THE HOLD STEADY’S ‘MASSIVE NIGHT’ IN ITHACA
By Michael Lello ITHACA, N.Y. – At first glance, it seemed like a glorified dive bar where your elbows stick to the tables and the décor includes a Jagermeister banner and dartboard might not befit...
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THE HOLD STEADY DELIVERS ANOTHER KNOCKOUT PUNCH
By Michael Lello There was never any question about the quality of The Hold Steady’s swaggering brand of beer commercial guitar riffs and barstool sermons. But it never seemed like an aesthetic that...
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BUCK KNIFE, CREEPOID EXPLORE THE OTHER SIDE
By Michael Lello For every group of musicians with stars in its eyes, there’s another band whose goals are purely artistic. Success is almost seen as the opposite of the goal. Buck Knife, a newer p...
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JON ANDERSON: “MUSIC IS AN ADVENTURE”
Michael Lello Photo by Deborah Anderson You might say Jon Anderson had us at hello. That’s all he needed to say when he answered his phone for an interview, and we knew we had dialed the right numb...
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NEW CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH SONG, ALBUM IN JUNE
Photo by Jason Riedmiller Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have shared a new song, "Coming Down," featuring The National vocalist Matt Berninger. You can hear the track below. CYHSY's new album "Only Run" ...
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ELECTRIC CITY MUSIC CONFERENCE REVEALS INITIAL LINEUP, VENUES
As a media partner of the event, we are pleased to exclusively announce the initial lineup of performers, panelists and venues for the Electric City Music Conference, which will be held Oct. 10-12 (C...
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STEVE HACKETT’S BREATHTAKING GENESIS RESURRECTION
By Michael Lello Photos by Laurence Kelly COLLINGSWOOD, N.J. – The chapel-like Scottish Rite Auditorium, ensconced in Masonic mystery, was the perfect backdrop for two highly anticipated stops of ...
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STEVE HACKETT REVISITS THE DREAM OF CLASSIC GENESIS
By Michael Lello If you were writing the bible of British progressive rock, you would be well advised to start with the book of Genesis. While the band might be best known for its 1980s and ’90s h...
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NATALIE CRESSMAN: PAINTING IN BROAD STROKES
By Michael Lello While Natalie Cressman’s instrument of choice is the trombone, one might say the paintbrush – at least figuratively – is also a key tool in the arsenal of the young multi-instrumenta...
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ELVIS COSTELLO, JIM JAMES, MORE TAKE ON LOST DYLAN SONGS
Recording is nearly complete for "Lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes, an album project from Elvis Costello, Rhiannon Giddens (Carolina Chocolate Drops) Taylor Goldsmith (Dawes), Jim James (My M...
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