Category Archives: Music Reviews

Bob Marley and the Wailers – Easy Skanking in Boston ’78 (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
Classic Rock / Concert Reviews / Concerts / Music / Music Reviews / Music Videos / Pop Culture / Reggae / Reviews / Rock & Roll / Singers / Soul / Video / Video Reviews

Bob Marley and the Wailers – Easy Skanking in Boston ’78 (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

Posted on by • Leave a comment

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS – EASY SKANKING IN BOSTON ’78 (2015) Featuring Bob Marley, Glen DaCosta, Aston Barrett, Carlton Barrett, Earl Lindo, Tyrone Downie, Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths, Judy Mowatt and Al Anderson. Directed by a Bob Marley fan. Distributed by Universal Music Enterprises.  46 minutes.  Not Rated. I have a confession to make.  … Continue reading →

Daryl Hall and John Oates: Live in Dublin (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
Classic Rock / Concert Reviews / Concerts / Movie Reviews / Movies / Music / Music Reviews / Music Videos / Online / Pop Culture / Rock & Roll / Singers / Soul / Video / Video Reviews

Daryl Hall and John Oates: Live in Dublin (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

Posted on by • Leave a comment

DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES – LIVE IN DUBLIN (2015) Featuring Daryl Hall, John Oates, Charlie DeChant, Eliot Lewis, Klyde Jones, Brian Dunne, Shane Theriot and Porter Carroll. Directed by Daryl Hall & John Oates. Distributed by Fathom Events/Eagle Rock Entertainment.  111 minutes.  Not Rated. Forty-some years into their partnership, Daryl Hall and John Oates … Continue reading →

The J. Geils Band: House Party – Live in Germany (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
Blues / Classic Rock / Concert Reviews / Concerts / Music / Music Reviews / Music Videos / Pop Culture / Reviews / Rock & Roll / Singers / Television / Video / Video Reviews

The J. Geils Band: House Party – Live in Germany (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

Posted on by • Leave a comment

THE J. GEILS BAND – HOUSE PARTY LIVE IN GERMANY (2015) Featuring Peter Wolf, Seth Justman, J. Geils, Richard “Magic Dick” Salwitz, Danny Klein and Stephen Jo Bladd. Directed by Christian Wagner. Distributed by Eagle Vision/Universal Music Group.  67 minutes.  Not Rated. The J. Geils Band recently got back together for their first major tour … Continue reading →

ETC(!) ETC(!) vs. Heroes X Villains TWURKAHOLICS VS. MOOMBAHOLICS EDITION – District N9NE – Philadelphia, PA – January 23, 2015 (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)
Concert Reviews / Concerts / Dance / Hip Hop / Music / Music Reviews / Online / Reviews

ETC(!) ETC(!) vs. Heroes X Villains TWURKAHOLICS VS. MOOMBAHOLICS EDITION – District N9NE – Philadelphia, PA – January 23, 2015 (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)

Posted on by • Leave a comment

ETC(!) ETC(!) vs. Heroes X Villains TWURKAHOLICS VS. MOOMBAHOLICS EDITION – District N9NE – Philadelphia, PA – January 23, 2015 Philadelphia got loud last Friday night as snow fell onto the city and hundreds of bass music lovers packed in to District N9ne to brave the storm. It was sure to be a crazy night as the … Continue reading →

Jessi Teich – Twisted Soul (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
Blues / Music / Music Reviews / Pop Culture / Reviews / Singers

Jessi Teich – Twisted Soul (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

Posted on by • Leave a comment

Jessi Teich – Twisted Soul (Madame Freak) You know an artist has some diverse tastes when she covers both Tom Waits and Justin Timberlake on her album. This young Philadelphia-based jazz singer certainly lives up to this wide range in her latest CD, recorded live in studio in Paris. Teich refers to Twisted Soul as … Continue reading →

Neil Diamond – Melody Road (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
Classic Rock / Concerts / Music / Music Reviews / Pop Culture / Reviews

Neil Diamond – Melody Road (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

Posted on by • Leave a comment

Neil Diamond-Melody Road (Neil Diamond/Capitol) Bravo to Neil Diamond. His fans will be very happy. His new album Melody Road has all the power, passion and genuine relatability of his earlier music from the 60’s and 70’s. The vocals are still captivating and distinctively Neil Diamond… with maybe, just maybe, a tiny hint of his … Continue reading →

Take Me to the River (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
Americana / Blues / Documentaries / Hip Hop / Movie Reviews / Movies / Music / Music Reviews / Pop Culture / Reviews / Singers

Take Me to the River (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

Posted on by • Leave a comment

TAKE ME TO THE RIVER (2014) Featuring Bobby “Blue” Bland, William Bell, Al Bell, Booker T. Jones, Otis Clay, Hubert Sumlin, Mavis Staples, Charles “Skip” Pitts, Lester Snell, The Bar-Kays, Charlie Musselwhite, Terrence Howard, Martin Shore, Cody Dickinson, Luther Dickinson, Lawrence “Boo”Mitchell, Deanie Parker, David Porter, Kirk Whalum, North Mississippi All-Stars, Snoop Dogg, Yo Gotti, … Continue reading →

Safe In Sound Festival – Festival Pier – September 27, 2014 (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)
Concert Reviews / Concerts / Dance / Music / Music Reviews / Online / Pop Culture / Reviews

Safe In Sound Festival – Festival Pier – September 27, 2014 (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)

Posted on by • Leave a comment

Safe In Sound Festival – Festival Pier – Philadelphia, PA – September 27, 2014 “Who likes music?” shouted Flux Pavilion as he hit the stage around 7:30 on Saturday night at the Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia. The crowd erupted in screams as the 25 year old English dubstep producer threw his hands … Continue reading →

Pokémon Symphonic Evolutions – The Mann Center for the Performing Arts – September 19, 2014 (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)
Animation / Concert Reviews / Concerts / Music / Music Reviews / Online / Pop Culture / Reviews

Pokémon Symphonic Evolutions – The Mann Center for the Performing Arts – September 19, 2014 (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)

Posted on by • 1 Comment

Pokémon Symphonic Evolutions – The Mann Center for the Performing Arts – September 19, 2014 Hmm, talk about a little bit of corporate synchronicity. The Mann Festival Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia get together to do a symphonic greatest hits of the background music from the impossibly popular Pokémon video games.  It’s high … Continue reading →

Styx – American Music Theatre – Lancaster, PA – September 19, 2014 (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)
Classic Rock / Concert Reviews / Concerts / Music / Music Reviews / Pop Culture / Reviews / Rock & Roll / Singers

Styx – American Music Theatre – Lancaster, PA – September 19, 2014 (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)

Posted on by • Leave a comment

Styx – American Music Theatre – Lancaster, PA – September 19, 2014 The middle of Lancaster, PA — right in the heart of Amish country — seems like an odd place to hold a classic rock concert. The concert was held at the American Music Theatre which is surprisingly large given it’s outer appearance. On … Continue reading →