GENE WEEN DOES BILLY JOEL AT THE KIRBY CENTER
Photos by Sam Watson WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Aaron Freeman, aka Gene Ween, brought his "Geen Ween Does Billy Joel" show to the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre. Backed by a 7-piece band led by Paul Gr...
ReadmoreWEEKEND ROUNDUP: WATCH VIDEO FOR DAVID BOWIE’S ‘NO PLAN’; MAGPIE SALUTE PREMIERES VIDEO; REGIONAL VENUES MAKE POLLSTAR LIST
At the stroke of midnight on Sunday, which would have been David Bowie's 70th birthday, a video from "No Plan," a song from his final album, "Blackstar" was released. Also was released, a...
ReadmoreWORTH THE WEIGHT: THE BAND LIVES ON IN LIVELY CITY WINERY SHOW
Photos by Angelo Santoro NEW YORK, NY — About halfway through the first of its two sets last Thursday night at City Winery, The Weight ripped through a rollicking, chunky version of The Band’s “Tim...
ReadmoreTHE WEIGHT BRINGS THE BAND TO LIFE AT CITY WINERY JULY 28
The Weight, a group featuring former members of The Band and various Band-associated groups, will perform at City Winery in New York on Thursday, July 28. Here's a rundown of the members of The Wei...
ReadmoreFORMER 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...
ReadmoreGABE BUTTERFIELD WORKS TO HONOR FATHER’S LEGACY
By Michael Lello Growing up in Woodstock in the 1970s, Gabe Butterfield crossed paths with a host of legendary rock musicians. And none were more talented or in demand than his father Paul. The eld...
ReadmoreWILD FEATHERS: “THERE ARE NO BANJOS IN THIS BAND”
By Joe Student For a band that’s only been together a few years, the Wild Feathers’ sound has been around for decades. “We all grew up listening to Fleetwood Mac, The Band and other groups like that...
ReadmoreALEXIS P. SUTER’S “SINGING JOURNAL”
By Michael Lello Can the blues make you happy? It seems counterintuitive, but Alexis P. Suter seems downright sunshiny in a recent conversation with Highway 81 Revisited. The powerhouse vocalist wi...
ReadmoreFRIDAY NIGHT ROUNDUP: SEASICK STEVE SIGNS WITH JACK WHITE; COSTELLO, JANE’S, FURTHUR AT VIBES
Seasick Steve, aka Steven Wold, has signed to Jack White's Third Man Records for a one-album record deal. The unique musician, was raised in Memphis and is a sensation in England, where his albums hav...
ReadmoreELLIOTT LANDY RECALLS THE MAKING OF HIS HISTORIC PHOTOS OF THE BAND
In the 1960s, the idea of what it means to be an American was changing. As a war raged in Vietnam, protests raged at home. Young people were no longer accepting that whatever their parents or governme...
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