ALEXIS P SUTER, KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD, SOUTHERN AVENUE AND MORE THRILL CROWDS AT BRIGGS FARM
Photos by Jim Gavenus The Briggs Farm Blues Festival in Nescopeck, Pa., celebrated its 25th year on July 7, 8 and 9 with performances by headliner Kenny Wayne Shepherd and crowd favorites such as A...
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BRIGGS FARM BLUES FESTIVAL CELEBRATES WOODSTOCK, OLD-SCHOOL BLUES AND RISING ARTISTS
Over the years, the Briggs Farm Blues Festival has hosted Grammy winners, blues legends and roots rock favorites. But when you're welcoming thousands of people to spend the weekend on your grounds, ma...
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WEEKEND ROUNDUP: LEONARD COHEN & LEON RUSSELL PASS, BOB DYLAN RELEASES MINI-DOCUMENTARY
The week in music was bookended by the deaths of two uniquely talented and somewhat underrated artists, with Leonard Cohen, 82, passing on Monday, and Leon Russell, 74, leaving us on Sunday. Plenty of...
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BRIGGS FARM SUNDAY PHOTOS: ALEXIS P. SUTER, VICTOR WAINWRIGHT & FESTIVAL REVELERS
Photos by Jim Gavenus The folks at Briggs Farm Blues Festival are most likely already hammering out plans for next year's edition, but we're still taking some time to reflect on the 2016 fest, whic...
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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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BRIGGS FARM BLUES FESTIVAL: FRIDAY PHOTO GALLERY, PART 2
Photos by Alex Seeley Photographer Alex Seeley was on hand for the latest installment of the Briggs Farm Blues Festival in Nescopeck, Pa., last weekend. Here is the second round of photos from Frid...
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BRIGGS FARM RETURNS THIS WEEKEND: COMPLETE SCHEDULE
The Briggs Farm Blues Festival returns to Nescopeck, Pa., on Friday, July 9 and Saturday, July 10 for its 18th annual installment. This year’s edition of the festival features a mix of first-time B...
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BRIGGS FARM BLUES FESTIVAL LINEUP ANNOUNCED
The Briggs Farm Blues Festival, which will be held July 11 and 12 in Nescopeck, Pa., has released it's schedule, which you can view below. The Eric Gales Band has been confirmed as the Friday night h...
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FUNKY TROMBONE SHORTY HORNS IN ON KIRBY CENTER
By Michael Lester Photos by Jim Gavenus WILKES-BARRE -- Troy Andrews lowered his shiny trombone to his waist, wiped his mouth and swiveled from his dual microphones at the front of the F.M. Kirby ...
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ALEXIS P. SUTER’S “SINGING JOURNAL”
By Michael Lello Can the blues make you happy? It seems counterintuitive, but Alexis P. Suter seems downright sunshiny in a recent conversation with Highway 81 Revisited. The powerhouse vocalist wi...
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