FOR GHOST LIGHT, THE SPIRIT IS IN THE SONGS
Ghost Light is part of a circuit of bands known for prioritizing the live show, where albums offer a simplified template for songs that take on expanded life on the stage. But Ghost Light, who check m...
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JUDAS PRIEST’S RICHIE FAULKNER RECALLS THE FIRST TIME HE PUT ON THE LEATHER AND STUDS
Judas Priest is celebrating 50 years of groundbreaking heavy metal, and a key player in that celebration wasn't even born when the band began. British guitarist Richie Faulkner, 42, has been with the ...
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BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE LOOKS BACK ON ‘YOU FORGOT IT IN PEOPLE’ AND PAST NYC SHOWS AHEAD OF WEBSTER HALL RUN
It was a strange time in North America when Broken Social Scene released "You Forgot it in People" in 2002. The wounds of 9/11 were fresh in the United States; 10 people had died in the Washington, D....
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JOHN PETRUCCI DISCUSSES SOLO TOUR WITH MIKE PORTNOY AND THE STATE OF PROG METAL
John Petrucci's fall trek is being billed as a solo tour, but it's much more like a working family vacation. The Dream Theater guitarist has enlisted DT founding member Mike Portnoy on drums, big news...
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TAJ MAHAL’S LONGTIME PHANTOM BLUES BAND HONORS LATE KEYBOARDIST ON ‘BLUES FOR BREAKFAST’
Asked what he'd like people to know about his Phantom Blues Band comrade Mike Finnigan, who died in August of 2021, Johnny Lee Schell doesn't pick something musical. "He'd be doing an overdub with ...
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KAMIZAKE PALM TREE DISHES OUT ‘MINT CHIP,’ KICKS OFF WILCO DATES IN COOPERSTOWN
Kamikaze Palm Tree might be the perfect name for a band that blends disparate musical pieces and absurdist lyrics and somehow ends up with something that makes perfect sense in a nonsensical way. If t...
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KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BRINGS ‘TROUBLE’ TO BRIGGS FARM
It's been almost 25 years since Kenny Wayne Shepherd released his sophomore album, "Trouble Is...," but the record is still reverberating. On the back of the hit single "Blue on Black," the album rock...
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THE SHANTYMAN SÉAN McCANN SETS SAIL FOR KARL HALL
Much has been made about the healing power of music, to the point of cliche. But for Séan McCann, it's proven a constant anchor in a life that has sometimes found him adrift. Ten years sober and a sur...
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ART ALEXAKIS FINALLY SAVORS EVERCLEAR’S HEYDAY
In the mid-'90s, the music of Everclear was inescapable. Hits like "Father of Mine," "Santa Monica," "Everything to Everyone" and "I Will Buy You A New Life," with their catchy California beach melodi...
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FRANK ZAPPA’S FORMER BANDMATES LAUNCH FIRST HEADLINE TOUR AS THE ZAPPA BAND
Following up on last year's run of shows opening for King Crimson, The Zappa Band, which features musicians who recorded and toured with the late Zappa, has embarked on its first headlining tour. T...
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