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  • OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW AND WILLIE WATSON AT FM KIRBY CENTER
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    OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW AND WILLIE WATSON AT FM KIRBY CENTER

    Apr 18, 2024 0

    Photos by Jim Gavenus Old Crow Medicine Show brought its Jubilee tour to the FM Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre last week, with former member Willie Watson handling opening act duties. While Old Cr...

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  • RICKY SKAGGS STILL BRINGING THE BLUEGRASS THUNDER AT 68
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    RICKY SKAGGS STILL BRINGING THE BLUEGRASS THUNDER AT 68

    Jun 6, 2023 0

    Ricky Skaggs has been a master of the mandolin for nearly 50 years, rising to fame in bluegrass circles in his early 20s, living up to the promise he showed as a mere 7-year-old on the Flatt & Scr...

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  • BRIT FLOYD BRINGS ‘DARK SIDE’ MAGIC AND DEEP CUTS IN RETURN TRIP TO KIRBY CENTER
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    BRIT FLOYD BRINGS ‘DARK SIDE’ MAGIC AND DEEP CUTS IN RETURN TRIP TO KIRBY CENTER

    May 23, 2023 0

    Photos by Nadia Wegleski Brit Floyd returned to the FM Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on May 21 as part of its brand-new production celebrating the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of ...

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  • VENUES COPE WITH CORONAVIRUS-INFLICTED SCHEDULING CHAOS, LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING BACK CROWDS
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    VENUES COPE WITH CORONAVIRUS-INFLICTED SCHEDULING CHAOS, LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING BACK CROWDS

    Mar 25, 2020 0

    Even in the best of times, we look forward to being entertained and letting off some steam at a concert, sporting event or family show. Now, in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic and the stay-at-h...

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  • LITTLE FEAT’S BILL PAYNE ON LOWELL GEORGE’S LEGACY, ‘WAITING FOR COLUMBUS’ and ROBERT HUNTER
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    LITTLE FEAT’S BILL PAYNE ON LOWELL GEORGE’S LEGACY, ‘WAITING FOR COLUMBUS’ and ROBERT HUNTER

    Oct 25, 2019 0

    When Little Feat got together 50 years ago, the goals set by keyboardist Bill Payne and singer-guitarist Lowell George were twofold, Payne says. "One was keeping it elastic so if we needed to inclu...

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  • BOMBINO BRINGS AWARENESS TO HIS ‘ENDANGERED’ CULTURE THROUGH MUSIC
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    BOMBINO BRINGS AWARENESS TO HIS ‘ENDANGERED’ CULTURE THROUGH MUSIC

    Oct 15, 2019 0

    Bombino -- born Goumour Almoctar -- is one of the most beloved world music artists on the planet. Noisey has called him "the world's greatest guitarist," the New York Times dubbed him "the Sultan of S...

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  • CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE BRINGS NOTE-PERFECT RECREATION OF ‘ABBEY ROAD’ TO KIRBY CENTER
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    CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE BRINGS NOTE-PERFECT RECREATION OF ‘ABBEY ROAD’ TO KIRBY CENTER

    Oct 3, 2019 0

    If orchestras around the world perform the works of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, why shouldn't the same reverence be given to The Beatles, Bowie and Billy Joel? That's the concept at the heart of Class...

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  • DAWES BRINGS ‘AN EVENING WITH’ SHOW TO WILKES-BARRE
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    DAWES BRINGS ‘AN EVENING WITH’ SHOW TO WILKES-BARRE

    Aug 4, 2019 0

    Photos by Keith Perks Critically acclaimed California folk-rock band Dawes brought its "An Evening With" tour to the FM Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre last Tuesday, continuing the act's trend of play...

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  • DAWES’ CALIFORNIA ROOTS ARE SHOWING, BUT IT’S NO NOSTALGIA ACT
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    DAWES’ CALIFORNIA ROOTS ARE SHOWING, BUT IT’S NO NOSTALGIA ACT

    Jul 29, 2019 0

    Ten years and six albums into its career, Dawes has done a remarkable job of building upon the foundations of California folk rock of the 1970s without becoming a tribute act. For example, "Passwords,...

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  • TODD SNIDER AT KIRBY CENTER
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    TODD SNIDER AT KIRBY CENTER

    Jun 20, 2019 0

    Photos by Jim Gavenus WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- Prolific singer, songwriter and storyteller brought his tour in support of his latest studio album, "Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3," to the FM Kirby Center ...

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From the Vault

GUITARIST’S DREAM COMES TRUE AT PENN’S PEAK

GUITARIST’S DREAM COMES TRUE AT PENN’S PEAK

Dec 12, 2013
AN INTERVIEW WITH FLOATING ACTION’S SETH KAUFFMAN

AN INTERVIEW WITH FLOATING ACTION’S SETH KAUFFMAN

Oct 4, 2012
BRIT FLOYD BRINGS ‘DARK SIDE’ MAGIC AND DEEP CUTS IN RETURN TRIP TO KIRBY CENTER

BRIT FLOYD BRINGS ‘DARK SIDE’ MAGIC AND DEEP CUTS IN RETURN TRIP TO KIRBY CENTER

May 23, 2023
KID ICARUS, AFTER 7-YEAR LAYOFF, RETURNS FOR NEPA HORROR FILM FESTIVAL

KID ICARUS, AFTER 7-YEAR LAYOFF, RETURNS FOR NEPA HORROR FILM FESTIVAL

Oct 15, 2021
ELLIOTT SMITH TRIBUTE ALBUM OUT OCT. 14; STREAM TANYA DONELLY’S VERSION OF ‘BETWEEN THE BARS’

ELLIOTT SMITH TRIBUTE ALBUM OUT OCT. 14; STREAM TANYA DONELLY’S VERSION OF ‘BETWEEN THE BARS’

Sep 29, 2016
ALBUM REVIEW: WYE OAK — “CIVILIAN”

ALBUM REVIEW: WYE OAK — “CIVILIAN”

Apr 1, 2011
RADIOHEAD DRUMMER PHILIP SELWAY: FIRST FULL-BAND U.S. DATES, COACHELLA 2015

RADIOHEAD DRUMMER PHILIP SELWAY: FIRST FULL-BAND U.S. DATES, COACHELLA 2015

Jan 25, 2015

READ IT AGAIN

LITTLE FEAT, NEARLY 60 YEARS ON, STILL ‘STRIKES’ A CHORD
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LITTLE FEAT, NEARLY 60 YEARS ON, STILL ‘STRIKES’ A CHORD

May 15, 2025
TUNE-YARDS SHARE ‘BETTER DREAMING’ IN THE EAST VILLAGE
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TUNE-YARDS SHARE ‘BETTER DREAMING’ IN THE EAST VILLAGE

May 19, 2025
DAISY THE GREAT: ‘THE BAND IS LIKE ITS OWN PERSON’
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DAISY THE GREAT: ‘THE BAND IS LIKE ITS OWN PERSON’

May 6, 2025

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