{"id":11777,"date":"2015-10-29T09:30:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T13:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=11777"},"modified":"2015-10-29T09:30:57","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T13:30:57","slug":"on-stage-loreena-mckennitt-makes-rare-local-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=11777","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: Loreena McKennitt makes rare local appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Also: The Darkness, Froth and Ryan Beaver on local stages<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By Denny Dyroff<\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>Staff Writer, The Times<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Canadian singer-songwriter Loreena McKennitt is doing a pair of shows in the Delaware Valley this week.<\/p><\/div>\n

On first listen, Canadian singer-songwriter Loreena McKennitt might sound like just another folk artist with a nice voice and a Celtic vibe. But, listen more and you\u2019ll find a talented singer whose range of expression is vast and whose musical explorations are along the lines of a veteran musicologist.<\/span><\/p>\n

Celebrating three decades as Canada\u2019s foremost, groundbreaking independent artist,\u00a0McKennitt\u00a0is bringing a rare and intimate tour to select venues in the Maritime Provinces, New England and the Mid-Atlantic. The tour will feature McKennitt in the trio formation which earned a 2012 Grammy nomination for her \u201cTroubadours on the Rhine\u201d album.<\/span><\/p>\n

McKennit will perform October 29 at the Grand Opera House (818 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 302-652-5577, www.thegrandwilmington.org<\/span><\/a>) and October 30 at the Scottish Rites Theatre (315 White Horse Pike, Collingswood, N.J., http:\/\/www.collingswood.com\/entertainment\/theater-and-ballroom<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

Her trio includes longtime collaborators\u00a0Brian Hughes and\u00a0Caroline Lavelle. The tour features music and tales inspired by McKennitt\u2019s exotic travels in pursuit of the history of the Celts — from the Sufis in Istanbul, to the Berbers in Morocco, to Delphi in Greece, to the Irish mystical poems of Yeats and classical writers such as Shakespeare and Tennyson.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m out with just Caroline and Brian this time,\u201d said McKennitt, during a phone interview Tuesday morning. \u201cIt\u2019s nice. We\u2019ve been out since the beginning of October and we\u2019re wrapping up on Friday night.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

McKennitt has been involved in the arts since a very young age.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI started dance lessons when I was five,\u201d said McKennitt. \u201cThen, my legs got broken in a car accident so my mother put me in piano lessons and the children\u2019s choir. I grew up in a community outside Winnipeg — a small community where music is given a great deal of stature.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was listening to folk music when I was a teenager. In my early 20s, I got exposed to Celtic music. The folks clubs in Winnipeg featured a lot of Celtic music. As soon as I heard Celtic music, I was immediately smitten by it.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI learned about the Celts and their history. In 1989, I decided to heads off in pursuit of the history of Celtic music. The Celts started off somewhere in the region of the Caucasus. In \u00dcr\u00fcmqi (the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People\u2019s Republic of China in Northwest China), there is a mummy with red hair wrapped in a tartan.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the notable Tarim mummies is the tall, red-haired \u201cCh\u00e4rch\u00e4n man\u201d or the \u201cUr-David.\u201d Ch\u00e4rch\u00e4n man wore a red twill tunic and tartan leggings.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI visited a lot of places,\u201d said McKennitt. \u201cThe Celts were all over Europe — Holland, Germany, Switzerland and more. My travels have taken me to Turkey, China, Greece, Mongolia, Morocco and Kazahstan. In Turkey, I was in an area outside Ankara where there are Celtic ruins.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, McKennitt is celebrating her 30<\/span>th<\/sup><\/span> anniversary as a musician\/recording artist. Her first album was \u201cElemental\u201d in 1985 and featured a mixture of traditional tunes and songs written by McKennitt.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I\u2019m making an album, the creative process begins with a geographic focus,\u201d said McKennitt. \u201cI try to reach a title early on. It\u2019s like an umbrella and the spokes are the songs. I want it to feel like a journey. And, I like to bring in various influences.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to her musical career, McKennitt has been recognized for a number of noteworthy philanthropic initiatives. In 1998, she founded the Cook-Rees Memorial Fund for Water Search and Safety, and she was instrumental in the transformation of a 1929 neo-Gothic school into the Falstaff Family Centre, a charitable organization focused on families and children.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

