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A month of Musikfest Cafe: How it's gone, and my 5 favorite shows so far
Lehigh Valley MusicIt’s almost hard to believe, but the Musikfest Café at the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks in Bethlehem has been open a month already. Steve Miller, left, presents a Martin guitar to ArtsQuest President Jeffrey Parks at Musikfest Cafe's first show..... -
Concert review: Raphael Saadiq at Park West
Turn It UpRaphael Saadiq’s love affair with the soul music of his parents’ generation became explicit in the first moments of his concert Friday at a packed Park West. Over a drum beat that sounded like vintage Motown knocking at the door,...... -
Bootsy Collins defines the funk: 'Making something out of nothing'
Turn It UpIt’d be audacious coming from just anybody else, but William “Bootsy” Collins named his new album “The Funk Capital of the World” (Mascot) knowing full well he could back up the claim. Everyone from Snoop Dogg and Chuck D to.... -
Wednesday Platz Picks: A classic soul sound, plus blues and country rock
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGOne of my all-time favorite Musikfest discoveries remains the Austin-based soul/funk/R&B band Mingo Fishtrap, which is set to take over Americaplatz at 7 p.m. On top of being tight and groovy as hell, Mingo Fishtrap creates a classic, Stax Records-era....... -
Bruno Mars is simple, fun and entertaining in Allentown Fair opener
Lehigh Valley MusicIn a day when popular music artists such as Lady Gaga try fill their work with dark, controversial messages and compete to outdo each other with huge stage spectacles, Bruno Mars proved Tuesday at Allentown Fair’s opening night that a...... -
Birthers show true colors
Donald Trump doesn't like "birthers." He calls the word "unfair" to people who don't believe President Barack Obama was born in the U.S. Very well, then. If not birthers, how about if we call them "morons?" How about "jackasses," "imbeciles," "idiots"...Tags: Whoopi Goldberg, Politics, Donald Trump, John McCain, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Solomon Burke dead at 70; 'the king of rock and soul'
Turn It UpSolomon Burke, the robust, regal preacher-turned-singer who defined soul music in the â60s and continued to perform and minister for decades afterward, died Sunday in Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. Burke died on a plane after arriving on a flight from... -
Review: For John Mellencamp, oh, yeah, life goes on
Lehigh Valley MusicMore than almost any of his stylistic forebears, or contemporaries, John Mellencamp has faced aging not with the sage understanding of a Bob Dylan or a sad searching of a Bruce Springsteen, but with the same defiance that has always...... -
Top 5 Concerts of the Coming Week
Lehigh Valley MusicTop 5 Concerts of the Coming Week: 1. RELIENT K How cool are pop-punkers Relient K? The Ohio group has only occasionally broken into Billboard’s Top 40 (2005’s “Be My Escape” and “Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been”... -
Gang of Four reconnects with 'intensity and aggression' that defined 1979 masterpiece
Turn It UpIf Gang of Four had a dollar for every band that it influenced, the members wouldn’t necessarily be rich, but they’d probably be able to make a hefty down payment on a new house. In the last few years, bands...... -
Oversigning: How Troy reloads and why it might be banned
FAU Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsEver wonder how Troy keeps reloading each year, particularly finding a plethora of JC players that seem to fit right in? 5px 0px;" /> So did I, until Brett Vito picked up on it in his North Texas blog,......Tags: Frank Brogan, John Clark, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama), Tampa, Contracts
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Pitchfork Music Festival 2010: Day 2 review
Turn It UpVideo produced by Kevin PangView pictures from Pitchfork 2010. First prize for the dayâs most grossly inappropriate outfit goes to Jon Spencer of the Blues Explosion, who wore skin-tight leather pants for his late-afternoon set Saturday at the Pitchfork...
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