NEPA SCENE PODCAST: Up-and-coming teenage rock band The Tellerz
Professionally recorded on Mondays at The Stude in TwentyFiveEight Studios in Scranton and released exclusively on nepascene.com on Tuesdays, the NEPA Scene Podcast is a free supplement to the website, expanding on the arts and entertainment stories covered on the site and going beyond them to discuss other news and entertainment topics. Each week, the […]
YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO: Scranton progressive alt rock band Family Animals
Family Animals City: Scranton Genre(s): Psychedelic rock, progressive rock, alternative rock Years active: 2008-present Sounds like: This music sets the stage for an epic journey, telling a winding story that you don’t quite realize you’re following until you’re already immersed in it. These tunes take the sometimes overindulgent elements of progressive rock and replaces them […]
Singer Grace Potter takes celebrated live show to Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre on July 29
From a press release: It was announced today that Grace Potter, described by Spin as “one of the greatest living voices in rock today,” will bring her full band and summer tour to the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts in Wilkes-Barre on Friday, July 29 at 8 p.m. Tickets, which are $29.50, plus […]
SONG PREMIERE: Take the first dark turn down University Drive with ‘Only in the Way’ lyric video
When we last featured Scranton singer/songwriter Edward Cuozzo back in January, he had released his first solo acoustic album, “The Silvia EP,” and was hard at work on a full-length electric record. Since then, the project, while still written and performed by Cuozzo on all instruments, has turned into something else entirely – University Drive. […]
NEPA SCENE PODCAST: New Vintage Ensemble takes on sketch comedy at the Scranton Cultural Center
Professionally recorded on Mondays at The Stude in TwentyFiveEight Studios in Scranton and released exclusively on nepascene.com on Tuesdays, the NEPA Scene Podcast is a free supplement to the website, expanding on the arts and entertainment stories covered on the site and going beyond them to discuss other news and entertainment topics. Each week, the […]
YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO: Wilkes-Barre alternative rock band Down to Six
Down to Six City: Wilkes-Barre Genre(s): Alternative rock, indie rock, post-hardcore Years active: 2010-present Sounds like: Remember when the best rock music in the ’90s was kind of heavy, melodic, and catchy all at once? Down to Six encapsulates that balance perfectly with a little modern indie rock thrown in, sending crashing waves of sound […]
VIDEO: Scranton native Stephen Karam’s ‘The Humans’ wins 4 Tony Awards, including ‘Best Play’
Playwright Stephen Karam, who called Scranton home for many years until he moved to Manhattan to pursue his dreams, was living those dreams last night as he accepted the Tony Award for “Best Play” for “The Humans.” The family drama he penned, which already earned the Obie Award for Playwriting, Drama Critics Circle Award, Outer […]
PHOTOS: Dustin Douglas & The Electric Gentlemen at River Street Jazz Cafe, 05/27/16
Wilkes-Barre blues rockers Dustin Douglas & The Electric Gentlemen made a small club in Plains feel like an arena on Friday, May 27, filling the River Street Jazz Cafe with badass original tunes and plenty of improvisational jamming that reverberated long into the night. The concert, which began with a groovy alt rock set by […]
STREAMING: Pottsville’s Crobot is ‘Not for Sale,’ making their own luck with new single
With the band originating from Pottsville, we’ve dug the groovy old school heavy metal of Crobot long before the release of their debut full-length album, “Something Supernatural,” in 2014 and their skyrocketing international fame after touring with bands like Clutch, Chevelle, Black Label Society, Volbeat, and Anthrax and playing festivals like SXSW, Rock on the […]
PHOTOS: NEPA Scene’s Got Talent Finals Showcase at Thirst T’s, 05/31/16
Season 3 of NEPA Scene’s Got Talent was full of surprises and firsts for the ongoing open mic and talent contest, and the Finals Showcase on Tuesday, May 31 at Thirst T’s Bar & Grill in Olyphant was no different with new live collaborations, song premieres, and even a giant frog suit. Audiences over the […]
