{"id":50510,"date":"2022-06-02T08:42:30","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T12:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=50510"},"modified":"2022-06-02T08:42:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T12:42:38","slug":"on-stage-stephen-kellogg-revels-in-working-solo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=50510","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Stephen Kellogg revels in working solo"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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Stephen Kellogg<\/p><\/div>\n

Stephen Kellogg has always maintained a dual career \u2013 as a solo artist and as a leader of his own band. He spent the first decade of the 2000s recording and touring with his band The Sixers.<\/p>\n

On June 4, Kellogg is returning to a venue that was the site of one of his first post-Sixers era shows — the Bryn Mawr Twilight Concert (9 South Bryn Mawr Avenue, Bryn Mawr, brynmawrtwilichgtconcerts.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll be playing solo at Bryn Mawr,\u201d said Kellogg, during a phone interview Tuesday as he was returning home to Connecticut after playing several dates in the U.K.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the summer, I\u2019ll be touring with my band as opening act on the Counting Crows national tour. I do have a few solo shows in the middle of the tour later in the summer, including a show at The City Winery in Philadelphia. <\/p>\n

Kellogg\u2019s first seven album releases were solo releases starting with \u201cInvest in Us\u201d in 1994. His albums with the Sixers started with \u201cBulletproof Heart\u201d in 2004. The most recent was \u201cGift Horse\u201d in 2011. The singer\/songwriter\/guitarist\u2019s latest solo release was \u201cObjects in the Mirror\u201d in 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year, we realized that it was time for a hiatus for the Sixers,\u201d said Kellogg, during a phone interview prior to his show in Bryn Mawr in 2013. \u201cTwo of the founding members wanted to do something different after 10 years with the band and another guy needed a break from being on the road.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last show that the Sixers and I did together was back in November. We played for three hours at Webster Hall in New York. It was a beautiful show. After that, we said goodbye for now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later that year, Kellogg released \u201cBlunderstone Rookery\u201d on Elm City Music. He followed with\u00a0South West North East\u201d in 2016, \u201cTour De Forty: Greatest Hits (So Far) Live\u201d in 2017\u00a0and \u201cObjects in the Mirror\u201d in 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just finished my next studio album,\u201d said Kellogg. \u201cIt I s my first studio album in four or five years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe album is \u2018Keep It Up, Kid,\u2019 and the title track is also the first single from the album. I put the single out two weeks ago. We\u2019ll be putting out a new single every six weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kellogg\u2019s release plans follow the model used by many of today\u2019s younger bands \u2013 release a steady stream of singles that later become part of an album.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been such an old school team in business,\u201d said Kellogg. \u201cThis time, we hired a younger guy. The album is all done but I\u2019m going to let it percolate a little longer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like a theme \u2013 a framework. The second half of the album is a bunch of the sweetest songs connected with each other \u2013 19 minutes for four-and-a-half songs. It\u2019s called the \u2018Postcard Suite\u2019 and it deals with life \u2013 with the different stages of life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kellogg\u2019s writing has extended past songs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI put out a book \u2013 \u2018Objects in the Mirror: Thoughts on a Perfect Life from an Imperfect Person\u2019 — a year-and-a-half ago,\u201d said Kellogg.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a collection of essays about stuff I\u2019ve learned so far. It also has a sense of humor. It was a massive undertaking.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hardcopy book that is accompanied by an audio book<\/p>\n

According to Kellogg, \u201cIt\u2019s a collection of essays that explores what it means to be alive. Like Polaroids framing the years of a troubadour and family man afflicted with an excess of self-awareness, these are stories without any clear good guys or bad guys. Instead, in each of these vignettes you will find dysfunctional humans trying to do their best and bouncing off each other in the process. It features a foreword written (and read in the audiobook) by Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz.<\/p>\n

Kellogg found a productive way to stay busy during the height of the pandemic \u2013 a series of Livestream shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did seven or eight months of solo Livestream shows,\u201d said Kellogg, who was born in West Chester and grew up in Connecticut.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt worked out great because I got to interact with my fans. I\u2019d read the names of everyone who bought a ticket for each show.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt allowed me to get to know my fans in a way I couldn\u2019t do with live shows \u2013 to have a connection. For me, connection is very important.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kellogg\u2019s fan will have the opportunity experience a similar connection this Saturday in Bryn Mawr. There will be no band — just Kellogg up-close and personal\u2026singing songs and telling stories.<\/p>\n

