JOAN OSBORNE’S SIMPLE AND DIRECT KIRBY CENTER OUTING
By Michael Lello Photos by Jesse Faatz WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- Just a day after the release of her ninth album, “Love and Hate,” musical chameleon Joan Osborne continued the FM Kirby Center’s “Live f...
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DIRTY HEADS BRING REGGAE ROCK TO STROUDSBURG
IMG_3453 By Jesse Faatz Photos by Jesse Faatz STROUDSBURG, Pa. -- After gaining an adequate following with their No. 1 Billboard h...
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THE HOLD STEADY’S ‘MASSIVE NIGHT’ IN ITHACA
By Michael Lello ITHACA, N.Y. – At first glance, it seemed like a glorified dive bar where your elbows stick to the tables and the décor includes a Jagermeister banner and dartboard might not befit...
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MATT SCHOFIELD BRINGS BRITISH BLUES TO JAZZ CAFE
20140321-DSC_4477 Photos by Pati Bobeck Manchester, England, blues guitar phenom Matt Schofield and his band performed recently at the Rive...
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STEVE HACKETT’S BREATHTAKING GENESIS RESURRECTION
By Michael Lello Photos by Laurence Kelly COLLINGSWOOD, N.J. – The chapel-like Scottish Rite Auditorium, ensconced in Masonic mystery, was the perfect backdrop for two highly anticipated stops of ...
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KELLER WILLIAMS ENLIVENS SOLD-OUT JIM THORPE CROWD
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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KIRBY SERIES STARTS IN STYLE WITH AMY AT THE HELM
IMG_0551 By Michael Lello Photos by Jesse Faatz WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – Introducing the song “Calvary” during Amy Helm and the Handsome Strang...
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DAN DEACON AND HIS AUDIENCE SHARE THE SPOTLIGHT
By Emily Votaw COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Who is Dan Deacon? An electronic pop guru? An avant-garde composer? A fanatic devotee of Looney Tunes and Spiderman? Deacon is a bit of each of those things, but ...
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ROBYN HITCHCOCK CAPTIVATES HARRISBURG AUDIENCE
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- If there is a perfect place to see Robyn Hitchcock, it would have to be in an intimate bar with décor favoring tasteful cartoon nudity and equipped with a stage bathed in pinkish li...
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RINGERS WOW JAZZ CAFE CROWD
By Michael Lello Photos by Pati Bobeck PLAINS, Pa. -- On paper, the concept of The Ringers sounds like a trainwreck waiting to happen. Three world-class guitarists, vying for alpha-dog status and...
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