WEEKEND ROUNDUP: IGGY POP RELEASES LIVE ALBUM, NEIL YOUNG PLOTS ‘PEACE TRAIL,’ PHIL COLLINS TEAMS WITH THE ROOTS
Iggy Pop's performance on "Austin City Limits," featuring a band including Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal) aired Saturday night on PBS stations, one day after the release o...
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WEEK 2: ST. LOUIS, FT. COLLINS & BOULDER, COLORADO
Monday and Tuesday: (one more) rehearsal and travel day Once we returned from Ithaca, we reconvened at Tom's house to squeeze in one more rehearsal before we hit the road to St Louis on Tuesday. Pu...
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THE 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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NEAL CASAL ON CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD, PLAYING JERRY GARCIA’S ‘WOLF’ & BEING A GOOD LIEUTENANT
Guitarist-photographer Neal Casal is one of a handful of musicians who can lay a legitimate claim to having played one of the late Jerry Garcia’s treasured guitars in the decades since Garcia’s 1995 d...
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OUTLAW MUSIC FESTIVAL: SCHEDULE, TICKET INFO FOR WILLIE NELSON, NEIL YOUNG EVENT IN SCRANTON
Photo by Jim Gavenus The inaugural Outlaw Music Festival, featuring Willie Nelson, Neil Young + Promise of the Real, Sheryl Crow, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Lee Ann Womack, and latest main stage a...
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PEACH FESTIVAL 2016: TRIBUTES TO GREGG ALLMAN, PINK FLOYD, LED ZEPPELIN ENLIVEN SOGGY WEEKEND
Photos by Pati Bobeck SCRANTON, PA — Gregg Allman’s absence from last weekend’s Peach Festival on Montage Mountain figured to create a void that would leave festival organizers and headlining acts ...
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PEACH FESTIVAL 2016: DON’T MISS THESE 10 ACTS
Trey Anastasio performs at Peach Fest 2014. Photo by Jason Riedmiller. Peach Festival returns to Montage Mountain in Scranton for its fifth edition, starting tonight and running through Sunday, Aug...
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BRIGGS FARM BLUES FESTIVAL: 10 REASONS NOT TO MISS THE 2016 EDITION
If you’ve been to the Briggs Farm Blues Festival, you probably don’t need us to convince you to return. From the warm welcome you received when you pulled onto the sprawling festival grounds to the da...
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FLUX CAPACITOR GEARS UP FOR BONNAROO
Flux Capacitor doesn’t appear to want a lazy summer. The Specht brothers – Pete, Jason and Mike – just played Susquehanna Breakdown and are off to another festival: Bonnaroo! [Wish you could be the...
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COAL TOWN ROUNDERS WILL SEE YOU AT THE BREAKDOWN FOR FOURTH STRAIGHT YEAR
Photos by Jim Gavenus This is the story of a few dudes, a banjo and the man in the yellow hat. Sort of. Christopher Kearney (the man in the hat) and some buddies that attended the same high scho...
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