{"id":42524,"date":"2019-03-30T08:46:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T12:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=42524"},"modified":"2019-03-30T08:47:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T12:47:05","slug":"on-stage-pocos-young-unretires-finds-new-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=42524","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Poco’s Young unretires, finds new path"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/em><\/div>\n
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Poco<\/p><\/div>\n

With the great variety of shows around the area tonight, if you can\u2019t find something you like, then you should resign yourself to an evening at home binge-watching your favorite show on Netflix or Hulu.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Live music will be available tonight in an array of diverse genres. The schedule includes a band from the 1960s that fostered country rock (Poco), a veteran singer\/songwriter (Steve Forbert), a punk rocker\/MTV star from the 1980s (Billy Idol with his guitarist Steve Stevens), a traditional singer from Mauritania (Noura Mint Seymali), a hard rock band that has been a major draw for years (Red Sun Rising), a theatrical children\u2019s show written by the author of one of Broadway\u2019s most successful musicals (\u201cPeg <\/span>+ Cat\u201d), a Philly-based blues\/R&B band that has been selling out shows for years (Dukes of Destiny) and one of the most promising young hard rock bands on the scene (Dirty Honey).<\/span><\/div>\n

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Poco, which is headlining a show on March 30 at the Scottish Rite Auditorium (315 White Horse Pike, Collingswood, New Jersey, scottishriteauditorium.com<\/a>), is an American country rock band originally formed by Richie Furay, Jim Messina and Rusty Young. Poco, which had its roots in Buffalo Springfield, was part of the first wave of the L.A.-based West Coast country rock genre.<\/div>\n
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During recording of Buffalo Springfield’s third and final album, \u201cLast Time Around,\u201d lead singers Stephen Stills, Neil Young and Richie Furay each recorded songs without the other members present. One of Furay’s solo efforts was the country-influenced ballad \u201cKind Woman,\u201d which he recorded with the help of producer\/engineer\/bassist Jim Messina and pedal steel guitarist Rusty Young.<\/div>\n
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When Buffalo Springfield split up, Furay, Messina and Rusty Young decided to start their own group with a country rock focus while the other two singers formed the band know as Crosby, Stills,<\/span> Nash & Young.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Poco\u2019s original lineup was Furay (vocals and rhythm guitar), Messina (lead guitar, vocals, producer), Young (pedal steel guitar, banjo, dobro, guitar, mandolin and vocals), George Grantham (drums and vocals) and Randy Meisner (bass and vocals). The group was signed to a recording contract with Epic Records. Originally, the new group was named <\/span>\u201cPogo<\/span>,\u201dafter the Pogo comic strip character, but was changed when its creator, Walt Kelly, objected and threatened to sue.<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the next five decades, alongside bandmates that would also include Paul Cotton, Randy Meisner and Timothy B. Schmit, <\/span>Young became not only the musical core of the band, but also the writer and vocalist behind hits including \u201cRose Of Cimarron\u201d and the Number 1 hit \u201cCrazy Love.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Cotton joined Poco in 1970. He and Young remained the only constant members from 1970-2010 with the exception of the five years Cotton was on his own from 1988-1992. All along, Young remained the heart and soul of Poco.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the end of 2013, Rusty Young announced his retirement. At the age of 68, he said he had spent 45 years on the road in the same band and needed a break.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2013, I had decided that I had enough fun,\u201d said Young, during a recent phone interview from his home near the Mark Twain National Park in Missouri.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI decided that I wasn\u2019t going to tour anymore \u2013 that I would do little things with friends in Nashville or do a cruise. Later that year, I got a call from Jimmy Messina. He said \u2013 I\u2019ve got four dates out here on the coast\u2026want to come and play?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

