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  • UMPHREY’S McGEE’S DRUNKEN JAM SESSION LEADS TO PROG-IMPROV STARDOM
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    UMPHREY’S McGEE’S DRUNKEN JAM SESSION LEADS TO PROG-IMPROV STARDOM

    Oct 24, 2014 0

    By Michael Lester  Umphrey’s McGee formed on the campus of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., nearly 17 years ago. But it was during a drunken, post-wedding, early-morning, tux-wearing jam session in ...

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  • NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS THRILL BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY CROWD
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    NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS THRILL BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY CROWD

    Sep 30, 2014 0

    By Michael Lester Photos by Sarah Holler courtesy of Bucknell University Midway through a two-hour show Friday night that mixed hard-charging country blues and stripped-down a cappella harmonies...

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  • KANGAROOS ON THE WING? A CONVERSATION WITH AUSTRALIAN PINK FLOYD
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    KANGAROOS ON THE WING? A CONVERSATION WITH AUSTRALIAN PINK FLOYD

    Sep 28, 2014 0

    By Michael Lester       Australian Pink Floyd bassist/vocalist Colin Wilson was awestruck two years ago when he got a look at those gigantic illuminated blast furnaces from a bygone industrial era...

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  • LUTHER DICKINSON DISCUSSES ‘ALL STAR’ CAREER
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    LUTHER DICKINSON DISCUSSES ‘ALL STAR’ CAREER

    Sep 3, 2014 0

    By Michael Lester Guitarist Luther Dickinson’s late father Jim Dickinson, a legendary record producer who played keyboards on Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan albums, tried to talk Luther out of playing ...

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  • FROM GOOD HOMES REUNION CONTINUES AT PEACH FESTIVAL
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    FROM GOOD HOMES REUNION CONTINUES AT PEACH FESTIVAL

    Aug 14, 2014 0

    By Michael Lester New Jersey-based folk-jazz rock quintet From Good Homes, perhaps best known as the band that gave Railroad Earth songwriter-vocalist Todd Sheaffer his start, was gathering steam in ...

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  • JACKIE GREENE ADDS TRIGGER HIPPY TO ROCKING RESUME
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    JACKIE GREENE ADDS TRIGGER HIPPY TO ROCKING RESUME

    Aug 11, 2014 0

    By Michael Lester With career-catapulting stints performing as a member of Phil Lesh & Friends and the Black Crowes, it would seem logical to label Sacramento singer-songwriter Jackie Greene a yo...

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  • SOUTHERN ACCENTS HIGHLIGHT PANIC’S MANN DEBUT
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    SOUTHERN ACCENTS HIGHLIGHT PANIC’S MANN DEBUT

    Jun 18, 2014 1

    By Michael Lester PHILADELHIA -- Regulars at Widespread Panic concerts, some who have seen dozens, if not hundreds, of shows, arrive at a show with high hopes for rarely played songs, preferably an o...

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  • GUITAR GODS DISPLAY SIX-STRING MASTERY AT KIRBY CENTER
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    GUITAR GODS DISPLAY SIX-STRING MASTERY AT KIRBY CENTER

    Jun 15, 2014 0

    HW81.GuitarGods (9 of 13) By Michael Lester and Chris Krepich WILKES-BARRE -- Flashily clad in tight black leather pants and a black leathe...

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  • SPRINGSTEEN, MORELLO PUT ON SWEET SHOW IN HERSHEY
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    SPRINGSTEEN, MORELLO PUT ON SWEET SHOW IN HERSHEY

    May 19, 2014 0

    By Michael Lester HERSHEY, Pa. -- It was worth the $100-plus price of admission, not to mention a bit comical, scanning the quizzical expressions on faces in the crowd, as Tom Morello traded guitar s...

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  • SAXMAN HOLLOWAY ON SITTING IN WITH THE STARS
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    SAXMAN HOLLOWAY ON SITTING IN WITH THE STARS

    May 9, 2014 0

    By Michael Lester Photo by Jason Riedmiller Initiative, confidence and humility — along with the fuel of frustration fed by band members who jeered his unnecessarily loud sax playing back in junior ...

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PEACH FEST PHOTOS: CABINET, RICH ROBINSON, CORNMEAL & MORE

PEACH FEST PHOTOS: CABINET, RICH ROBINSON, CORNMEAL & MORE

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BRIGGS FARM BLUES FESTIVAL: FRIDAY PHOTO GALLERY, PART 2

BRIGGS FARM BLUES FESTIVAL: FRIDAY PHOTO GALLERY, PART 2

Jul 17, 2015
VIOLENT FEMMES:  A NIGHT OF ENERGETIC AMERICAN MUSIC

VIOLENT FEMMES: A NIGHT OF ENERGETIC AMERICAN MUSIC

Nov 18, 2013
PEACH FESTIVAL RETURNS AUGUST 13-16, 2015

PEACH FESTIVAL RETURNS AUGUST 13-16, 2015

Dec 19, 2014
KARL DENSON JAZZES UP PEACH FESTIVAL

KARL DENSON JAZZES UP PEACH FESTIVAL

Aug 12, 2013
THE FINAL CHAPTER FOR THE ALLMAN BROTHERS? AN INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR ALAN PAUL

THE FINAL CHAPTER FOR THE ALLMAN BROTHERS? AN INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR ALAN PAUL

Oct 29, 2014
PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART SHARE SINGLE, PLOT TOUR

PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART SHARE SINGLE, PLOT TOUR

Feb 27, 2014

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ARCADE FIRE GOES SMALL WITH BIG RESULTS ON ‘PINK ELEPHANT’
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THE HEAD AND THE HEART: ‘WE DID IT OURSELVES BEFORE, SO WHY CAN’T WE DO IT AGAIN?’
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THE HEAD AND THE HEART: ‘WE DID IT OURSELVES BEFORE, SO WHY CAN’T WE DO IT AGAIN?’

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WICCA PHASE SPRINGS ETERNAL GOES ORGANIC: ‘IT’S JUST ALWAYS BEEN MY KIND OF THING’
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Jul 15, 2025

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