AN INTERVIEW WITH THESE UNITED STATES
By Michael Lello You could excuse These United States chief songwriter and singer Jesse Elliott for feeling underwhelmed about a date in a market like Scranton on the band's current tour route. TUS j...
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BRIGGS FARM BLUES FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES LINEUP
The Briggs Farm Blues Festival, which will return to Briggsville, Nescopeck Twp. Friday July 8 and Saturday July 9, announced its performance lineup Friday. Artists scheduled to perform include Friday...
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AN INTERVIEW WITH DALE EARNHARDT JR. JR.
By Michael Lello In a very short time span, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. has made quite a bit of noise. The Detroit duo of Daniel Zott and Josh Epstein only released its first set of songs, a debut EP call...
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AN INTERVIEW WITH CHUCK RAGAN OF HOT WATER MUSIC AND THE REVIVAL TOUR
By Michael Lello Chuck Ragan wasn’t allowed to listen to rock music growing up in Gainesville, Fla., but despite that restriction -- or maybe inspired by it -- he’s put together a noteworthy career t...
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MY MORNING JACKET RELEASES UNSTAGED TRAILER, ANNOUNCES DATES WITH NEKO CASE
On May 31, the day My Morning Jacket releases its new album "Circuital,"the band will perform a hometown show at Louisville's Palace Theater, and the concert will be streamed at this link starting at ...
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NEW DANIEL KNOX ALBUM OUT TODAY
Today, Daniel Knox has released "Evryman For Himself" via La Societe Expeditionnaire, the second in a trilogy of albums which began with the self-released "Disaster" and will conclude with the forthco...
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STEVE EARLE TO PERFORM AT KIRBY CENTER
Steve Earle will perform with his band at the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday, Aug. 23, according to Earle's website. Ticket information has yet to be released. Earle released his latest...
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ALBUM REVIEW: THE ANTLERS — “BURST APART”
By Michael Lello Compared to “Hospice,” their beautiful 2009 downer, the experience of listening to The Antlers’ new album “Burst Apart” is quite different. While both albums demand repeat listens, t...
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50TH PHILADELPHIA FOLK FESTIVAL LINEUP ANNOUNCED
In a media meet and greet at Philadelphia's North Bowl Lounge N' Lanes last night, organizers of the 50th installment of the venerable Philadelphia Folk Festival announced the initial lineup of the ev...
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WHAT DEANER WAS TALKING ABOUT: AN INTERVIEW WITH CAP’N DEAN WEEN
By Michael Lello Dean Ween, a founding member of long-running eclectic rock act Ween, has been an avid fisherman his whole life. For the past three years, he's been running his own charters out of hi...
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