EXCLUSIVE: Electric City Music Conference update – award show details; Lifetime Achievement Award recipient; bands, venues, panels announced
From a press release: Nominations are now closed for the 2016 Steamtown Music Awards, which are part of the annual Electric City Music Conference. In a record-setting year, over 2,000 individual nominations were received. The finalists will be revealed at a special announcement event to be held on July 1. Specific details on this event […]
PHOTOS: Rock’N Derby, Day 3 – Shinedown, Megadeth, Coheed and Cambria, Sixx:A.M., and more, 05/22/16
New Jersey-based SLP Concerts and GameLoud, the organizers behind popular festival events like The Bamboozle, Skate and Surf Festival, and Food Truck & Rock Carnival, launched the inaugural Rock’N Derby festival at the Schaghticoke Fairgrounds in Schaghticoke, New York on May 20-22, delivering three days of top-notch heavy metal and hard rock, along with a […]
PHOTOS: Rock’N Derby, Day 2 – Anthrax, Halestorm, Sebastian Bach, Chevy Metal, and more, 05/21/16
New Jersey-based SLP Concerts and GameLoud, the organizers behind popular festival events like The Bamboozle, Skate and Surf Festival, and Food Truck & Rock Carnival, launched the inaugural Rock’N Derby festival at the Schaghticoke Fairgrounds in Schaghticoke, New York on May 20-22, delivering three days of top-notch heavy metal and hard rock, along with a […]
PHOTOS: Rock’N Derby, Day 1 – Five Finger Death Punch, Scott Stapp, Lamb of God, Clutch, and more, 05/20/16
New Jersey-based SLP Concerts and GameLoud, the organizers behind popular festival events like The Bamboozle, Skate and Surf Festival, and Food Truck & Rock Carnival, launched the inaugural Rock’N Derby festival at the Schaghticoke Fairgrounds in Schaghticoke, New York on May 20-22, delivering three days of top-notch heavy metal and hard rock, along with a […]
BUT I DIGRESS: Explaining ‘Musician Time’ to all you punctual bastards
As I sit here enjoying an episode of “CHiPs” while I lazily type this article well past my deadline, it brings to mind the curious notion of musicians keeping time. We do. We keep time all the time. But not the “One, and a two, and a…” of Lawrence Welk fame that undoubtedly came to […]
PHOTOS: Fine Arts Fiesta on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre, 05/19/16
Just before Joe Bonamassa took the stage at the F.M. Kirby Center on Thursday, May 19, NEPA Scene photographer Robb Malloy stopped by the 61st annual Fine Arts Fiesta on Public Square in downtown Wilkes-Barre to check out its opening day. As its website explains, the free four-day event has a long, rich history in […]
Tunefly, a music app created in NEPA that connects musicians and fans, launches for iPhone
From a press release: Tunefly, a mobile app developed by three Northeastern Pennsylvania natives that connects musicians and music lovers with a global audience that shares their enthusiasm, is now available for iPhone users in the iOS App Store. Tunefly is a passion project designed, produced, and created by Matt Simoncavage, 25, of Nanticoke and […]
PHOTOS: NEPA Scene’s Got Talent, Week 12, 05/17/16
The final qualifying week of Season 3 of NEPA Scene’s Got Talent on Tuesday, May 17 was packed with a variety of acts, some returning from previous weeks and some completely new to the event. In the end, the audience at Thirst T’s Bar & Grill in Olyphant chose a group of young newcomers as […]
YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING TO: Scranton hard rock/metal band Behind the Grey
Behind the Grey City: Scranton Genre(s): Hard rock, metal Years active: 2012-present Sounds like: As the artwork on the cover of their debut album implies, this is hard rock that will rip your heart out and haunt the hollow cavity inside. With heavy, driving riffs pulling the soaring vocal melodies into the depths of despair, […]
CONCERT REVIEW: Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo still get ‘All Fired Up’ for stripped down Wilkes-Barre show
Even while sitting on a stool and accompanied by a single acoustic guitar, Pat Benatar has a very powerful voice. The four-time Grammy winner proved it time and again on Friday, May 20 as she and her husband of 34 years, Neil Giraldo, brought the intimate “We Live for Love” tour to the F.M. Kirby […]
