ALLMANS CLOSE OUT PEACH FESTIVAL WITH A BANG
By Michael Lello Photos by Jason Riedmiller SCRANTON – The Allman Brothers have had a contentious history, with members quitting, getting fired and, sadly, even dying, as well as several ful...
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PEACH RECAP 1: DEAD SET, MULES, GORILLAZ AND DROWSY ALLMANS
Photos by Jason Riedmiller FRIDAY RECAP Fans crushed by Bob Weir and Ratdog’s absence from this weekend’s Peach Festival on Montage Mountain could hardly have been disappointed by the energetic “Dea...
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HUNTER’S INSPIRATION FLOWS AT KIRBY CENTER
Photo by Jesse Faatz WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – There’s a line about a storyteller in the Grateful Dead classic “Terrapin Station”: “His job is to shed light, not to master.” Robert Hunter, the writer...
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM IN THE POCONOS WITH MOE.
By Michael Lello Photos by Pati Bobeck Bands like moe. don’t follow the album-tour-album-tour cycle. They are live acts first that happen to release studio albums. But their new album “No Guts, ...
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BRIGGS FARM RECAP, PHOTOS AND VIDEOS
H81EddieShaw By Michael Lello Photos by Alex Seeley The Briggs Farm Blues Festival near Nescopeck, Pa., had its largest crowd yet in its 1...
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TEGAN & SARA SHOW SWEET AND SHARP SIDES AT STEELSTACKS
h81.tegan&sara-11 By Michael Lello Photos by Alex Seeley BETHLEHEM , Pa. – Roughly halfway through their sharp, sparkling and entertaining...
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NO REST FOR CAGE THE ELEPHANT AT SCRANTON’S FUZZ FEST
By Michael Lello Photos by Jason Riedmiller SCRANTON -- A mere five years ago, the idea of a commercial radio station playing current, relevant music in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre market would be m...
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SOUTHERN ACCENTS HIGHLIGHT PANIC’S MANN DEBUT
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
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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KITE PARTY, THREE MAN CANNON, OTHERS IMPRESS AT TWENTYFIVE EIGHT
By Max McKeon SCRANTON -- Tucked away behind Coopers Seafood is Twenty-Five Eight, a production studio that hosts a variety of shows and events. The hidden studio, housed in an old abandoned warehous...
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