TEEN MEN EMBARK ON AUDIO/VIDEO ODYSSEY
By Michael Lello Teen Men, featuring Nick Krill and Joey Hobson of Wilmington, Delaware's The Spinto Band, as well as Albert Birney and Catherine Maloney, is an audio/video project as much as it is a...
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STEELY DAN GETS WEIRD
By Michael Lester BETHLEHEM -- Stationed in relative darkness during the first three songs of the evening below an elevated horn section at the Sands casino stage in Bethlehem, guitarist Walter Becke...
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FULMARINE PETRELS UNLEASH NEW ALBUM
Fulmarine Petrels, the experimental indie pop project which records in Pittston, Pa., will release its latest album, "Queen Albumen of Where," on Sept. 17. Chuck Keller, who leads the project that ...
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PEACH FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE
The schedule for the second annual Peach Music Festival at Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain has been released. The festival begins Thursday, Aug. 15, with a free night of kickoff sets, and wraps u...
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RAILROAD EARTH TAKES LONG ROAD TO SUCCESS
By Michael Lester Mandolin player John Skehan of Railroad Earth credits 1950s comedy duo Abbott and Costello — of all people — for his route to Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pa., in the earl...
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FACES OF THE BLUES THROUGH THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S LENSE
PR_belfour Robert "Wolfman" Belfour at Red's Juke Joint in Clarksdale, Miss. (Photo by Jim Gavenus) Five years ago, photographer Jim Gavenus ...
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CONCERT REVIEW: OLD FARMERS BALL
SCRANTON -- The intention of Old Farmers Ball was not to prove a point. However, a major statement was made Saturday under gray skies and heavy rainstorms: a large-scale grassroots music festival c...
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OLD FARMERS BALL: ‘A PRETTY BIG DEAL’
The word “unique” comes up over and over again when discussing the Old Farmers Ball. And rightly so. The festival, hosted by Cabinet, is the first of its kind: a lineup of non-major label bands, ma...
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H81R SETS LAUNCH PARTY
The recently created Northeastern Pennsylvania-based music website Highway 81 Revisited will host a launch party Saturday, May 14, at The Bog (341 Adams Ave., Scranton) featuring performances by These...
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NEPA AND SXSW
South By Southwest kicks off today, and among the thousands of folks that will converge upon Austin, Texas, for the annual amalgamation of performer showcases and industry panels are bands and individ...
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