Michael Parr reviews Caleb Hawley at Rockwood Music Hall, in New York, NY, 8/19/10.
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Ken Shane
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If anything, the final day of the 2010 Newport Folk Festival was even more beautiful than the day before, and Newport Harbor was at the height of its midsummer glory….
Ken Shane
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George Wein started the Newport Folk Festival in 1959, and though economic difficulties caused the festival to close down in 1971, it was revived in 1985, and it’s been running…
Matt Wardlaw
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The need for new material from Asia is a subject that on paper, is highly debatable in certain circles. But for those that have caught the reactivated ’80s rockers live…
Ken Shane
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To read Part One of my coverage of the 10th annual XPoNential Music Festival, please click here. If anything, the weather along the banks of the Delaware River in Camden,…
Ken Shane
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It was a sweltering hot July weekend when beloved Philadelphia radio station WXPN brought the 10th annual XPoNential Music Festival across the river to Wiggins Park on the Camden, NJ…
Ken Shane
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Non-Comm is the annual Triple A radio conference hosted by WXPN in Philadelphia, and held at that city’s wonderful venue, World Cafe Live. The conference draws radio programmers from all…
Matt Wardlaw
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Closing out the first leg of their latest U.S. tour, criminally underappreciated Canadian favorites Blue Rodeo spent Saturday night in Chicago with a surprisingly deep (and, at times, obscure) set…
Ken Shane
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The venerable Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, New Jersey, began life as a legitimate theatre in 1922 before being converted to a movie theatre in 1929. The venue fell on hard…
Taylor Long
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When Wild Beasts came to New York City last fall, they found themselves in the pressured position of having a lot to prove. They’d made only one US trek beforehand,…
Taylor Long
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Murder City Devils are no longer the kind of band that sets their drums on fire, or plays dive bars. For quite some time they were technically no longer even…
Taylor Long
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Alternately titled: How I got in to Two Sold Out Yeasayer Shows in New York City, A Tale of Happiness & Triumph One of the biggest challenges a music writer…
Ken Shane
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We’ve got old songs We’ve got new songs We’ve got songs we can’t play We’ve got a spaceship But we won’t leave without you With those words, Bono and his…
Ken Shane
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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/Gqjl2iXg9uI” width=”600″ height=”344″ allowfullscreen=”true” fvars=”fs=1″ /] Asbury Park’s storied Stone Pony isn’t the same since Live Nation took over. That cuts both ways. On the plus side, an enormous…
Ken Shane
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To be honest, I had my doubts about Day Two of Folk Festival 50. First of all, I was still tired from the day one. Next, it appeared that the…
Ken Shane
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The Newport Folk Festival turned 50 over the weekend, and Popdose’s Ken Shane was there. Read his recap of the festival’s first day here.
Ken Shane
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All Photos Copyright Á‚©Á‚ David J. Simchock. Visit David’s Website: Vagabond Vistas. WXPN is the listener sponsored Triple A radio station associated with the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and one…
Ken Shane
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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/XMxQ6j4dNwU” width=”425″ height=”344″ allowfullscreen=”true” fvars=”fs=1″ /] I admit it. I’m jaded. After seeing more than 50 Bruce Springsteen shows over the years, with and without the E Street Band,…
Taylor Long
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An overwhelming 27,000 people showed up to see David Byrne play a free show at the Prospect Park Bandshell in Brooklyn on Monday night. The show was the opening of…
Taylor Long
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Save the massive excitement surrounding what was claimed to be his first and only show in the U.S. (though it seems he played Chicago three nights prior), everything about Wolfgang…
Taylor Long
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Pattern Is Movement have certainly lived up to the Movement part of their name, touring relentlessly since the release of their excellent fourth album, All Together. Seeing them for the…
Taylor Long
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After seeing jam-freak-avant-folksters Akron/Family put on an incredible show at Brooklyn’s Union Pool in March, there was only one thing left to do: Go home, go online, buy tickets to…
Mojo Flucke
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Full disclosure: I’m a Hammond B-3 soul and soul-jazz freak, so I’m a homer here. My universe aligns around the likes of great players like Billy Preston, Jimmy Smith, Jimmy…
Taylor Long
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If anyone other than Throbbing Gristle had been playing the Brooklyn Masonic Temple on Tuesday night, the fact that the crowd was older and stranger and on more drugs than…
Taylor Long
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They may only have an album and a Christmas EP behind them, but Glasgow’s Glasvegas are already performing like a big-time rock band. Grabbing the attention of the US late…
Taylor Long
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New York City living, with its ever-expanding list of options, presents a reoccurring problem: What to do when you need or want to be in two places at once? Given…
Ben Wiser
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Phish – The Clifford Ball (Rhino) Sherman, set the Way Back machine for that balmy summer of 1996! Jerry Garcia had been gone a year, and a lot of lonesome…
Ben Wiser
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Chris Darrow – Chris Darrow / Under My Own Disguise Limited Edition 2 LP/CD Box Set Chris Darrow’s first paid gig was playing bluegrass with David Lindley on the streets…
Ben Wiser
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Hola Amigos! I know it’s been a while since I last rapped at you, but with being a new dad and all, I’ve been busier than a one-armed bass player….
Taylor Long
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Frightened Rabbit could not have been more different from the setting for their acoustic, all-request set at Le Poisson Rouge on Monday night. Le Poisson Rouge’s pricey beverages and bottle…