BLUES TRAVELER LOOKS BACK ON ‘FOUR’
By the time Blues Traveler released "Four" in late 1994, the band was primed for a breakthrough. Formed in Princeton, the group had honed its chops in dinky New York City clubs, built a fan base via w...
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NELS CLINE and YUKA C. HONDA EMBRACE THE RANDOMNESS OF CUP
CUP -- the musical partnership between husband and wife Nels Cline and Yuka C. Honda -- is an exercise in opposites. Cline, the experimental guitarist known for his longstanding membership in Wilco, "...
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LITTLE FEAT’S BILL PAYNE ON LOWELL GEORGE’S LEGACY, ‘WAITING FOR COLUMBUS’ and ROBERT HUNTER
When Little Feat got together 50 years ago, the goals set by keyboardist Bill Payne and singer-guitarist Lowell George were twofold, Payne says. "One was keeping it elastic so if we needed to inclu...
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IMMEDIATE FAMILY RIFFS ON PLAYING WITH JAMES TAYLOR, KEITH RICHARDS and WARREN ZEVON
If you're a casual music fan, you probably never heard of Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel, Leland Sklar and Russ Kunkel. But if you've listened to the radio in the past 40 years, you've certainly heard...
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MORE FANS FLOCKING TO GOOSE AS BAND PLOTS JAZZ CAFE, MERCURY LOUNGE VISITS
The Goose is flying south for the fall. The four-piece improvisational rock band from Norwalk, Conn., will make its way to the River Street Jazz Cafe in Wilkes-Barre on Friday -- just a few miles from...
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BOMBINO BRINGS AWARENESS TO HIS ‘ENDANGERED’ CULTURE THROUGH MUSIC
Bombino -- born Goumour Almoctar -- is one of the most beloved world music artists on the planet. Noisey has called him "the world's greatest guitarist," the New York Times dubbed him "the Sultan of S...
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BEWARE OF DARKNESS FINDS THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL
For Kyle Nicolaides, Beware of Darkness' new single, "Bloodlines," represents both the low point and high point of his musical career. "Songwriting and recording is such a mystical process, and it ...
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THE MELVINS’ BUZZ OSBORNE: ‘WE WOULD SEE VAN HALEN AND BLACK FLAG IN THE SAME WEEK’
For more than 35 years, the Melvins have been blasting out sludgy, smart, heavy music that doesn't blur the line between punk and metal -- it obliterates it. With 29 albums under its belt -- the ne...
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PETE PALLADINO: ‘WE’RE GOING TO TRY TO CAPTURE LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE’
Many musicians wish they could capture the energy of their live shows in the studio. Pete Palladino, the charismatic frontman of The Badlees before the Pennsylvania band dissolved a few years ago, is ...
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CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE BRINGS NOTE-PERFECT RECREATION OF ‘ABBEY ROAD’ TO KIRBY CENTER
If orchestras around the world perform the works of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, why shouldn't the same reverence be given to The Beatles, Bowie and Billy Joel? That's the concept at the heart of Class...
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