STRAND OF OAKS LOOKS BACK ON EVE OF RETURN TO WILKES-BARRE
After his breakthrough album "HEAL" and its 2017 follow-up, "Hard Love," Tim Showalter, who performs as Strand of Oaks, was spent. "I pretty much stopped," Showalter tells Highway 81 Revisited. "An...
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KALI MA AND THE GARLAND OF ARMS PLOT FIRST TOUR, WORKING ON SECOND ALBUM
In a Northeastern Pa. music scene dominated by hard rock, jam bands and post-punk, Kali Ma and the Garland of Arms stand out. "Well, one of the reactions we get is, if you can picture the facial ex...
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WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS FINDS COMFORT IN SONGWRITING DURING PERSONAL TURMOIL
William Fitzsimmons was once asked by a TV and film music supervisor if he had any songs that didn't have the word "love" or "heart" in them. "I don't think I actually have any!" the singer-songwri...
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DAVID BOWIE KEYBOARDIST: ‘I’M REALIZING HE WAS A GENIUS’
When David Bowie hired New York keyboardist Mike Garson in 1972, the deal was Garson, who was unfamiliar with Bowie’s music when he got the call would do the final eight weeks of the Ziggy Stardust T...
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ACE OF CUPS MAKE NYC DEBUT IN SUPPORT OF DEBUT ALUBM — 50 YEARS AFTER THEY STARTED
It took 50 years, but Ace of Cups have finally released their debut album and made their way to New York City. The all-female act was an important player in the San Francisco Summer of Love scene a...
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GUITAR MASTER MARTY FRIEDMAN BRINGS ‘TOKYO ENERGY’ TO NYC
When you think of Japanese culture, you probably don't picture a long-haired, American heavy metal guitar god. But six-string virtuoso Marty Friedman, who moved to Tokyo from the U.S. 15 years ago, ha...
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NIIGHTS CHANNELS ’90s SHOEGAZE ON ‘IT WAS’ (SONG PREMIERE)
When Cleveland band Niights got together, "We wanted it to be kind of a poppy shoegaze sound," says singer and guitarist Jenna Fournier. "We wanted that dreamy texture of '90s shoe gaze but wrapped ar...
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PLANNING FOR BURIAL RETURNS TO KARL HALL WITH ‘LOUD SET’
Thom Wasluck has been playing dark, drone-y music under the name Planning For Burial for nearly 15 years. With guitars run through effects pedals and synths and loopers adding to the sonic onslaught, ...
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FAMILY ANIMALS STARE DOWN ‘THE END’ ON NEW ALBUM (SONG PREMIERE)
Growing up in rural Lackawanna County, the members of Family Animals had a lot of time and space to let their minds wander and musical interests percolate. "Just kind of the fact that you can't go ...
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ROYSTON LANGDON PURSUES SOLO CAREER AS LEEDS
Royston Langdon, known for fronting the British band Spacehog, which had a massive hit with "In The Meantime" in the mid-'90s, is doing his own thing these days under the name LEEDS, an homage to his ...
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