{"id":55442,"date":"2025-04-17T17:08:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T21:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=55442"},"modified":"2025-04-17T17:08:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T21:08:37","slug":"on-stage-bryce-fox-to-make-philly-debut-at-tla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=55442","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Bryce Fox to make Philly debut at TLA"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/em><\/div>\n
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Bryce Fox<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s been eight years since Bryce Fox released his debut album, \u201cHeaven on Hold.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

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He just released his third album, \u201cThe Butterfly and The Bomb,\u201d earlier this year. His sophomore LP, \u201cStrength,\u201d was released in 2022.<\/div>\n
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By harnessing a mix of inspirations and diverse sonic pathways while embracing the regional touchstones and personal details of his own melting-pot All-American story,\u00a0Fox\u00a0has arrived in a major way.<\/div>\n
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With two previous albums under his belt,\u00a0Fox\u00a0has received millions of streams, including an RIAA Gold certified record with \u201cHorns\u201d off\u00a0\u201cHeaven on Hold\u201d\u00a0(2017), and radio support from stations such as KCRW, KROQ, KTCL and more.<\/div>\n
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With his latest album\u00a0<\/i>about destruction and rebirth,\u00a0Fox\u00a0has shown up in a major way — deeply personal and completely unrestrained.<\/div>\n

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Amazingly, Fox has never played a gig in the Philadelphia area.<\/div>\n
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That will change on April 18 when Fox is the opening act on the \u201cAWOLNATION \u2013 The Phantom Five Tour\u201d at the Theatre of the Living Arts (334 South Street, Philadelphia, http:\/\/www.lnphilly.com<\/a>).<\/div>\n
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\u201cSurprisingly, this will be my first show ever in Philadelphia,\u201d said Fox, during a phone interview Thursday afternoon from a tour stop in Washington, D.C.<\/div>\n
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Fox has been living in Nashville, Tennessee for the last four years.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI recorded the new album over the last year-and-a-half in Nashville and L.A.,\u201d said Fox, a native of Bloomington, Indiana.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI did some in Nashville and most of it in L.A. with my producer David Pramik at his studio. And we did some by remote.\u201d<\/div>\n
Pramik is a Grammy-nominated music producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles.<\/div>\n
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Pramik was nominated for a\u00a0Grammy Award\u00a0for his work on Nothing More\u2019s single \u201cGo To War,\u201d which hit #1 at US Rock Radio, #1 on the US\u00a0Mainstream Rock Chart\u00a0and was nominated for three Grammys (Best Rock Song,\u00a0Best Rock Album,\u00a0Best Rock Performance).<\/div>\n
Pramik also co-wrote and co-produced multiple songs on the Grammy-Nominated\u00a0I Prevail\u00a0album, \u201cTrauma.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe new album is more produced than my earlier stuff,\u201d said Fox, who graduated from Indiana University with a degree in tele-communications.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThere\u2019s a ton of synths and sound keys. I\u2019ve done stuff in a lot of genres, but I like the rock lane that I\u2019m in right now.<\/div>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been into music ever since I can remember. I used to go to country shows with my dad. We also listened a lot to Queen and Pink Floyd.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThen, I got into hip hop when I was in high school. I also started singing and dabbling with recording music with my friends when I was in high school. People told me that I sang well so I pursued it.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI also started playing baseball when I was in high school and fell in love with it, I put a lot of time and energy into it. Then, I stopped baseball when I was in college because drinking was the cool thing to do.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Fox\u2019s time at IU featured a shift from athletics to entertainment.<\/div>\n
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\u201cIn college, I started playing live,\u201d said Fox. \u201cI frequently played at The Bluebird, which is a popular venue in Bloomington that is related to The Bluebird in Nashville.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI played The Bluebird with all the different bands I was in. The next step was moving to L.A.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWhen I got to California, I was in survival mode. I did things like promoting night clubs. But I knew I wanted to be a singer and songwriter. I was in L.A. for eight years and then moved to Nashville.\u201d<\/div>\n
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This tour will be in support of \u201cThe Butterfly and The Bomb.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cIn my live set, I\u2019m playing three or four songs from the new album,\u201d said Fox. \u201cThat will take up half the set.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe rest will be songs from my first two albums. I\u2019m the opening act so I only have a 30-minute set. I have the basic four-piece \u2013 guitar, bass, drums and vocals.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Video link for Bryce Fox \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/biLrzvTIv44<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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The show at the Theatre of the Living Arts on Friday will start at 8 p.m.<\/div>\n
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Tickets are $58.<\/div>\n
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On April 19, it will be a bit of a family affair at The Queen (500 North Market Street, Wilmington, 202-730-3331, www.thequeenwilmington.com<\/a>).<\/div>\n
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The Jimmies<\/p><\/div>\n

