by Matt Kelchner It’s been a crazy and exciting year for Strand of Oaks. With the release of the latest album Heal, Timothy Showalter became the next Philadelphia musician to breakout onto the national scene. After spending the last several weeks out on the road, Strand of Oaks Read More

by Taylor Johnson Lowell started the night off loudly at Johnny Brenda’s, providing a unique experience full of explosive beats and piercing guitar melodies. The musical style was not unlike Sleigh Bells, the notorious noise pop duo hailing from Brooklyn. Lowell’s music brought Read More

By: Brittney Corridean Growing up, we all have our musical idols that we adore and idolize to the point where we feel we actually know them through their influential music. Some of those singers/songwriters stick with us and no matter wherever else our curious ears travel, we Read More

by Bud Fulginiti Medeski Scofield Martin and Wood will perform at Union Transfer tomorrow, on tour in support of their new record, Juice.  Recently, each has appeared locally with various individual projects – keyboardist John Medeski (The M & M’s, solo piano at Read More

by Peter Brizick We live in a disposable, replaceable, instant-gratification, here today and gone tomorrow age.  Much has been thought, written and spoken of this unfortunate reality.  According to the National Football League’s communication department, the average career of a Read More

by Peter Brizick Something wicked this way comes.  No – I’m not speaking of the Ray Bradbury novel, but of the band Pages & Poets, hailing from Baltimore, Maryland wielding power, soul, mature songwriting and a polished performance.  Every now and then, like finding the Read More