H81R’S MICHAEL LELLO’S FAVORITE CONCERTS OF THE YEAR
1. Paul Simon, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY, Sept. 22 2. Ghost, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, Dec. 15 3. Phil Collins, Barclays Center, Oct. 14 4. Phish, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San ...
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ESTA CODA BLENDS THE BITTER AND THE SWEET ON NEW EP
Esta Coda, the Scranton indie rock band, had yet to write lyrics for the songs that would become "King Bitter," a new EP released Dec. 7. Then inspiration struck in the form of tragedy: Vocalist/guita...
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BILLY STRINGS TALKS PLAYING IN A CAVE, JAMMING WITH CABINET AND HIS LOVE FOR METAL
If there was such a thing as Fantasy Bluegrass, you'd be wise to spend your first pick on Billy Strings. Possessing wicked-fast guitar skills, the young Michigan native has what sports prognosticators...
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JOE BURKE GOES INTO THE ‘MYSTIC’ WITH FIRST SOLO ALBUM
Northeastern Pennsylvania’s Joe Burke will release “Mystic, Immediately,” on Friday, his debut solo album. Richly textured with folk and indie rock flavors, the material goes beyond the typical strumm...
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HOW A 24-HOUR FRANK ZAPPA PARTY BECAME PROJECT/OBJECT
When Frank Zappa, the brilliant, outrageous and outspoken musician, composer and filmmaker, died 25 years ago, he did not take his influential body of work with him. His activism against censorship, h...
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MULTINATIONAL INDIE-FOLK BAND BRINGS GLOBE-TREKKING SOUND TO NYC, PHILLY
Sleepwalker’s Station, a truly international band, earlier this year released “Lorca,” an indie-folk album sung in five languages and four dialects. Together since 2001, the band has played more than ...
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NYC’s VIRGINIA MARCS GETS VULNERABLE ON ‘I NEED YOU’ (SONG PREMIERE)
Virginia Marcs says her debut album, "Climbing the Wall," sprung from "a pretty long period of darkness in my personal life." The NYC singer/songwriter shares that it was written "from that place befo...
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CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD TAKES BROOKLYN ON A CALIFORNIA TRIP
Photos by Toktam Tayefeh BROOKLYN, NY -- On a cold, late-autumn Sunday night, playing to a Brooklyn Steel crowd that was quite a few tickets shy of sold-out, the road-weary Chris Robinson Brotherho...
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LITTLESTARRUN EXPANDS SOUND, WILL DEBUT NEW LINEUP AT KARL HALL
Rachel Lucille Woodworth, who usually performs solo as LittleStarRun, will have an opportunity to fully share the "soundscapes I have in my head" when LSR debuts a new band lineup at Karl Hall in Wilk...
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NOXEN, SET FOR LIVE DEBUT, FOLLOWS PATH OF REDISCOVERY
For Sam O’Connell, who grew up playing in a folk band with his religious family members, any music besides Christian music was forbidden. “In college, Paul McCartney’s ‘Band on the Run’ came on, a...
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