Tony Oller and Malcolm Kelley of MKTO MKTO Living the American Dream by Sami Speiss and Ali Speiss Malcolm Kelley and Tony Oller first...

Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy in concert in New York. Photo copyright 2013 by Mark Doyle. Fall Out Boy Knows What You Did In the Dark by...

David Paich of Toto David Paich of Toto Whispers of Some Quiet Conversation by Jay S. Jacobs 36 years is a huge chunk of anyone’s life, particularly if you are just about to turn 60 at the end of the upcoming month. Keyboardist David Paich was in his mid-twenties when he hooked up with a bunch of high school friends to create the session musician super-group Toto, including guitarist Steve Lukather and brothers keyboardist Steve Porcaro, drummer Jeff Porcaro and bassist Mike

Lindsey Cohen at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia PA on May 20, 2014. Lindsey Cohen Saving Grace by Ally Abramson Lindsey Cohen is a...

Ronstadt Generations Ronstadt Generations Rooted In Family By Mark Mussari “Though leaves are many,” the Irish Poet William Butler Yeats...

Louise Macnamara and Ellie Macnamara of Heathers Heathers Sending Some Forget Me Knots by Jay S. Jacobs Irish twin sisters Ellie and...

Terri Nunn of Berlin Terri Nunn of Berlin Embraces Her Animal Instincts by Jay S. Jacobs Berlin rode the synthesized new wave to pop stardom in the early 80s. The band was formed in Santa Monica, California, in the late 70s when songwriter and producer John Crawford hooked up with former actress and model Terri Nunn to take on the just about-to-explode synth pop world. For a few years they gained little traction – and Nunn briefly left the band in a personnel dispute, leadi

Sharon Corr – World Café Live – Philadelphia, PA – March 15, 2014 – photo by Jim Rinaldi © 2014 Sharon Corr Underneath The Same Big Sun...

Tony Oller and Malcolm D. Kelley of MKTO backstage at The Tower Theater in Upper Darby, PA on February 21, 2014. Getting “Classic” with...

Pentatonix – Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA – March 30, 2014 Pentatonix – Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA – March 30, 2014 This past Sunday night the Electric Factory had a full house to see the up and coming a capella group, Pentatonix, winners of season three of the reality singing competition The Sing-Off . When going to this show I really didn’t know what to expect, but as soon as they hit the stage the energy from the five vocalists – as well as the fans – wa

Little Mix at the Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ, March 1, 2014, Photo by Julia Shepard. Little Mix Give Us a Snappy Salute by Shana Bergmann, Sami Speiss & Ali Speiss Upon the first time hearing Little Mix’s hit single “Wings,” one thing was blatantly obvious: they might just be the next best thing since Destiny’s Child. Their spunky personalities, cutting-edge song choices and fashion-forward looks make them so much more than your typical one hit wonder. Four-piece gir

Pentatonix Pentatonix PTX – Pitch-Perfect in Every Way by Mark Mussari An eargasm. There’s no other way to describe the experience of...

Emblem3 at the Tower Theater in Philadelphia, PA – February 21, 2013 PopEntertainment.com reporters Ali Speiss and Sami Speiss sat down...

Plug In Stereo (Trevor Dahl) backstage at the Prince Music Theater on January 19, 2014. Photo copyright 2014 Danielle Speiss. Getting...

Cody Simpson – The Prince Music Theater – Philadelphia, PA – January 19, 2014 – photo by Sami Speiss © 2014 Cody Simpson Our New Mate...

Cody Simpson in concert Cody Simpson - The State Theater - New Brunswick, NJ - July 17, 2013 I went to see Cody Simpson with the silly notion that I could relax and listen to this guy, see what the hype was about for this 16-year-old teen sensation from Down Under. I thought I knew what to expect; beyond thousands of screaming teens and tweens hoping that they would be selected as Cody's Angel for the night. But I was more than pleasantly surprised, though it was difficult to

Carly Rae Jepsen at WPST’s PopFest 2013. Photo copyright 2013 by Vin Manta. Carly Rae Jepsen, Cher Lloyd, Jason DeRulo, Hot Chelle Rae,...

Tom Jones – Theater of the Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA – May 17, 2013 The youthful and charismatic Prince of Wales of yore has matured into a slightly grizzled and hardened King. While the years have passed and life has challenged, he still retains at 70 years old the chiseled handsomeness and bellwether voice that so mesmerized your mother (or grandmother) that she threw her panties up on stage back in the staid 60s, when they just didn’t do that kind of thing. (I apolo

Q102 Jingle Ball at the Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA December 5, 2012 OneRepublic, The Wanted, Karmin, Bridgit Mendler, Hot Chelle Rae, Ed Sheeran, Cher Lloyd and Olly Murs Backstage at the 2012 Q102 Jingle Ball – Rockin’ in Philly By Jackie Speiss and Deborah Wagner When Q102’s Jingle Ball holiday concert rocked Philadelphia the other night, some of music’s big stars hit the stage in front of nearly nineteen thousand screaming fans. The star-studded lineup brought B

Led Zeppelin at the New York Museum of Modern Art press conference for the release of “Celebration Day.” (l to r: John Paul Jones, Jimmy...