McKennitt is a Member of the Order of Manitoba (2003) and the Order of Canada (2004), and in 2013 she was appointed Knight of the National Order of Arts and Letters of the Republic of France.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2006, McKennitt was appointed as the Royal Canadian Air Force Honorary Colonel of 435 Transport & Rescue Squadron (Winnipeg), and in September 2014 was appointed as the Honorary Colonel of the RCAF.<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Loreena McKennitt — https:\/\/youtu.be\/5lMbVzFtvM8<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Scottish Rites show starts at 8 p.m. with tickets priced at $45 and $72. The show at the Grand will start at 7:30 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Another area show on October 30 will have a completely different vibe. The hard-rocking veteran English band The Darkness will be shaking things up at the TLA (Theatre of the Living Arts, 334 South Street, Philadelphia, 215-222-1011, http:\/\/www.lnphilly.com<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

The U.K. supergroup — Justin Hawkins, Dan Hawkins, Frankie Poullain, Rufus Tiger Taylor — is winding down its \u201cBlast of Our Kind Tour\u201d — a tour in support of\u00a0the band\u2019s new album\u00a0\u201cLast of Our Kind,\u201d which was released in June 2<\/span>nd<\/sup><\/span> via Kobalt Label Services.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Darkness came into existence in Suffolk, England back in 2000 with the line-up of the Hawkins Brothers, Poullain and Chris McDougal.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2003, The Darkness\u2019 debut album \u201cPermission to Land\u201d was certified quadruple platinum in the United Kingdom. In 2004 the band won three Brit Awards — Best British Group, Best British Rock Act, and Best British Album.<\/span><\/p>\n

Poullain left the band in 2005 and Justin Hawkins departed a year later. The remaining members formed Stone Gods, and continued to perform and record without Hawkins.<\/span><\/p>\n

In March 2011, The Darkness announced reunion shows including Download Festival 2011 and the Isle of Wight Festival 2012. The band\u2019s third album \u201cHot Cakes\u201d was released in 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the reunion happened, it was just a case of my brother and I wanting to do the band again,\u201d said Dan Hawkins, during a recent phone interview from a tour stop in Vancouver. \u201cWe met up socially when we were in other bands. I was in Stone Gods and he was in Hot Legs. The Darkness has always been our main love.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to make an album again. It was very important that it wasn\u2019t going to be just an album to cash in on the reunion.\u00a0 We actually wrote and recorded \u2018Hot Cakes\u2019 before we did our first shows.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019Hot Cakes\u2019 was the sound of us getting to know each other again. Obviously, the songwriting was on form — but a little calculated. With the new album, we got our Mojo back. There\u2019s no middle ground. It was either over-the-top or nothing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI wrote the music, Justin wrote the lyrics and the other two contributed. Things that can make a song great can come from anyone in the room. We finished the album in December. It was done really quickly — 10 days pre-production and three weeks tracking.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was the producer and engineer. It was my first time as a solo producer and first time to mix it myself. I learned pretty much everything I know about recording from Roy Thomas Baker.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Baker, who produced The Darkness\u2019 second album, is a legendary British producer most known for his work as the producer of much of Queen\u2019s best work — including \u201cBohemian Rhapsody.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cQueen is in our DNA,\u201d said Hawkins. \u201cThey\u2019re the reason why my brother and I got interested in music.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for The Darkness — https:\/\/youtu.be\/4Hi_kzzSXhY<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at the TLA, which has These Raven Skies as the opening act, will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $27.50.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Froth<\/p><\/div>\n

Froth at the mouth is something zombies and ghouls will most likely be doing on Halloween.<\/span><\/p>\n

Froth on stage is also happening on October 31.<\/span><\/p>\n

Froth, a young band from Los Angeles, will be headlining a show on Halloween at Kung Fu Necktie (1248 North Front Street, Philadelphia, 215-291-4919, kungfunecktie.com<\/span><\/a>). The quartet features JooJoo Ashworth (Guitar, Vocals), Jeremy Katz ( Bass), Cameron Allen (Drums) and Nick Ventura (Guitar).<\/span><\/p>\n

