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By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"On August 19, Narberth Ambulance, Rising Sun Presents and Suburban Square are teaming up to present the Third Annual \u201cArdmore Rock N\u2019 Ride\u201d — an all-day music festival and competitive bike race in downtown Ardmore, presented by Main Line Health and Independence Blue Cross. The free community fundraiser combines an official US Cycling bike race with two outdoor stages of music.<\/p>\n

As in previous years, 100 percent of net proceeds raised by the event will benefit Narberth Ambulance. Rising Sun Presents, the production and promoter team behind Ardmore Music Hall and regional outdoor events including Manayunk\u2019s Sing Us Home festival, King of Prussia\u2019s Concerts Under the Stars and Wayne Music Festival, will curate and produce two stages of live music from 1-9 p.m.<\/p>\n

Indie-dance pop band Rubblebucket will be the event\u2019s headline act at the Suburban Square stage. Other acts on that stage will be fiery Americana\/alternative bandleader Rayland Baxter and up-and-coming Philly rapper Ivy Sole. The acts at the Schauffele Plaza will be jammers and funksters Yam Yam, York Street Hustle and a host of other exciting acts. <\/p>\n

Rubblebucket is a band that was formed in 2007 by Alex Toth (trumpet, band leader) and Kalmia Traver (vocals, saxophone) who first met at the\u00a0University of Vermont\u00a0where they were both enrolled as music majors.<\/p>\n

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Rubblebucket<\/p><\/div>\n

Upon graduating in 2006, they began touring the United States as members of different projects. The band began performing primarily in the Northeast, in major cities and college towns, earning a reputation for their raucous energy.<\/p>\n

Toth had been developing a dance band that merges psychedelic indie rock, upbeat dance, and left field arrangements. In June 2007, the pair met percussionist Craig Myers; the improvised music they made at a party was arranged and elaborated on to become the first contribution to the band\u2019s repertoire.<\/p>\n

In March 2008, Rubblebucket self-released their debut album,\u00a0\u201cRose\u2019s Dream,\u201d under the name Rubblebucket Orchestra and began to tour full-time. They were chosen by\u00a0Spin\u00a0magazine as a \u201cMust-hear artist from the 2009 CMJs.\u201d\u00a0In October 2008, they released their self-titled second studio album, and officially changed their name to Rubblebucket. In December, they won a Boston Music Award for Live Act of the Year.<\/p>\n

Late last year, they released their sixth album, \u201cEarth Worship.\u201d The previous LP release was \u201cSun Machine\u201d in 2018. They also have released five EPs over the last decade-and-a-half.<\/p>\n

\u201cNext year is going to be our 15th year,\u201d said Traver, during a phone interview from her apartment in Brooklyn. \u201cI can\u2019t believe we\u2019ve become an institution.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a little less than five years between \u2018Sun Machine\u2019 and \u2018Earth Worship.\u2019 At the beginning of the pandemic, we were at the tail end of the \u2018Sun Machine\u2019 tour cycle \u2013 make an album, tour ourselves into the ground and hit a wall.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe both had side projects. I had Kalbells in 2020 and Alex had T\u014dth. Still, we knew we wanted to make another Rubblebucket record.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started recording \u2018Earth Worship\u2019 at the beginning of 2021. Then, we took a huge break. We wanted to figure out a better plan. We wanted to write love songs to earth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Traver and Toth were bandmates and a couple in a relationship for many years but that changed in 2017.<\/p>\n

According to Toth, \u201cKal and I were together for a long time and then we broke up. It was a lot for us to try to keep the band and the relationship going at the same time. It was consciously uncoupling.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two highly creative musicians share a special bond.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlex and I met when we were at the University of Vermont,\u201d said Traver. \u201cWe played together in John Brown\u2019s Body for two-and-a-half years. Then, we moved to Boston. After that, we moved to Brooklyn.\u201d<\/p>\n

