June 20, 2013
Story and all Photographs by StSteven @ PhilipsPhoto.com Tuesday nights in November have been a special time for the local music scene. Young contemporary Philly songwriters, singers, and musicians have been honoring other Philly songwriters while entertaining audiences by performing their ...
Read MoreStory by Kelly A. Wassinger Photos by StSteven @ PhilipsPhoto.com Andrew Balasia, know by the stage name of Gracie, delivers a sound that cannot necessarily be defined. Even Balasia has trouble defining what he calls, “somewhere in the realm of pop, some r&b…it’s hard to put into a genre ...
Read MoreStory by Kelly Wassinger. Where the old Spaghetti Warehouse use to stand on 1026 Spring Garden Street now stands Union Transfer, a new music venue that caters to an all-ages policy. It normally fits 600 people but expands to a capacity of 1,000 for larger and more popular shows. This new venue ...
Read MoreStory by Kelly Wassinger, Photos by Steven Philips STS9 rocked out the electric factory in Philly on Friday playing two incredible sets. The place was jam packed; the line from the box office stretched all the way to the sidewalk – check out the photos of the beautiful people pre-show below! ...
Read MoreHailing from Baltimore, MD, Damn Right! opened up at the Blockley Pourhouse with a rolling slew of breakbeats overlaid with pop synth grooves and hip hop vocals. Now based in both Denver, CO and Philadelphia, PA, the trio consisting of Blake Mobley (Keys), Tommy Bradel (Drums/Beats), Jonny ...
Read MoreI’ve always been a lover of bluegrass, but the evolution of bluegrass during the past decade has brought it to a new level. I wouldn’t say the musicianship is any better than the old pros, but the freedom to experiment with new song structures, chords, sounds, styles and longer ...
Read MoreStir Fry had one of the best musical lineups among the small Eastern Pennsylvania music festivals of this season of 2011. Actually the festival season is all but over, and we are well into the Fall, with leaves turning, and temperatures dropping, and in the case of this Stir Fry weekend, rain ...
Read MoreThis weekend, Stir Fry will be my 15th multiple day camping festival this year, and hopefully not the last. There’s an incredible lineup of local and regional talent coming, and a diverse mix of genres. Kuf Knotz will be one of the only hip hop acts I’ve seen at any of these fests, ...
Read MoreWhat a treat to spend last Thursday night grooving to the original sounds of two local bands that each play their own style of psychedelic music. Flux Capacitor’s sound “resonates from ancient mysticism to futuristic visions obtained through lucid dreaming.” The three brothers ...
Read MoreDopapod @ The Blockley September 14th, 2011 by Kelly Wassinger The crowd was bumping to the contagious sounds of Dopapod, a Boston-based experimental-funk band this past Wednesday at The Blockely in Philadelphia, Pa. You couldn’t help but move your feet as Eli Winderman (keyboard), Rob Compa ...
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