One thing led to another.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI met a guy at one of the gigs who said he had a label called Blue Eden and asked if I wanted to do an album. I really wasn\u2019t interested in a vanity thing. Then, I started thinking about it. In 50 years of Poco, I had never done a solo record. Other friends form bands had done solo records but not me. I had two goals \u2013 do a solo record and write a book. The solo record would be part of my legacy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It was time to fulfill the solo album part.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Young, \u201cI\u2019d intended to retire from the road. I was certainly slowing down, wanting nothing more than to spend more time at home gardening and fishing. But a fan reached out saying that he had a new artist-friendly record label and asked if I would consider a solo project. I had been offered solo deals back in the \u201870s, but always felt Poco was more important.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut I feel I\u2019m now the best I\u2019ve ever been as a singer and songwriter, and I have a better grasp of the music than ever before. And I realized that this was the perfect time to do something that could be a really rewarding part of my legacy.\u201d
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All of Young\u2019s skills came to the forefront with his solo recording \u2013 \u201cWaitin\u2019 For The Sun.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe solo record shows what I did with Poco,\u201d said Young. \u201cOnce I had recorded it, I had to go out and promote the album.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Produced by Jack Sundrud with assistance from the legendary Bill Halverson and mixed\/mastered by Joe Hardy, the album was recorded at Cash Cabin in Hendersonville, Tennessee, the former home recording studio of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJune\u2019s old piano is all over the record,\u201d said Young. \u201cAnd, I got to play Johnny\u2019s \u201957 Les Paul.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Young also played steel and acoustic guitars, dobro, mandolin and banjo, with the current configuration of Poco — Sundrud, keyboardist Michael Webb, and former Flying Burrito Brothers drummer Rick Lonow.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey are, quite simply, the best musicians I know,\u201d said Young. \u201cYou can\u2019t separate me from the sound of Poco, but I wanted to take the Poco sound — the songwriting, the vocals and the playing — to the next level. The goal of this album was to go one step beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I\u2019m not on the road, I get up every morning at 4:30 a.m., sit downstairs with my guitar and wait for the sun to come up. That\u2019s where the album title came from. I knew I had to come up with<\/span> 12-14 songs and it took about a year.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI play some of the new songs in the shows on this tour, but I know that people come wanting to hear their Poco favorites. I even do one Buffalo Springfield song. The audiences are great. They\u2019re so loyal. Most of the shows are sold out.\u201d
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Video link for Poco \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/4mUxh4VEXw8<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at the Scottish Rite Auditorium, which has Jim Messina as the opening act, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $69.50, $59.50, $49.50 and $39.50.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dukes of Destiny<\/p><\/div>\n

Maybe the Dukes of Destiny should add the song \u201cTradition\u201d from \u201cFiddler on the Roof\u201d to certain shows in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Dukes of Destiny, a long-time Philly band, have established a tradition of playing a mid-winter show at the Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/a>). It started in February 2017<\/span>, repeated in 2018 and will continue this year with a show on March 30.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Dukes of Destiny, who have been treating fans to live performances of top-flight blues and soul music for almost three decades, are Arlyn Wolters (vocals), Ian Landes (guitar, vocals), Bob Holden (drums, vocals),\u00a0Chicago Carl Snyder (keyboards, vocals), Rich Curtis (bass, vocals) and John Colgan-Davis (harmonica, vocals).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re looking to make this an annual January thing at the Kennett Flash,\u201d said John Colgan-Davis, during a phone interview Wednesday night from his home in the Mount Airy section of Philadelphia.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the Turtle Dove Folk Club in southern Chester County was still around, we were always their first concert of the year. We currently play the Meeting House in West Grove each year in October but it\u2019s good to be back with a January show \u2013 and to get a new tradition going at the Flash.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have one new member \u2013 Ian Landes on guitar. He\u2019s a bit of a younger guy who has played around Philly with his own band. He replaced our long-time \u2013 10 years \u2013 guitarist AC Steel. He also has his own band The Galvanizers and he wants to concentrate on that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to performing at most of the clubs in the Tri-State area, the Delaware Valley band\u00a0has performed at the Pocono Blues Festival, the Waterfront Jam at Philadelphia\u2019s Penn\u2019s Landing, the State Street Blues Stroll in Media, the Bucks County R\u2019n\u2019B Picnic, the New Jersey Folk Festival and the Longwood Gardens Summer Concert Series.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor the past few years, we\u2019ve had great years,\u201d said Colgan-Davis. \u201cWe played places we had never played before \u2013 like the Philadelphia Folk Festival. We also played places we really love like the Kennett Flash and the West Grove Friends Meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe played the Phoenixville Blues Festival and the Paoli Blues Festival. We really love playing the Kennett Flash. And, we love our Chester County crowd. They\u2019ve been coming to see us play for 14-15 years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Chester County music fans and the Dukes of Destiny definitely have a love affair going.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe did the Turks Head Festival in West Chester two years ago \u2013 and \u2018Rhythm and Roots\u2019 in Media,\u201d said Colgan-Davis. \u201cWe love the Flash \u2013 the intimacy and the sound system. And, we love what it stands for and what it means to Kennett Square.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe love the people of Chester County and I really like the landscape of the area. It\u2019s always a special place for us. Chester County gigs have the vibe of old coffee houses. We put out the energy and the audience give sit back to us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Audiences that like to get out of their seats and dance are a big part of the Dukes of Destiny live experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe get all kinds of dancers at our shows,\u201d said Colgan-Davis. \u201cWe\u2019ve been playing a lot more festivals. We\u2019re back on the festival circuit. I love playing festivals for a couple reasons. You get a whole bunch of people playing together. That takes me back to the 60s and the be-ins back then.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSun Ra had said the message that music is the healing force of the universe and you feel that at festivals. And, kids get to hear real music played by real people. With a band like us that plays off the crowd, a festival show is a real exciting thing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Colgan-Davis\u2019s introduction to the blues came when he was in high school at Central High in Philadelphia and saw the Stones performing with Howling Wolf on the \u201cShindig\u201d TV show. Howlin\u2019 Wolf, whose real name was Chester Burnett, was an American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player who was one of the premier Chicago bluesmen.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I saw Howlin\u2019 Wolf on that TV show, I jumped up and said \u2014 this is what I want to do,\u201d said Colgan-Davis. \u201cI started playing blues when I was 16. My dad gave me a grab bag for my birthday and a harmonica was in it.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI started listening to blues records a lot \u2014 players like Muddy Waters and James Cotton. I was really into Chicago blues of the 1950s and 1960s when I started. Then, I got into guys like Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. One of the first bands I played in was a Philly blues band called Sweet Stavin\u2019 Chain.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A while later, the Dukes of Destiny became the main musical vehicle for Colgan-Davis.\u00a0At first, they played house parties in Germantown, generating word of mouth interest. A gig at the now-defunct Taker\u2019s Cafe in Germantown launched their public career<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Dukes got together in the mid-1980s,\u201d said Colgan-Davis. \u201cSteve Brown started the band and it began with that gig at Taker\u2019s Caf\u00e9. Steve died of pancreatic cancer in 2000 and I\u2019ve been the leader ever since. Steve has always been in my mind. We did a tribute concert to him a few years ago and we still do some of his favorites in our set.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a whole range of music in what we can play \u2014 everything from Chicago blues to old-school soul. What\u2019s great about the Dukes is that we\u2019re a band. We use each other\u2019s strengths. Arlyn and I do the bulk of the singing but everybody in the band sings.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for the Dukes of Destiny \u2014 https:\/\/youtu.be\/j5fM0sugB5w<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at the Kennett Flash will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $18 and $22.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Peg + Cat Live!<\/p><\/div>\n