Video link for Stephen Kellogg — https:\/\/youtu.be\/Vw_OOCA38tA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Bryn Mawr on June 4 will start at 7 p.m. with Denise Moser as the opening act. Tickets are $<\/p>\n

Another Bryn Mawr Twilight Concerts show this weekend will feature Cabin Dogs on June 3.<\/p>\n

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Grant-Lee Phillips<\/p><\/div>\n

Like most musicians, Grant-Lee Phillips has been champing at the bit to get back on the road and perform live shows for his fans.<\/p>\n

Fortunately for him, he has a series of lives concerts on tap \u2013 including a show on June 4 at City Winery. Phillips just released his new album, \u201cAll That You Can Dream\u201d on May 20 on Yep Roc Records.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy tour begins June 2,\u201d said Phillips, during a phone interview last week from his home in Nashville, Tennessee.<\/p>\n

\u201cActually, it began a few weeks ago in Europe. It was remarkably open over there. I was probably the last masked man in Norway.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an interesting thing to get out on tour after three years at home. It leads to very energetic shows. It\u2019s rejuvenating. I\u2019ll be out for a couple weeks in June \u2013 going forward with hope.\u201d<\/p>\n

The California-born singer, songwriter, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, actor, film composer, and visual artist began his career as the frontman for Grant Lee Buffalo. Named \u201cmale vocalist of the year\u201d by Rolling Stone, USA Today called him a \u201csoulful balladeer\u201d while Uncut hailed him as a \u201cdistinguished U.S. songwriter.\u201d In 2016, he reprised his role as the beloved town troubadour in the Netflix revival of Gilmore Girls.<\/p>\n

Phillips\u2019 last two albums were \u201cWiddershins\u201d in 2018 and \u201cLightning, Show Us Your Stuff\u201d in 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cI only did a little bit of touring with \u2018Lightning, Show Us Your Stuff,\u2019\u201d said Phillips. \u201cIt came out just before the pandemic. We played City Winery in Philly and that was about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fortunately, stages are now open for Phillips to play tracks from \u201cAll That You Can Dream\u201d \u2013 an album that was recorded a while ago and just released two weeks ago.<\/p>\n

Understandably introspective, \u201cAll That You Can Dream\u2019 is anchored by his empathetic voice and rich acoustic guitar with lyrics that attempt to make sense of an uncertain, anxiety-riddled time, while accepting once-unshakeable things are now fragile or fallible, and using historical references to illuminate modern truths.<\/p>\n

According to Phillips, \u201cWe\u2019ve experienced some staggering events over the last year or so. When people speak of those things, it’s not enough to simply highlight or underline the headlines of the day. The aim is to tap into the feelings that we share that are trapped beneath our skin\u2014and figure out how we expel those feelings by talking about them.”<\/p>\n

Admittedly an adjustment to write at home, a process he was used to doing in the solitude of the road, Phillips was still inspired by movement. He took daily countryside drives with his family, marveling at nature and the landscape, even as his songwriting focused on global events.<\/p>\n

According to Phillips, \u201cI found that the circumstances of being off the road and left to reflect on what this time feels like, produced a different kind of song. In some ways, that freed me up to write and record the kind of song that was personal and executed as though it were for an audience of myself alone. That’s freeing.”<\/p>\n

Produced, engineered, mixed, and recorded by Phillips at his Nashville home, he is joined on the album by drummer Jay Bellerose (Robert Plant, Alison Krauss) and bassist Jennifer Condos (Ray LaMontagne, Bruce Springsteen) with additional parts on selected songs by Jamie Edwards (keyboards), Eric Heywood (pedal steel) and Richard Dodd (cello).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe record still feels very new,\u201d said Phillips. \u201cThere are some songs I wrote in reaction to January 6. It\u2019s a document of this very strange time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going out with a whole batch of new songs. It\u2019s always a puzzle how to get together the best set.<\/p>\n

\u201cI play material my audience is familiar with. And people are always eager to hear something new. The set I played in Europe is fascinating in that you can see the through line between old and new.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always important to me that I\u2019m entirely in the moment. I just have to find a way to transplant me to the present so it\u2019s as if I\u2019m playing the song for the first time. I throw new songs in along with old ones I haven\u2019t played in a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video for Grant-Lee Phillips \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/10NyiXaxUzs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show on June 4 at City Winery, which has Jarrod Dickenson as the opener, will start at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $28, $30 and $32.<\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at City Winery are Gooch & the Motion on June 2, Res on June 3, Miki Howard on June 5, Adam Ezra Group on June 5, Kaki King on June 6, Maddie Pope on June 7 andBombino on June 8.<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania has produced many great musicians over the years \u2013 more in the jazz, rock and R&B genres than in the blues.<\/p>\n

