THE UMPHREY’S MCGEE HEADPHONES EXPERIENCE
When I returned the headset I wore to tune into an in-theater wireless soundboard feed during last week’s Umphrey’s McGee show at the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre, the guy working behind UM’s mer...
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NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS THRILL BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY CROWD
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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PHOTO GALLERY: TWEEDY AT KIMMEL CENTER
Highway 81 Revisited Photos by Jim Gavenus PHILADELPHIA -- Tweedy, the new band made up of Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy and his son, drummer Spencer Tweedy, performed Sunday, Sept. 21 at t...
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PHOTO GALLERY: STEVE WINWOOD AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
Photos by Joe Russo Steve Winwood performed as the opening act for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers last week at Madison Square Garden.
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PHOTO GALLERY: GARY CLARK JR. IN CENTRAL PARK
Photos by Joe Russo With a new concert album simply called "Live" set for a Sept. 23 release, fast-rising guitar hero Gary Clark Jr. on Monday performed at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park as part ...
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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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