VALLEY MAKER CHECKS IN FROM THE CROSSROADS
"Well I'm missing you half the time/ And I'm missing them half the time/ And I'm missing what's left of my life/ And I'm missing what's left behind," Austin Crane sings in "On a Revelation," one of th...
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THE NUDE PARTY, FIFE AND DROM CLOSE ROCKIN’ THE RIVER IN WILKES-BARRE
Photos by Keith Perks The Nude Party, supported by Fife and Drom and The Tribe, performed at the final Rockin' the River event of the summer at the River Common in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The free, weekl...
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FOR DEBORAH GRABIEN AND LAUREN MURPHY, IT’S ALL ABOUT THE STORY
Deborah Grabien and Lauren Murphy are so simpatico these days that they practically finish each other's sentences during a joint interview. But if not for a chance meeting, the two Bay Area songwriter...
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FOR WE ARE SCIENTISTS, NOT TAKING THEMSELVES SERIOUSLY IS SERIOUS BUSINESS
If indie rock is sometimes guilty of taking itself too seriously, it's not We Are Scientists' fault. With danceable beats and lyrics that poke fun at themselves and the scene at large, the New York ba...
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JOAN ARMATRADING CHATS ABOUT LIVESTREAM CONCERT AND WHY SHE RECORDS HER MUSIC ALONE
Joan Armatrading is a true solo artist. She writes, records and produces her own music, playing all of the instruments herself. So on her new album, "Consequences," you're hearing exactly what she was...
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LA PARTIES’ ANDY GOREL RELEASES KACEY MUSGRAVES COVER, TALKS ABOUT NEPA MUSIC FANDOM (VIDEO INTERVIEW)
Andy Gorel, who grew up in Carbondale, Pa., records as LA Parties and released his latest single, a cover of Kacey Musgraves' "Butterflies," last week. Growing up listening to NEPA bands like Tigers J...
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LANGAN FROST & WANE CONJURE THE MIDDLE AGES ON PSYCH-FOLK DEBUT
Rock musicians have been dipping their toes into the Middle Ages forever, from Incredible String Band's troubadour folk, to Led Zeppelin's piper leading us to reason; from Iron Maiden's historical epi...
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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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