FORMER MEMBERS OF THE BAND CARRY THAT ‘WEIGHT’
By Michael Lello While three of the core members of seminal Americana rock collective The Band have left this earth, the music lives on – thanks in no small part to The Weight, a newer group formed b...
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AS THE CROWE FLIES: A CHAT WITH RICH ROBINSON
By Michael Lello Top photo, Rich Robinson performing with the Black Crowes at last year's Peach Festival, by Jason Riedmiller Every major band seems to have “the quiet one.” George Harrison in The ...
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WILL PEACH FEST CONTINUE WITHOUT ALLMAN BROTHERS?
By Kimberly M. Aquilina Bert Holman has been managing the Allman Brothers since 1990, but his affiliation with the band goes back as far as 1970, when he worked for the company that managed the broth...
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INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS’ PROFILE CONTINUES TO RISE
By Max McKeon Boasting a unique bluegrass sound, Grammy award-winning albums and a rousing live show, The Infamous Stringdusters have steadily become a “can’t miss” band in the bluegrass circuit. Wit...
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FROM GOOD HOMES REUNION CONTINUES AT PEACH FESTIVAL
By Michael Lester New Jersey-based folk-jazz rock quintet From Good Homes, perhaps best known as the band that gave Railroad Earth songwriter-vocalist Todd Sheaffer his start, was gathering steam in ...
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JACKIE GREENE ADDS TRIGGER HIPPY TO ROCKING RESUME
By Michael Lester With career-catapulting stints performing as a member of Phil Lesh & Friends and the Black Crowes, it would seem logical to label Sacramento singer-songwriter Jackie Greene a yo...
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AN INTERVIEW WITH GRATEFUL DEAD LYRICIST ROBERT HUNTER, PART TWO
By Michael Lello There are musical partnerships that are so intertwined, you can’t consider one without the other. Lennon and McCartney. Simon and Garfunkel. Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Jer...
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AN INTERVIEW WITH GRATEFUL DEAD LYRICIST ROBERT HUNTER, PART ONE
By Michael Lello Photo by Maureen Hunter Robert Hunter’s words have left an indelible imprint on pop culture – “what a long strange trip it’s been” and “drivin’ that train, high on cocaine,” anyone?...
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A FIRE WITH FRIENDS HAS SIGHTS ON “A NEW LIFE”
By Michael Lello Photo by Jason Riedmiller Scranton band A Fire With Friends is dealing with a truly 21st Century problem — its online profile has been wiped out. No Facebook, no Twitter, nothing. It...
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INDIGO MOON BRASS BAND BRINGS UNIQUE SOUND TO ARTS ON THE SQUARE
By Max McKeon Photo by Pati Bobeck New Orleans, Los Angeles and Scranton are separated by almost 1,300 miles, but that distance wouldn’t seem very far if you caught a rousing set by Indigo Moon Bras...
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