WILLIE NELSON, NEIL YOUNG, SHERYL CROW TO PLAY OUTLAW MUSIC FEST IN SCRANTON
Willie Nelson announced on Tuesday that the inaugural Outlaw Music Festival, featuring Nelson, Neil Young and Sheryl Crow, will be held at Montage Mountain in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, Sept. ...
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FLUX CAPACITOR GEARS UP FOR BONNAROO
Flux Capacitor doesn’t appear to want a lazy summer. The Specht brothers – Pete, Jason and Mike – just played Susquehanna Breakdown and are off to another festival: Bonnaroo! [Wish you could be the...
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PEACH FEST: GREGG ALLMAN, TROMBONE SHORTY, AUSTRALIAN PINK FLOYD and JAIMOE’S JASSZ BAND
Photos by Pati Bobeck The fourth annual Peach Music Festival kicked off Thursday night at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain just outside of Scranton, Pa. It's the first Peach Fest since the 2014 dis...
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G. LOVE BRINGS THE SAUCE TO PEACH FEST
Despite claiming he was “pretty lousy” when he started playing guitar at age 8, G. Love (born in Philadelphia as Garrett Dutton) has created a form of trashcan blues melded with hip-hop. If you’ve eve...
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GREGG ALLMAN TO RELEASE LIVE ALBUM & DVD, HOST FIRST LAID BACK FESTIVAL AT JONES BEACH
Gregg Allman will release a live CD and DVD titled "Gregg Allman Live: Back To Macon, Ga." on Aug. 7. The CD and DVD capture Allman and his 8-piece band performing at the 1,000-seat Grand Opera House....
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BILL EVANS: FROM MILES DAVIS’ RIGHT-HAND MAN TO THE JAM BAND WORLD, SAX MAN FINDS HIS GROOVE
It’s rare to find a musician who has risen to the top of any particular genre. Rarer still is an artist who has achieved remarkable success in two distinct styles – someone like saxophone player and m...
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PEACH FESTIVAL RETURNS AUGUST 13-16, 2015
The Peach Music Festival will return for a fourth year on Aug. 13, 14, 15 and 16 at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain in Scranton, Pa., concert promoter Live Nation has announced. A lineup for Peach 2...
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THE FINAL CHAPTER FOR THE ALLMAN BROTHERS? AN INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR ALAN PAUL
The tumultuous history of the Allman Brothers Band – tragic deaths, bitter breakups, reunions and a controversial court case that turned Brother against Brother – will, supposedly, come to an end Wedn...
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ALLMANS CLOSE OUT PEACH FESTIVAL WITH A BANG
By Michael Lello Photos by Jason Riedmiller SCRANTON – The Allman Brothers have had a contentious history, with members quitting, getting fired and, sadly, even dying, as well as several ful...
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AS THE CROWE FLIES: A CHAT WITH RICH ROBINSON
By Michael Lello Top photo, Rich Robinson performing with the Black Crowes at last year's Peach Festival, by Jason Riedmiller Every major band seems to have “the quiet one.” George Harrison in The ...
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