MATTSON/BARRACO AND FRIENDS GEAR UP FOR NY-AREA SHOWS AND THE FUTURE
The names Jeff Mattson and Rob Barraco should be familiar to most fans of the Grateful Dead and its seemingly countless menagerie offshoot bands. They're founding members of Long Island's Zen Trickste...
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LIVING THE QUIET LIFE: AN INTERVIEW WITH SEAN SPELLMAN
The indie-Americana feast has been held at an increasingly crowded table the past few years. The Lumineers, the divisive Mumford & Sons, Lake Street Dive and others have shared in the bounty, whil...
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HUFFAMOOSE REKINDLES ITS ’90s GLORY FOR ARDMORE REUNION
In the relatively anything-goes era of 1990s alternative rock, there were bands with odd names and tough-to-pigeonhole sounds finding success -- almost unthinkable in today's mainstream musical landsc...
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BLINDED PASSENGER DEBUTS ‘SHADOWS OF AMERICA,’ TALKS DEBUT ALBUM ‘THE ELECTRIC’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Mark Twain famously advised, “Write what you know.” Blinded Passenger, a four-piece alternative rock band based in Scranton, has done just that on “The Electric,” its upcoming full-length album. ...
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NO SLEEP TIL BROOKLYN (BOWL) FOR THE MOTET
While Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and, if you prefer, Festivus are all around the corner, it’s another holiday – Halloween – that sticks with The Motet all year round, at least in spiri...
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CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH, TEEN MEN AT BROOKLYN BOWL
Photos by Jason Riedmiller When we last left Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, it was the spring of this year and the band was working up a new album and debuting new songs - and a new lineup - at Philadel...
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WITH JOHN POPPER, BROTHERS KEEPER MAKES AN EARLY SPLASH
Brothers Keeper, with just a catalog of one album, albeit a successful one, under its belt, is a new band. But the group's roots run deep, all the way back to the groundbreaking H.O.R.D.E. Festival to...
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CIGARETTES, WHISKEY and ‘OUTERFOLK’ with KATIE KELLY & THE CHARMING BEARDS (TRACK DEBUT)
Katie Kelly & The Charming Beards have been playing together since 2012, but until this week, the only way you could hear the Wilkes-Barre band's music was at its shows. That finally changes wit...
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THE FINAL CHAPTER FOR THE ALLMAN BROTHERS? AN INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR ALAN PAUL
The tumultuous history of the Allman Brothers Band – tragic deaths, bitter breakups, reunions and a controversial court case that turned Brother against Brother – will, supposedly, come to an end Wedn...
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JAMES: DEATH, DANCE and REBIRTH AT WEBSTER HALL
By Michael Lello Photos by Joe Russo Backstage at Webster Hall, James trumpet player Andy Diagram is slumped on a sofa, wearing a knit winter cap topped with a tassle while he's trying to fight ...
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