ESCOVEDO AND THE SENSITIVE BOYS DELIVER DARK BRILLIANCE
By Michael Lello WILKES-BARRE – When you hear certain songs, you can also hear the compositional process, the structure and the intent. Here’s the verse, there’s the hook, here’s the bridge and chor...
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LA SERA SHARES NEW SONG, “RUNNING WILD”
La Sera have shared "Running Wild," a song from their third album, "Hour Of The Dawn," out May 13. La Sera is led by Katy Goodman, and "Hour of the Dawn" is the band's first release since Goodman's "...
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FLOYD, TALKING HEADS, PHISH FUEL TRIBUTE ACT
By Michael Lello The idea of a tribute band has become commonplace. Whether it’s groups dressing up like The Beatles, or Dark Star Orchestra painstakingly creating actual Grateful Dead setlists from...
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ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO: STILL A PUNK AT HEART
By Michael Lello From his days growing up listening to garage bands in Huntington Beach, Calif., to opening for the Sex Pistols as a member of the Nuns, to forming the True Believers and launching a ...
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JOAN OSBORNE’S SIMPLE AND DIRECT KIRBY CENTER OUTING
By Michael Lello Photos by Jesse Faatz WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- Just a day after the release of her ninth album, “Love and Hate,” musical chameleon Joan Osborne continued the FM Kirby Center’s “Live f...
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SUZE MOVES FORWARD WITH “SOUNDS FROM THURSDAY EVENING”
By Michael Lello Photo by Keith Perks It’s only been a few years, but Northeastern Pa. band Suze learned quite a bit between the making of their 2012 debut album and their recently released second a...
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KIRBY CENTER “LOBBYING” FOR INTIMATE SHOWS
IMG_0515 By Michael Lello Photos by Jesse Faatz What do you do if you’re in charge of booking an 1,800-seat theater, but you want to host ...
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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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