On Stage (Bonus): Transatlantic Session spans more than an ocean
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Transatlantic Sessions
A picture of Transatlantic Sessions, a group that is performing May 2 at the Keswick Theater (291 N. Keswick Avenue, Glenside, 215-572-7650, www.keswicktheatre.com), shows a group of musicians walking single file along the edge of what looks like a lake (loch?) in the Celtic region of the U.K. carrying their acoustic instruments.
It...
On Stage: The Mavericks just keep on rockin’
Also: WCU grad makes good with The Stray Birds
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
The Mavericks bring their genre-crossing sound to the Delaware Valley this weekend.
When an American rock band can survive for more than a quarter of a century, it has proven that it has learned how to build a fan base and learned how to make great music to keep that fan base happy and intact.
The Mavericks,...
On Stage: Newsies hit Philly
Stray Birds, Adrian Belew top music acts on tap this weekend
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Newsies, The Musical, celebrates an era when newspapers were still printed, and opens Oct. 28 at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia.
Sometime in the future — maybe even the very near future — kids will be unfamiliar with newspapers just as today’s younger generation has a hard...