On March 30, <\/span>Kimmel Center Presents has a special matinee geared for a young audience \u2013 \u201cPeg + Cat Live!\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show is scheduled for 2 p.m. at the Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center\u2019s Perelman Theater (300 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, www.kimmelcenter.org<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

Based on the Emmy-winning PBS Kids show \u201cPeg + Cat,\u201d this kids-oriented musical features wild comedy, countless favorite songs from the show, and Peg\u2019s super coolest pal Ramone.<\/span><\/p>\n

When Peg\u2019s mom asks Peg and Cat to mail some really important letters, they come face to face with a really big dog — really big problem. To solve it, they\u2019ll need math — bar graphs, size comparison, position words, fair sharing, and a whole lot of counting. They\u2019ll also need to count on each other, and the audience too, for their problem to be solved.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPeg + Cat<\/span>\u201d is an American<\/a>\/Canadian animated children’s television series based on the children’s book <\/span>\u201cThe Chicken Problem<\/span>,\u201d which was published in 2012. The series, which features the voice acting of Hayley Faith Negrin and Dwayne Hill, is created by Billy Aronson and Jennifer Oxley and produced by Fred Rogers Productions and 9 Story Media Group. It debuted on most PBS stations on October 7, 2013, as part of the revamped PBS Kids brand.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe show about friends who love each other \u2013 and they sing a lot,\u201d said Aronson, during a recent phone interview. \u201cWe plan the show to be educational \u2013 but we don\u2019t talk about it that way.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA few years back, Jennifer had an RFP (Request for Proposal) from PBS. They wanted to do a math show for kids. They wanted to show that math was for everybody. Jennifer invited me to write together with her. It came down to three people making pilots and we got it. Jennifer and I put our heads together and wrote something we loved. We came up with stories.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJennifer and I like shows where you don\u2019t even know you\u2019re learning. Peg and Cat could be anywhere. In one episode, they were visiting Romeo and Juliet. She\u2019s on a balcony. To get her, he realizes he needs horizontal lines.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn another episode, they\u2019re in Vienna helping Beethoven create a symphony. Cat falls down and is laughing \u2013 hah, hah, hah, HAH. That \u2018short, short, short, long\u2019 was the start of a symphony.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou need math to do something cool. Math has the power. Our feeling is that math is for everyone. We\u2019ve done everything we can to reach people. The show premiered in 2013 and won n Emmy for best animated pre-K show.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, they have taken the show from the TV screen to the live stage.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe theat<\/span>er show happened pretty quickly \u2013 just last fall,\u201d said Aronson, who grew up in Bala-Cynwyd, graduated from Lower Merion High and got a degree in <\/span>Theater and English from Princeton University. \u201cThe Bay Area Children\u2019s Theater put the show together in three weeks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Kimmel Center has another show by Aronson on its schedule for 2019 and it\u2019s about as unlike to \u201cPeg + Cat\u201d as can be.<\/span><\/p>\n

That show is \u201cRent,\u201d which had a sold-out run at the Academy of Music a few weeks ago and is being brought back for an encore run in October. \u201cRent\u201d was created as a collaboration between playwright Aronson and producer\/composer Jonathan Larson.<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for \u201cPeg + Cat\u201d — https:\/\/youtu.be\/cseNMi_IGjw<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at the Kimmel Center will start a 2 p.m. Tickets are $25, $29.50, $39.50 and $50.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Noura Mint Seymali<\/p><\/div>\n

