Shawn Mendes – The Mann Center – Philadelphia, PA – August 14, 2016 Click on thumbnails to see full-sized pictures. Photos by Ruth Bekele © 2016 Continue reading
Lucy Woodward & Project Grand Slam – Tin Angel – Philadelphia, PA – August 11, 2016 Click on thumbnails to see full-sized photos. Photos by Jay S. Jacobs © 2016 Continue reading
Steve Earle With a Little Help From His Friend by Jay S. Jacobs If you think of the term “cult artist,” chances are you will picture Steve Earle. Earle broke out of Nashville in the late-1980s, releasing critically acclaimed and best-selling albums like Guitar Town and Copperhead Road. However, Earle was always a bit too … Continue reading
Garbage & Kristin Kontrol – The Fillmore Philadelphia – Philadelphia, PA – July 30, 2016 Click on the thumbnails to see full-sized pictures. Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2016 Continue reading
Hanging with the Ballers Professional Football isn’t all that meets the eye. There is a whole different game behind the scenes: from lying and cheating to using drugs and partying. The hit HBO show Ballers explores exactly that. In the first season of the series Spencer Strasmore, played by Dwayne Johnson, is struggling to find … Continue reading
Dolly Parton – The Mann Center for the Performing Arts – Philadelphia, PA – June 15, 2016 Last Wednesday, one of the greatest musicians of all time graced the stage of The Mann — Dolly Parton. Playing a career-spanning set, Parton dazzled with her showmanship, on full display in every aspect of the brilliant performance. … Continue reading
Birdy & Bahari – Theater of the Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA – June 10, 2016 Bahari – individually known as Ruby Carr, Sidney Sartini, and Natalia Panzarella – is a new band coming out of Southern California with a sound described on their website as “radiant, harmony-rich, brightly melodic.” They opened for Birdy on … Continue reading
Dolly Parton – The Mann Center for the Performing Arts – Philadelphia, PA – June 15, 2016 Click on thumbnails to see full-sized photos. Photos by Chris Sikich © 2016 Continue reading
Jacob Whitesides Lovesick and There Ain’t No Cure By Maggie Mitchell How many people can you say that they started their own record company? Well, add Jacob Whitesides to that exclusive list. Whitesides has been climbing the mountain of fame, and hasn’t stopped since we met him. Yet, he’s still the 18-year-old from Tennessee that … Continue reading
And We Say To Ourselves, What a Wizard World Wizard World Philadelphia Comic-Con – Philadelphia Convention Center – Philadelphia, PA – June 2-5, 2016 You know the old song that goes “Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right”? Well what if those clowns are Pennywise the Dancing Clown and the jokers are… … Continue reading
