Yo! The Fresh Kids of Bel-Air bring fly ‘I Love the ’90s’ tribute to Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe on Feb. 4
From a press release: Yo, dawg – if you were born in or lived through the 1990s, you can experience it all again with the “I Love the ’90s” tribute concert by The Fresh Kids of Bel-Air at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017 at 8 p.m. Tickets, which are $15 […]
NEPA rocker Aaron Fink puts new solo album out Jan. 20, with release party at Jazz Cafe in Plains Feb. 18
From a press release: Northeastern Pennsylvania alternative rock singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Aaron Fink has announced that his third solo album, “Galaxies,” will be released on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, and to celebrate, he’ll be joined by his band The Fury for a record release party at the River Street Jazz Cafe in Plains […]
PHOTOS: Cabinet holiday show (with behind-the-scenes shots) at Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre, 12/23/16
After selling out its Chandelier Lobby year after year, it was time for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre jam-grass band Cabinet to take the main stage of the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts in Wilkes-Barre for their biggest holiday show yet on Friday, Dec. 23. NEPA Scene hung out backstage before the fifth annual concert to catch […]
PHOTOS: The Ataris, Clever Clever, E57, and Condition Oakland at The Leonard in Scranton, 12/01/16
Just before two sold-out back-to-back shows at the First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia with MxPx, pop punk band The Ataris kicked off their winter tour at The Leonard Theater in downtown Scranton on Thursday, Dec. 1, marking the first time in years that a national touring band without local ties has graced The Leonard’s historic […]
Billy Joel backup and star of Broadway hit ‘Movin’ Out’ Wade Preston performs in Hawley on Jan. 7
From a press release: On Saturday, Jan. 7, one of the area’s most loved performers, Wade Preston, Billy Joel’s backup, returns for two shows in one night by Harmony Presents in the underground theater of the Hawley Silk Mill. “It’s not often a man can sit in front of a piano and command full attention. […]
Rusted Root frontman Michael Glabicki goes solo at River Street Jazz Cafe in Plains on Jan. 22
From a press release: After playing with his full band at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg this Friday, Dec. 30, Rusted Root frontman Michael Glabicki will return to Northeastern Pennsylvania for a solo gig at the River Street Jazz Cafe in Plains on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017 accompanied by his bandmate Dirk Miller with special […]
PHOTOS/VIDEOS: The Globe Store lighting and ScrantonMade Holiday Market, 12/02/16
Wyoming Avenue in downtown Scranton was flooded with hundreds of people, but it wasn’t the St. Patrick’s Parade. On Friday, Dec. 2, just after 5 p.m., the huge structure that once housed The Globe Store was lit up again with bright Christmas lights and decorated front windows, just like it was in the defunct department […]
Multi-platinum-selling country star Josh Turner plays at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe on July 29
From a press release: Multi-platinum MCA Nashville recording artist Josh Turner is one of country music’s most recognizable hit-makers, and he’s coming to Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe on Saturday, July 29, 2017 at 8 p.m. Tickets, which are $37 for regular seating or $42 for premium seating, go on sale this Friday, Dec. 23 […]
Tommy James and the Shondells does the ‘Hanky Panky’ at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe on April 7
From a press release: Tommy James and the Shondells, the bestselling rock band behind “Hanky Panky,” “Mony Mony,” “I Think We’re Alone Now,” “Crimson and Clover,” “Crystal Blue Persuasion,” and “Draggin’ the Line,” will perform at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe on Friday, April 7, 2017 at 8 p.m. Tickets, which are $33 for regular […]
BUT I DIGRESS: Tuning into my clear memories of classic radio (and its place today)
As we approach Christmas with lightning rapidity, some of the more impressive gifts of Christmases past have been drifting through my brain transom. The kickass ‘50s style baby blue bike with a “gas tank” and fins that I eventually learned to ride on. Also the kickass Apollo 5 speed “muscle bike” that weighed as much […]