The Kimmel Center will also be hosting an international music concert on March 30 when Noura Mint Seymali and her band perform in the Kimmel\u2019s SEI Innovation Studio.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seymali and her band are from the Islamic Republic of Mauritania \u2013 except for drummer Matthew Tinari, a Delaware Valley native who graduated from St. Joseph\u2019s Prep in Philadelphia.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m living in Dakar (capitol of Senegal) and the rest of the band is from Nouakchott (capitol of Mauritania),\u201d said Tinari, during a recent phone interview. \u201cI went to Oberlin College. After I graduated, I got a scholarship to study Wolof (the language of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania) in Senegal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Seymali\u00a0is a nationally beloved star and one of Mauritania\u2019s foremost musical emissaries.<\/span><\/p>\n

Born into a prominent line of Moorish griot (West African praise singers, poets and musicians), she began her career at age 13 as a supporting vocalist with her step-mother, the legendary Dimi Mint Abba. \u00a0From a very early age, she was trained in instrumental and vocal technique by her grandmother, Mounina, mastering the ardine, a harp reserved only for women, and singing at weddings with family.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seymali Ould Ahmed Vall,\u00a0Noura<\/span>\u2019s father, was similarly an important teacher, himself a seminal figure in Mauritanian music who devised the first system for Moorish melodic notation and composed many works popularized by his wife, Dimi.\u00a0The elder Seymali sparked Noura\u2019s compositional instincts and encouraged her earliest experimentations with fusion music.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reared in this rich and transitive music culture where sounds from across the Sahara, the Magreb and West Africa coalesce, Noura Mint Seymali currently drives the legacy forward as one of Mauritania\u2019s most adventurous young artists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fueled by the exploratory sound of her husband Jeich Ould Chighaly\u2019s emotive psych guitar lines, the two master musicians formed their first \u201cfusion\u201d band in 2004 after working together for many years as a duo in the local traditional circuit. Chighaly, a master of the tidinit (a<\/span>.k<\/span>.a. ngoni, xalam), brings the force of yet another important line of Moorish griot to bear, adapting the tidinit’s intricate phrasing to a modified electric guitar with heroic effect.<\/span><\/p>\n

His unique sound, mirroring Seymali\u2019s vocal lines and refracting their melodies into the either, was born out of years of practice presiding over wedding ceremonies where solo guitar or tidinit directs the dance.\u00a0 In parallel to his work with Seymali, Chighaly remains one of Nouakchott\u2019s most sought-after guitarists within the griot community until present. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As the couple\u2019s pop aspirations and a shared dream of modernizing Moorish music and exporting it all over the world began to take hold, their focus shifted from playing at weddings to experimenting with new formations in an effort to apply the griot\u2019s wellspring of traditional knowledge and oral history towards something boldly contemporary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Tinari has been providing the beat for Seymali and her band for several years.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe band has been together in its current formation for about eight years,\u201d said Tinari. \u201cNoura and Jeiche (her husband\u00a0Jeiche Ould Chighaly) got married 22 years ago and have been playing traditional music ever since.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey draw on traditional music but, in 2004, they started trying fusion music. There was no-one else doing it. There is a vibrant traditional space but beyond that was open space. Noura\u2019s father (Seymali Ould Ahmed Vall,\u00a0a seminal scholar figure in Mauritanian music) was supportive of a more dynamic vision of expanding traditional music.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019re doing is modernizing it. But we also have songs that are straight traditional. We also found ourselves in the position of being the only band from Mauritania that is touring.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Seymali released two albums \u2014 \u201cTarabe\u201d (2006) and \u201cEl Howl\u201d (2010) \u2014 which were only released locally in Mauritania. \u201cTzenni,\u201d the band\u2019s first full-length album for the international market, was released on Gliiterbeat Records in 2013 and followed by the \u201cArbina\u201d album in 2016. Tinari\u2019s drumming figured prominently in the music on both LPs.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs a drummer, the drum parts I write are based on traditional rhythms,\u201d said Tinari. \u201cI use a bass drum called a t\u2019beul and a high hat that is actually a metal plate. The rhythm is called gangesh.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got the material ready for our next album. Noura does most of the writing. After this tour, we\u2019re going to focus on recording the album \u2013 probably in Mauritania. Then, we\u2019ll be back in the states in August.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Noura Mint Seymali — https:\/\/youtu.be\/o4euzr4UaQI<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at the Kimmel Center will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15.<\/span><\/p>\n

On March 30, the Chameleon Club (223 North Water Street, Lancaster, 717-299-9684, http:\/\/www.chameleonclub.net<\/a>) will be serving up a four-course delight \u2013 an\u00a0evening of fresh, powerful hard rock music. Red Sun Rising is headlining a <\/span>quadruple-bill that also features Dirty Honey, Another Day Dawns and Goodbye June.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Red Sun Rising<\/p><\/div>\n

