BETTER THAN EZRA’S KEVIN GRIFFIN BALANCES BAND, SOLO SHOWS AND SONGWRITER-FOR-THE-STARS CAREER
For 20 years, Kevin Griffin has fronted Better Than Ezra, the uber-tuneful, slightly quirky band that blasted out of the gate in the mid-1990s with hit songs like "Good," "In The Blood" and "Desparate...
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MATTSON/BARRACO AND FRIENDS GEAR UP FOR NY-AREA SHOWS AND THE FUTURE
The names Jeff Mattson and Rob Barraco should be familiar to most fans of the Grateful Dead and its seemingly countless menagerie offshoot bands. They're founding members of Long Island's Zen Trickste...
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LIVING THE QUIET LIFE: AN INTERVIEW WITH SEAN SPELLMAN
The indie-Americana feast has been held at an increasingly crowded table the past few years. The Lumineers, the divisive Mumford & Sons, Lake Street Dive and others have shared in the bounty, whil...
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HUFFAMOOSE REKINDLES ITS ’90s GLORY FOR ARDMORE REUNION
In the relatively anything-goes era of 1990s alternative rock, there were bands with odd names and tough-to-pigeonhole sounds finding success -- almost unthinkable in today's mainstream musical landsc...
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BLINDED PASSENGER DEBUTS ‘SHADOWS OF AMERICA,’ TALKS DEBUT ALBUM ‘THE ELECTRIC’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Mark Twain famously advised, “Write what you know.” Blinded Passenger, a four-piece alternative rock band based in Scranton, has done just that on “The Electric,” its upcoming full-length album. ...
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NO SLEEP TIL BROOKLYN (BOWL) FOR THE MOTET
While Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and, if you prefer, Festivus are all around the corner, it’s another holiday – Halloween – that sticks with The Motet all year round, at least in spiri...
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WITH JOHN POPPER, BROTHERS KEEPER MAKES AN EARLY SPLASH
Brothers Keeper, with just a catalog of one album, albeit a successful one, under its belt, is a new band. But the group's roots run deep, all the way back to the groundbreaking H.O.R.D.E. Festival to...
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CIGARETTES, WHISKEY and ‘OUTERFOLK’ with KATIE KELLY & THE CHARMING BEARDS (TRACK DEBUT)
Katie Kelly & The Charming Beards have been playing together since 2012, but until this week, the only way you could hear the Wilkes-Barre band's music was at its shows. That finally changes wit...
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FROM FLECKTONES TO DMB TO HIS OWN MU’TET, SAXMAN JEFF COFFIN PROGRESSES
Grammy-winning saxophonist Jeff Coffin was on break from touring with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones July 1, 2008, when his manager called breaking the news that Dave Matthews Band sax player LeRoi Moo...
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SAM BUSH BRINGS MAVERICK MANDOLIN STYLE TO BUCKNELL
By Michael Lester It’s probably a safe bet “Father of Newgrass” Sam Bush will be relatively distraction-free once he and his band take the stage Oct. 31 at Bucknell University’s Weis Performing Art...
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