The headline act is The Jimmies, a band founded and fronted by Jimmie Marsilii. The opening act will be Caitlin Marsilii, Jimmie Marsillii\u2019s daughter.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Jimmies are a covers band \u2013 a tribute act of sorts to the hit songs of the 1980s.<\/div>\n
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The band\u2019s set list might include songs by acts such as Flock of Seagulls, Tom Petty, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, the Black Crowes, Billy Idol, Tears for Fears and Modern English.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe current focus started with music of the \u201980\u2019s,\u201d said Jimmie Marsilii, during a phone interview Thursday afternoon from his home in Newark, Delaware.<\/div>\n
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\u201cNow, when we hit the stage, people are dancing. The dance floor is packed. We play what you would have heard on the radio in the \u201980\u2019s \u2013 The Ramones, The Cure, Bon Jovi, Journey, John Cougar, Devo.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Marsilii has been making music for a long time.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI\u2019ve been doing music since I was seven and started playing guitar,\u201d said Marsilii.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI also played mandolin in a Wilmington string band. I already knew how to play guitar, so I picked up bass when I was 16 or 17.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI went to the University of Delaware and graduated with a degree in agricultural business management in 1991.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI was in a band called Life Groove. We toured a lot in central Pennsylvania, Delaware and Philadelphia. We had a couple albums and were together for about eight years.<\/div>\n
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\u201cMy next band was Hyjinx. We were a covers band that played the Carolinas, Virginia, lower Delaware and the New Jersey casinos. \u201cThat lasted until 2009 and then I was in a country and western\/bluegrass band called Runaway Train. We were the opening act for a lot of country bands.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Eventually, Marsilii put together his current band \u2013 The Jimmies.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe\u2019re a six-piece band and we\u2019ve been together with this line-up for 11 years,\u201d said Marsilii. \u201cWe all have different jobs now but, at some point, everyone was a professional musician.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe line-up features Dave Mohr on lead vocals, Edward Moore on keys, Chris Fullerton on drums and lead vocals, Roger Holcomb on lead guitar and vocals, Matt Malischewski on guitar and vocals and me on bass.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Caitlin Marsilii is a singer\/songwriter\/rocker from Newark who has released one album and several singles.<\/div>\n
Her album is called \u201cCalifornia.\u201d Her four singles are \u201cRed Light,\u201d \u201cEvil Things in the Sky,\u201d \u201cHighway Dysfunctional\u201d and \u201cPaddle Along.\u201d<\/div>\n
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The show at the Queen on April 19 will start at 7 p.m.<\/div>\n
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Tickets are $15.<\/div>\n
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Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center (226 North High Street, West Chester, www.uptownwestchester.org<\/a>) will present The Four C Notes on April 18 and Jeffrey Gaines on April 19.<\/div>\n
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On April 19, Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295, http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/a>) will present Antar Goodwin & The Faithful Sinner with Jac Conner and Elise as the opening acts.<\/div>\n
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Goodwin\u00a0is a Philadelphia-based roots and blues artist whose music fuses the grit of classic blues with the soul of Americana. Before stepping into the spotlight with his band Antar Goodwin & The Faithful Sinners, he spent 15 years as a bassist in New York City\u2019s vibrant music scene, serving as a musical director and co-writer for several national touring artists.<\/div>\n
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His raw honesty and emotion are a powerful invitation. With a deep well of storytelling and masterful guitar work, Goodwin carries audiences on a journey of truth, and transformation through a timeless sound.<\/div>\n
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Conner\u00a0is a product of Chester County.<\/div>\n
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He is a singer\/songwriter and live looper from Nottingham.<\/div>\n
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Conner enjoys music of various styles and performs an eclectic mix of classic and contemporary covers as well as original compositions.<\/div>\n
He\u00a0credits artists such as Ed Sheeran, Hozier, Phoebe Bridgers, Noah Kahan, and Elliot Smith as some of his main inspirations.<\/div>\n
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Elise\u00a0is a local singer\/songwriter who performs acoustic soul and indie rock.<\/div>\n
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Set times are 7 p.m. for Elise, 7:45 p.m. for Jac Conner and 8:30 p.m. for Antar Goodwin.<\/div>\n
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This is a \u201cMember Spotlight Show.\u201d<\/div>\n
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General admission tickets are $20 while Member Spotlight tickets are $15. There is a $5 BYOB charge.<\/div>\n
It\u2019s time for the old idiom \u2013 \u201cIf you snooze, you lose.\u201d<\/div>\n
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If you want to see \u201cBright Star\u201d at the Candlelight\u00a0Theatre (2208 Millers Road, Arden, Delaware,\u00a0302- 475-2313, candlelighttheatredelaware.org<\/a>), this weekend is your final opportunity.<\/div>\n
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\u201cBright Star,\u201d\u00a0which is a\u00a0musical\u00a0written and composed by\u00a0Steve Martin\u00a0and\u00a0Edie Brickell,\u201d will run through April 19.<\/div>\n
The play is set in the\u00a0Blue Ridge Mountains\u00a0of\u00a0North Carolina\u00a0in 1945\u201346 with flashbacks to 1923. The musical is inspired by their\u00a0Grammy-winning collaboration on the 2013\u00a0bluegrass\u00a0album\u00a0\u201cLove Has Come for You\u201d and, in turn, the folk tale of the\u00a0\u201cIron Mountain Baby.\u201d<\/div>\n