For the last year, Red Sun Rising has been touring in support of the band\u2019s latest album \u201cThread<\/span>,\u201d which was released <\/span>last year via Concord Music\/Razor & Tie.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThread\u201d is Red Sun Rising\u2019s sophomore album. The quintet\u2019s debut LP \u201cPolyester Zeal\u201d was released in August 2015. The Akron-based band — Mike Protich, Vocals, Guitar; Ryan Williams, Guitar; Ricky Miller, Bass, Vocals; Dave McGarry, Guitar, Vocals; Pat Gerasia, Drums — has been together since 2006.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe were putting songs together for \u2018Thread\u2019 when we were still recording \u2018Polyester Zeal\u2019,\u201d said Protich, during a recent phone interview from a tour stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan. \u201cWhen we were touring \u2018Polyester Zeal,\u2019 we were writing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m always writing. A lot of these original ideas started back then. Then, during two-and-a-half years of touring \u2018Polyeser Zeal,\u2019 the ideas developed \u2013 a riff here, a melody here, a chorus here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Red Sun Rising really gelled as a band when it was making <\/span>\u201cThread.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we started working on the songs in the spring of last year, we rented a cabin on a lake in northern Illinois,\u201d said Protich. \u201cWe got snowed in there for two weeks with our engineers \u2013 Kevin and Matt Doherty. Then, we did another week at a studio in Michigan.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMatt Hyde produced and engineered the record at Sonic Ranch, which is located in the middle of the desert near El Paso, Texas. We were down there for three weeks. We recorded the album pretty quickly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Produced by Hyde (Deftones, AFI, Porno for Pyros) and mixed by Jay Ruston, \u201cThread\u201d continues to expand on Red Sun Rising\u2019s concept of mixing different genres and influences to create a unique sound.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Protich, \u201cThis album feels like a rebirth. Although Red Sun Rising played 140 shows on our last tour, it was not until we made this album that I felt we became a band.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe growth and evolution of Red Sun Rising that you will hear in our sound and our songwriting builds on our \u2018Thread\u2019 mentality (songs that people can love and sing with us but don\u2019t fit a mold).\u00a0 We aren\u2019t chasing trends and never will.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

With Protich at the helm, Red Sun Rising made its early recordings available through social media websites and steadily built a nationwide fan base.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe majority of the songwriting is mine,\u201d said Protich. \u201cOnce we establish the skeleton of the song, the band comes in and puts the meat on.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor \u2018Thread,\u2019 we started with 35 songs and had to cut down to 11. That is such a brutal process because you\u2019re proud of all the ideas. The key is to figure out what is going to resonate with people.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe cut a few songs that didn\u2019t fit with the calm desert vibe<\/span>, so we had to leave them off the album. We went for a lot more vintage sound. We wanted an album of songs with synchronicity.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted \u2018Thread\u2019 to represent the music \u2013 and more. We wanted it to represent our lifestyle. There is usually a hopeful undertone to our music.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, the band has a new EP to add to its catalogue \u2013 \u201cPeel,\u201d which was just released on March 22.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Red Sun Rising, \u201cThe name of our new EP comes from our love of great rock songs by the Beatles and the Beach Boys. Many of their songs may sound so simple at first, but when you peel back the layers of the song, the lyrics, melodies, harmonies, you realize how much more complicated they are.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Red Sun Rising — https:\/\/youtu.be\/0crY95eobHU<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dirty Honey<\/p><\/div>\n

Los Angeles rock band Dirty Honey is gearing up for an ambitious 2019. Led by front man Marc Labelle, guitarist John Notto, bassist Justin Smolian, and drummer Corey Coverstone, the band just released its eponymous debut EP and embarked on a non-stop touring schedule.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Dirty<\/span> Honey<\/span> is set to perform at more than a dozen\u00a0festivals this summer including Sonic Temple, Welcome To\u00a0Rockville, Rocklahoma, Louder Than Life , Lunatic Luah,\u00a0Heavy MTL, and Epicenter among others. With a support\u00a0slot for Red Sun Rising this spring, and a return invitation to\u00a0join Slash on tour this summer, <\/span>Dirty<\/span>Honey is poised to reach the \u201cbig time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re coming up on two years together,\u201d said Labelle, during a phone interview Thursday from a tour stop in Detroit, Michigan.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEvery<\/span>one in the band is a professional musician in his own right. I\u2019m the only one who wasn\u2019t a full-time musician. I worked on film sets doing location scouting prior to playing in this band.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Labelle explained the band\u2019s <\/span>evolution.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a very familial-like music scene in L.A.,\u201d said Labelle. \u201cJohn, our guitarist, came to one of my cover gigs and sat in. After that, I wanted to keep playing with him. Then, he introduced me to Justin.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGetting the drummer was the last piece to solidifying the four-piece and that was about 18 months ago. We were looking for a drummer who had the feel and the attitude we needed. Corey has that. We did our first gig with Corey on Sunset Boulevard outside MOTA.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur band has a deep-rooted love for rock-and-roll \u2013 bands like Black Crowes and <\/span>Guns N’ Roses. We\u2019d go to these jams and look around and there wasn\u2019t a lot of authentic rock floating around L.A. \u2013 not a lot of great rock singers.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe play soulful, sexy rock-and-roll \u2013 stuff that originally derived from Chicago blues. I love James Brown and Otis Redding \u2013 sex and soul. I don\u2019t think anybody else is doing that right now. Most bands are ProTools metronome \u2013 not much life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, the quartet from Southern California is touring in support of its self-titled EP.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor the EP, we got producer Nick Didia and went to Byron Bay in Australia for three weeks,\u201d said Labelle. \u201cWe recorded the EP at La Cueva Recording. It\u2019s an awesome studio and it was gorgeous there in Australia during their summer. We cut seven tracks and released five.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re performing one of the unreleased tracks in our live set now but we\u2019re focusing on the first five. On this tour, we have a 30-minute set. It\u2019s perfect \u2013 short-and-sweet and a lot of high energy.\u201d<\/span>
\nVideo link for Dirty Honey — https:\/\/youtu.be\/jthRYwvIAXA<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The all-ages show at The Chameleon, which features Red Sun Rising, Dirty Honey, Another Day Dawns and Goodbye June, will start at 7 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tickets are $18.<\/span><\/p>\n

