The Bangles - Theater of the Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA - October 1, 2011 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2011. All rights reserved.

Basia - Sellersville Theater - Sellersville, PA - September 18, 2011 - Photo by Jim Rinaldi © 2011 Basia New Day for Her by Jay S. Jacobs “Once upon a time it was for real. Nothing mattered then, we were together.” Those are the first lines of “From Now On,” the first song that Basia Trzetrzelewska ever wrote with her long-time musical collaborator Danny White nearly thirty years ago. And somehow, decades after that song first appeared on Basia’s solo debut Time and Tide, t

Roger Daltrey - The Mann Center - Philadelphia, PA - September 21, 2011 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2011. All rights reserved.

Basia - Sellersville Theater - Sellersville, PA - September 18, 2011 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2011 . All rights reserved.

Janet Jackson - The Tower Theatre - Upper Darby, PA - August 11, 2011 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2011. All rights reserved.

Lucy Woodward - World Café Live - Philadelphia, PA - May 4, 2011 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2011. All rights reserved.

CAKE - The Keswick Theater - Glenside, PA - April 18, 2011 - Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2011 CAKE Brand New from the Showroom By Jay S. Jacobs Oh, the crazy life of a rock star. The wild parties, the girls, the screaming fans, the drugs, the hotels, the groveling sycophants, the long days on the road… It is all enough to go to a guy’s head. But not if that head is on someone as well-grounded and smart as John McCrea, leader of the popular band CAKE. So, how was the CAKE lead

James Blunt and Christina Perri - The Tower Theatre - Upper Darby, PA - April 23, 2011 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2011. All rights reserved.

CAKE - The Keswick Theater - Glenside, PA - April 18, 2011 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2011. All rights reserved.

KT Tunstall - The Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA - November 26, 2010 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2010. All rights reserved.

Roger Waters - Wells Fargo Center - Philadelphia, PA - November 8, 2010 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2010. All rights reserved.

The Smithereens - Carteret Park - Carteret, NJ - September 4, 2010 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2010. All rights reserved.

The English Beat - World Café Live - Philadelphia, PA - August 16, 2010 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2010. All rights reserved.

Lucy Woodward – Highline Ballroom – New York, NY – July 17, 2010 – Photo by Jim Rinaldi © 2010 Lucy Woodward – Highline Ballroom – New...

Justin Currie Fighting the Great War by Jay S. Jacobs Justin Currie is in the midst of a somewhat common predicament for the former lead singers of popular bands. Is it possible to create intriguing, challenging music without riding the coattails of the old band or recreating the old sound? Also, as an older, more mature artist on a much smaller label, can you get your music out to people even if it is just as good as or better than your earlier work? Glasgow, Scotland-born C

Justin Currie - The Tin Angel - Philadelphia, PA - June 19, 2010 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2010. All rights reserved.

Girl in a Coma Know It's Serious by Jay S. Jacobs You couldn’t tell it from watching her in concert – where Girl in a Coma lead singer...

Girl in a Coma - The Khyber - Philadelphia, PA - June 17, 2009 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2009. All rights reserved.

Mat Kearney - Tower Theater - Philadelphia, PA - May 20, 2009 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2009. All rights reserved.

Leonard Cohen – The Academy of Music – Philadelphia, PA – May 12, 2009 – Photo by Jim Rinaldi © 2009 Leonard Cohen – The Academy of Music...