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Greta van Fleet – The Met – Philadelphia, PA – December 29, 2019 – Photo by Bailey Allen © 2019 Greta van Fleet – The Met – Philadelphia, PA – December 29, 2019 Greta Van Fleet Completes Triumphant Year, Wowing Crowd in Philly Greta Van Fleet hit the Met in Philadelphia for the first of two make-up shows to conclude a year of worldwide touring. The show made up for any delay and put an exclamation point on the band’s trajectory. The new darlings of updated retro rock delivere

David Crosby: Remember My Name DAVID CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME (2019) Featuring David Crosby, Jan Dance, James Raymond, Roger McGuinn,...

Barbara Rubin & the Exploding NY Underground BARBARA RUBIN AND THE EXPLODING NEW YORK UNDERGROUND (2018) Featuring Ara Osterweil, Amy...

Nico, 1988 NICO, 1988 (2018) Starring Trine Dyrholm, John Gordon Sinclair, Anamaria Marinca, Sandor Funtek, Thomas Trabacchi, Karina...

The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography THE B-SIDE: ELSA DORFMAN’S PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY (2016) Featuring Elsa Dorfman. Directed...

Richard Barone, Steve Addabbo & Eric Bazilian – World Café Live – Philadelphia, PA – June 17, 2017 – photo by Chris Sikich © 2017 Richard Barone, Steve Addabbo & Eric Bazilian – World Café Live – Philadelphia, PA – June 17, 2017 World Café Live was transformed into a 1960’s era venue last Saturday, as Richard Barone brought his covers album Sorrows & Promises: Greenwich Village in the 1960’s to life. With help from the expert musicians Steve Addabbo and Eric Bazilian, the sh

Wesley Stace and Eric Bazilian – Tin Angel – Philadelphia, PA – February 1, 2017 – Photo by Chris Sikich © 2017 Wesley Stace and Eric Bazilian – Tin Angel – Philadelphia, PA – February 1, 2017 On February 1, I took my last trip to the Old City venue Tin Angel before it closed for good of February 4. A place steeped in memories for so much of Philadelphia for 24 years and for me as well (one my first dates with my wife was to see Andre Lipke there in 2009), to see two titans o

Kris Kristofferson Kris Kristofferson – The Keswick Theatre – Glenside, PA – January 25, 2017 Songwriter.  Movie star.  Outlaw.  Rhodes...

Petty Fest 2016 Petty Fest – The Fonda Theatre – Los Angeles, CA – September 13, 2016 As the fortieth anniversary of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was upon us, people of The Best Fest decided it was only right to host a tribute show, hosted by The Cabin Down Below Band. Among several guests, the lineup included The Shelters, Brandon Boyd of Incubus, Norah Jones, and Matt Schultz and Matthan Minster of Cage the Elephant. A dedication to the 80s band, the show brought in peop

Kiefer Sutherland – World Cafe Live at the Queen – Wilmington, DE – May 11, 2016 – Photo by Jim Rinaldi © 2016. Kiefer Sutherland – World Café Live at The Queen – Wilmington, Delaware – May 11, 2016 Onstage, actor Kiefer Sutherland – best known for the TV series 24, but who has also done many movies over the years including Stand By Me, The Lost Boys, A Few Good Men and Mirrors – good-naturedly acknowledged that he had taken on a different business model for his first cross

Jill Hennessy – World Café Live – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – December 2, 2015 – Photo by Jim Rinaldi © 2015. Jill Hennessy A Little Bit...

Warren Zanes Warren Zanes Writing the Book on Tom Petty by Jay S. Jacobs Thirty years ago, Warren Zanes and his brother Dan led a hip...

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