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Gabe\u00a0Stillman<\/p><\/div>\n

One new exception is blues from Williamsport– blues music delivered by ace guitarist Gabe\u00a0Stillman\u00a0and his trio.<\/p>\n

Stillman, an accomplished blues guitarist from Williamsport, last played in this area back in January at Jamey\u2019s House of Music (32 South Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, 215-477-9985,\u00a0www.jameyshouseofmusic.com<\/a>). On June 3, Stillman is returning to the comfortable venue in Delaware County to deliver another evening of high-powered blues music.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve stayed busy all through the last year-and-a-half,\u201d said\u00a0Stillman, during a phone call Tuesday from his home in the birthplace of Little League Baseball.<\/p>\n

Stillman\u00a0was busiest during a two-week period in April 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to Austin in April and recorded my first album,\u201d said\u00a0Stillman. \u201cIt was produced by Anton Funderbergh at Wire Recording.\u201d<\/p>\n

Funderbergh is top-flight guitarist\u00a0and\u00a0the bandleader\u00a0of\u00a0Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets\u00a0since 1978. Their style incorporates both\u00a0Chicago blues\u00a0and\u00a0Texas blues. He is also one of the most respected producers in Texas\u2019 capitol city.<\/p>\n

\u201cI met Anton at the International Blues Challenge a couple years ago,\u201d said\u00a0Stillman. \u201cI\u2019ve been a fan of his since I was a teenager. He\u2019s in my top 10 list of blues players. And I loved his production work with other people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stillman\u2019s album, \u201cJust Say the Word,\u201d was released in August by the Vizztone Label Group.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a 15-song album \u2013 13 originals and two covers,\u201d said\u00a0Stillman. \u201cThe covers were Bill Withers\u2019 \u2018Friend of Mine\u2019 and Bobby Blue Bland\u2019s \u2018I\u2019ll Take Care of You.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the album came out in August, it debuted at Number 10 on the Billboard Magazine Blues chart. It was also named one of the top blues albums of 2021 by Roots Music Report.<\/p>\n

\u201cI brought my rhythm section Bassist Colin Beatty and drummer Ray Hangen \u2013 down to Austin. In the studio, we used Taylor Streiff, a piano player from St. Louis, Austin\u2019s Texas Horns and had Sue Foley and Anton playing guitar on one track.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was a big step forward for\u00a0Stillman, who\u00a0has been studying guitar for almost a decade-and-a-half.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started taking guitar lessons when I was 11,\u201d said\u00a0Stillman. \u201cI\u2019m 25 now so I\u2019ve been playing for 14 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I started out, I wanted to play heavy rock and heavy metal. Listening to guitarists in those genres, I realized that their playing was very fast and technically complicated. A teacher told me to learn rock by getting into the blues.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I started listening to a lot of blues guitarists like B.B. King, Freddie King, Albert King, Buddy Guy and Elmore James. I was also listening to guitarist such as Duane Allman and Derek Trucks. I realized \u2013 hey, I can do this. I got hooked on blues and R&B \u2013 and jazz. When I was 13 or 14, I started to perform live.\u201d<\/p>\n

A key stage in\u00a0Stillman\u2019s development came at the Uptown Music Collective in Williamsport.<\/p>\n

For 20 years, the Uptown Music Collective has been providing exceptional modern music education grounded in traditional educational principles. Its programs engage students through an emphasis on modern genres including rock, pop, soul, blues, country, R&B, and funk.<\/p>\n

\u201cI studied at the Uptown Music Collective when I was younger,\u201d said\u00a0Stillman. \u201cI also taught there after I got out of college.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stillman\u00a0spent his college years in Boston where he got a degree in \u201cProfessional Music\u201d with an emphasis on guitar performance and songwriting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started my band in 2015 after graduating from Berklee,\u201d said\u00a0Stillman, whose honors include making it to \u201cFinal Eight\u201d of the 35th Annual International Blues Challenge in Memphis Tennessee.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy band has been primarily a trio but at the Blues Challenge, I made it to the finals with the addition of a harmonica player in the group.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy bass player Colin Beatty, who is also from Williamsport, has been with me the whole time. We\u2019ve had different drummers come in-and-out. Right now, our drummer is Ray Hangen from Buffalo, New York.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the trio, we play mostly blues and American rock. There also is a little mix of R&B in there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Gabe\u00a0Stillman\u00a0—\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/QGIJgb51Kw8<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Jamey\u2019s on June 4 will start at 8 p.m. with the kitchen opening at 6 p.m. Tickets are $15 online advance and $20 at the door.<\/p>\n

