VIDEO: Californians attempt to pronounce Pennsylvania town names
Last year, Movoto, a real estate company from California, produced a funny video of West Coast residents taste-testing Pennsylvania foods for the first time. Now they’re back, asking six people to pronounce our cities, counties, townships, boroughs, etc. They get most of them… eventually. Northeastern Pennsylvania’s own Schuylkill County gets a shout-out, and to be […]
VIDEO: Watch The Bog in Scranton in animated LEGO form, then celebrate 9 years of Panked
Every last Thursday of the month, Conor McGuigan and Brian Langan host the amazing Panked dance party at The Bog in Scranton, yet for nine years, they’ve managed to make every event fun and unique with various crazy themes and great music. To celebrate their ninth birthday, they’ve enlisted Brooklyn electropop duo Hank & Cupcakes […]
VIDEO PREMIERE: ‘NEPA Scene: Behind the Scenes’ offers closer look into the website and its impact
NEPA Scene launched to the public in September of 2014 and has since grown into the area’s leading independent arts and entertainment website, winning awards and gaining a loyal following earned through perseverance and positive word of mouth. Founder and editor Rich Howells started the site on his own after he was laid off from […]
VIDEO: Local hard rockers Totally Lost Cause reunite for the first time in 18 years
A popular trend in modern music is to delve back into past decades for inspiration, to revive sounds that may be nostalgic for many listeners out there. Sometimes, however, this should be left to the professionals – those who paved the way in the first place. On Friday, April 24, Northeastern Pennsylvania hard rock band […]
VIDEO PREMIERE: Cello, djembe, and handpan cover of the ‘Game of Thrones’ theme song
The fifth season of the epic fantasy series “Game of Thrones” begins tonight to HBO, so Scranton musicians Steve Werner and Dan King are celebrating with their own epic cover of the show’s main theme music. King, who plays cello in A Fire With Friends, and Werner, the drummer for Blinded Passenger, won the audience […]
VIDEOS: NEPA Scene’s Got Talent, Week 1, 03/24/15
Every week of NEPA Scene’s Got Talent, our free open mic and talent competition at Thirst T’s Bar & Grill in Olyphant, we’ll post a few videos of various artists from the night, in addition to photos of all the performers. This is just a small sampling of the 22 local performers who took the […]
VIDEO: The Russello Project perform instrumental masterpiece ’54’ live at Lyrics in Carbondale
Scranton guitar-based instrumental rock group The Russello Project just released a live video of their original song “54” from Lyrics Bar, Cafe & Music Venue in Carbondale that shows off exactly why frontman Charlie Russello was named Guitarist of the Year at the 2014 Steamtown Music Awards. The video of the jazzy progressive rock trio […]
VIDEO INTERVIEW: Scranton rapper CrimZn talks local hip-hop, a new album, and upcoming shows
It may seem unusual that Scranton rapper Joey “CrimZn” Cipriano would be hanging out with local metal band Slapjaw in their practice space in the Green Ridge section of the city, but after talking with CrimZn as he jammed with them, it was clear that he’s all about bringing the local music scene together, genres […]
VIDEO: Scranton singer Tom Graham takes the train in ‘Blessed and Asleep’ music video
Local singer/songwriter Tom Graham wears his hometown pride on his sleeve in his new music video for “Blessed and Asleep,” which was filmed at the Steamtown National Historic Site in downtown Scranton. Singing while waiting to board the train in the empty station, the video showcases the history of the area while matching the old-time […]
