by Jaz Bowens WXPN 88.5 is recognizing their very own folk music host Gene Shay. He will be inducted into the Philly Music Walk of Fame during an 11AM press conference and a 12PM public ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 24 by the Philadelphia Music Alliance (PMA). The ceremony will take Read More

by Brenda Hillegas Right about now, Pearl Jam is getting ready to go on stage for their second night in Philadelphia. I can’t remember the last time I caught an act two days in a row on tour. Big bands come through Philly a lot, stopping for more than one night. For me, on Read More

by Jaz Bowens The East Passyunk Avenue, fourth annual Witch Craft Beer Crawl is flying into town Wednesday October, 23 from 5:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. The price for this wicked crawl can’t be beat. $6.66 grants you a witch hat; $ 3 craft beer at 14 participating bars and an Read More

by Janelle Engle It seemed like all week leading up to CMJ different magazines and music blogs were telling me who I was supposed to see and what bands playing were going to be the next buzzed about band in the music scene. While I expect this was to make the whole CMJ Music Read More

The Strumbellas We Still Move on Dance Floors Reviewed by: Stephen Krock     With the doors to the mainstream music scene blasted clear off for alt-folk bands, they’ve been swarming the landscape like stampeding wildebeests. It’s difficult for a band of this Read More

The Fugitives Everything Will Happen Reviewed by: Stephen Krock     In The Fugitives’ new offering to the ever expanding folksy pop rock scene, Everything Will Happen does indeed come through on the promise of its title. The album is respectably diverse, with a Read More