TONEY ROCKS IS ‘NOT GONNA RUN’ (VIDEO PREMIERE)
Toney Rocks sees his new song, “Not Gonna Run,” as “a kind of personal anthem.” “It says everything that it needed to say,” says the Las Vegas singer, songwriter and guitarist. It just took a l...
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DUSTIN DOUGLAS & THE ELECTRIC GENTLEMEN BRING SRV RETROSPECTIVE TO KIRBY CENTER LOBBY SERIES (VIDEOS)
Dustin Douglas & The Electric Gentlemen will bring their SRV Retrospective show to the FM Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre, PA, on Saturday, Nov. 18, as part of the venue's Live from the Chandelier Lo...
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MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA, TIGERS JAW A STUDY IN CONTRASTS AT TERMINAL 5
Photos by Angelo Santoro NEW YORK, NY — During a recent stop at Terminal 5 (capacity 3,000), one band showed you don’t need an arena to effectively play arena rock, and another proved you don’t nee...
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RICH ROBINSON ‘HAVING FUN’ AGAIN WITH MAGPIE SALUTE
It was no secret that the final years of The Black Crowes’ storied run were fraught with tension. Frontman Chris Robinson wanted to continue to push the music into an open-ended, Grateful Dead-inspire...
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STEVE KIMOCK ON FINDING THE SOUNDS OF ‘SATELLITE CITY’ AND WORKING WITH LESLIE MENDELSON AND THE NATIONAL
Anyone who has followed the career of guitarist Steve Kimock won’t be surprised that his new album, “Satellite City,” is full of virtuosic, tasteful playing. But they might be caught off guard by the ...
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WOOD BROTHERS BRING FALL TOUR TO SHERMAN THEATER
Photos by Sam Watson STROUDSBURG, PA — The acclaimed and eclectic Wood Brothers — Oliver Wood on guitar and vocals and Chris Wood on bass, joined by multi-instrumentalist Jano Rix — recently brough...
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MISTY MOUNTAIN AND SPECIAL GUESTS TO CONJURE LED ZEPPELIN AT RIVER STREET JAZZ CAFE
Ten years ago, a group of young musicians, some of them not even young enough to vote, rent a car or get into an R-rated movie unaccompanied, played a sold-out show at the River Street Jazz Cafe in Wi...
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NO WIGS, NO COSTUMES, ALL MUSICIANSHIP: FAB FAUX RECREATES THE BEATLES AT KIRBY CENTER
Concertgoers who visit the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday will be treated to a note-perfect recreation of the music of The Beatles, down to every guitar lick, bass line, drum fill and o...
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CHRIS BARRON TAKES SOLO SPIN WITH ‘ANGELS AND ONE-ARMED JUGGLERS’
Spin Doctors frontman Chris Barron intended his new solo album, “Angels and One-Armed Jugglers” — out Friday, Oct. 20 — to be a relatively stripped-down affair, maybe vocals and acoustic guitar and no...
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AS AMERICAN BUFFALO GHOST, SEAN FLYNN FOLLOWS NEW PATH
When Sean Flynn decided to follow a new musical direction, leaving behind the post-hardcore and punk of bands like Those Clever Foxes and Old Charades in favor of Americana, he wasn't about to half as...
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