Back in 2013, Traver underwent surgery to remove what doctors expected to be a benign ovarian cyst. Instead, they discovered that Traver was in the early stages of ovarian cancer. Two surgeries and nine weeks of chemotherapy treatments later, Traver and her Rubblebucket band mates were back on the road \u2014 within a week, in fact, of her final treatment.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy cancer had an effect on Alex too,\u201d said Traver. \u201cThe shock wave hit my people.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlex and I were life partners but now are just musical partners. We learned how to evolve pretty well. We\u2019re on a journey. That\u2019s for sure. I think the universe has a plan for us.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, I took cancer as a message to smooth out my energy channels \u2014 inside and outside. I found out the need for true healing. It was terrifying and scary. That\u2019s where it was at for us at the time. Music is always cathartic. Music in general is my number one therapy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whatever path Traver decided to take, it worked.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year \u2013 2023 \u2013 is my 10th anniversary of being cancer-free,\u201d said Traver. \u201cThey say that if you pass 10 years, you\u2019re cured.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sustainability is a part of their lives. Toth communes with nature as part of his morning routine, and Traver is adept at foraging in the band\u2019s adopted home of New York City. Traver was interested in writing love songs for and from the natural world, and both were inspired by their parents\u2019 work in ecology and community facilitation, from which they saw a throughline to music\u2019s communal healing.<\/p>\n

Traver suggested \u201cearth worship\u201d as a lyrical prompt for their sixth record, and with this concept at its core, the duo began writing an album titled after that very theme.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe went through personal stuff and took an eight-month break,\u201d said Traver. \u201cThen, we took part in \u201csong-a-day\u201d workshops.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlex wanted to focus on a genre. He decided that genre should be disco.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve always had disco influences \u2013 that\u2019s for sure \u2013 high energy \u2018burnin\u2019 down the house music. Even early in our career, we were influenced by Afrobeat. The groove is where we come together.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had been participating in a lot of Black Lives Matter events. Some of the parties were so incredible. We wanted to pay homage to dance music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rubblebucket\u00a0recorded a significant portion of \u201cEarth Worship\u201d at their homes, tracking Juno 60, Yamaha DX7, flugelhorn, trumpet and saxophones\u2014all atop an electric bass and percussion-heavy production template Toth devised to evoke his vision of disco.<\/p>\n

In March 2021, the group moved to the Catskills\u2019 Spillway Sound alongside their live band: bassist Ryan Dugre, trumpeter and keyboardist Sean Smith, and drummer Jeremy Gustin, who incorporated chopsticks into his playing to produce otherworldly beats.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe used a new studio for this record,\u201d said Traver. \u201cWe worked with Eli Crews. He\u2019s so amazing \u2013 and so much fun to work with.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe love working at home. We\u2019ve always worked at home. Alex and I have come so far as producers, so it was good to work with other people.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded drums, bass, guitar and some horns in the studio with ProTools and then finished them at home. Then, we sent the tracks to Claudius Mittendorfer for him to do the mixing. It\u2019s been an awesome journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rubblebucket fans can join in on that journey at Saturday\u2019s show.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith our set list, we want to play a lot of the new music,\u201d said Traver. \u201cWe also want to play a lot of the older songs that fans want to hear. We have a 75-minute set, so we\u2019ll be able to do a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Rubblebucket — https:\/\/youtu.be\/9d8rvk8ON1g<\/a><\/p>\n

The bike race is scheduled to begin Saturday morning at 10 a.m. This year\u2019s course will ride through Suburban Square with the US Cycling sanctioned racecourse traveling down the center of the shopping district strip. An indoor disco-themed after party at Ardmore Music Hall presented by Philly dance party mainstays, Riot Nerd, will follow the event.<\/p>\n

Jamey\u2019s House of Music (32 South Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, 215-477-9985,\u00a0www.jameyshouseofmusic.com<\/a>) continues its tradition of presenting top quality blues music this weekend.<\/p>\n

Area music fans know that Jamey\u2019s House of Music is a primo spot to hear folk, jazz and blues music every Thursday through Sunday.<\/p>\n

