VIDEO: VINNIE AMICO TALKS NEW MOE. ALBUM, FLOODWOOD
We recently sat down with moe. and Floodwood drummer Vinnie Amico before Floodwood's set at Susquehanna Breakdown at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton. Vinnie chatted with us about how Flo...
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REUNITED GUIDED BY VOICES SEE “NO REASON TO STOP”
By Michael Lello Guided By Voices is certainly not wasting any time. On May 13, GBV released “Cool Planet,” its whopping sixth album since 2012, when it first started releasing albums again after an...
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THE GUITAR’S WIZARD OF OZ
By Michael Lello For decades, Israeli-born and New York-based guitarist Oz Noy has been impressing audiences – and fellow musicians – landing the likes of Chick Corea, Allan Toussaint, John Medeski, ...
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CARRABBA FOLLOWS “FORK” IN THE ROAD WITH NEW BAND
By Michael Lello A folk/Americana project might be the last thing fans expected from emo hero Chris Carrabba, the frontman of Dashboard Confessional and Further Seems Forever. But the hints were the...
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“IN THE POCKET” HONORS PHILADELPHIA ROCK TRADITION
By Michael Lello When Philadelphia is discussed – especially Philadelphia sports – the word “passion” is often thrown around quite freely. So it is not surprising to hear the passion in David Uosikk...
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STARS ALIGN FOR JOHN KADLECIK
By Michael Lello Photo by J.C. Juanis Locked in a lengthy bout of writer’s block, singer and guitarist John Kadlecik resorted to some less-than-traditional methods to get back on track. “I finally ...
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WAITING FOR PENNSYLVANIA WITH PAUL BARRERE
By Michael Lello While Little Feat is a Los Angeles band, New Orleans could be considered its second musical home, with a swampy sound and deep pocket that is NOLA to the core. It’s natural, then, t...
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SAXMAN HOLLOWAY ON SITTING IN WITH THE STARS
By Michael Lester Photo by Jason Riedmiller Initiative, confidence and humility — along with the fuel of frustration fed by band members who jeered his unnecessarily loud sax playing back in junior ...
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ONE ON ONE WITH OF MONTREAL’S KEVIN BARNES
For someone whose live antics have included wearing outrageous costumes, performing as his transsexual alter ego Georgie Fruit and riding onto the stage atop a stately white steed, Kevin Barnes is sur...
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COAL TOWN ROUNDERS BRING BLUEGRASS TO BREAKDOWN
By Michael Lello Photo by Jason Riedmiller The word old-timey has been getting a lot of mileage in the music world the past few years, but Coal Town Rounders have accurately embodied the overused te...
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