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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FOURTH PENNSYLVANIA BLUES FESTIVAL BRINGS DIVERSE LINEUP TO POCONOS THIS WEEKEND
By Michael Lello For the 23rd straight year, an impressive mix of blues artists from all over -- and blues fans – will descend on the Poconos for a weekend of music. The Pennsylvania Blues Festival ...
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MICHAEL FRANTI TALKS YOGA, BARE FEET AND NEW MATERIAL
By Michael Lello Yoga, bare feet, charity. . . . It's all a bit much to take, especially for a cynic. But listen to Michael Franti talk about things like his reason to eschew footwear, and the Do ...
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