CONCERT AND FESTIVAL BOOKING PANEL SATURDAY AT ECMC
The Electric City Music Conference will host a Concert and Festival Booking Panel on Saturday, Sept. 19 at 2 p.m. at The AfA Gallery in Scranton (514 Lackawanna Ave.). Admission is free for the discus...
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WILL CALL: THE CURIOUS CASE OF JOE BONAMASSA
People to tell me I have a great job, and I don’t argue with them. It’s true. I’m lucky. But they think it’s great because I get to see all of these events for free. And that’s where they’re wrong....
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WILL CALL: AN INTRODUCTION
Welcome to WILL CALL, my own small corner of Highway 81 Revisited. As someone who watched Mike Lello and his team build this blog from the ground up, I’m very excited to be a small part of it. Musi...
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NEW CABINET VIDEO: ‘CELEBRATION’
Cabinet has debuted a video for "Celebration," the band's new single. You can view it below. The band also teased on its Facebook page Wednesday that it will have a special announcement on Thanksgivin...
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AN INTERVIEW WITH GRATEFUL DEAD LYRICIST ROBERT HUNTER, PART TWO
By Michael Lello There are musical partnerships that are so intertwined, you can’t consider one without the other. Lennon and McCartney. Simon and Garfunkel. Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Jer...
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AN INTERVIEW WITH GRATEFUL DEAD LYRICIST ROBERT HUNTER, PART ONE
By Michael Lello Photo by Maureen Hunter Robert Hunter’s words have left an indelible imprint on pop culture – “what a long strange trip it’s been” and “drivin’ that train, high on cocaine,” anyone?...
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GUITAR GODS DISPLAY SIX-STRING MASTERY AT KIRBY CENTER
HW81.GuitarGods (9 of 13) By Michael Lester and Chris Krepich WILKES-BARRE -- Flashily clad in tight black leather pants and a black leathe...
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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: STILL A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH
By Michael Lello Subtlety is not one of Yngwie Malmsteen’s strong suits. Known for his lightning-fast, classically influenced guitar shredding, the Swedish virtuoso is larger than life, whether play...
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ESCOVEDO AND THE SENSITIVE BOYS DELIVER DARK BRILLIANCE
By Michael Lello WILKES-BARRE – When you hear certain songs, you can also hear the compositional process, the structure and the intent. Here’s the verse, there’s the hook, here’s the bridge and chor...
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JOAN OSBORNE’S SIMPLE AND DIRECT KIRBY CENTER OUTING
By Michael Lello Photos by Jesse Faatz WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- Just a day after the release of her ninth album, “Love and Hate,” musical chameleon Joan Osborne continued the FM Kirby Center’s “Live f...
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