Froth\u2019s first album \u201cPatterns\u201d was released in 2013 on Burger Records and Lolipop Records. The disc had a psychedelic-pop vibe with jangly 12-string guitars and swirling keyboards.<\/span><\/p>\n

The band\u2019s sophomore album \u201cBleak,\u201d which came out in May on Burger Records, is described in the band\u2019s bio as \u201ca maximalist shoegaze sound that combines screaming guitars with muscular drumming and throbbing, nervy bass lines.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cWe all met through mutual friends in the L.A. music scene,\u201d said Ashworth, during a phone interview Tuesday from a road stop in Delaware. \u201cOur first gig ever was in July 2012.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded the first album a few years ago and then did the second one almost a year ago in L.A. with a couple different engineers. It came out May 2015. It actually came out first in Europe — back in February. We did a six-week tour of Europe after its release there.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere was definitely a shift in music between our first and second albums — mainly just from more experience playing together. The first album was just what we were able to do at the time. The second has more experience — more layering. It\u2019s more slam dunk compatible. And, we play heavier.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll write a jingle, bring it to the band and it becomes a Froth song. We definitely like to roads-test our songs before we record them. We have four new songs and they\u2019re definitely moving in a different direction. It sounds like the same band but some songs are really slow and some more poppy.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have the full album written yet. We\u2019re going to take time off after this tour to write and get in the studio. Recording an album can take a long time. We like to add layer after layer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Froth — https:\/\/youtu.be\/rC614x4-mqc<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at Kung Fu Necktie will start at 7 p.m. with opening acts Line Leader and Momma Hankton. Tickets are $6.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ryan Beaver<\/p><\/div>\n

Fans of country music, rock music and Americana all will find plenty to like on October 30 when the World Caf\u00e9 Live at the Queen (500 North Market Street, Wilmington, 302- 994-1400,\u00a0www.queen.worldcafelive.com<\/span><\/a>) presents a twin bill featuring Ryan Beaver\u00a0 and Ashley Monroe — two singer-songwriters who shine with their ability to write honest songs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beaver has completed a new album and is out on a brief tour of the South and Northeast — but it is not an album support tour.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe album will come out in February,\u201d said Beaver, during a phone interview Wednesday afternoon as his tour bus headed to Pittsburgh. \u201cWe\u2019ll do a pre-sell in December where fans who pre-order will get a few of the songs emailed to them ahead of the album\u2019s release.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe album is called \u2018Rx\u2019 like in the prescription from a doctor, It\u2019s helped me like a doctor\u2019s prescription. Wiring these songs and recording them was very cathartic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Beaver offered the following explanation, \u201cI was going through a really hard period in my life when we wrote this song. Struggling with accepting the sudden loss of both my grandfather and close friend.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI remember thinking that the world didn\u2019t make much sense to me. I just walked around feeling like this big storm had moved in and wouldn\u2019t leave. I wasn\u2019t handling it well and lost my faith, lost a relationship but once I turned to music, this song, the healing process began.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The album\u2019s first single \u201cDark\u201d is already out. It\u2019s a song that has a real emotional punch.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an uplifting song,\u201d said Beaver. \u201cAnd, it\u2019s one of the heavier songs. It sort of sets the vibe for the entire record.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Beaver is now a guitarist\/singer-songwriter whose music occupies territory somewhere in the world of country music but, in his early days of making music, he was in a different situation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI started playing music as a kid at home with a drum kit first and then a guitar,\u201d said Beaver. \u201cI played in bands in high school that were more rock — and I was always the drummer. The sense of rhythm I have when I\u2019m playing guitar now comes from my experience with rhythm as a drummer.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe played everything from Nirvana and Tom Petty to George Strait and George Jones. I can find the beauty in a lot of types of music. Growing up in a small town in Texas, country music was always big.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I\u2019m doing shows now, it\u2019s fun to play electric guitar and rock out with my band. I also like solo shows — just me and my guitar. I like honest, quite music. And, I like songwriting that tells a story — and that\u2019s very country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Beaver is a storyteller through his songwriting.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTelling a story is important,\u201d said Beaver. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t have to be — this happened and this happened and then this happened. It\u2019s more looking at what is going on and looking at different characters along the way. I want to know the story — know what is going on.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSongs come in different ways. There\u2019s no secret. It\u2019s about getting up every morning and doing it. I try to write a little something every day. I\u2019m always writing on anything I can find — my phone, a piece of paper or maybe just a napkin. I also like collaborating with other writers.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOn this tour, I\u2019ve been out with Ashley Monroe. She\u2019s a great country singer. When you watch her play, you can tell she really loves what she\u2019s doing. We\u2019ve had a lot of great conversations about music and playing for fans.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Ryan Beaver — https:\/\/youtu.be\/putu9r8-_Uw<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Ashley Monroe — https:\/\/youtu.be\/K-1reayyENA<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at the Queen will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $14 in advance and $16 day of show.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"joshua<\/a>On November 2, the Queen will present another singer-songwriter who writes songs that are heartfelt, sincere and emotionally touching — Joshua Radin. His opening act on the tour is Anya Marina, who is best known for \u201cSatellite Heart,\u201d from the platinum-selling soundtrack to\u00a0\u201cTwilight: New Moon\u201d and her provocative cover of T.I.\u2019s \u201cWhatever You Like.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Following an Australian tour, Radin returned to the states for East Coast dates to support his sixth album \u201cOnward And Sideways,\u201d which was self-released earlier this year. Written in Sweden, the album chronicles his courtship. According to Radin, he wrote the album to convince her to fall in love with him.<\/span><\/p>\n

