SAXMAN HOLLOWAY ON SITTING IN WITH THE STARS
By Michael Lester Photo by Jason Riedmiller Initiative, confidence and humility — along with the fuel of frustration fed by band members who jeered his unnecessarily loud sax playing back in junior ...
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JIMMY HERRING’S LATEST PROJECT, THE RINGERS, SET FOR RIVER STREET JAZZ CAFE
By Michael Lello Listen to Jimmy Herring play just a few licks on his guitar, and you’ll know he’s one the best there is at what he does. Some pretty famous musicians agree with you on that. The ...
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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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CABINET HIT THE NOTE TO WRAP UP AN EVENTFUL 2013
Cabinet_09 Photos by Jason Riedmiller Cabinet rang in the 2014 with a packed house in West Chester, Pa. The Note was the setting for three...
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MUSIC WORLD PAYS TRIBUTE TO LOU REED
Photo of Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson at 2010 Coney Island Mermaid Parade by Jim Gavenus Tributes to Lou Reed, who died Saturday, have been pouring in from rock musicians including David Bowie, Pearl...
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DAY 3: NOW WEIR TALKIN’
By Michael Lello Photos by Jim Gavenus SCRANTON – One day after a good but not great set that took some time to get cooking, Bob Weir and Ratdog hit the stage on night three of the Peach M...
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DAY 2: GRACE POTTER STEALS THE SHOW
By Michael Lello Photos by Jim Gavenus SCRANTON -- While the Allman Brothers Band are the name at the top of the bill, the star of the show during the second day of the Peach Music Festival Friday...
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NO END IN SIGHT FOR JAIMOE, ALLMAN BROTHERS
By Michael Lello The number two will figure prominently into Jaimoe’s weekend at the Peach Music Festival. He’s one of two drummers in the Allmans. He’ll playing two shows with the ABB at the festi...
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GRACE POTTER’S ‘BEAUTIFUL PROGRESSION’
With a powerful, bluesy voice, and a sexy, swaggering stage presence, Grace Potter seemed destined for stardom before she achieved it. It didn’t matter if she was playing to a half-full venue as an o...
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RAILROAD EARTH TAKES LONG ROAD TO SUCCESS
By Michael Lester Mandolin player John Skehan of Railroad Earth credits 1950s comedy duo Abbott and Costello — of all people — for his route to Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pa., in the earl...
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