This weekend, Lancaster will also be the site of another show that features hard rock that is sexy, powerful and blues-based<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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The Music of Cream<\/p><\/div>\n

On March 31, the American Music Theatre (2425 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster, 800-648-4102, www.AMTshows.com<\/a>) will present \u201cThe Music of Cream: 50th Anniversary World Tour.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Cream was rock<\/a> power trio formed in London that lasted just over three years from 1966-1968. Considered to be the rock world\u2019s first \u201csupergroup,\u201d the trio featured drummer Ginger Baker, guitarist\/singer Eric Clapton and lead singer\/bassist Jack Bruce.<\/span><\/p>\n

Their music included songs based on traditional blues such as \u201cCrossroads<\/a>\u201d and Spoonful<\/a>,\u201d modern blues such as \u201cBorn Under a Bad Sign,\u201d and current material such as \u201cStrange Brew,\u201d \u201cI Feel Free,\u201d \u201cSunshine of Your Love,\u201d and \u201cWhite Room.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

There will never be a Cream reunion. Baker never did and never would get along with his bandmates <\/span>\u2013 especially Bruce — long enough to make it through a tour. Clapton has been involved in his own projects for years and Bruce passed away from liver disease in 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fortunately, the music of Cream lives on through the three original members\u2019 kin.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Music of Cream: 50th Anniversary World Tour\u201d features Kofi Baker (Ginger\u2019s son) and Malcolm Bruce (Jack\u2019s son) and Will Johns (Eric Clapton\u2019s nephew). Kofi, Malcolm, and Will are master musicians whose lives have been steeped in the Cream spirit and are now celebrating that band\u2019s extraordinary legacy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kofi Baker<\/span> first performed live with his father at age six on the BBC TV show,\u00a0The Old Grey Whistle Test. In the early \u201980s, the pair played drum duets throughout Europe, and has since toured with Uli Jon Roth, Vinny Appice, Glenn Hughes of Deep Purple, and others.<\/span><\/p>\n

Malcolm Bruce<\/span> began performing professionally at age 16 and has recorded and performed with his father. He\u2019s also played on recordings by Eric Clapton, Dr. John and Joe Bonamassa, among others.<\/span><\/p>\n

Will Johns<\/span> is Clapton\u2019s (and George Harrison\u2019s) nephew through their former marriages to Pattie Boyd. He\u2019s the son of the legendary recording engineer and producer Andy Johns.<\/span><\/p>\n

Through stories, anecdotes and images displayed via a sizable video screen behind the band, they integrate home movies and photos, some of which have never been seen before on stage and interplay with their bloodlines to create a show like never before. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMalcolm and Kofi have been playing on-and-off for years,\u201d said Johns, during a phone interview Wednesday afternoon. \u201cThis project never took off until they met. I knew Malcom. I met him in his late teens playing in bands in London. I met Kofi in 2013 when he was playing in a band called Sons of Cream.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA few years ago, my dad passed away and I was in a sad state. I got a call from Malcolm inviting me to play. I sat in and it went well. We did a show in London.<\/span> But nothing really came of it until we got our current manager \u2013 Simon Roberts.<\/span> He put together a tour of Australia and New Zealand and brought in Glenn Hughes and Robben Ford.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know how useful it was to have two extra guys. That was in April and May of 2017.<\/span> Then, we had a fall tour with us working as a proper three-piece. That\u2019s when it started to gel. We did a 39-date tour with just four days off. It was pretty intense.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

