OWSLEY STANLEY FOUNDATION WORKS TO PRESERVE THE SOUND AND LEGACY OF ‘BEAR’
Owsley "Bear" Stanley, the recording engineer, architect of the Grateful Dead's famed Wall of Sound and renowned LSD chemist, left behind more than 1,300 concert soundboard tapes when he died in 2011....
Readmore
DUSTIN DOUGLAS CELEBRATES ELECTRIC GENTLEMEN’S POWER TRIO CHEMISTRY (VIDEO INTERVIEW)
With a new single, video and live show in Jim Thorpe, Pa., Dustin Douglas and the Electric Gentlemen have a big weekend. The band released the new song, "Broken," on April 30. Douglas, the vocalist...
Readmore
AMERICAN BUFFALO GHOST EXPLORES ‘FOLK SONGS AND THE WEIRD AMERICANA’ (EXCLUSIVE)
After scrapping an album he felt did not represent his true feelings and musical approach, Sean Flynn, who performs as American Buffalo Ghost, today released another, entirely different, stripped-down...
Readmore
JUSTIN MAZER DROPS TWO SURPRISE SOLO ALBUMS (VIDEO INTERVIEW)
Over the course of his decade-plus career, guitarist Justin Mazer's role has been to contribute to a group dynamic, such as with the band Leroy Justice, or use his talents to help achieve the vision o...
Readmore
NYC’S DOG TRAINER FIND MEANING IN QUARANTINE WITH ‘SCROLLING TO FEEL BETTER…PART ONE’
Dog Trainer -- Nick Broman (singer/songwriter/producer) and Lucas del Calvo (guitarist/songwriter/producer) -- took an unlikely path to the modern pop sounds on "Scrolling to feel better...part one," ...
Readmore
FOR SUSANA MILLMAN, GRATEFUL DEAD PHOTOS ARE FAMILY PHOTOS
Musicians, whether they're performing on stage or living their lives off it, often view photographers as intrusive, annoying or a necessary evil of the industry, or some uneasy combination of all thre...
Readmore
BRIAN QUIRK FINDS THE HAPPINESS IN LIFE’S CHALLENGES
After a struggle that included brief homelessness, hospitalization and unemployment, Philadelphia-area artist finally released his solo album, "What Makes You Happy" -- it's not ironically titled, he ...
Readmore
JOHN MORGAN KIMOCK CHASES HAPPY ACCIDENTS ON NEW ALBUM
For drummer John Morgan Kimock, downtime on tour became writing time. Whether out on the road with Phish's Mike Gordon, Dead and Company's Oteil Burbridge or his father, guitarist Steve Kimock, the mu...
Readmore
JAY LUKE IS ‘ALONE IN THE CROWD’ ON NEW ALBUM (VIDEO INTERVIEW)
Scranton-area musician Jay Luke has been recording and performing in the area and beyond for well over a decade. Last week he released his latest album, "Alone in the Crowd." In a recent Zoom chat ...
Readmore
BRIAN LANGAN: LIFE IMITATES ART AND VICE VERSA (VIDEO INTERVIEW)
It's been 10 years since Brian Langan moved from his hometown of Scranton to Philadelphia. Known around NEPA for fronting The Sw!ms, his unique visual art and events like the beloved Panked! dance par...
Readmore