ROAD RAMBLIN’ WITH LEVON HELM & FRIENDS
This is not a concert review. It’s a story about a road trip with friends, an experience that was relaxing and enthralling at the same time, complete with an unforgettable soundtrack. For the past ...
ReadmorePIXIES’ JOEY SANTIAGO: ‘WE WERE A BUNCH OF BRATS’
There's a line in "Catfish Kate," a brilliant song on the brilliant new album by Pixies, "Beneath the Eyrie," about a place "where every creature drinks their fill and other creatures take their kill....
ReadmoreRISING NYC ACT VICK +THE VELVICKS FIND A FORMULA FOR SUCCESS
To say Vick + The Velvicks have taken an unusual route would be an understatement, but you can't argue with the New York City band's results -- the group has yet to release an album but it's already p...
ReadmoreSUSAN TEDESCHI THRILLS KIRBY CROWD DURING TEDSESCHI TRUCKS BAND SET
Photos by Sam Watson WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — When the 12-member Tedeschi Trucks Band re-emerged to the F.M. Kirby Center stage to cap an energized, nearly two-hour, sold-out performance, it brought alo...
ReadmoreJUSTIN MAZER: MY FAVORITE MUSICAL MOMENTS OF 2017
As always, I consider myself to be very lucky to make all sorts of great music with great people on all different kinds of stages throughout the year. Here are a few (but certainly not all) of the hig...
ReadmoreRICH ROBINSON ‘HAVING FUN’ AGAIN WITH MAGPIE SALUTE
It was no secret that the final years of The Black Crowes’ storied run were fraught with tension. Frontman Chris Robinson wanted to continue to push the music into an open-ended, Grateful Dead-inspire...
ReadmoreWOOD BROTHERS BRING FALL TOUR TO SHERMAN THEATER
Photos by Sam Watson STROUDSBURG, PA — The acclaimed and eclectic Wood Brothers — Oliver Wood on guitar and vocals and Chris Wood on bass, joined by multi-instrumentalist Jano Rix — recently brough...
ReadmoreGENE 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...
ReadmoreTHE MAGPIE SALUTE REUNITES BLACK CROWES MEMBERS, FIRST SHOW SET FOR GRAMERCY THEATRE IN JANUARY
Rich Robinson on Monday announced the formation of The Magpie Salute, which will reunite Robinson (guitar/vocals) with former Black Crowes Marc Ford (guitar), keyboardist Eddie Harsch and bassist Sven...
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