Jamey\u2019s House of Music will host Terre Roche along with Lisa and Lori Brigantino on June 5, THURSDAY NIGHT JAZZ JAM\u00a0featuring Denise Montana on June 2 and SUNDAY BLUES BRUNCH & JAM featuring the Philly Blues Kings with Maci Miller on June 5.<\/p>\n

Blues fans can keep the vibe going with an all-day blues event on June 4.<\/p>\n

The 2022 Chester County Blues Barbecue will be held on June 4 at\u00a0Wyndsor\u00a0Farm (2550 Ridge Road, Elverson,\u00a0http:\/\/www.chestercountyblues.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The 11th annual staging of the event, which is sponsored by the Coventry Lions Club, is slated to run from 2-7 p.m.<\/p>\n

The festival is featuring four headline blues acts \u2013Voodoo DeVille,\u00a0Slidewinders, Nate Myers and the Aces and Rick Estrin & the Nightcaps.<\/p>\n

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Rick Estrin & The Nightcats<\/p><\/div>\n

Award-winning San Francisco Bay-area blues band Rick Estrin & The Nightcats,\u00a0two-time winners of the prestigious Blues Music Award for\u00a0Band of The Year, will headline the Chester County Blues Barbecue on June 4. Their latest Alligator Records release is 2019\u2019s\u00a0\u201cContemporary.\u201d<\/p>\n

The combined talents of blues harmonica virtuoso and sly, soulful singer Estrin, guitar mastermind Kid Andersen, keyboard wizard Lorenzo Farrell and drummer Derrick \u201cD\u2019Mar\u201d Martin take Estrin’s inventive, original songs to new and unexpected places.<\/p>\n

\u201cContemporary\u201d\u00a0explores some different sounds, instrumentation and grooves from their previous releases, as the band continues to reinvent traditional blues styles.<\/p>\n

\u201cContemporary\u201d features 12 wise-cracking, foot-stomping songs, including nine by Estrin (one co-written with Andersen), one each by Andersen and Farrell, and one obscure cover. The album was produced by Estrin and Andersen and recorded at Andersen\u2019s now famous Greaseland Studio.<\/p>\n

According to Estrin, \u201c’Contemporary’\u00a0is the most fully realized expression of who Rick Estrin & The Nightcats really are and what we\u2019re capable of as a band. Recording at Andersen\u2019s Greaseland Studio, we all had so much fun and were so relaxed, the ideas just started pouring in from all sides. I really expect this record to blow some minds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rick Estrin & The Nightcats have performed at festivals and concert stages from San Francisco to Chicago to New York, and everywhere in between, plus tours of the United Kingdom, Norway, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Poland, Australia, Israel, Estonia and Russia. Over the years, Estrin has won a total of seven Blues Music Awards, including awards for Song of the Year, Traditional Male Blues Artist, Instrumentalist\u2014Harmonica, and twice, the prestigious Band Of The Year (for Rick Estrin & The Nightcats).<\/p>\n

For more than 30 years and nine albums, Estrin fronted Little Charlie & The Nightcats, flawlessly combining his songs, vocals and harmonica with Little Charlie Baty\u2019s one-of-a-kind guitar excursions. The band won international acclaim and toured the world\u00a0repeatedly.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $15.\u00a0Food, refreshments and beer will be available for purchase from vendors on site. Admission ticket does not include food and beverage.<\/p>\n

The Blues Barbecue will be held June 4\u00a0— Rain or Shine. There is a large tent for shelter and attendees are welcome to bring their own canopies.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Candlelight\u00a0Theater is in the middle of its third production run of 2022. \u201cClue On Stage\u201d\u00a0is running now through June 26.<\/p>\n

\u201cClue: On Stage\u201d is adapted from the Paramount Pictures film written by Jonathan Lynn and the board game from Hasbro, Inc. written by\u00a0Sandy Rustin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s a dark and stormy night, and you’ve been invited to a very unusual dinner party.<\/p>\n

Each of the guests has an alias, the butler offers a variety of weapons, and the host is, well . . . dead. When their host turns up dead, they all become suspects. Led by Wadsworth the butler, Miss Scarlett, Professor Plum, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock, and Colonel Mustard race to find the killer as the body count stacks up.<\/p>\n

