DENNY LAINE ON GIVING FLIGHT TO WINGS, TOURING WITH GINGER BAKER AND THE MOODY BLUES’ HALL OF FAME INDUCTION
As a founding member of The Moody Blues and the only constant member of Wings besides Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Denny Laine has no shortage of beloved songs and...
ReadmoreDAVID BYRNE TO BRING ‘AMERICAN UTOPIA’ TO BROADWAY
Photos by Keith Perks David Byrne recently announced he will bring an iteration of his visually innovative and critically acclaimed "American Utopia" tour to Broadway. He'll perform at the Hudson T...
ReadmoreUNIVERSITY DRIVE GRAPPLES WITH HEAVY THEMES ON SECOND ALBUM ‘CLEAR’
This spring, Scranton alternative rock band University Drive released "Clear," its ambitious follow-up to the debut album, "On/Off: Reset." With a set of songs that delve deep into the themes of death...
ReadmoreLA FILMMAKER PENS TWISTED LOVE LETTER TO SCRANTON IN ‘HOMETOWN BOYS’
Filmmaker Jamie Sutor lives in Los Angeles, the film capital of the world, but when it came time to make his next movie, he chose a much less glamorous setting: Scranton. "Right off the bat, I alwa...
ReadmoreBOB LEWIS, WITH MEGAN PALMER, RETURNS TO WILKES-BARRE
Bob Lewis and Megan Palmer got together like a lot of Nashville musicians do. "I just came here on a trip, played some gigs and was thrilled to even be talking to the people in town that I got to b...
ReadmoreENGLISHTOWN PROJECT RECREATES CLASSIC 1977 GRATEFUL DEAD, NEW RIDERS & MARSHALL TUCKER CONCERT
Tribute bands are commonplace, but the Englishtown Project might just be one of a kind: a group that pays tribute to one particular concert. The group, formed by guitarist and singer Michael Falzarano...
ReadmoreSTRAND OF OAKS LOOKS BACK ON EVE OF RETURN TO WILKES-BARRE
After his breakthrough album "HEAL" and its 2017 follow-up, "Hard Love," Tim Showalter, who performs as Strand of Oaks, was spent. "I pretty much stopped," Showalter tells Highway 81 Revisited. "An...
ReadmoreKALI MA AND THE GARLAND OF ARMS PLOT FIRST TOUR, WORKING ON SECOND ALBUM
In a Northeastern Pa. music scene dominated by hard rock, jam bands and post-punk, Kali Ma and the Garland of Arms stand out. "Well, one of the reactions we get is, if you can picture the facial ex...
ReadmoreFOREIGNER’S ‘LIVE AT THE RAINBOW ’78’ SHOWS WHY THE BAND BECAME SUPERSTARS
Fresh off its 40th anniversary, and with a newfound interest in '70s classic rock thanks to the smash Queen biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody," Foreigner has released "Live At The Rainbow '78," a video docume...
ReadmoreWILLIAM FITZSIMMONS FINDS COMFORT IN SONGWRITING DURING PERSONAL TURMOIL
William Fitzsimmons was once asked by a TV and film music supervisor if he had any songs that didn't have the word "love" or "heart" in them. "I don't think I actually have any!" the singer-songwri...
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