ACTIVE ROCK HITMAKERS SHINEDOWN WORTH THE WAIT AT MUSIKFEST
Story and photos by Keith Perks BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- Shinedown finally hit the stage at Musikfest after the rescheduling of its 2020 show. Brent Smith, Zach Myers, Eric Bass and Barry Kerch were welco...
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THE NUDE PARTY, FIFE AND DROM CLOSE ROCKIN’ THE RIVER IN WILKES-BARRE
Photos by Keith Perks The Nude Party, supported by Fife and Drom and The Tribe, performed at the final Rockin' the River event of the summer at the River Common in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The free, weekl...
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BRIGGS FARM HIGHLIGHTS: SHEMEKIA COPELAND, LIL’ ED, THE CAMPBELL BROTHERS
Photos by Keith Perks The long-running Briggs Farm Blues Festival returned to Nescopeck, Pa., last weekend for three days of performances featuring main-stage sets by Shemekia Copeland, Ana Popovic...
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BLUE OYSTER CULT BRINGS CLASSIC ROCK TO CIRCLE DRIVE IN
Photos by Keith Perks Legendary hard-rock band Blue Oyster Cult brought decades of classic rock hits and deep cuts to Circle Drive in near Scranton on May 29. The influential band, founded in New Y...
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BILLY STRINGS LAUNCHES ‘MEET ME AT THE DRIVE-IN’ TOUR AT MOHEGAN SUN ARENA
Photos by Jim Gavenus Acoustic guitar phenom Billy Strings kicked off his "Meet me at the Drive-in Tour" last weekend with three shows in the Mohegan Sun Arena parking lot in Wilkes-Barre, includin...
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MARCUS KING TRIO ROCKS CIRCLE DRIVE-IN
Photos by Keith Perks The Marcus King Trio brought its "Live at the Drive In" tour to the Circle Drive-in in Dickson City, near Scranton, on Sept. 6. King, 24, last month announced that his "Fou...
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CABINET, KELLER WILLIAMS JAM OUT AT DRIVE-IN
Photos by Keith Perks Keller Williams and Cabinet joined forces Friday, Sept. 4 for a show at Circle Drive-in in Dickson City, near Scranton. The NEPA jamgrass collective and Virginia-based solo ac...
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DANIELLE PONDER AT STEELSTACKS
Photos by Jim Gavenus Rising Rochester singer Danielle Ponder performed Aug. 9 on the SteelStacks campus in Bethlehem as part of the MusikFest socially distanced outdoor dining series. Ponder, w...
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HAR MAR SUPERSTAR, SABRINA ELLIS BRING THE FUN TO BROOKLYN AS HEART BONES
Photos and recap by Bobby Nicholas BROOKLYN, NY -- Heart Bones is a new band with familiar faces — Sabrina Ellis and Sean Tillmann (otherwise known as Har Mar Superstar). Ellis and Tillmann b...
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ECHOSMITH SHOWCASE SIBLING SOUND AT (LE) POISSON ROUGE
Photos and recap by Bobby Nicholas NEW YORK, NY -- The Sierota siblings -- Sydney, Graham and Noah -- were pre-teens when they decided to form a band called Echosmith, and would reach mainstream su...
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