KIRBY SERIES STARTS IN STYLE WITH AMY AT THE HELM
IMG_0551 By Michael Lello Photos by Jesse Faatz WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – Introducing the song “Calvary” during Amy Helm and the Handsome Strang...
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AMY HELM: “IT’S OUR JOB TO PASS IT ON”
By Michael Lello Amy Helm is playing a vital role in keeping alive the legacy of her late father Levon – and not just in name. When the legendary drummer, singer and mandolin player from The Band di...
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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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ELVIS COSTELLO’S AIM IS TRUE IN MARATHON KIRBY CONCERT
WILKES-BARRE -- It took about two and a half hours for Elvis Costello to encapsulate his career Monday night at the F.M. Kirby Center, and the poet, punk and provocateur used every minute of it to ful...
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A CONVERSATION WITH ALICE COOPER: PART TWO
By Michael Lello Photos by Jim Gavenus On the phone with Highway 81 Revisited from his Arizona home, the first thing Alice Cooper, an avid sports fan and owner of sports bar and restaurant Alice Coo...
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ISBELL’S MOURNFUL SOUTHERN ROCK
20130809(18) By Tyler Miles Photos by Pati Bobeck WILKES-BARRE – A small crowd at the F.M. Kirby Center backed progressive country singer Jas...
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ELVIS COSTELLO TO PERFORM AT KIRBY CENTER
Elvis Costello's first major set of headlining solo dates on the East Coast in a decade will include a Monday, Nov. 25 show at the F.M. Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre. Tickets ($59, $79 and $95, plus f...
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STEVE MARTIN IN WILKES-BARRE
WILKES-BARRE ?Comedian, actor, author, moviemaker and Grammy award-winning musician Steve Martin lost his wallet Tuesday in Wilkes-Barre ?of all places ?while bicycling downtown. The silver-haired Ma...
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