Guitarmy Reserve
by: Jeffrey Barg |
| The Second Fret at 19th and Sansom. The Gilded Cage on 21st Street. The Main Point in Bryn Mawr.
For folk music veterans, these names are relics of a bygone era, when unknowns like Arlo Guthrie, Joni Mitchell and Bruce Springsteen would trek through town, guitar in hand. But to Mike DelVecchia, they represent a past glory that Philly is poised to reclaim. Read More...
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Acoustic Philly blazes a trail for its ambitious up-and-comers.
by: Bob Finkelstein |
| Unknown bands and solo acts struggling to break into the live music scene in Philadelphia often find that the road to some of the city's best-known small stages can be a discouraging one. E-mails and phone calls to club managers and booking agents often go unreturned. Sending out promotional CDs sometimes feels like tossing them down a wishing well. Read More...
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Acoustic Philly Takes Over The North Star
by: Brian Rademaekers |
| Last week, I wrote about Acoustic Philly--- a new collective of Philadelphia's acoustic musicians just under a year old. Founded by local musician/writer Mike DelVecchia and several other musicians... Read More...
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Music Pure and Simple: Acoustic Philly
by: Brian Rademaekers |
| Nestled beneath a cluster of grand and ancient oaks in a far-off corner of the city, there is a little bar in a stone building far older than the country itself. Just about every night of the week you can find local musicians there, bearing acoustic guitars, fiddles, penny whistles, banjos, and other instruments of inconspicuous volume. Read More...
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The Week That Was: Dan Collins, Acoustic Philly
by: Brian X. McCrone |
| Philadelphia: Dan Collins has been finding it easier and easier the last year to get gigs at the city's hip music clubs
And he gives credit to his association with Acoustic Philly, a cooperative of about 100 musicians that formed because bascially, it's easier to book shows collectively than individually. Read More...
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Gene Shay Reflects on Festival and Folk Scene
by: Nathan Lerner |
| [Gene] Shay observed, "There is more electric or amplified music than ever before and the singer-songwriter population has grown huge—almost pushing traditional music and honest-to-God folk singers back into the shadows." Read More...
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