BRIGGS FARM BLUES FESTIVAL: 10 REASONS NOT TO MISS THE 2016 EDITION
If you’ve been to the Briggs Farm Blues Festival, you probably don’t need us to convince you to return. From the warm welcome you received when you pulled onto the sprawling festival grounds to the da...
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ERIN McANDREW FOLLOWS HER DREAMS ON ‘SKELETON OF LIFE’
Erin McAndrew had a comfortable job in marketing, but as the New York-via-Northeastern Pa. singer-songwriter tells us, “life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” So McAndrew, who played in the ...
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MASON PORTER ENJOYS A WEEKEND IN THE WOODS WITH ‘HEART OF THE MOUNTAINS’
If you didn’t know that Mason Porter’s new EP was titled “Heart Of The Mountains,” if you didn’t see the bucolic album cover complete with a bear strumming an acoustic guitar, and if you didn’t know t...
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CARL PALMER PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE LEGACY OF KEITH EMERSON AND ELP
When Carl Palmer was plotting his current tour, which kicks off tonight in New York City, it was not intended as a tribute to keyboardist Keith Emerson. In fact, the drummer was in talks with his long...
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CLAMSTOMPERS PREMIERE VIDEO, DISCUSS RELEASE OF DEBUT ALBUM, ‘DWAYNE’
The ClamStompers release their debut album, “Dwayne,” today, and to kick off the festivities the Northeastern Pa. duo (and sometimes trio) are debuting a video for album track “Dwayne (Every Time ...
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ELECTRONIC ARTIST QUOTH DEBUTS NEW TRACK WITH KATIE KELLY, TALKS PRINCE IN LEAD-UP TO ALBUM RELEASE (EXCLUSIVE)
For many of us, the only time we’ve heard the word “quoth” is in Edgar Allan Poe’s famous work “The Raven.” But there’s another artist making some noise with the word, using it as his performing name....
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(IN)BODY BRINGS FRESH ALT-POP SOUND TO MERCURY LOUNGE
On the eve of the duo’s debut album release show at Mercury Lounge on Monday, April 4, we caught up with (In)Body, a new alt-pop project made up of singer/songwriter Ryan Amador and producer Daniel We...
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AARON FINK LAUNCHES SECOND SOLO ALBUM ‘HEAVY FEATHERS’ (INTERVIEW AND SONG PREMIERE)
In the spring of 2015, Aaron Fink made his first foray into a solo career with "Saint Sylvania," his debut album. Now the long-time guitarist turned frontman is back with his sophomore effort, "He...
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STEVE HACKETT BRILLIANTLY SHOWCASES SOLO MATERIAL, GENESIS ERA AT KIRBY CENTER
Steve Hackett rose to prominence as the virtuoso guitarist in the Peter Gabriel-led Genesis of the 1970s, which earned him a permanent position in the annals of progressive rock lore and the hearts of...
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HOLY GHOST TENT REVIVAL: BECK, LAKE STREET DIVE AND SCRANTON LOVE
If you stepped off Scranton’s Adams Avenue into The Bog several years ago, you would have found yourself immersed in a festive but peculiar scene: A band crammed onto the tiny stage, blasting a raucou...
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