All three have also continued with work outside \u201cThe Music of Cream.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe all have our individual projects,\u201d said Johns. \u201cI have three solo albums out and my own band \u2013 the Will Johns Band. I\u2019ve gone to Moscow four or five times as part of the \u2018British Blues Invasion.\u2019 I also have a fishing show on television called \u2018Cooked Up in a Heartbeat.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Johns has music running all through his DNA.<\/span><\/p>\n

His uncles include Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and the late George Harrison. His mother Paula Boyd is the sister of Pattie Boyd, ex-wife of George Harrison and Eric Clapton. His father Andy Johns was a world-class sound engineer and record producer who worked with the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. His dad\u2019s brother Glyn Johns is also a world-class sound engineer and record producer who worked with the Who, Bob Dylan, the Eagles, The Clash and many, many more \u2013 including the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI used to hang out with Eric Clapton quite a lot in the late 1980s and early 1990s,\u201d said Johns. \u201cI learned a lot about music from him \u2013 and about fishing. He taught me how to cast a pole.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

But there is nothing fishy about \u201cThe Music of Cream: 50th Anniversary World Tour.\u201d It\u2019s all about music, visuals and rock history.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAt the moment, we\u2019ve taken the best of the best from the Cream catalogue,\u201d said Johns. \u201cWe\u2019ve taken the best material we can fit in a two-hour set. We\u2019re playing all the popular tunes. And, we\u2019re jamming like the original Cream did.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for \u201cThe Music of Cream: 50th Anniversary World Tour\u201d \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/H7-XPfZlC3s<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at the American Music Theater will start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $29.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Michael Glabicki and Dirk Miller<\/p><\/div>\n

For <\/span>a long time \u2013 somewhere in the vicinity of 30 years — Michael Glabicki has been travelling across <\/span>Pennsylvania\u2026travelling from <\/span>his hometown Pittsburgh to Philadelphia to bring his band Rusted Root to play shows in this area.<\/span><\/p>\n

Glabicki is coming again this week<\/span>end to perform a show on Ma<\/span>rch 31 at<\/span> the Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0www.st94.com<\/a>)<\/span>.<\/p>\n

While Rusted Root is on hiatus,\u00a0Glabicki has been\u00a0devoting his time\u00a0to\u00a0creating an entirely new soundscape. Glabicki intends to bring back parts of the\u00a0Rusted Root\u00a0of old, but also including more percussion and female vocals.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Pittsburgh-based singer\/songwriter\/guitarist\u00a0will continue to play\u00a0Rusted Root\u2019s entire catalogue but with a twist. The band will play fresh inspired versions of RR\u2019s tunes along with new unreleased originals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rusted Root, the multi-platinum band out of Steel City, evolved around front-man Michael Glabicki\u2019s distinct sound and grew into a musical entity that has thrived in a non-genre specific category all its own.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, Glabicki is exploring new sounds and opening new doors with his solo career. He has started touring nationally as a duo with Rusted Root\u2019s guitar player, Dirk Miller, and explains that although he has his roots with Rusted Root, this show is very different.<\/span><\/p>\n

Live, both Glabicki and Miller <\/span>\u00a0<\/span>play acoustic and electric and Glabicki often adds rhythm with a kick drum \u2013 creating a much fuller sound and energy than you find with a traditional duo.<\/span> They also perform at times in a band format under the name Uprooted.<\/p>\n

\u201cDirk and I \u2013 we\u2019re really hitting it,\u201d said Glabicki, during a phone interview from a tour stop in Isle of Palms, South Carolina. \u201cWe\u2019re on a southern tour and the music is really starting to gel.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we started a couple years ago with shows here and there. Now, we\u2019re starting to do bigger tours. It\u2019s a really special show that fans have taken to.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been writing a lot of material I tried to get to fit with Rusted Root and it just wasn\u2019t happening. It just wasn\u2019t clicking for various reasons. I\u2019m not really sure why.<\/span>This project is clicking.\u201d<\/p>\n

A multifaceted musician, producer and songwriter, Glabicki has a wealth of musical talent. His duo tour dates and new music are extensions of his creative talent, and while the show still features many Rusted Roots hits, it also provides a look into the mind of Glabicki through stories and songs yet to be released.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWith <\/span>Dirk and me, I wanted to make it a little more cinematic \u2013 and more blues-oriented,\u201d said Glabicki. \u201cI wanted tighter grooves and more impact for vocals as a collective.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a different show. It\u2019s expansive. We\u2019ve spread out the dynamics. I\u2019ve been doing a lot of writing and we\u2019ve been working in the studio \u2013 doing a lot of recording for an upcoming Uprooted record. We\u2019re about three or four months away from finishing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m still writing tunes and have about five that are almost done. I\u2019ve been testing out songs live both with the Uprooted band and with just me and Dirk. I get informed with both duo and band.<\/p>\n

With Rusted Root\u2019s hectic schedule, it was time for everyone in the band to take a well-deserved break.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rusted Root, which still includes three of the original five members, still calls Pittsburgh home.<\/span><\/p>\n