On August 17, Jamey\u2019s will host award-winning vocalist, instrumentalist and songwriter Curtis Salgado, the man NPR calls \u201can icon with a huge voice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Salgado\u2019s latest Alligator Records release,\u00a0\u201cDamage Control,\u201d which was released mid-2020, is being hailed as the best of his long career. Produced by Salgado,\u00a0\u201cDamage Control\u201d\u00a0is packed with soul-searching, street-smart, vividly detailed, instantly memorable songs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started making the album several years ago and finished in February 2020,\u201d said Salgado, during a phone interview. \u201cIt should have come out in 2020. Then, COVID-19 crawled onto the shores of Everett.\u201d<\/p>\n

Everett, which is Salgado\u2019s hometown, is the\u00a0county seat\u00a0of and the largest city in\u00a0Snohomish County, Washington.<\/p>\n

On January 19, 2020, a\u00a0man who had returned\u00a0home to Snohomish County after traveling to Wuhan, checked into an urgent care clinic after seeing reports about the outbreak.\u00a0The\u00a0Centers for Disease Control announced\u00a0on January 21 that the man had tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n

With\u00a0\u201cDamage Control,\u201d Salgado has created what he calls \u201ca rock \u2019n\u2019 roll record with lyrics that hit.\u201d The album was produced by Salgado and recorded in studios in Tennessee and California with three different groups of world-class, road-tested blues and roots musicians. The LP has 13 songs \u2014 12 originals and a raucous cover of Larry Williams\u2019\u00a0\u201cSlow Down\u201d\u00a0(famously covered by The Beatles).<\/p>\n

\u201cI used three different studios with four songs each except for five in Nashville,\u201d said Salgado. \u201cI also did some work with Wayne Toups in New Orleans. All the vocals were done in L.A. and the horns were done in Portland (Oregon).<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I write songs, I first get bones \u2013 the chord changes \u2013 and then it\u2019s the sidemen. I have an idea. Then, I give these guys the bone and they put in the meat and the muscle.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe made a great album. The songs were all written by me \u2013 some with friends. My strength is that I know how to put together what I have in my head.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m always writing. I now have 16 finished songs \u2013 enough for a new record. Maybe I\u2019ll write a few more. I\u2019m a blues soul singer \u2013 singer\/songwriter, R&B, rock, soul, blues, gospel.\u201d<\/p>\n

With a career spanning 40 years,\u00a0Salgado\u00a0is a one-of-a-kind talent whose music is as compelling as his story.<\/p>\n

From co-fronting The Robert Cray Band to leading his own band (and recording nine solo albums) to helping transform John Belushi into \u201cJoliet\u201d Jake Blues to touring the country with Steve Miller and Santana, he is a true musical giant. NPR calls him \u201ca blues icon\u201d with a \u201chuge voice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Salgado\u00a0earned a reputation for high-intensity performances and a repertoire inspired by his encyclopedic knowledge of soul, blues and R&B music. He won the 2010 Blues Music Award (BMA) for Soul Blues Artist of the Year and went on to win the award again in 2012 and 2013. In 2013 he also won the coveted BMA for B.B. King Entertainer of The Year and also won Soul Blues Album of the Year for his Alligator debut,\u00a0Soul Shot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just like the old blues and R&B artists that provide inspiration for\u00a0Salgado, the hard-working musician spends a lot of time on tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the road, nowadays we\u2019re a rolling record store,\u201d said\u00a0Salgado. \u201cThere are no record shops anymore \u2014 except for a few little mom-and-pop shops.\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019m signed with Alligator Records and that helps a lot to get my music out there.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m 69 now and I\u2019ve been doing this my whole life. It\u2019s funny. When you\u2019re on the road, you want to get off the road. Then, when you get off the road, you want to go out again. It\u2019s a hard job but it\u2019s a job I love to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Music has been a big part of\u00a0Salgado\u2019s life ever since he was really young.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was really blessed with a mother, father, older brother and sister who were all into music,\u201d said\u00a0Salgado. \u201cMy mom and pop were into jazz music. My mother could play a pretty wicked stride piano.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe music they were listening to \u2014 Count Basie, Fats Waller, Earl \u2018Fatha\u2019 Hines, Ray Charles, Fletcher Henderson, Joe Williams \u2014 was stuff that really caught my auditory nerve. I was so immersed into it. I was doing sixth-grade book reports on the history of jazz, and I\u2019d bring 78s into play along with them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn kindergarten, it was also pinned to my chest that I could sing. I took to singing like a duck to water. Then, I discovered Little Walter and that completely blew me away. His music was what inspired me to learn to play harmonica.\u201d<\/p>\n

