Editor, reporter, critic, consultant. Ex-Director of News, LehighValleyNews .com/WLVR-FM/PBS 39; Tribune Co. editor and music critic; Pulitzer Prize runner-up.
Allentown, PA
Joined February 2011
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Melissa Moser and I saw Five For Fighting, best known for his hits "100 Years" and "Superman (It's Not Easy)," on Saturday at @SellersvlleThtr. It was a great show. (Review coming)
Also cool was that singer @johnondrasik was a very nice guy when we met him backstage.Thanks John!
When it opens near @SteelStacks early next month, @ArtsQuest's new Creative Factory will give the Lehigh Valley its first dedicated comedy performance theater.
Read what's ahead ONLY at Lehigh Valley Press Focus:
lvpnews.com/20261017/artsque…
Indie-folk duo Lace and Lee, opening for Five For Fighting at @SellersvlleThtr tonight, have musical heritage, but also other obvious influences.
Read my interview with them ONLY at @LVPressNews:
lvpnews.com/20261016/lace-an…
Five For Fighting, known for the 2000s hits "Superman (It's Not Easy)" and "100 Years," plays tonight at @SellersvlleThtr.
Read my interview with singer @johnondrasik, 25 years after he sang at Ground Zero, right after 9/11.
ONLY at @LVPressNews Focus: lvpnews.com/20261016/five-fo…
SEEKING YOUR HELP ON COVERING THE LOCAL AND AREA MUSIC SCENE
I and some colleagues have drawn up a survey to gather your thoughts to help guide us on covering the Lehigh Valley's local and national music scene. Click on it below (it's short) and share it.
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Justin Klement of Bethlehem, a Whitehall native and Whitehall High School grad, is the artist behind the popular Philadelphia @Eagles "Wing Wall" at @LFFStadium.
Read my interview with him and story about his work ONLY at @LVPressNews:
lvpnews.com/20261006/the-man…
Young all-female band @PLUSHROCKS to bring "Mass Hysteria" to Northampton's @GinMillandGrill on Saturday.
Read my interview with the band ONLY at @LVPressNews Focus:
lvpnews.com/20260925/its-a-p…
.@DevonGilfillian's concert this week at @Musikfest Café at @ArtsQuest Center at @SteelStacks proved the proverb that good music never gets old.
Read my review ONLY at @LVPressNews Focus:
lvpnews.com/20260925/concert…
Read my profile of Andrew Walker of Emmaus, who will be a bagpipe competition judge at Bethlehem's @CelticClassic, which kicks off Friday.
He's also a member of a world champion bagpipe corps.
Read my story ONLY in this week's @LVPressNews.
An area native who is hitting the charts by bringing Philly soul music to Nashville will play Sunday at @Musikfest Café at @ArtsQuest Center at @SteelStacks.
Read my interview with @DevonGilfillian ONLY at @LVPressNews Focus:
lvpnews.com/20260915/its-tim…
Local Legends Live concert festival with brings Grandstand camaraderie to @AtownFair.
Read my review ONLY at @LVPressNews Focus:
lvpnews.com/20260908/concert…
.@AllTimeLow's show at @AtownFair showed that the genre not only still is alive, but it has -- gulp -- matured. Read my review ONLY at @LVPressNews Focus:
lvpnews.com/20260908/concert…
Iconic Motown group The @FourTopsMusic joined @atownsymphony Orchestra at The @AtownFair on Wednesday for a concert that showed each plays timeless music.
Read my review ONLY at @LVPressNews Focus:
lvpnews.com/20260906/concert…
It was far from "oldies" when @ginblossoms, @SpinDoctorsBand and @blues_traveler played @ArtsQuest's @LevittStacks on Tuesday.
Read my review ONLY at @LVPressNews:
lvpnews.com/20260828/concert…
On Tuesday, 1990s hit bands @ginblossoms, @SpinDoctorsBand and @blues_traveler play together at @ArtsQuest's @LevittStacks in Bethlehem.
Before they do, read my interview with Gin Blossoms singer Robin Wilson ONLY at @LVPressNews:
lvpnews.com/20260822/gin-blo…
Concert Review: Yellowcard, Taking Back Sunday revive pop-punk at Musikfest – Lehigh Valley Press
lvpnews.com/20260810/concert…
Singer @ParkerMcCollum brings real country to @ArtsQuest's @Musikfest.
Read my review ONLY at @LVPressNews:
lvpnews.com/20260808/concert…
From Mechanicsburg to Musikfest: Read my interview with rising Pennsylvania country music singer Gillian Smith, who opened for @baileyzimmerman at @ArtsQuest's @Musikfest this week.
ONLY at @LVPressNews: lvpnews.com/20260808/gillian…
Singer @baileyzimmerman has taken country music by storm, but his headline show this week at @ArtsQuest's @Musikfest shows his performance skills still need to mature.
Read my review ONLY at @LVPressNews:
lvpnews.com/20260808/concert…
Check out my @LVPressNews interview with @ShaunWCooper from @TBSOfficial, who on Saturday headlines a nearly sold-out show with @Yellowcard at @ArtsQuest's @Musikfest.
