JOE RUSSO BRINGS EAST COAST ATTITUDE TO GRATEFUL DEAD SONGBOOK
When New Jersey metalhead Joe Russo was in high school, he quit a band because it played Grateful Dead songs. But starting in his 30s, he'd come to love the iconic San Francisco group's music as a ke...
ReadmoreFROM ‘JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR’ TO SIT-INS WITH DEREK TRUCKS: BRANDON ‘TAZ’ NEIDERAUER’S SURREAL JOURNEY
If you were one of the 9.6 million people who tuned into NBC on Easter night to watch "Jesus Christ Superstar," the first person you saw was not John Legend or Alice Cooper or Sara Bareilles. It wasn'...
ReadmoreMIZ’S COMEBACK STORY UNFOLDS ON ‘A YEAR AGO TODAY’ (SONG PREMIERE)
Mike Mizwinski — the singer, songwriter and guitarist who performs as Miz — opens his soon-to-be-released new studio album, “A Year Ago Today,” with an introspective, country-flavored tune called “Bei...
ReadmoreMICHAEL LESTER: CONCERTS
1. Neil Young, Outlaw Festival, Montage Mountain, Moosic, Pa., 9/18/16 2. David Gilmour, Madison Square Garden, New York, 4/11/16 3. Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Binghamton University, Bin...
ReadmoreGRATEFUL DEAD NEWS: BOB WEIR SOLO ALBUM, WARREN & TIGER AT CENTRAL PARK, JERRY GARCIA CATALOG HITS STREAMING SERVICES
Things are very much alive in the world of the Grateful Dead, with a slew of exciting news for fans coming down the pike this week: Bob Weir's upcoming solo album, Warren Haynes getting a little help ...
ReadmoreWILLIE NELSON, NEIL YOUNG, SHERYL CROW TO PLAY OUTLAW MUSIC FEST IN SCRANTON
Willie Nelson announced on Tuesday that the inaugural Outlaw Music Festival, featuring Nelson, Neil Young and Sheryl Crow, will be held at Montage Mountain in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, Sept. ...
ReadmoreBILL EVANS: FROM MILES DAVIS’ RIGHT-HAND MAN TO THE JAM BAND WORLD, SAX MAN FINDS HIS GROOVE
It’s rare to find a musician who has risen to the top of any particular genre. Rarer still is an artist who has achieved remarkable success in two distinct styles – someone like saxophone player and m...
ReadmoreCABINET TAKES SHERMAN BY STORM FOR HALLOWEEN HEADLINE SHOW
Photos by Pati Bobeck Cabinet brought its Halloween Hootenany run of shows to Stroudsburg's Sherman Theater on Friday, Oct. 31, playing a special headlining show at a venue where it has served as a...
ReadmoreTHE FINAL CHAPTER FOR THE ALLMAN BROTHERS? AN INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR ALAN PAUL
The tumultuous history of the Allman Brothers Band – tragic deaths, bitter breakups, reunions and a controversial court case that turned Brother against Brother – will, supposedly, come to an end Wedn...
ReadmoreAS THE CROWE FLIES: A CHAT WITH RICH ROBINSON
By Michael Lello Top photo, Rich Robinson performing with the Black Crowes at last year's Peach Festival, by Jason Riedmiller Every major band seems to have “the quiet one.” George Harrison in The ...
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