Work (Honey)" is the first Noxen song written entirely by guitarist Jonathan. In...
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ALEXIS P SUTER, KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD, SOUTHERN AVENUE AND MORE THRILL CROWDS AT BRIGGS FARM
Photos by Jim Gavenus The Briggs Farm Blues Festival in Nescopeck, Pa., celebrated its 25th year on July 7, 8 and 9 with performances by headliner Kenny Wayne Shepherd and crowd favorites such as A...
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KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BRINGS ‘TROUBLE’ TO BRIGGS FARM
It's been almost 25 years since Kenny Wayne Shepherd released his sophomore album, "Trouble Is...," but the record is still reverberating. On the back of the hit single "Blue on Black," the album rock...
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THE SHANTYMAN SÉAN McCANN SETS SAIL FOR KARL HALL
Much has been made about the healing power of music, to the point of cliche. But for Séan McCann, it's proven a constant anchor in a life that has sometimes found him adrift. Ten years sober and a sur...
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ART ALEXAKIS FINALLY SAVORS EVERCLEAR’S HEYDAY
In the mid-'90s, the music of Everclear was inescapable. Hits like "Father of Mine," "Santa Monica," "Everything to Everyone" and "I Will Buy You A New Life," with their catchy California beach melodi...
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