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The show began previews at the\u00a0Cort Theatre\u00a0on\u00a0Broadway\u00a0on February 25, 2016, before officially opening on March 24.<\/div>\n
Despite financial support from Steve Martin and Edie Brickell\u00a0and occasional appearances by Martin, the musical closed on June 26, 2016, after 30 previews and 109 regular performances. The cast recording was nominated for the 2017 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.<\/div>\n
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\u201cBright Star\u201d\u00a0is the story of one woman at two different points in her life: the first, when she is a wild young thing growing up barefoot and carefree in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina; the second, when she is a well-to-do magazine editor in Asheville, 22 years later.<\/div>\n
Her story is inevitably woven with that of an idealistic young man named Billy, with whom she shares a mysterious connection.<\/div>\n
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As a young teen in Zebulon, North Carolina, Alice Murphy is hopelessly in love with small town heartthrob Jimmy Ray, the mayor\u2019s son. Although their love was pure, it falls victim to the interference of ambitious parents, and their infant son is whisked away before their happy ending could ever begin.<\/div>\n
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More than two decades later, Alice is the successful editor of The Asheville Southern Journal, and meets a promising young writer named Billy.<\/div>\n
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Eventually they realize that they share a hometown, and when Alice sees the handmade sweater she knitted for her baby 20 years before in his personal belongings, she realizes that he is the son she lost so long ago.<\/div>\n
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Their happiness is compounded at the end of the story with a Shakespeare-esque double wedding.<\/div>\n
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\u201cBright Star\u201d is billed as \u201can uplifting theatrical journey that holds you tightly in its grasp \u2013 as refreshingly genuine as it is daringly hopeful.\u201d<\/div>\n
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The cast at the Candlelight features Victoria Healy (Alice Murphy), Jimmy Ray Dobbs (Max Redman), Billy Cail (Galen Graham), Paul<\/div>\n
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Weagraff (Mayor Dobbs) Madison Luckey (Margo Crawford) and Anthony Connell (Daryl Ames).<\/div>\n
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\u201cI actually did this show in 2019 at the University of New Hampshire,\u201d said Graham, during a phone interview Tuesday night from his apartment in Center City Philadelphia.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI hadn\u2019t heard of it before that. The end \u2013 the ending caught me by surprise. I also didn\u2019t know how much of a banjo guy Steve Martin was.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Graham is a Boston native who found his way to Philly a few years ago.<\/div>\n
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\u201cAfter I graduated, I came to Philadelphia to be an apprentice at the Walnut Street Theatre,\u201d said Graham.<\/div>\n
Graham did a few shows there including \u2018Beautiful,\u2019 \u2018A Christmas Carol\u2019 and \u201cEscape to Margaritaville.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Ironically, \u201cEscape to Margaritaville\u201d will be the Candlelight\u2019s next production after the theater closes for six weeks of renovation. It will run from July 12-August 24.<\/div>\n
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\u201c\u2018Bright Star\u2019 is a show that hits you with how deep it is \u2013 how really personal it is,\u201d said Graham.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI\u2019m a young guy all the way. My character Billy gets back from the war. He just keeps writing \u2013 trying to get his work published.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThen, things are different 20 years later. Alice finds out that Billy is her son. When he finds out, he takes off. It\u2019s a full month until he comes back.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThen, there is a happy ending. It\u2019s so cool the way things work out. It\u2019s a story about a woman who loves something dearly and rediscovers it later in life.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Performances are Friday and Saturday evening at 8 p.m.<\/div>\n
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Tickets, which include dinner and show, are $73.50 for adults and $35 for children (ages 4-12).<\/div>\n
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Video link for \u201cBright Star\u201d — https:\/\/youtu.be\/z619PUgnc8w<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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The Candlelight Theatre will host the latest installment of its Comedy Club on April 17 <\/i>with Jay Black and Leigh Ann Lord as co-headliners and Justin Gonzalez <\/i>as the MC.<\/div>\n
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Jamey\u2019s House of Music (32 South Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, 215-477-9985,www.jameyshouseofmusic.com<\/a>) will present Stargazer Lily and Tony Baldini and the Bastards on April 18, Khadijah Renee on April 19, and Steve Shanahan\u2019s the Blues Muthas on April 20.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times It\u2019s been eight years since Bryce Fox released his debut album, \u201cHeaven on Hold.\u201d He just released his third album, \u201cThe Butterfly and The Bomb,\u201d earlier this year. His sophomore LP, \u201cStrength,\u201d was released in 2022. By harnessing a mix of inspirations and diverse sonic pathways while embracing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8457],"tags":[16031,7426,16032],"class_list":["post-55442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-d-arts-entertainment","tag-bryce-fox","tag-featured","tag-the-jimmies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55443,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55442\/revisions\/55443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/55440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}