The trio of founding members includes\u00a0Michael Glabicki (lead vocals,\u00a0guitar,\u00a0harmonica,\u00a0mandolin<\/a>), Patrick Norman (bass guitar,\u00a0backing vocals,\u00a0percussion) and Liz Berlin (percussion,\u00a0backing vocals). Rounding out the quintet are Preach Freedom (percussion, backing vocals) and Dirk Miller (guitar, backing vocals).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been pretty busy the last few years,\u201d said Glabicki. \u201cWe had a great tour around the country. We went to Japan. We went to Guam and played for the troops over there. On the average, we play 160-170 shows a year. The numbers have been going up recently.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In honor of its 25th Anniversary, Rusted Root embarked on an extensive national tour several years ago to support its most recent album \u201cThe Movement,\u201d which is described by Glabicki as \u201can extremely joyous recording with seriously deep undertones.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Movement\u201d was released on Shanachie Records in 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rusted Root, which is known for its fusion of acoustic, rock and world music, has recorded eight albums and sold over three million records worldwide. The band\u2019s music has been featured in films such as \u201cIce Age,\u201d \u201cTwister\u201d and \u201cMatilda\u201d and TV shows such as \u201cAlly McBeal,\u201d \u201cNew Girl\u201d and \u201cCharmed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, for the time being, Rusted Root has been placed in a state of suspended animation. Glabicki is keeping his perpetual motion going with Uprooted<\/span> and with duo shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cMe and Dirk have been doing a lot of duo shows and that was the inspiration for Uprooted,\u201d said Glabicki. \u201cWith just two of us, we\u2019ve been getting more in synch with each other \u2013 and we realized that there was this vast landscape to be explored.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are loving it. And, we\u2019re having fun and learning more about ourselves. In our live shows, we have three songs that are strictly Uprooted and we do different takes on old Rusted Root songs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Michael Glabicki — https:\/\/youtu.be\/pQWxfzsR5Io<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at the Sellersville Theater will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25.<\/span><\/p>\n

An interesting show will take place in Philly on April 2 when Big Eyes headlines a show at Cousin Danny\u2019s (5001 Market Street, Philadelphia, https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Cousin-Dannys-Lounge-5001-50th-Street<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Big Eyes<\/p><\/div>\n

Big Eyes is a band but, more realistically, it is a vehicle for Kait Eldridge<\/span>\u2019s music. In its current incarnation, Eldridge takes lead and is backed by the Ridenour brothers, Paul on guitar and back-up vocals, and Jeff on bass, with S<\/span>hane Kerton rounding out the group on drums. <\/span><\/p>\n

The band <\/span>is now on tour in support of its new album \u201cStreets Of The Lost,<\/span>\u201d which will be released on April 5 on Greenway Records.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started the band in late 2009,\u201d said Eldridge, during a recent phone interview from her home in Brooklyn. \u201cThe first show was New Year\u2019s Eve 2009\/2010.<\/p>\n

\u201cBack then, I made some demos and got friends to play. Two of my previous bands had broken up. With Big Eyes, the line-up has changed throughout the years. But it\u2019s always me. I write all our songs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the current line-up, Paul has been with me four years and his brother Jeff has been the bass player for three years. Our drummer Shane has been with us about four months. This album that\u2019s just coming out is the fourth album. We\u2019ve also released a handful of singles.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eldridge, who grew up in Long Island, relocated to the West Coast in the early part of this decade.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2011, I moved out to Seattle, Washington,\u201d said Eldridge. \u201cOur old drummer CJ moved with me and we got a new bass player. That\u2019s when we did the most extensive touring \u2013 six months a year. I played more in Portland and Vancouver than in Seattle.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came back to New York in 2014 by myself. I had to get a whole new line-up. That\u2019s why I had a three-piece when I returned. It\u2019s fun now with a four-piece. It gives me more freedom with vocals and playing guitar. I don\u2019t have to do all the solos.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eldridge and Big Eyes have just made a fresh album with snarling riffs, tasty melodies and vocals by Eldridge that will inevitably draw comparisons with Joan Jett\u2019s singing and playing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded \u2018Streets of the Lost\u2019 in February 2018 in Cincinnati, Ohio,\u201d said Eldridge. \u201cWe produced it with John Hoffman and Jerri Queen, who are in the band Vacation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe decided to go to Cincinnati for a week and do the album with them. They have access to a lot of studios there. We recorded tracks at Ultrasuede, which is a studio owned by the Afghan Whigs\u2019 John Curley.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt took a long time to finish the mixing. We mastered it last summer and then didn\u2019t know whether to release it in the fall, in the winter or in the spring. We finally decided on April because it\u2019s nice weather for touring.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Big Eyes — https:\/\/youtu.be\/VQCe4CBl1Tk<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

The show at Cousin Danny\u2019s, which also features Dark Thoughts, Todd Killingz, and Wild Flowers of America\u00a0, will start at <\/span>8 p.m. Tickets are $<\/span>12.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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