PATRICK SWEANY: A VOICE OF THE BLUES AND AN OLD-SCHOOL SOUL
By Michael Lello Some of the greatest artists of our time have thrived at a confluence of various musical rivers rather than following the path of just one singular stream. Their influences are so ...
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NEW BUZZCOCKS SONG: “IT’S NOT YOU”
Buzzcocks have shared a new song, "It's Not You," from the legendary UK punk band's upcoming album, "The Way," which is set for a Nov. 18 release. According to a press release: "These 10 tracks pen...
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FORMER MEMBERS OF THE BAND CARRY THAT ‘WEIGHT’
By Michael Lello While three of the core members of seminal Americana rock collective The Band have left this earth, the music lives on – thanks in no small part to The Weight, a newer group formed b...
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ALLMANS CLOSE OUT PEACH FESTIVAL WITH A BANG
By Michael Lello Photos by Jason Riedmiller SCRANTON – The Allman Brothers have had a contentious history, with members quitting, getting fired and, sadly, even dying, as well as several ful...
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AS THE CROWE FLIES: A CHAT WITH RICH ROBINSON
By Michael Lello Top photo, Rich Robinson performing with the Black Crowes at last year's Peach Festival, by Jason Riedmiller Every major band seems to have “the quiet one.” George Harrison in The ...
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HUNTER’S INSPIRATION FLOWS AT KIRBY CENTER
Photo by Jesse Faatz WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – There’s a line about a storyteller in the Grateful Dead classic “Terrapin Station”: “His job is to shed light, not to master.” Robert Hunter, the writer...
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AN INTERVIEW WITH GRATEFUL DEAD LYRICIST ROBERT HUNTER, PART TWO
By Michael Lello There are musical partnerships that are so intertwined, you can’t consider one without the other. Lennon and McCartney. Simon and Garfunkel. Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Jer...
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AN INTERVIEW WITH GRATEFUL DEAD LYRICIST ROBERT HUNTER, PART ONE
By Michael Lello Photo by Maureen Hunter Robert Hunter’s words have left an indelible imprint on pop culture – “what a long strange trip it’s been” and “drivin’ that train, high on cocaine,” anyone?...
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM IN THE POCONOS WITH MOE.
By Michael Lello Photos by Pati Bobeck Bands like moe. don’t follow the album-tour-album-tour cycle. They are live acts first that happen to release studio albums. But their new album “No Guts, ...
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A FIRE WITH FRIENDS HAS SIGHTS ON “A NEW LIFE”
By Michael Lello Photo by Jason Riedmiller Scranton band A Fire With Friends is dealing with a truly 21st Century problem — its online profile has been wiped out. No Facebook, no Twitter, nothing. It...
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