ENGLISH BEAT SHOW AT CITY WINERY ‘RANKS’ HIGH
A posh venue in Lower Manhattan— a winery, nonetheless — is an odd setting for a band with punk roots whose ethos was imbued with a distrust of the establishment. But such was the case in late March o...
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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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DAVID BYRNE’S ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME PERFORMANCE THRILLS KIRBY CENTER CROWD
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Those fortunate enough to score tickets to the sold-out David Byrne show at the F.M. Kirby Center Sunday night undoubtedly knew exactly what they were getting into in that they had...
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BLUES FESTIVAL GOES TO CHURCH IN BLOOMSBURG
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — It’s not every Sunday you arrive to church to find a soundtrack of rock and rhythm and blues house music playing while a blues trio tinkers with and tunes instruments near the pulpit...
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SUSAN TEDESCHI THRILLS KIRBY CROWD DURING TEDSESCHI TRUCKS BAND SET
Photos by Sam Watson WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — When the 12-member Tedeschi Trucks Band re-emerged to the F.M. Kirby Center stage to cap an energized, nearly two-hour, sold-out performance, it brought alo...
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BLACK CROWES’ LEGACY IN FULL FLIGHT AT IRVING PLAZA
Photos by Toktam Tayefeh NEW YORK — Defining The Black Crowes was always a bit of a fool’s errand. In the ’90s, their hit songs were played on mainstream radio alongside the likes of Madonna and Mi...
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MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA, TIGERS JAW A STUDY IN CONTRASTS AT TERMINAL 5
Photos by Angelo Santoro NEW YORK, NY — During a recent stop at Terminal 5 (capacity 3,000), one band showed you don’t need an arena to effectively play arena rock, and another proved you don’t nee...
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THE WAR ON DRUGS BRINGS ‘A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING’ TO NEW YORK CITY
Photos by Angelo Santoro NEW YORK, NY — Sandwiched between a show in which the band debuted songs from its brilliant new album, “A Deeper Understanding,” and a highly anticipated, sold-out appearan...
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PEACH FEST 2017: MULTI-GENERATIONAL TRIBUTES TO FALLEN ALLMAN BROTHERS MEMBERS ABOUND
Photos by Pati Bobeck MOOSIC, Pa. — Fourteen-year-old Brandon “Taz” Niederauer was spotted backstage at last weekend’s Peach Festival by one observer just being a care-free kid — chasing and poppin...
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SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD & BEHEMOTH CONQUER PHILADELPHIA
Photos and review by Alex Seeley PHILADELPHIA — Even a thunderstorm couldn’t stop the sold-out crowd from enjoying a night of heavy metal last Sunday at the Electric Factory’s outdoor stage. The ha...
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