The album, which artfully and honestly captures the experience of falling completely and utterly in love, also features an all-star team of collaborators including Sheryl Crow (who duets with him on the sweetly acoustic \u201cBeautiful Day.\u201d)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis tour is a solo, acoustic tour,\u201d said Radin, during a phone interview Wednesday morning. \u201cThis is experimental. I never played solo before — except way back when I was getting started and then it was nowhere near a one-and-a-half set.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLast night\u2019s show in New York was the first night of the tour. I was nervous for the first time in a long, long time. But, it\u2019s good to be nervous. It was pretty exciting. And, it was a lot of fun.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI wrote down songs I thought I\u2019d play but then people started calling for songs so I played what they wanted. It was like people sitting in my living room and hearing songs played like they were when I originally wrote them on my couch.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe fans got to hear the songs like they were before they were brought to the band — the absolute inception. It was like one of those old storytellers shows on VH-1. I use to watch those shows a lot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Amazingly, Radin has been a singer-songwriter\/guitarist who has been recording and touring for more than a decade and had never before done \u201cunplugged\u2019 concerts.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an experiment and I think it will work out really well,\u201d said Radin. \u201cI\u2019ll be coming to Wilmington — a city in which I\u2019ve never played before. This format opens doors around the world. Without the tour expenses of bringing a band — you just go and bring your guitar.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll talk about the songs but then I talk a lot between songs even when I\u2019m playing with my band. Even my band is pared down — just a trio. Those shows have been very acoustic so this isn\u2019t a huge departure.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLast night, I played songs from all six of my albums — more from the earlier albums than the later ones. I also have some new songs which I\u2019m debuting. My music is so slow and mellow and quiet that my fans have always been a listening audience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Many listeners are probably familiar with Radin\u2019s music even if they don\u2019t know it. Radin\u2019s songs have been used on television series such as \u201cScrubs,\u201d \u201cGrey\u2019s Anatomy,\u201d \u201cBrothers and Sisters,\u201d \u201cAmerican Idol,\u201d \u201cCougar Town,\u201d \u201cOne Tree Hill\u201d and \u201cHouse M.D.\u201d Radin has been involved with Little Kids Rock (http:\/\/www.littlekidsrock.org<\/span><\/a>), a national nonprofit that provides music education to schools without music programs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Radin and Marina will also be performing on October 31at the Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0www.st94.com<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Joshua Radin — https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IYqRfQ5G4as&feature=player_embedded<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show on Halloween night at the Sellersville Theater will start at 8 p.m. with tickets priced at $35 and $50. The November 3 at the Queen will get underway at 8 p.m. Tickets for show are $34 in advance and $36 at the door.<\/span><\/p>\n

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JR JR<\/p><\/div>\n

The world of rock music has had song titles with the same words back-to-back such as \u201cMonday Monday\u201d and \u201cLouie Louie\u201d and band names with the same words back-to-back such as Man Man and Duran Duran.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, there is a band called JR JR. But, it\u2019s not a new band — just the name is new.<\/span><\/p>\n

