JACKIE GREENE ADDS TRIGGER HIPPY TO ROCKING RESUME
By Michael Lester With career-catapulting stints performing as a member of Phil Lesh & Friends and the Black Crowes, it would seem logical to label Sacramento singer-songwriter Jackie Greene a yo...
ReadmoreSAXMAN HOLLOWAY ON SITTING IN WITH THE STARS
By Michael Lester Photo by Jason Riedmiller Initiative, confidence and humility — along with the fuel of frustration fed by band members who jeered his unnecessarily loud sax playing back in junior ...
ReadmoreNATALIE CRESSMAN: PAINTING IN BROAD STROKES
By Michael Lello While Natalie Cressman’s instrument of choice is the trombone, one might say the paintbrush – at least figuratively – is also a key tool in the arsenal of the young multi-instrumenta...
ReadmoreCABINET HIT THE NOTE TO WRAP UP AN EVENTFUL 2013
Cabinet_09 Photos by Jason Riedmiller Cabinet rang in the 2014 with a packed house in West Chester, Pa. The Note was the setting for three...
ReadmoreCONCERTS: MICHAEL LELLO
By Michael Lello 1. Rush: Hershey Arena, Hershey, Pa., June 21 2. My Morning Jacket: Americanarama, Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, N.J., July 28 3. Elvis Costello: F.M. Kirby Center, Wilkes-Ba...
ReadmoreMICHAEL LESTER: CONCERTS
By Michael Lester 1. Pearl Jam: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Oct. 21 2. Lockn’ Festival: Arrington, Va., Sept. 5-8 3. Rolling Stones: Wells Fargo Center, June 18 4. Furthur: Capitol Thea...
ReadmoreA.J. JUMP: CONCERTS
By A.J. Jump 1. Deftones: Sherman Theater, Stroudsburg, Pa., March 12 2. Questlove (afternoon DJ set): Estate, Boston, Oct. 18 3. Glen Phillips: Rockwood Music Hall Stage3, New York, Sept. 23 4. C...
ReadmoreCABINET, FLOOWOOD AT THE BLOCKLEY
Photo by Pati Bobeck PHILADELPHIA -- Thursday night's Cabinet and Floodwood was highlighted by a collaboration between the two bands during Cabinet's set. Floodwood members Al Schnier (who, along ...
ReadmoreCOVERS AND COLLABORATIONS
denson Karl Denson By Michael Lester Photos by Jim Gavenus SCRANTON -- Seemingly inspired by their surroundings at the canopy-covered Toyot...
ReadmoreDAY 4: CROWES TAKE FLIGHT
crowes1 By Michael Lello Photos by Jim Gavenus SCRANTON – No band has carried the flag for the Woodstock generation into the latter 20th ...
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