AN INTERVEIW WITH CAROLINE SMITH
Emerging from the Minneapolis music scene, Caroline Smith quickly found an audience with a quavering and soulful singing style that has drawn comparisons to Joanna Newsom and Leslie Feist. With her b...
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ALBUM REVIEW: THE NATIONAL — “TROUBLE WILL FIND ME”
If there’s a universal message in the music of The National, it’s that it’s OK to not be OK. Elegantly miserable, singer Matt Berninger is at again on “Trouble Will Find Me,” the group’s sixth album a...
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CONCERT REVIEW: OLD FARMERS BALL
SCRANTON -- The intention of Old Farmers Ball was not to prove a point. However, a major statement was made Saturday under gray skies and heavy rainstorms: a large-scale grassroots music festival c...
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ALBUM REVIEW: TOM KEIFER — “THE WAY LIFE GOES”
Tom Keifer’s blues-drenched voice was a signature sound of 1980s and early ’90s hard rock – a voice that, unfortunately, has been silent for nearly 20 years, with no new recorded output from his band ...
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PHILADELPHIA FOLK FESTIVAL LINEUP ANNOUNCED
The Philadelphia Folksong Society has announced the initial lineup for the 52nd Annual Philadelphia Folk Festival, which will return to the 40-acre Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford Twp, Pa., from Aug. 1...
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OLD FARMERS BALL: ‘A PRETTY BIG DEAL’
The word “unique” comes up over and over again when discussing the Old Farmers Ball. And rightly so. The festival, hosted by Cabinet, is the first of its kind: a lineup of non-major label bands, ma...
ReadmoreNEW VAMPIRE WEEKEND SONG: ‘YA HEY’
Vampire Weekend has shared a lyric video for "Ya Hey," a song from the band's third album, "Modern Vampires of the City," which will be released May 14. The band will perform on Saturday Night Live o...
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MY BACK PAGES: BRITPOP
My Back Pages is a series that explores our relationships with the music we grew up with. Britpop is the subject of this installment. When I boarded a plane for a study-abroad program in Manchester, ...
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THE HAUNTING DREAM POP OF CHEROKEE RED
Cherokee Red creates songs that are equal parts catchy and haunting, tantalizing you but never pulling back the curtain to fully reveal what’s truly at their core. It’s a unique sound that one might ...
ReadmoreALBUM REVIEW: BRASS BED — “THE SECRET WILL KEEP YOU”
Enveloped in an uneasy haze of steel guitar, Brass Bed tells us, “I never believed it was true/ That life was just something to do” until the day “that death follows through.” It’s not exactly a pep ...
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