BRIGGS FARM PHOTOS: AMY HELM, MIKE FARRIS & JJ THAMES
Photos by Jim Gavenus Briggs Farm Blues festival wrapped up its 21st edition last weekend with headline performances by Amy Helm, Samantha Fish and Grammy winner Mike Farris, among many more, inclu...
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STONE SOUR SATISFIES SHERMAN THEATER CROWD WITH FUN-LOVING PERFORMANCE
Photos and review by Alex Seeley STROUDSBURG, Pa. -- The floor was covered in confetti while streamers hung from the ceiling they were stuck to as satisfied fans exited the Sherman Theater. Stone Sou...
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EVERYTHING TURNED TO COLOR, ROSARY GUILD & JOE BURKE KICK THINGS OFF AT KARL HALL
Photos by Scott Kucharski Karl Hall, the new all-ages venue in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., celebrated its opening night on Saturday, April 14, with performances by Everything Turned To Color, Rosary Guild a...
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JUDAS PRIEST IS FRESH AND FIERCE AT FIREPOWER TOUR OPENING NIGHT
Photos and review by Alex Seeley WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — As anticipation for the headliner reached fever pitch, the curtain that obscured the stage was ripped away and replaced with pummeling guitars a...
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ALICE COOPER SELLS OUT KIRBY CENTER — AGAIN — WITH ‘PARANORMAL’ PERFORMANCE
Photos by Alex Seeley Theatrical rock 'n' roll pioneer Alice Cooper performed yet another sold-out show at the FM Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Saturday, March 10, as part of his "A Paranor...
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RADIOHEAD ANNOUNCE SUMMER 2018 TOUR
Radiohead have announced a summer 2018 tour, including dates in New York and Philadelphia. The tour will begin July 7 in Chicago at the United Center and wrap up with two dates at the Wells Fargo Cent...
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UMPHREY’S MCGEE CELEBRATES 20 YEARS WITH PENN’S PEAK SHOW
Photos by Sam Watson Progressive jam-rock veterans Umphrey's McGee wrapped up a string of Northeastern shows on Jan. 28 at Penn's Peak in Jim Thorpe, Pa. The performance brought to a close a run th...
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PEACH FEST: PHIL LESH, DICKEY BETTS, JRAD & MORE ANNOUNCED
The initial lineup for Peach Festival 2018 — which will be held in June for the first time — includes Phil Lesh and the Terrapin Family Band and founding Allman Brothers Band guitarist Dickey Betts, p...
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GALLERY OF SOUND’S JOE NARDONE JR’S FAVORITE ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
1. The Menzingers - After The Party 2. Grandaddy - Last Place 3. Arcade Fire - Everything Now 4. Queens Of The Stone Age - Villains 5. Strand Of Oaks - Hard Love 6. Dan Auerbach - Waiting On A So...
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JUSTIN MAZER: MY FAVORITE MUSICAL MOMENTS OF 2017
As always, I consider myself to be very lucky to make all sorts of great music with great people on all different kinds of stages throughout the year. Here are a few (but certainly not all) of the hig...
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