MICHAEL LELLO’S FAVORITE CONCERTS OF THE YEAR
1. Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers with John Scofield, Kenny Garrett and Christian McBride, Town Hall, New York, June 3 2. Bob Dylan, The Fillmore, Philadelphia, Nov. 19 3. Peter Gabriel, Wells Fa...
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MICHAEL LELLO’S FAVORITE ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
1. Paramore– “This Is Why” 2. Peter Gabriel – “i/o” 3. Baroness – “Stone” 4. Lana del Rey – “Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd” 5. Yo La Tengo - "This Stupid World" 6. Trevor Ra...
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BROKE PINES TALK BAND ORIGINS, DEBUT NEW SONG
Broke Pines are a new band of musicians with a lot of experience playing in Northeast Pennsylvania: Sean Flynn of Those Clever Foxes and American Buffalo Ghost, Jeremy Burke and Dave Connors of Jung B...
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DAN KLUG PUTS HIS OWN MUSIC FORWARD ON NEWEST FUNDAMENTAL SOUND RELEASE
The first two releases for The Fundamental Sound, Dan Klug's lo-fi instrumental project, focused on the familiar: a collection of Christmas songs in 2021, and his take on Grateful Dead tunes in 2022. ...
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THE ALARM’S MIKE PETERS MOVES ‘FORWARDS’ WITH ALBUM WRITTEN IN CANCER WARD
For more than 40 years, Mike Peters has been churning out anthems with The Alarm, the Welsh band with punk roots that grew to arena rock stardom on the back of big songs like "Sixty Eight Guns" in 198...
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RICKY SKAGGS STILL BRINGING THE BLUEGRASS THUNDER AT 68
Ricky Skaggs has been a master of the mandolin for nearly 50 years, rising to fame in bluegrass circles in his early 20s, living up to the promise he showed as a mere 7-year-old on the Flatt & Scr...
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NEW PORNOGRAPHERS AND THE EXCITEMENT OF THE UNEXPECTED
You know that sense of anticipation you have before pressing play on a favorite band's new album? At least one member of the tuneful Canadian indie-rock veterans The New Pornographers feels the same w...
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BLUES TRAVELER CONTINUES LONG HAUL WITH STOP AT SHERMAN THEATER
The music of Blues Traveler was everywhere in the mid-'90s. Hits like "Run-Around" and "The Hook" were all over radio and MTV, and every college dorm room seemed to have a copy of the "four" album on ...
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FISHBONE: ‘THERE’S A GREAT SENSE OF PURPOSE’
Fishbone, the legendary band out of Los Angeles that has fused punk, funk and everything in between since 1979, is on a mission. As bassist and founding member Norwood Fisher puts it, it might be "the...
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MICHIGANDER GRATEFUL FOR HIGH-PROFILE COLLABS AND FANS WILLING TO ‘INCONVENIENCE THEMSELVES’
Jason Singer has been performing as Michigander for nearly 10 years. He's released a song that has been streamed more than 10 million times, he's performed at Lollapalooza and shared stages with Band ...
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