The play is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery that will leave both cult-fans\u00a0and newcomers in stitches as they try to figure out\u2026WHO did it, WHERE, and with WHAT!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cClue On Stage\u201d is a madcap comedy that will keep audiences guessing until the final twist.<\/p>\n

\u201cClue On Stage\u201d is running now through June 26 at the Candlelight Theatre. Tickets, which include dinner, beverages and dessert, are $65.50 for adults and $33 for children (ages 4-12).<\/p>\n

Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center (226 North High Street, West Chester, www.uptownwestchester.org<\/a>) is presenting Better Than Bacon on June 3.<\/p>\n

Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/a>) is hosting Mark Unruh on June 3.<\/p>\n

The Ardmore Music Hall (23 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, 610-649-8389,\u00a0www.ardmoremusic.com<\/a>) will present Digable Planets on June 2, A Philadelphia Tribute to Led Zeppelin on June 3 and Sister Hazel on June 4.<\/p>\n

118 North (118 North Wayne Avenue, Wayne, www.118northwayne.com<\/a>) will host Amanda and Teddy on June 2, Popa Chubby on June 3, The End of America on June 4, Jefferson Berry on June 5 and Scott Sax and Suzie Brown on June 8.<\/p>\n

The Keswick Theater (291 N. Keswick Avenue, Glenside, 215-572-7650,\u00a0www.keswicktheatre.com<\/a>) will host Tommy James on June 3, Tom Kiefer on June 4 and Abbafab on June 8.<\/p>\n

The Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0www.st94.com<\/a>) will present Billy Bob Thornton on June 2, Ides of March on June 3, Awaken on June 4, and Brother Jocephus and the Love Revolution\u00a0on June 5\u2026Steve Forbert on June 11.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Bowl (1009 Canal Street, Philadelphia, www.brooklynbowl.com\/philadelphia<\/a>) will have Metalachi on June 2, Splintered Sunlight on June 3, Sugar Honey Ice Tea on June 5 and Stand Atlantic on June 8.<\/p>\n

The Xcite Center at Parx Casino (2999 Street Road, Bensalem, 888-588-7279, https:\/\/parxcasino.com<\/a>) will present Andrew Dice Clay on June 2.<\/p>\n

Fillmore Philadelphia (1100 Canal Street, Philadelphia, 215-309-0150, www.thefillmorephilly.com<\/a>) hosts Mansionair on June 2, T-Pain on June 2, Small Town Murder on June 4 and Last Dinosaurs on June 5.<\/p>\n

Annenberg Center (3680 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, https:\/\/annenbergcenter.org\/events<\/a>) will present Momix from June 2-4 and Chaka Khan on June 8.<\/p>\n

The Queen (500 North Market Street, Wilmington, 202-730-3331, www.thequeenwilmington.com<\/a>) presents Lanco on June 2, Jim Norton on June 4, Devon Allman on June 5, and Apollo Suns on June 8.<\/p>\n

The Met (858 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, http:\/\/themetphilly.com<\/a>) will host Russ on June 2, Chelsea Handler on June 4 and Sigur Ros on June 7.<\/p>\n

World Caf\u00e9 Live (3025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 215-222-1400, www.worldcafelive.com<\/a>) will have Secret American on June 2, The Goodbye Party on June 4, and The Moth on June 7.<\/p>\n

Theatre of the Living Arts (334 South Street, Philadelphia, 215-222-1011, http:\/\/www.lnphilly.com<\/a>) is hosting Dying Fetus on June 4, mxmtoon on June 5, Adekunle Gold on June 6 and Juno Birch on June 8.<\/p>\n

Mann Music Center (Mann Center, 5201 N. Parkside Avenue, Philadelphia, 215-566-7900, http:\/\/manncenter.org<\/a>) is presenting Lake Street Dive on June 3, Roots Picnic on June 4-5 and Rufus Du Sol on June 7.<\/p>\n

Johnny Brenda\u2019s (1201 North Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, 215-739-9684,<\/p>\n

www.johnnybrendas.com<\/a>) presents Willis on June 2, Jordana on June 3, Jesse Malin on June 4 and Blue Hawaii on June 8.<\/p>\n

Union Transfer (1026 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, 215-232-2100, www.utphilly.com<\/a>) hosts Kurt Vile on June 3-4 and Welcome to Night Vale on June 8.<\/p>\n

Underground Arts (1200 Callowhill Street, Philadelphia, http:\/\/undergroundarts.org<\/a>) will have Wet on June 3.<\/p>\n

The American Music Theatre (2425 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster, www.AMTshows.com<\/a>) is hosting Kenny G on June 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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