Jazz fusion/pop-rockers Toto to perform at Wilkes-Barre’s F.M. Kirby Center
Steve Lukather remembers getting a reality check from his father when he first said he wanted to be a musician. Then he decided to create his own reality. “I remember my dad saying ‘Hey kid, you’ve got a billion to one odds of making it in this business,’” Lukather recalled in a mid-May phone interview. […]
Scranton hometown heroes Captain We’re Sinking set to release new album
After a four-year gap that had fans chomping at the bit, Scranton natives Captain We’re Sinking will release their sophomore album, “King of No Man,” on June 23. Guitarist and vocalist Bobby Barnett attributed the gap to their first record, “The Future is Cancelled,” being released around the same time he began working toward a […]
Country heavyweight Vince Gill to perform at Wilkes-Barre’s Kirby Center
Vince Gill has won 21 Grammy Awards from 44 nominations. That’s Stevie Wonder territory. The songwriter, vocalist, guitarist and record producer has made an indelible mark on country music — over the course of a career that’s spanned more than 40 years — and he’s managed to touch on every shade of Americana along the […]
Dustin Arbuckle & the Damnations to perform at Jazz Cafe in Plains Township
Kansas-based vocalist and harmonicist Dustin Arbuckle is not sure how his latest project will be musically defined — and that excites him. Arbuckle, who has endeared himself to fans as one third of blues/roots-rock trio Moreland & Arbuckle, will perform with newly-formed outfit Dustin Arbuckle & the Damnations during an evening of music that begins […]
Quick Chord: Local band Black Horizon to release new EP, play Kohlfest gig
For Ricky Wells, it all started with hearing a Metallica song. “It was ‘Enter Sandman,’ and it blew my mind that something that heavy could be on the radio,” Wells said. The 17-year-old Mountain Top musician is the lead vocalist and guitarist for Black Horizon, a three-piece heavy rock outfit that plans to release its […]
Grotto Harveys Lake announces schedule of live entertainment, deck parties
Grotto Pizza is determined to show its Harveys Lake location is a desirable place to spend a summer weekend. The lakeside restaurant will launch an entertainment series beginning Memorial Day weekend, May 26 through 28, and continuing throughout the late spring and summer, that will feature live music, unique beer offers, a new Grotto mascot, […]
Celebration of musician George Wesley to end Wilkes-Barre Fine Arts Fiesta
WILKES-BARRE — When George Wesley played his annual gig at the Fine Arts Fiesta last year, he took the familiar Public Square stage for what became his final performance. The beloved local musician — revered for his kind disposition and gregarious spirit as much as his mastery of reggae — would succumb to liver cancer […]
Marco Benevento takes lyrical turn, plans visit to Jazz Cafe in Plains Twp.
WILKES-BARRE — Pianist Marco Benevento has experimented with a multitude of sounds in his career — everything from improvisational jazz to psychedelic rock to indie-dance-pop — but his most recent string of albums has taken him further and further down the songwriting rabbit hole. Benevento — who released his latest studio record “The Story of […]
Beyond Fallen to release latest CD at Irish Wolf Pub in Scranton May 19
A local heavy metal band that has entertained audiences in the U.S. and abroad has completed work on its latest album and is gearing up to play a CD release party at an area show. Beyond Fallen will headline a night of music that begins at 7 p.m. May 19 at the Irish Wolf Pub […]
Dean Ford & the Beautiful Ones bring Prince tribute to River Street Jazz Cafe
WILKES-BARRE — For a musician who grew up loving pop, it took Dean Ford a while to find Prince. But once he did, he was hooked. Dean Ford & the Beautiful Ones will perform their tribute to the late funk-pop icon at 9 p.m. May 13 at the River Street Jazz Cafe in Plains Township. […]