BRIGGS FARM HIGHLIGHTS: SHEMEKIA COPELAND, LIL’ ED, THE CAMPBELL BROTHERS
Photos by Keith Perks The long-running Briggs Farm Blues Festival returned to Nescopeck, Pa., last weekend for three days of performances featuring main-stage sets by Shemekia Copeland, Ana Popovic...
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DREW KELLY EMERGES ‘FROM A DEEP ABYSS’ AFTER LONG TIME AWAY FROM MUSIC
Here's how far removed Drew Kelly, who had relased an album and toured just a few years prior, was from music: When he was first dating the woman he would marry, she asked him to sing to her. He had t...
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RICK ALLEN ON THE ART OF INSPIRATION, ON THE CANVAS AND ON STAGE (VIDEO INTERVIEW)
With Def Leppard, drummer Rick Allen has performed in front of millions of fans around the world for more than 40 years. But when it came time to share his visual art, he had a bit of trepidation. Tha...
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AMY HELM NAVIGATES THE FLOOD ON DEEP NEW ALBUM
Amy Helm's new album, "What the Flood Leaves Behind," is a celebration of resilience and the result of the collaborative spirt that has been a hallmark of the Woodstock singer, songwriter and multi-in...
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MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA’S MANY MASKS AT WORK ON EPIC 6th ALBUM
A blend of fever dreams, shouted-out self-doubt and resignation, Manchester Orchestra’s “The Million Masks of God” is an epic and existential journey that further solidifies the band as one of the mos...
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BLUE OYSTER CULT BRINGS CLASSIC ROCK TO CIRCLE DRIVE IN
Photos by Keith Perks Legendary hard-rock band Blue Oyster Cult brought decades of classic rock hits and deep cuts to Circle Drive in near Scranton on May 29. The influential band, founded in New Y...
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OWSLEY STANLEY FOUNDATION WORKS TO PRESERVE THE SOUND AND LEGACY OF ‘BEAR’
Owsley "Bear" Stanley, the recording engineer, architect of the Grateful Dead's famed Wall of Sound and renowned LSD chemist, left behind more than 1,300 concert soundboard tapes when he died in 2011....
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DUSTIN DOUGLAS CELEBRATES ELECTRIC GENTLEMEN’S POWER TRIO CHEMISTRY (VIDEO INTERVIEW)
With a new single, video and live show in Jim Thorpe, Pa., Dustin Douglas and the Electric Gentlemen have a big weekend. The band released the new song, "Broken," on April 30. Douglas, the vocalist...
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AMERICAN BUFFALO GHOST EXPLORES ‘FOLK SONGS AND THE WEIRD AMERICANA’ (EXCLUSIVE)
After scrapping an album he felt did not represent his true feelings and musical approach, Sean Flynn, who performs as American Buffalo Ghost, today released another, entirely different, stripped-down...
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JUSTIN MAZER DROPS TWO SURPRISE SOLO ALBUMS (VIDEO INTERVIEW)
Over the course of his decade-plus career, guitarist Justin Mazer's role has been to contribute to a group dynamic, such as with the band Leroy Justice, or use his talents to help achieve the vision o...
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