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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DON HENLEY MIXES EAGLES, SOLO HITS AT POIGNANT SANDS SHOW
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — If you closed your eyes to ignore the gray in Eagles co-founder Don Henley’s combed-back hair and thin goatee, you’d have a difficult time wrapping your head around the reality he’ll ...
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AT ROUGH TRADE, SLOTHRUST’S MASTERFULNESS ON DISPLAY
Photos and words by Angelo Santoro BROOKLYN, NY — The last time we saw Slothrust here in New York was for the debut of their killer new album "Everyone Else," which many — rightfully so – have exclai...
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CABINET ‘HOME NOW’ AT KIRBY CENTER HOLIDAY SHOW
Review and photos by Sam Watson It might have been below freezing on the streets of Wilkes Barre Friday night but inside the walls of the Kirby center, local boys of the bluegrass-esque outfit Cabi...
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BOB WEIR’S STUNNING CAPITOL THEATRE PERFORMANCE TOUCHES ON NEW COWBOY SONGS AND GRATEFUL DEAD CLASSICS
PORT CHESTER, N.Y. — Sometimes one needs to look back to move forward. Such is the case with Bob Weir, the legendary Grateful Dead co-frontman. Fresh off a hugely successful, nostalgic summer tour...
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CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD’S PSYCHEDELIC TRIPS AT SHERMAN THEATER
Photos by Sam Watson/Recap by Michael Lester STROUDSBURG, Pa. — It seemed like at just about every turn during its psychedelic song-ending jams Thursday night at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg,...
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‘OLD MAN’ NEIL YOUNG’S EPIC SET HIGHLIGHTS INAUGURAL OUTLAW FEST
Photos by Jim Gavenus MOOSIC, Pa. — After approaching a guitar tech and trading out his acoustic guitar for an electric one Sunday night, Neil Young tore up the script. Literally. Young gra...
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PEACH FESTIVAL 2016: TRIBUTES TO GREGG ALLMAN, PINK FLOYD, LED ZEPPELIN ENLIVEN SOGGY WEEKEND
Photos by Pati Bobeck SCRANTON, PA — Gregg Allman’s absence from last weekend’s Peach Festival on Montage Mountain figured to create a void that would leave festival organizers and headlining acts ...
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YES REVISITS ‘DRAMA’ & ‘TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS’ IN STUNNING, INTIMATE LONG ISLAND SHOW
Photos by Angelo Santoro WESTBURY, NY — Progressive rock juggernaut Yes has pegged most of its recent tours to the recreation of classic albums from its revered catalog. But what happens when the b...
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WORTH THE WEIGHT: THE BAND LIVES ON IN LIVELY CITY WINERY SHOW
Photos by Angelo Santoro NEW YORK, NY — About halfway through the first of its two sets last Thursday night at City Winery, The Weight ripped through a rollicking, chunky version of The Band’s “Tim...
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