RISING PHILLY ARTIST GREG SOVER WANTS TO ‘LIVE IN THE MUSIC’
Before George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Jason Blake, socially conscious songwriters were sounding alarm bells about racial inequality in the United States. Case in point: Philadelphia's Greg Sover and...
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DJ WILLIAMS, GUITARIST FOR KARL DENSON, SOUNDTRACKS A PODCAST ROOTED IN NEPA
It's a big world for Tiny Universe guitarist DJ Williams. A long-time member of Karl Denson's Tiny Universe (fronted by its namesake sax and flute player and Rolling Stones sideman), Williams leads hi...
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LESSER ANIMALS, WITH SCRANTON ROOTS, GET ‘REAL’ ABOUT NEW MUSIC
James Sanderson had drifted away from music and settled into a day job. But the Scranton-area native, who now lives in Boston, couldn't stay away forever. "I was just miserable," he says. "Not beca...
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MICHAEL FALZARANO’S TRIPPY, ROOTSY TAKE ON CHRISTMAS
With a dash of mistletoe and marijuana, Michael Falzarano has created a Christmas album that transcends the cliches of the pop holiday music genre. Asked what he was intending to do with the 12-son...
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DES ROCS: THIS IS HIS LIFE
Friday will mark 286 days since Des Rocs last played on stage, fittingly in Detroit Rock City. That's nearly a year he's been away from the grit and grime and ringing ears that he and his fan base, th...
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AS SLEEPLORE, CLYDE ROSENCRANCE FINDS THE VALUE IN LETTING GO
Producer and musician Clyde Rosencrance, working under the name Sleeplore, released the project's first song last week. "Let Go," he says, "is part of a silo of songs that are a little bit more mellow...
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LITTLE VILLAGE FOUNDATION HAS BIG IDEAS FOR UNDERREPRESENTED ARTISTS
The folks at the Little Village Foundation joke that they're not the only nonprofit record label -- they're just the only one that's not making money by design. The California label, founded in an ...
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JOHNNY BRENNAN ON THE RETURN OF THE JERKY BOYS AND THE ENDURANCE OF SOL ROSENBERG AND FRANK RIZZO
Sol Rosenberg, Frank Rizzo, Jack Tors and the gang are back. The bizarre comic characters star in the latest crank call album from The Jerky Boys, the first release from the project voiced by Johnny B...
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DON’T PANIC GOES ‘THROUGH IT ALL’ ON DEBUT LP
Don't Panic has been around for almost a decade, but it's taken until 2020 for the Stroudsburg/Hazleton group to release a full-length debut album, "Through It All," which came out Nov. 27. Rec...
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DARLINGSIDE FINDS THE HARMONY IN NATURE ON ‘FISH POND FISH’
On its new album "Fish Pond Fish," Boston-area band Darlingside harnesses its exquisite vocal harmonies to celebrate the wonders of nature, with stars, mountains and caves serving as themes. It's a we...
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