SHARP-DRESSED BILLY GIBBONS AND HIS BAND BRING TEXAS BLUES ROCK TO KIRBY CENTER
Photos by Zachary Katsock Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Billy Gibbons, of ZZ Top fame, brought his Billy F Gibbons and the BFG Band to the FM Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on Feb. 19. The guitarist an...
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STEVE MORSE CONTINUES TO PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF GUITAR
For Steve Morse, the renowned guitarist of Dixie Dregs and Deep Purple fame, the concept of triangulation is at the heart of his long-running, three-piece band. So much so, that he selected it for the...
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MY MORNING JACKET’S CARL BROEMEL TALKS UPCOMING ‘WEIRD LOST ALBUM’ WITH TYLER RAMSEY
Nearly 12 years ago, Carl Broemel took notice of fellow guitarist Tyler Ramsey when their bands were touring together. Before Broemel's My Morning Jacket would take the stage, he would home in on Rams...
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ULI JON ROTH ON THREE-HOUR, MULTIMEDIA LIVE SHOW, HIS LOVE OF TEACHING AND A GIFT FROM KIRK HAMMETT
Uli Jon Roth, the German-born guitarist noted for inventing his own guitar, an early-career run with the Scorpions and a style that has influenced the likes of Kirk Hammett of Metallica and Yngwie Mal...
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DUSTIN DOUGLAS CELEBRATES ELECTRIC GENTLEMEN’S POWER TRIO CHEMISTRY (VIDEO INTERVIEW)
With a new single, video and live show in Jim Thorpe, Pa., Dustin Douglas and the Electric Gentlemen have a big weekend. The band released the new song, "Broken," on April 30. Douglas, the vocalist...
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STEVE HACKETT’S MEDITERRANEAN ODYSSEY (VIDEO INTERVIEW)
British guitarist Steve Hackett has thrilled audiences for decades with his epic electric guitar work, first as a member of the Peter Gabriel-fronted version of Genesis and since then as a prolific so...
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AARON FINK LAUNCHES SECOND SOLO ALBUM ‘HEAVY FEATHERS’ (INTERVIEW AND SONG PREMIERE)
In the spring of 2015, Aaron Fink made his first foray into a solo career with "Saint Sylvania," his debut album. Now the long-time guitarist turned frontman is back with his sophomore effort, "He...
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BILLY ROGAN & IAN FLANIGAN DUO TO PERFORM IN SCRANTON AND TUNKHANNOCK
Woodstock, N.Y.-based acoustic duo Billy Rogan and Ian Flanigan will perform two Northeastern Pa. shows this week, with gigs lined up at Backyard Ale House in Scranton on Thursday, Dec. 17 and Twigs i...
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FACES & VOICES 4 FEATURES BILL KIRCHEN, FOUR PHOTOGRAPHERS
PocoNotes will present its fourth annual Faces And Voices event this weekend at the historic Tripp House (1011 N. Main Ave.) in Scranton. The focus of this year's event is telecaster master Bill Kirch...
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ANA POPOVIC: FROM ‘BLUE ROOM’ JAMS TO GUITAR SUPERSTAR
Before power blues guitarist and soulful vocalist Ana Popovic had reached her teens growing up in what is now the Serbian capital of Belgrade, she would stay up late when most of her family had retire...
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