SCI IMPRESSES AT LOCKN’ FESTIVAL
By Michael Lester ARRINGTON, Va. -- Vehicular gridlock welcomed travelers from all over the country entering last weekend’s inaugural four-day Lockn’ music festival and funneled them into a grass par...
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DAY 4: CROWES TAKE FLIGHT
crowes1 By Michael Lello Photos by Jim Gavenus SCRANTON – No band has carried the flag for the Woodstock generation into the latter 20th ...
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ADAM ANT INFESTATION IN NEW YORK
By Nikki M. Mascali Photo by Tom Roarty NEW YORK – An ant infestation broke out at New York’s Irving Plaza this weekend: Big ants, old ants, young ants, scantily clad ants, and even men-dressed-as-...
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JANE’S ADDICTION HIGHLIGHTS UPROAR KICKOFF
By Michael Lello WILKES-BARRE – Nineties nostalgia seems to be growing by the day among rock fans, and with good reason: the decade’s grunge and alternative explosions provided for some music that h...
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ISBELL’S MOURNFUL SOUTHERN ROCK
20130809(18) By Tyler Miles Photos by Pati Bobeck WILKES-BARRE – A small crowd at the F.M. Kirby Center backed progressive country singer Jas...
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CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH’S NIGHT OF FIRSTS
By Michael Lello Photos by Jason Riedmiller PHILADELPHIA – It was a night of firsts for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah last Thursday. First show with new band members. First show featuring songs from ...
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WINERY DOGS ‘ELEVATE’ NEW YORK IN U.S. DEBUT
By Michael Lello Photos by Tom Roarty NEW YORK – Partway through The Winery Dogs’ show on Saturday at BB King Blues Club & Grill in Times Square, a woman excitedly told this reviewer, “Write down ...
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BOB DYLAN, WILCO AND MY MORNING JACKET IN CAMDEN
By Michael Lello CAMDEN, N.J. – It’s easy for music fans that missed the 1960s to feel they were shortchanged. Woodstock; the New York folk scene; Monterey Pop; The Allman Brothers, The Band and the...
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STEVE MARTIN IN WILKES-BARRE
WILKES-BARRE ?Comedian, actor, author, moviemaker and Grammy award-winning musician Steve Martin lost his wallet Tuesday in Wilkes-Barre ?of all places ?while bicycling downtown. The silver-haired Ma...
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TOM PETTY IN SARATOGA, N.Y.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. ? A nostalgic Tom Petty quarterbacked his band into a cover of Paul Revere and the Raiders’ “Not Your Steppin’ Stone,” introducing the ’60s psychedelic tune made popular by The...
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