Made In America Festival – Benjamin Franklin Parkway – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – September 5 & 6, 2015 Labor Day weekend, Jay-Z’s Made In America Music Festival returned to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia for its fourth annual celebration, highlighting the biggest names in the music business. Unlike last year (which was beset and even … Continue reading
Category Archives: Classic Rock
Electric Light Orchestra – Live in Hyde Park (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)
JEFF LYNNE’S ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA – BBC RADIO 2 LIVE IN HYDE PARK (2015) Featuring Jeff Lynne, Richard Tandy, Milton McDonald, Lee Pomeroy, Donovan Hepburn, Marcus Byrne, Bernie Smith, Melanie Lewis-McDonald, Mick Wilson, Iain Hornal, Chereene Allen and the BBC Concert Orchestra. Directed by Janet Fraser Crook. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 173 minutes. Not … Continue reading
Delta Rae – World Cafe Live at the Queen – Wilmington, DE – August 29, 2015 (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)
Delta Rae – World Cafe Live at the Queen – Wilmington, DE – August 29, 2015 It almost feels too simplistic to compare Durham, NC’s faves Delta Rae with Fleetwood Mac. After all they both have multiple lead singers (Rae has two women and two men, while the Mac had two women and only one … Continue reading
Motörhead – Bad Magic (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
Motörhead – Bad Magic (UDR) You’ve got to love Lemmy Kilmister. At 69 years old, Lemmy still rocks like a hellhound is on his trail. He’s partied harder than most everyone this side of Keith Richards and he’s survived. He’s one of the rare rock singers who can still pull off mutton chops. He’s not … Continue reading
Uncle Kracker – Something New Under the Sun
Uncle Kracker Something New Under the Sun by Jay S. Jacobs Music has always been a rainbow coalition of sounds for Uncle Kracker, a mélange of rock, hip-hop, country, jazz, soul, blues and more. That’s what they played on the radio (remember the radio?) when Kracker was growing up, and that’s what he has played … Continue reading
#WhoIsTOPLINE ?
#WhoIsTOPLINE There’s a new boy band coming to town and it’s impressive lineup contains… Oh yeah! We don’t know!! It’s not a first, though. Have you ever heard of Klaatu? Nope? Ask your parents. Maybe even your grandparents. In the 1970s a mysterious band named after a robot in an old sci-fi movie (The Day … Continue reading
Meet Viv & the Revival
Pop Entertainment’s own Sami, Ali and Rachel talked to Viv and the Revival about life, performing, and everything in between… Find out what he had to say at Firefly Music Festival here! Continue reading
Micky Dolenz Monkees Around In Career-Spanning Show
Micky Dolenz Monkees Around In Career-Spanning Show by Brad Balfour For another 70-year old, kicking it out on stage for three July nights at 54 Below under the banner of A Little Bit Broadway, A Little Bit Rock ‘n’ Roll might seem like a daunting task. Yet given Micky Dolenz’s uncanny history, it’s not surprising. … Continue reading
John Fogerty – The Mann Center for the Performing Arts – Philadelphia, PA – June 27, 2015 (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)
John Fogerty – The Mann Center for the Performing Arts – Philadelphia, PA – June 27, 2015 1969 was a huge year for John Fogerty. His old band Creedence Clearwater Revival exploded that year, releasing three albums with eight top forty hits, performing on The Ed Sullivan Show and at Woodstock, touring the world and … Continue reading
Firefly Music Festival 2015
From June 18th to the 21st Popentertainment covered it all from the thicket to the last beat drop of Zedd at the 2015 Firefly Music Festival. Here is a recap of the Firefly experience. Continue reading