Renowned jazz pianist Fred Hersch plays for charity at The Cooperage in Honesdale on July 2
From a press release: Renowned jazz pianist and composer Fred Hersch will perform at The Cooperage in Honesdale on Saturday, July 2 at 8 p.m., donating all proceeds from this benefit solo concert to the Wayne County Pantry Program and The Cooperage Project. Hersch, a member of the pantheon of great jazz pianists, has been […]
KICK recreate the music of INXS at Mauch Chunk Opera House in Jim Thorpe on July 2
From a press release: If you’ve seen enough fireworks, consider the fireworks that will take place on Saturday, July 2 at 8 p.m. at the Mauch Chunk Opera House in Jim Thorpe, as tribute band KICK leaves no stone unturned in recreating the music of INXS, an often underappreciated but supremely talented Australian band. Tickets […]
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. […]
Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Cheap Trick play at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe on Nov. 3
From a press release: Cheap Trick is part of the very fiber of American music, inspiring and delighting generations with their unique union of massive melodies and razor blade riffs and their own special brand of mischievous wit and maximum rock ‘n’ roll. Surely on any shortlist of rock’s all-time greatest live acts, Cheap Trick […]
BUT I DIGRESS: Musical typecasting, or why I don’t play many solo acoustic gigs anymore
Musicians can be typecast, and in entirely erroneous roles. Ferinstance, I’ll bet there are more than a few folks out there who picture me happily strumming away on an acoustic guitar, singing all manner of folky tunes or laboring over syrupy ballads. But I don’t really enjoy playing acoustic music. Mind you, this wasn’t always […]
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 […]