The band was originally known as Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. It was formed in late 2009 by Joshua Epstein and Daniel Zott. The band also uses drummer Mike Higgins for its live shows.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jr. Jr. will visit Philly on November 3 for a show at Union Transfer (1026 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, 215-232-2100, www.utphilly.com<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

The band released three EPs in 2010 and 2011 and then an album every other year on Warner Bros. Records starting in 2011 with \u201cIt\u2019s a Corporate World.\u201d\u00a0 The sophomore album was \u201cSpeed of Things\u201d and the new album is \u201cJR JR,\u201d which just came out in September.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe started writing the songs for the album about a year ago,\u201d said Zott, during a recent phone interview. \u201cWe still record the songs live in the studio. I have a basement studio in my house in Detroit and our producer Ben has a studio just down the street. We also spent some time in L.A. — playing and recording with our friends. We did a lot more collaborating and that shows a different side of us.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBecause it\u2019s mostly just Josh and I, we can\u2019t write as a band. For the most part, we\u2019ll build tracks and add to them. That\u2019s the beauty — we don\u2019t HAVE to have anything on the album. Josh and I take turns adding stuff. And, Mike Higgins, our touring drummer, played on a few tracks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

JR JR\u2019s touring band also includes Bryan Pope, who primarily plays bass abut also does synth work and background vocals.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we play live, we bring all kinds of stuff,\u201d said Zott. \u201cWe have synths, a drum kit, an old vintage bass, and all sorts of sample pads and machines. We like to do a lot of live looping. And, we change parts. I might play keyboards and then switch to guitar.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI have an old Fender Telecaster from 1973. I used to write a lot more on guitar. But, for the last few years, I\u2019ve been writing on an upright piano. We play a big variety of songs — but we keep it cohesive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The name change came naturally.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWith the name, it was just time to move on,\u201d said Zott. \u201cThe name served its purpose. Then, it got to be like an old band number. It was time for a new fresh start — more about the music and less about the name.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for JR JR — https:\/\/youtu.be\/nq0mpgHNapc<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The show at Union Transfer, which has Brothertiger as the opening act, will start at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $17.<\/span><\/p>\n

Woody Allen\u2019s \u201cBullets Over Broadway\u201d is running now through November 1 at the Academy of Music (Broad and Locust streets, Philadelphia, 215-731-3333, www.kimmelcenter.org<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

The show is about a young playwright whose first Broadway play is financed by a gangster. The score consists of jazz and popular standards of the years between World War I and 1930 by various songwriters. The show\u2019s choreography by director Susan Stroman has several show-stopping tap numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Video link for \u201cBullets Over Broadway\u201d — https:\/\/youtu.be\/u-MNY_zGhDM<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBullets Over Broadway will run from October 27-November 1. Tickets range from $20-$95.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/span><\/a>) will host Mike Breen along with Kenny Thompson & Friends on October 30, Radio Riddler and Brixton Saint on October 31 and One Alternative on November 1.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Steel City Coffee House (203 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, 610-933-4043, www.steelcitycoffeehouse.com<\/span><\/a>) will host Matt Sharayko and Josh Miller on October 29, Ben Arnold and his Band on October 30, and Molly Ringworm on October 31.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Chaplin\u2019s (66 North Main Street, Spring City, 610-792-4110,\u00a0http:\/\/chaplinslive.com<\/span><\/a>) will present Civil Discord, 11 and Ryan Coates on October 30 and Percolater, Aim 4 Grey, Tre Todd and Lionshead on October 31.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Burlap & Bean Coffeehouse (204 South Newtown Street Road, Newtown Square, 484-427-4547,\u00a0www.burlapandbean.com<\/span><\/a>) will present Alfred James with Bastard Sons of Captain Mey on October 30 and Vilebred with Curtis Jr on October 31.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Melodies Caf\u00e9 (2 East Ardmore Avenue, Ardmore, 610-645-5269, www.melodiescafe.com<\/span><\/a>) will host Project Ico on October 30 and Hemphill with Agatha Sloboda on October 31<\/span><\/p>\n

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