Salgado must have some feline characteristics in his DNA \u2013 at least the \u201cnine lives\u201d part.<\/p>\n

Salgado has always lived life to the fullest, but he\u2019s also faced adversity and had to overcome multiple health challenges. He battled back from liver cancer in 2006 and lung cancer in 2008 and 2012. In March 2017 he underwent quadruple bypass surgery.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had cancer four times,\u201d said Salgado. \u201cIt\u2019s a non-aggressive cancer that can\u2019t be killed. It went from my liver to my lung. It seems to come back every five years. I\u2019ve also had Hepatitis C, a heart attack and bypass surgery because the major arteries were gone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like the Energizer Bunny, Salgado just keeps going and going. From a cat standpoint, he still has three or four lives still in the bank.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all about survival,\u201d said Salgado. \u201cAnd I\u2019m a survivor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fittingly, one of his recent videos is for a song titled \u201cThe Longer That I Live\u201d with the recurring line, \u201cThe longer that I live, the older I want to get.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Curtis\u00a0Salgado\u00a0\u2014\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/ikRzUBWoUIY<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On August 18, Jamey\u2019s will host a concert by Montgomery Blues.<\/p>\n

Montgomery Blues is a female-fronted band of skilled and experienced players dedicated to providing the ultimate crowd-pleasing blues listening experience. They blend standards with newer artists to keep it lively.<\/p>\n

This is contemporary electric blues at a top level. A Montgomery Blues show will take you to Texas, Florida, Kansas City and Chicago with a stopover in the Mississippi Delta and a side trip to Seattle.<\/p>\n

The show on August 18 will start at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.<\/p>\n

On August 18, the stage at Jamey\u2019s will belong to the Skyla Burrell Blues Band.<\/p>\n

Burrell was born in Los Angeles and raised in Orange County, California. She formed her first band at the age of 13 and has been a working musician ever since.<\/p>\n

Burrell played with several bands as a teenager and young adult, working her way up and down Southern California.<\/p>\n

She relocated to the East Coast in her early 20’s where she continued learning and growing from her musical experiences and eventually co-forming the Skyla Burrell Band. In addition to her singing, writing and guitar duties, Burrell also plays the piano.<\/p>\n

The show on August 19 will start at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $25 in advance and $0 at the door.<\/p>\n

The \u201cSunday Blues Brunch & Jam\u201d is scheduled for every Sunday from noon-3 p.m. with the host band\u2019s set from noon-1 p.m. followed by an open mic from 1-3 p.m.<\/p>\n

The first, third, fourth and fifth Sunday sessions are hosted by the Philly Blues Kings while the hosts for second Sunday sessions are the Girke-Davis Project.<\/p>\n

Disney Theatrical Productions, along with the Kimmel Cultural Campus and The Shubert Organization, celebrates the eagerly awaited return engagement of Disney\u2019s \u201cThe Lion King\u201d for a four-week summer engagement at the Academy of Music on the Kimmel Cultural Campus.<\/p>\n

