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  • JOHN MORGAN KIMOCK RECONNECTS WITH PENNSYLVANIA FRIENDS AT RESIDENCY
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    JOHN MORGAN KIMOCK RECONNECTS WITH PENNSYLVANIA FRIENDS AT RESIDENCY

    Jan 25, 2023 0

    For the past few Thursdays, drummer John Morgan Kimock has been leading a band that has been offering up what he calls "a northeastern Pa. musician spin on some funky music with some improvisational, ...

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  • BLUES FESTIVAL GOES TO CHURCH IN BLOOMSBURG
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    BLUES FESTIVAL GOES TO CHURCH IN BLOOMSBURG

    Feb 20, 2018 0

    BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — It’s not every Sunday you arrive to church to find a soundtrack of rock and rhythm and blues house music playing while a blues trio tinkers with and tunes instruments near the pulpit...

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  • KID KOALA BRINGS ‘NUFONIA MUST FALL LIVE’ TO BLOOMSBURG: PUPPET PERFORMANCE HAS BROUGHT ‘ACTUAL ADULTS TO TEARS’
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    KID KOALA BRINGS ‘NUFONIA MUST FALL LIVE’ TO BLOOMSBURG: PUPPET PERFORMANCE HAS BROUGHT ‘ACTUAL ADULTS TO TEARS’

    Sep 22, 2016 0

    BLOOMSBURG — Canadian record-scratching deejay Eric San marvels whenever he looks out over the crowd attending his high-tech puppet show and spots adults reduced to tears at what they’re witnessing. ...

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  • CEDRIC BURNSIDE: THE BLUES IS IN HIS BLOOD
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    CEDRIC BURNSIDE: THE BLUES IS IN HIS BLOOD

    Jan 26, 2016 0

    Back on Dec. 7, around noon, Cedric Burnside, a drummer who descends from Mississippi Hill Country blues royalty, received a troubling phone call from his girlfriend and publicist, Mona Ables. “Oh ...

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  • RANI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM BRING ROOTSY SOUND TO BLOOMSBURG
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    RANI ARBO & DAISY MAYHEM BRING ROOTSY SOUND TO BLOOMSBURG

    Apr 5, 2015 0

    Fiddler, guitarist and sultry vocalist Rani Arbo “wrote” half of the 12 tracks for her band’s latest album in her head during regular walks inside a 19th century cemetery and a tranquil state park nea...

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  • FUNKY TROMBONE SHORTY HORNS IN ON KIRBY CENTER
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    FUNKY TROMBONE SHORTY HORNS IN ON KIRBY CENTER

    Jan 21, 2014 0

    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”
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    ALEXIS P. SUTER’S “SINGING JOURNAL”

    Jan 16, 2014 0

    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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From the Vault

PEACH FESTIVAL 2018: PHIL LESH, UMPHREY’S MCGEE, MICHAEL FRANTI and MORE

PEACH FESTIVAL 2018: PHIL LESH, UMPHREY’S MCGEE, MICHAEL FRANTI and MORE

Jul 27, 2018
JEFF ROSENSTOCK, LAND OF TALK, RAINER MARIA JOIN TIGERS JAW AT OTHERLY LOVE

JEFF ROSENSTOCK, LAND OF TALK, RAINER MARIA JOIN TIGERS JAW AT OTHERLY LOVE

Jan 7, 2019
MIZ’S COMEBACK STORY UNFOLDS ON ‘A YEAR AGO TODAY’ (SONG PREMIERE)

MIZ’S COMEBACK STORY UNFOLDS ON ‘A YEAR AGO TODAY’ (SONG PREMIERE)

Jan 12, 2018
FORMER MEMBERS OF THE BAND CARRY THAT ‘WEIGHT’

FORMER MEMBERS OF THE BAND CARRY THAT ‘WEIGHT’

Aug 22, 2014
WINERY DOGS’ RICHIE KOTZEN: ‘YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A MUSICIAN TO CONNECT TO IT’

WINERY DOGS’ RICHIE KOTZEN: ‘YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A MUSICIAN TO CONNECT TO IT’

Feb 7, 2023
NIRVANA ‘IN UTERO’ TEASER CLIP SURFACES

NIRVANA ‘IN UTERO’ TEASER CLIP SURFACES

Jul 10, 2013
SONG PREMIERE: SUIT OF LIGHTS, ‘TUG OF WAR’

SONG PREMIERE: SUIT OF LIGHTS, ‘TUG OF WAR’

Jul 24, 2020

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EMMA SWIFT’S FIRST ORIGINAL ALBUM A VULNERABLE JOURNEY POST-NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
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EMMA SWIFT’S FIRST ORIGINAL ALBUM A VULNERABLE JOURNEY POST-NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

Sep 22, 2025
VERNON REID TALKS NEW SOLO ALBUM, OZZY’S LAST SHOW AND THE LANDSCAPE OF BLACK ROCK MUSICIANS
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VERNON REID TALKS NEW SOLO ALBUM, OZZY’S LAST SHOW AND THE LANDSCAPE OF BLACK ROCK MUSICIANS

Sep 23, 2025
STEVE WINWOOD AT FM KIRBY CENTER
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STEVE WINWOOD AT FM KIRBY CENTER

Sep 24, 2025

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