Covid-19 has changed things drastically for the music world, and as a music writer and podcast host, I’ve been wading in an ocean of patience waiting for a wave to bring me a fun, familiar […]
Category: Concert Reviews
Concert and Festival reviews
David Bromberg To Headline 59½ Annual Philadelphia Folk Festival
Fan-favorite John Flynn to Host The Pocket-Sized Edition At Spring Mountain The whir of ski lifts from the Spring Mountain Ski Area wafts through the trees in the typically quiet Upper Salford Township, Pennsylvania. When […]
Philadelphia Folk Festival Cultivates Online Community For 59th Edition
Fest is a feeling that I never want to end. Last year, as volunteers were packing up tables and chairs and loading them into trucks, I had a strange feeling like I was somehow between […]
Philadelphia Folksong Society Brings The Folk To The People
The 59th Annual Festival Goes Global For First All Online Event Folk music has evolved over time. Through ingenuity and necessity, as soon as people started making music, they started sharing it. From word of […]
Tunes and Tradition Take Center Stage At Philly Folk Fest
Philadelphia Folk Festival To Celebrate Its 58th Year Aug. 15-18, 2019 In less than a week, tens of thousands of folkies will go home. From the Azzholes to Thunder Dome, the Philadelphia Folk Festival campground […]
Philadelphia Folk Festival Announces 58th Annual Lineup
David Crosby and Friends, Margo Price, The Mavericks, Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Joan Osborne Get Top Billing There are few things in this world that I look forward to as much as the Philadelphia […]
Bob Dylan Turns Myth Into Legend In Atlantic City
“I change during the course of a day. I wake and I’m one person, and when I go to sleep I know for certain I’m somebody else.” – Bob Dylan Bob Dylan is a […]
Philadelphia Folk Festival Remains Solid Despite Storms
Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018 I had been trying to practice the notion of pronoia, which I heard on The Duncan Trussell Family Hour podcast. It’s the notion that the universe is out to help you […]
56th Annual Philadelphia Folk Festival Photos
The 56th annual Philadelphia Folk Festival took place Aug. 17-20 at The Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford Township, Pennsylvania.
Setlist Gamble Pays Off For Ben Folds in Atlantic City
Like most people on Friday night in Atlantic City, Ben Folds was feeling lucky. The phenomenal pianist who became first became popular with Ben Folds Five during the MTV era and more recently has composed concertos, is […]