The musical, which features music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice, opened on August 16 and is running now through September 10 at the Academy of Music (Broad and Locust streets, Philadelphia, 215-731-3333,\u00a0www.kimmelculturalcampus.org<\/a>), as part of the Kimmel Center\u2019s \u201cBroadway Series.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Lion King\u201d\u00a0is a\u00a0stage musical\u00a0with a book\u00a0by\u00a0Roger Allers\u00a0and\u00a0Irene Mecchi, with additional music and lyrics by\u00a0Lebo M,\u00a0Mark Mancina,\u00a0Jay Rifkin,\u00a0Julie Taymor, and\u00a0Hans Zimmer. It is based on the 1994\u00a0Walt Disney Animation Studios\u2019 film\u00a0of the same name. Directed by Taymor, the musical features actors in animal costumes as well as giant, hollow\u00a0puppets. The show is produced by\u00a0Disney Theatrical Productions.<\/p>\n

After 25 landmark years on Broadway, \u201cThe Lion King\u201d continues its ascent as one of the most popular stage musicals in the world.\u00a0Since its premiere on November 13, 1997, 27 global productions have been seen by more than 112 million people.\u00a0Produced by Disney Theatrical Productions (under the direction of Thomas Schumacher), \u201cThe Lion King\u201d has made theatrical history with six productions worldwide running 15 or more years, with four of those running 20 or more years.<\/p>\n

The show, which is set in the jungle somewhere in Africa, tells the story of the lion Simba from his days as a newborn cub through his adult years and is filled with sub-plots and unexpected twists. The hyenas \u2013 Shenzi, Banzai and Ed \u2013 provide a bit of comic relief.<\/p>\n

With \u201cThe Lion King\u201d, the animated feature came first and then the Broadway show. The stage production is very similar to the movie. The story and the characters are exactly the same and so is a lot of the dialogue.\u00a0\u00a0The stage version \u201cThe Lion King\u201d is known for its elaborate costumes — outfits that transform human actors into jungle animals. It also wins over audiences with its lively, exotic music.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Lion King\u201d won six 1998 Tony Awards — Best Musical, Best Scenic Design, Best Costume Design, Best Lighting Design, Best Choreography and Best Direction of a Musical.\u00a0\u00a0It has also earned more than 70 major arts awards including the 1998 NY Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical and the 1999 Grammy for Best Musical Show Album.<\/p>\n

One of the key players in the touring show is\u00a0Gugwana Dlamini<\/a>, who performs the role of\u00a0Rafiki, a Sangoma.<\/p>\n

Philadelphians can look forward to seeing two local cast members appearing on Pride Rock — Nick LaMedica, who plays the role of Zazu, is a native of Newark, Delaware. Ensemble member Eric Bean, Jr. is a graduate of Philadelphia\u2019s University of the Arts.<\/p>\n

The production features Peter Hargrave as \u201cScar,\u201d Gerald Ramsey as \u201cMufasa,\u201d Nick Cordileone as \u201cTimon,\u201d Nick LaMedica as \u201cZazu,\u201d John E. Brady as \u201cPumbaa,\u201d Darian Sanders as \u201cSimba,\u201d Forest VanDyke as \u201cBanzai,\u201d Martina Sykes as \u201cShenzi\u201d and Robbie Swift as \u201cEd.\u201d<\/p>\n

Khalifa White will play \u201cNala\u201d from August 16 \u2013 20 and Syndee Winters will play the role from August 22 \u2013 September 10.<\/p>\n

The role of \u201cYoung Simba\u201d is alternated between Jackson Hayes and Mason Lawson\u00a0and the role of \u201cYoung Nala\u201d is alternated between Jaxyn Damasco\u00a0and Aniya Simone.<\/p>\n

Video link for \u201cThe Lion King\u201d —\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/awqwdi1xakU<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tickets for \u201cThe Lion King\u201d range in price from $29-$189.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Sound of Music\u201d features many great songs and this month you can hear them performed in a live setting.<\/p>\n

On Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays now through August 27, the Candlelight Dinner Theater (2208 Millers Road, Arden, Delaware,\u00a0302- 475-2313,\u00a0www.candlelighttheatredelaware.org<\/a>) will be presenting its latest offering of the 2022-2023 season \u00a0\u2013 \u201cThe Sound of Music.\u201d<\/p>\n

When it comes to sheer volume of songs that have lodged in everyone\u2019s subconscious, no show can come close to \u201cThe Sound of Music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Is there anyone out there who doesn\u2019t recognize at least one of these songs — \u201cThe Sound of Music,\u201d \u201cMaria,\u201d \u201cMy Favorite Things,\u201d \u201cDo-Re-Mi,\u201d \u201cSixteen Going on Seventeen,\u201d \u201cClimb Ev\u2019ry Mountain,\u201d \u201cEdelweiss,\u201d and \u201cSo Long, Farewell\u201d?<\/p>\n

The Candlelight Dinner Theater\u2019s production of \u201cThe Sound of Music\u201d runs through the last Sunday of the month. The show stars Sophie Jones as Maria Rainer and Paul McElwee as Captain Georg von Trapp.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Sound of Music\u201d\u00a0is a\u00a0musical\u00a0with music by\u00a0Richard Rodgers, lyrics by\u00a0Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by\u00a0Howard Lindsay\u00a0and\u00a0Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of\u00a0Maria von Trapp,\u00a0\u201cThe Story of the Trapp Family Singers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Set in Austria on the eve of the\u00a0Anschluss\u00a0in 1938, the musical tells the story of Maria, who takes a job as governess to a large family while she decides whether to become a nun. She falls in love with the children, and eventually their widowed father,\u00a0Captain von Trapp.<\/p>\n

He is ordered to accept a commission in the German navy, but he opposes the Nazis. He and Maria decide on a plan to flee Austria with the children.<\/p>\n

The original\u00a0Broadway\u00a0production, starring\u00a0Mary Martin\u00a0and\u00a0Theodore Bikel, opened in 1959\u00a0and won five\u00a0Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The first London production opened at the\u00a0Palace Theatre\u00a0in 1961. The show has enjoyed numerous productions and revivals since then. It was adapted as a\u00a01965 film musical\u00a0starring\u00a0Julie Andrews\u00a0and\u00a0Christopher Plummer, which won five\u00a0Academy Awards, including Best Picture.<\/p>\n

Performances of \u201cThe Sound of Music\u201d are scheduled for Friday and Saturday evenings (doors 6 p.m.\/show, 8 p.m.) and Sunday afternoons (doors, 1 p.m.\/show, 3 p.m.). Tickets, which include dinner and the show, are $69 for adults and $33 for children (ages 4-12).<\/p>\n

This month, the theater is also hosting \u201cCandlelight Quizzo\u201d on August 21 at 6:30 p.m. and \u201cCandlelight Comedy Club\u201d on August 17 at 7:30 p.m. featuring Sheba Mason with Allan Fuks and Joe Murdock.<\/p>\n

Now through July 13, Malvern-based theatre People\u2019s Light (39 Conestoga Road, Malvern, www.peopleslight.org<\/a>) is presenting the regional premiere of \u201cLettie,\u201d which was written by Boo Killebrew.<\/p>\n

Parx Casino (2999 Street Road, Bensalem, https:\/\/parxcasino.com<\/a>) is on a winniong streak this month with stellar shows at the Xcite Center at Parx Casino.<\/p>\n

After last week\u2019s pair of shows featuring Dave Koz and Marlon Wayons, the venue is presenting En Vogue on August 19 and Wayne Newton on August 26.<\/p>\n

Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/a>) is hosting Total Mass Refrain, a Yes tribute band, on August 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times On August 19, Narberth Ambulance, Rising Sun Presents and Suburban Square are teaming up to present the Third Annual \u201cArdmore Rock N\u2019 Ride\u201d — an all-day music festival and competitive bike race in downtown Ardmore, presented by Main Line Health and Independence Blue Cross. The free community fundraiser […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7529],"tags":[14365,6518,8462,6214,10180],"class_list":["post-41527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-d-arts-entertainment","tag-ardmore-rock-n-ride","tag-featured","tag-rubblebucket","tag-the-lion-king","tag-the-sound-of-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41528,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41527\/revisions\/41528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}