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  • KELLER WILLIAMS ENLIVENS SOLD-OUT JIM THORPE CROWD
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    KELLER WILLIAMS ENLIVENS SOLD-OUT JIM THORPE CROWD

    Mar 25, 2014 0

    By Michael Lester Photos by Jesse Faatz Keller Williams literally does it all musically on stage. Plays guitar, bass, drums and keyboards. Unlike most performers, he also takes requests during h...

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  • KELLER WILLIAMS STAKES OUT HIS OWN MUSIC REAL ESTATE
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    KELLER WILLIAMS STAKES OUT HIS OWN MUSIC REAL ESTATE

    Mar 19, 2014 0

    By Michael Lester Quirky, deadpan instrumental wizard Keller Williams is so multitalented, few of his fans would shrug at the suggestion he was peddling homes, moonlighting as an agent with Keller Wi...

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  • FUNKY TROMBONE SHORTY HORNS IN ON KIRBY CENTER
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    FUNKY TROMBONE SHORTY HORNS IN ON KIRBY CENTER

    Jan 21, 2014 0

    By Michael Lester Photos by Jim Gavenus WILKES-BARRE -- Troy Andrews lowered his shiny trombone to his waist, wiped his mouth and swiveled from his dual microphones at the front of the F.M. Kirby ...

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  • RUSTED ROOT BRINGS ‘THE MOVEMENT’ TO SHERMAN
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    RUSTED ROOT BRINGS ‘THE MOVEMENT’ TO SHERMAN

    Jan 15, 2014 0

    By Michael Lester  Michael Glabicki first discovered he had a voice for music back in the mid-1980s when he randomly and playfully lent his distinctive vocal chords to a version of the Rolling Stones...

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  • MICHAEL LESTER:  CONCERTS
    Best Of 2013

    MICHAEL LESTER: CONCERTS

    Dec 30, 2013 0

    By Michael Lester 1.  Pearl Jam:  Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Oct. 21 2. Lockn’ Festival:  Arrington, Va., Sept. 5-8 3. Rolling Stones:  Wells Fargo Center, June 18 4. Furthur:  Capitol Thea...

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  • GUITARIST’S DREAM COMES TRUE AT PENN’S PEAK
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    GUITARIST’S DREAM COMES TRUE AT PENN’S PEAK

    Dec 12, 2013 0

    By Michael Lester Mountain Top native Jay Baab spontaneously jumped on stage recently at Penn’s Peak, grabbed an electric guitar from the hand of Robert Randolph, and jammed — quite capably — with Ra...

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  • WOOTEN BROTHERS TAKE FAMILY AFFAIR TO KESWICK
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    WOOTEN BROTHERS TAKE FAMILY AFFAIR TO KESWICK

    Dec 11, 2013 0

    By Michael Lester By the time Joseph Wooten was 8 years old, he and his four musically gifted brothers were already spending weekends on stage as an opening act for bands like War, of “Low Rider,” “W...

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  • RAILROAD EARTH, ROWAN THRILL SHERMAN CROWD
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    RAILROAD EARTH, ROWAN THRILL SHERMAN CROWD

    Dec 3, 2013 0

    By Michael Lester  Photos by Jesse Faatz STROUDSBURG -- Seventy-one-year-old bluegrass legend Peter Rowan danced a gentle solo waltz on stage, circling Tibetan-born vocalist Yungchen Lhamo as Rail...

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  • YONDER HALLOWEEN:  “IT’LL BE CRAZY”
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    YONDER HALLOWEEN: “IT’LL BE CRAZY”

    Oct 29, 2013 0

    By Michael Lester When Yonder Mountain String Band hits the stage for its Halloween show at the Theatre of Living Arts Thursday, the assembled crowd down on Philly’s spirited South Street can “expect...

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  • STEELY DAN GETS WEIRD
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    STEELY DAN GETS WEIRD

    Sep 29, 2013 0

    By Michael Lester BETHLEHEM -- Stationed in relative darkness during the first three songs of the evening below an elevated horn section at the Sands casino stage in Bethlehem, guitarist Walter Becke...

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PENNSYLVANIA BLUES FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL LINEUP

PENNSYLVANIA BLUES FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL LINEUP

Apr 29, 2011
REUNITED REVOLUTION KEEPS THE MUSIC OF PRINCE ALIVE

REUNITED REVOLUTION KEEPS THE MUSIC OF PRINCE ALIVE

May 3, 2017
ELECTRIC CITY MUSIC CONFERENCE, STEAMTOWN MUSIC AWARDS ANNOUNCE 2015 DATES

ELECTRIC CITY MUSIC CONFERENCE, STEAMTOWN MUSIC AWARDS ANNOUNCE 2015 DATES

Feb 24, 2015
DARLINGSIDE FINDS THE HARMONY IN NATURE ON ‘FISH POND FISH’

DARLINGSIDE FINDS THE HARMONY IN NATURE ON ‘FISH POND FISH’

Nov 25, 2020
MICHAEL LELLO’S FAVORITE ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

MICHAEL LELLO’S FAVORITE ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

Dec 18, 2024
COLD WAR KIDS: ‘MAINTAINING SUCCESS IS A THING’

COLD WAR KIDS: ‘MAINTAINING SUCCESS IS A THING’

Feb 28, 2024
INDEPEDENT RAPPER SHAH’S CROSS-CULTURAL JOURNEY

INDEPEDENT RAPPER SHAH’S CROSS-CULTURAL JOURNEY

Oct 3, 2016

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EMMA SWIFT’S FIRST ORIGINAL ALBUM A VULNERABLE JOURNEY POST-NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

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POWER METAL PIONEERS HELLOWEEN FLYING HIGH WITH ‘GIANTS & MONSTERS’
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STEVE WINWOOD AT FM KIRBY CENTER
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STEVE WINWOOD AT FM KIRBY CENTER

Sep 24, 2025

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