On Stage: KMFDM keeps true to industrial rock roots
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
KMFDM
When the dawn of industrial rock arrived more than three decades ago, KMFDM was there.
The industrial scene has gone through many changes over the years. Many bands in the genre have risen, fallen and ceased to exist. Fortunately, KMFDM is not one of them.
KMFDM is still here and is making music more powerful than ever.
KMFDM have a new...
On Stage: Red Wanting Blue headlines at City Winery
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Red Wanting Blue
Red Wanting Blue has been around for a long time – if you consider more than a quarter century to be a long time. The Ohio-based rock band has played many different venues around the Delaware Valley with the last few shows hosted by the World Café Live.
On January 23, Red Wanting Blue will add another Philly venue to its CV...
On Stage: Uptown celebrates the roots of Doo-Wop
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Soul Harmony
Today’s world of music has an amazing number of genres and sub-genres. Some of the oldest are blues, country and western, rock and rhythm and blues.
The first three are easy for casual music fans to figure out. The fourth is more obscure.
Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated...