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By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, Entertainment Editor, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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KMFDM<\/p><\/div>\n

When the dawn of industrial rock arrived more than three decades ago, KMFDM\u00a0was there.<\/p>\n

The industrial scene has gone through many changes over the years. Many bands in the genre have risen, fallen and ceased to exist. Fortunately, KMFDM\u00a0is not one of them.<\/p>\n

KMFDM\u00a0is still here and is making music more powerful than ever.<\/p>\n

KMFDM\u00a0have a new single out via\u00a0Metropolis Records, \u201cLet Go.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLet Go\u201d is also the title track of the new KMFDM 11-track album which was released on February 2 on CD and vinyl, plus download and streaming.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet Go\u201d is the band\u2019s 23rd studio album and includes the core lineup of Sascha\u2019 \u201cK\u00e4pt\u2019n K\u201d Konietzko, his wife Lucia Cifarelli, Andy Selway and Andee Blacksugar.<\/p>\n

The release was mixed and mastered by Benjamin Lawrenz (VNV Nation, Deep Purple, Saga, Mono Inc., Lord of the Lost), at Chameleon Recording Studios in Hamburg and again has distinctive cover artwork by Aidan \u2018BRUTE\u2019 Hughes.<\/p>\n

Now, the multi-national band (Germany\/England\/United States) is touring the states in support of its new LP.<\/p>\n

On March 10, KMFDM\u00a0returns to Philadelphia for a show at Brooklyn Bowl (1009 Canal Street, Philadelphia, www.brooklynbowl.com\/philadelphia<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cI started writing the first couple tunes after the end of the 2022 fall tour,\u201d said Konietzko, during a phone interview from a tour stop in Carrboro, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wrote some more in May 2023, and I finished it in late November. Lucia and I recorded in Hamburg. Andee did his work in Brooklyn and Andy recorded his parts in West Palm Beach.\u201d<\/p>\n

While recording parts of songs separately in different locations was a model used by bands who were isolated during the pandemic, it was a way of recording that was old hat for KMFDM.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last time we made an album together in a studio was in 1994,\u201d said Konietzko. \u201cWe did it for our \u2018Nihil\u2019 album.\u201d<\/p>\n

There have been 15 KMFDM albums since that release.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the new album, I came up with a bunch of small ideas,\u201d said Konietzko. \u201cI pass them around and everybody throws in their two cents. After that, it takes shape \u2013 or it doesn\u2019t take shape. I started with 17 or 18 songs, but some were non-starters.<\/p>\n

\u201cConceptually, it was supposed to be a soundtrack with many different scenes. It\u2019s a journey from start to finish \u2013 like a book. A lot of thought went into it. An album is like a snapshot of a time frame.\u201d<\/p>\n

Konietzko and the members of his band KMFDM\u00a0are the forefathers of industrial rock \u2013 the progenitors of a whole breed of rockers who view noise as a valid foundation for songs.<\/p>\n

KMFDM\u00a0has been around longer than a lot of musicians in today\u2019s bands have been alive. But Konietzko and his crew never grow old.<\/p>\n

They don\u2019t rest on their laurels \u2014 content to tour playing songs from 20 or 30 years ago. KMFDM\u00a0is still making music that is vital, vibrant and vicious.<\/p>\n

This year, KMFDM\u00a0celebrated its 40th anniversary and \u201cLet Go\u201d is its 23rd album. The band\u2019s previous album was \u201cHy\u00ebna,\u201d which was released in 2022 on Metropolis Records.<\/p>\n

KMFDM\u2019s signature sound \u2014 a crossover between techno\/dance, heavy rock and industrial a.k.a \u201cUltra Heavy Beat\u201d \u2014 is combined with sometimes political, sometimes ironic lyrics and an underlying humorous edge.<\/p>\n

KMFDM\u00a0actually began in Hamburg, Germany as \u201cKein Mehrheit Fur Die Mitleid\u201d (\u201cNo compassion for the majority\u201d) which eventually was shortened to the acronym KMFDM.<\/p>\n

\u201cKMFDM really never has been a band,\u201d said Konietzko. \u201cIt\u2019s a project. That\u2019s the reason for its longevity.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though this is KMFDM\u2019s 40th anniversary tour, we\u2019re not just playing greatest hits. We\u2019re doing six or seven from the new album and a few from \u2018Hy\u00ebna\u2019 and \u2018Paradise.\u2019 The oldest tracks we play are \u2018Na\u00efve\u2019 and \u2018Go to Hell\u2019 from 1990.<\/p>\n

\u201cYoung listeners today are used to listening to music on streaming services not on vinyl or CD. But in Atlanta the other night, the kids in the front row knew the lyrics of every song. There is a whole young audience waiting in the wings \u2013 not just old fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cI get strong encouragement from my 16-year-old daughter Annabella. She works with us in marketing and on the tour \u2013 including hair tech. And she has now started recording her own album.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Morlocks, the opening act on the tour, are also a very intense band.\u00a0Their latest album \u201cPraise the Iconoclast\u201d was released by Metropolis Records in October 2023.<\/p>\n

Video link for KMFDM\u00a0— https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SdoxIBCIR-Y<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Brooklyn Bowl on March 10 will start at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Ticket prices start at $36.<\/p>\n

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Red Wanting Blue<\/p><\/div>\n

Red Wanting Blue has also been around for a long time \u2013 if you consider more than 27 years to be a long time.<\/p>\n

The Columbus, Ohio-based rock band has performed at many different venues around the Delaware Valley with the last few shows hosted by either World Caf\u00e9 Live or City Winery<\/p>\n

Just over two years ago, Red Wanting Blue made a venue debut with a show at City Winery (990 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, citywinery.com\/philadelphia<\/a>).\u00a0On March 12, RWB will enjoy a return engagement at the club in Center City.<\/p>\n

Red Wanting Blue is an Ohio band all the way \u2013 conceived at Ohio University and later based in Columbus.<\/p>\n

Red Wanting Blue formed in 1996 in Athens, Ohio and still features many of its original members. The line-up includes Scott Terry on lead vocals, tenor guitar, and ukulele; Mark McCullough on bass, Chapman stick, and vocals; Greg Rahm on guitar, keyboards, and vocals; Eric Hall on guitar, lap steel, and vocals; and Dean Anshutz on drums and percussion.<\/p>\n

\u201cI formed the band when I was a theater major at Ohio University,\u201d said Terry, during a phone interview Wednesday as the band headed east to Boston to begin the tour on March 7 at City Winery Boston.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt exploded. It did so well so I wanted to pursue it before pursuing my master\u2019s degree in performance. And being a lead singer is like majoring in performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, we\u2019ve been doing it for 27 years. It\u2019s a great feeling. When I was younger, my father-in-law and my grandmother believed in the same thing \u2013 find something you love to do and keep doing it. I never expected 25 years. It\u2019s always been \u2013 just handle what\u2019s in front of you.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 1999 the band relocated its headquarters to Columbus, Ohio — the city Red Wanting Blue now calls home.<\/p>\n

\u201cColumbus was a place that was right in the middle of the state \u2013 and right where the main highways met,\u201d said Terry. \u201cIt seemed like a good middle ground. We immediately started doing concentric circle touring.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat we\u2019ve been on the road as long as we have is impressive. It was great starting in 2001 with 200 shows a year. The years from 2010-2020 have been the best for us \u2013 until the pandemic. Each tour has a beginning, middle and end \u2013 and we give it a name.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some of the tour names have been \u201cThe Wanting Tour,\u201d \u201cHey \u201922 Winter Tour,\u201d and \u201cOur Little America Tour.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess this tour is the \u2018Go East \u201924 Winter Tour\u2019,\u201d said Terry. \u201cWe\u2019re doing eight shows in the Northeast this March.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also have our friend Bobby Yang on tour. He\u2019s a renowned violinist. We met him through our friends in the Connecticut band Alternate Routes.<\/p>\n

\u201cBobby is sitting in with the band. He played on our new video, \u2018Goliath,\u2019 which was recorded live on The Rock Boat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Melding his classical training with years of Colorado mountain woodshedding, Yang is reinventing the sound of the acoustic violin. His inimitable sound combines the virtuosity of the violin with the dirt of a bluegrass fiddle and the rawness of a guitar. He has surrounded himself with musicians who share his madness, his Unrivaled Players, while touring internationally.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re also bringing the band The Trews,\u201d said Terry. \u201cThey are our Canadian brothers. Like us, they started when they were really young. We were a few years earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Trews\u00a0are a Canadian\u00a0rock\u00a0band from\u00a0Antigonish, Nova Scotia, featuring vocalist Colin MacDonald, guitarist John-Angus MacDonald, bassist Jack Syperek, and drummer Chris Gormley. The band is currently based in\u00a0Hamilton,\u00a0Ontario. From their formation in 1997 to 2016, The Trews were among the top 150 best-selling Canadian artists in Canada and among the top 40 best-selling Canadian bands in Canada.<\/p>\n

Red Wanting Blue did slow down a little in the few years prior to the arrival of COVID-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were trying to tour smarter,\u201d said Terry. \u201cWe were playing 100-125 shows a year. Band members got married. Our bass player Mark and his wife Bridget had a child. We were learning how to be a rock band with members in their 40\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n

Red Wanting Blue has released 13 studio albums \u2013 starting with \u201cVelveteen\u201d in 1996 and \u201cThe Image Trigger\u201d in 1998. The quintet\u2019s most recent album is \u201cThe Wanting,\u201d which was released on Blue \u00c9lan Records in April 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded \u2018The Wanting\u2019 with Will Hoge as the producer,\u201d said Terry. \u201cWe cut the album at Sound Emporium in Nashville. It was amazing to be in such a historic studio where bands like R.E.M. made great records.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the album came out, we toured it for a while. Then, COVID hit in spring 2020 and we had to cancel the tour.\u00a0So, we began working on our next record.\u201d<\/p>\n

Red Wanting Blue\u2019s new album is titled, \u201cLight It Up.\u201d It is scheduled to be released on June 7 on the band\u2019s record label, Blue \u00c9lan Records. The first single was the recently released, \u201cGoliath.\u2019 The next single — \u201cLight It Up\u201d \u2013 has a May 18 drop date.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Light It Up\u2019 is the first self-produced album by Red Wanting Blue after all these years,\u201d said Terry. \u201cWe just decided to record the way we wanted to.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe recording was done in Columbus, Ohio at a number of studios, including Sonic Lounge and Peppermint Studios. It was mixed by John Spiker, who is from Columbus and now lives in California. It was mixed at his studio in L.A.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a longer process due to the pandemic. It was good. It came out sounding the way we wanted it to be \u2013 bringing energy, light and color back to the music.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith this album \u2013 we hit it. It\u2019s the best representation ever of Red Wanting Blue.\u201d<\/p>\n

RWB\u2019s show in Philly will be a homecoming of sorts for Terry.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up in South Philly and we would head over to South Street a lot when we were teenagers,\u201d said Terry. \u201cI\u2019m from Moorestown. I even worked at Moorestown Mall. When we get to Philly this time, I\u2019m hoping I can get over to Jersey for a steak at Donkey\u2019s Place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Donkey\u2019s Place in Camden is nirvana for lovers of cheesesteaks \u2013 hailed by many as the best in the Philly area. Even Anthony Bourdain visited Donkey\u2019s and lavished praise on it during one of his television shows.<\/p>\n

Terry is a Jersey boy who came of age in Ohio and now has lived in Brooklyn for 12 years. Red Wanting Blue\u2019s music, however, has always calle the Midwest home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe play heartland rock and roll– music with blue jeans,\u201d said Terry.<\/p>\n

Video link for Red Wanting Blue —\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/0kFRv2OGX_w<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at the City Winery on January 23 will start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $25.<\/p>\n

Other upcoming acts at the City Winery\u00a0are Kempire After Dark on March 7, Cat Cohen on March 8, Sun Ra Arkestra on March 9, Sy Smith on March 10 and Avery Sunshine on March 12.<\/p>\n

The Gretchen Emery Band has played many venues around the area including Kennett Flash, Jamey\u2019s House of Music, Stoney\u2019s English Pub and Bellefonte Caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n

The band\u2019s fans are used to seeing GEB as a hard rocking group.<\/p>\n

This weekend, fans will have an opportunity to see GEB as a duo featuring Emery and her husband Kenny Windle. Emery is the singer while Windle is the band\u2019s guitarist and Emery\u2019s co-writer.<\/p>\n

On March 8, Emery and Windle will perform as an acoustic duo at Riverside Yacht Club (95 Wanamaker Avenue, Essington, https:\/\/rycessington.com<\/a>). The show will run from 7-10 p.m.<\/p>\n

The Gretchen\u00a0Emery\u00a0Band released its debut EP, \u201cIf Love Were Enough,\u201d in July 2022 on a\/i\/r records. It has been described as a \u201crootsy, soul-fueled mix of rockin\u2019 R&B\u2026. blending both traditional and contemporary influences, creating something that feels instantly familiar yet excitingly fresh at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, they are working on a new release on a\/i\/r records.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe took a break and sort of hibernated the last two months,\u201d said Emery, during a phone interview from her home in Newark, Delaware. \u201cWe\u2019re going to Muscle Shoals in May to record at FAME. This is a bucket list for Kenny. He always wanted to record at FAME.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re taking the whole band to Alabama along with producer Derek Chafin, who produced our last album. It\u2019s like everything lined up just right.<\/p>\n

Both Emery and her husband grew up in Dover, Delaware.<\/p>\n

\u201cI stayed in Dover for college and went to Wesley College,\u201d said Emery, who was recently honored with the 2023 award for \u201cBest Lead Singer\u201d by Delaware Valley Hometown Heroes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was growing up, music was obligatory in our home. Everyone is musical. My mom has been a singer since she was really young. My dad played the clarinet and his brother played organ and piano. I started singing in church. In school, I played flute in the band and sang.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for the Gretchen Emery Band \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/yUWijOc-OuM<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at the Riverside Yacht Club on March 8 will start at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

Fans of the Gretchen Emery Band also will have an opportunity to see the full band perform live this weekend at a venue just south of the state line in Concordville (and just a mile away from the Ebright Azimuth, the highest point in Delaware at 447.85 feet).<\/p>\n

The group is one of the headliners at the Diamond State Blues Society\u2019s \u201cHouse Rockin Party,\u201d which will be held on May 10 from noon-6 p.m. at Delaware Veterans Post #1<\/a>\u00a0(2535 Veterans Drive, Wilmington, 302-475-0636).<\/p>\n

The other headliner is the Gabe Stillman Band. The opening bands are Slim & The Perkolators and The Tony Holiday Band.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve stayed busy all through the last year-and-a-half,\u201d said\u00a0Stillman, during a phone call from his home in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

Stillman\u00a0was busiest during a two-week period in April 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to Austin in April and recorded my first album,\u201d said\u00a0Stillman. \u201cIt was produced by Anton Funderbergh at Wire Recording.\u201d<\/p>\n

Funderbergh is top-flight guitarist\u00a0and\u00a0the bandleader\u00a0of\u00a0Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets\u00a0since 1978. Their style incorporates both\u00a0Chicago blues\u00a0and\u00a0Texas blues. He is also one of the most respected producers in Texas\u2019 capitol city.<\/p>\n

\u201cI met Anton at the International Blues Challenge a couple years ago,\u201d said\u00a0Stillman. \u201cI\u2019ve been a fan of his since I was a teenager. He\u2019s in my top 10 list of blues players. And I loved his production work with other people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stillman\u2019s album, \u201cJust Say the Word,\u201d was released in August by the Vizztone Label Group.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a 15-song album \u2013 13 originals and two covers,\u201d said\u00a0Stillman. \u201cThe covers were Bill Withers\u2019 \u2018Friend of Mine\u2019 and Bobby Blue Bland\u2019s \u2018I\u2019ll Take Care of You.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the album came out in August, it debuted at Number 10 on the Billboard Magazine Blues chart. It was also named one of the top blues albums of 2021 by Roots Music Report.<\/p>\n

\u201cI brought my rhythm section Bassist Colin Beatty and drummer Ray Hangen \u2013 down to Austin. In the studio, we used Taylor Streiff, a piano player from St. Louis, Austin\u2019s Texas Horns and had Sue Foley and Anton playing guitar on one track.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was a big step forward for\u00a0Stillman, who\u00a0has been studying guitar for almost a decade-and-a-half.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started taking guitar lessons when I was 11,\u201d said\u00a0Stillman. \u201cI\u2019m 25 now so I\u2019ve been playing for 14 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I started out, I wanted to play heavy rock and heavy metal. Listening to guitarists in those genres, I realized that their playing was very fast and technically complicated. A teacher told me to learn rock by getting into the blues.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I started listening to a lot of blues guitarists like B.B. King, Freddie King, Albert King, Buddy Guy and Elmore James. I was also listening to guitarists such as Duane Allman and Derek Trucks. I realized \u2013 hey, I can do this. I got hooked on blues and R&B \u2013 and jazz. When I was 13 or 14, I started to perform live.\u201d<\/p>\n

A key stage in\u00a0Stillman\u2019s development came at the Uptown Music Collective in Williamsport.<\/p>\n

For 20 years, the Uptown Music Collective has been providing exceptional modern music education grounded in traditional educational principles. Its programs engage students through an emphasis on modern genres including rock, pop, soul, blues, country, R&B, and funk.<\/p>\n

\u201cI studied at the Uptown Music Collective when I was younger,\u201d said\u00a0Stillman. \u201cI also taught there after I got out of college.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stillman\u00a0spent his college years in Boston where he got a degree in \u201cProfessional Music\u201d with an emphasis on guitar performance and songwriting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started my band in 2015 after graduating from Berklee,\u201d said\u00a0Stillman, whose honors include making it to \u201cFinal Eight\u201d of the 35th Annual International Blues Challenge in Memphis Tennessee.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy band has been primarily a trio but at the Blues Challenge, I made it to the finals with the addition of a harmonica player in the group.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy bass player Colin Beatty, who is also from Williamsport, has been with me the whole time. We\u2019ve had different drummers come in and out. Right now, our drummer is Ray Hangen from Buffalo, New York.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the trio, we play mostly blues and American rock. There also is a little mix of R&B in there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Gabe\u00a0Stillman\u00a0\u2014 https:\/\/youtu.be\/QGIJgb51Kw8<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show in Delaware will run from noon-6 p.m. on March 10. Tickets are $45.<\/p>\n

Emery\u2019s group, Slim and his band, and Stillman share a local angle. All have performed at a highly acclaimed club in Delaware County — Jamey\u2019s House of Music (32 South Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, 215-477-9985,www.jameyshouseofmusic.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

This weekend, Jamey\u2019s is presenting a concert by Bees Deluxe on March 8 and the Mike Montrey Band on March 9.<\/p>\n

Fronted by British guitar monster, Conrad Warre, with Carol Band on keyboards, harmonica and vocals. Bees\u00a0Deluxe is grounded by Jim Gildea on bass and vocals and Paul Giovine on drums.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve played Jamey\u2019s before,\u201d said Warre. \u201cIt\u2019s like dying and going to heaven.<\/p>\n

Band added, \u201cThe people are there for the music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bees Deluxe love the venue so much that they recorded an album there recently.\u00a0\u201cBees Deluxe \u2013 Live at Jamey\u2019s\u201d was just released.<\/p>\n

Bees\u00a0Deluxe is an anything-but-basic blues band. Hell-bent on a mission to drag the electric-analog blues of 60\u2019s Chicago, the Blue Note catalog and the funk of New Orleans into the 21st century, the band has created a genre-bending sound it describes as \u201cacid blues.\u201d
\nBees\u00a0Deluxe has won audiences from Maine to the Mississippi with their arresting and highly danceable originals and their innovative interpretation of less-traveled tunes by artists like Etta James, Joe Zawinul, J.B. Lenoir, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Albert Collins and the three Kings.<\/p>\n

The musicians each bring their own experience to the mix. Band was recruited from jazz bands that were playing the Boston circuit, notably Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge. Giovine was discovered by the band playing rock and roll in a slew of punk rock clubs in New England and Gildea was drafted by drummer Giovine after sharing the stage with him at several country-bro festivals. Warre was in a high-school band in London with Paul Kossoff of the band Free.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m from London \u2013 from Notting Hill Gate, where the riots were,\u201d said Warre. \u201cI wrote Two-Tone music and toured with The English Beat and Joe Jackson. I moved to New York and played a lot at CBGB\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found Carol playing jazz at Ryles Jazz Club in Boston. I got Paul in the band because he knew who Bernard Purdie was. Jim was a friend of his and they played country blues together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bees\u00a0Deluxe has played with Ronnie Earl, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Matt Schofield, Roomful of Blues, Walter Trout and David Maxwell. The four-piece band celebrates the music of B.B. King, Robert Cray, Albert King, Tinsley Ellis, Freddie King and others.<\/p>\n

So, the band\u2019s background includes blues, rock, English ska, punk rock, jazz and country rock. Its current sound is all of that \u2013 and none of that.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur sound is more modern \u2013 more progressive \u2013 more edge,\u201d said Band.<\/p>\n

Warre, who is a British football fan and supporter of the Arsenal Gunners, said, \u201cThe communality is acid rock and blues. So many bands play the same songs the same way every night. When we play, we stretch it out and change it always. Arrangements are made up on the fly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bees\u00a0Deluxe push the limits of the blues, color outside the lines of convention, and do it with impeccable musicality, originality, and a touch of insanity.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis kind of music appeals to fans of all ages \u2013 if they get to hear it,\u201d said Warre. \u201cWe\u2019re at our best when people are dancing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOr if they\u2019re hooting and hollering,\u201d added Ware. \u201cWe adjust our music to the audience. If it\u2019s not a dance crowd, we can stretch it out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hooting, hollering, stretching it out, dancing, jamming \u2013 expect a little bit of everything from the crowd at Jamey\u2019s on Friday night.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Bees\u00a0Deluxe \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/vcl0t_Ux26g<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show on March 8 will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.<\/p>\n

The first 10 guests will receive a free copy of the new \u201cBees Deluxe \u2013 Live at Jamey\u2019s\u201d CD.<\/p>\n

The Mike Montrey Band show on March 9 will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door.<\/p>\n

Jamey\u2019s features a popular \u201cJazz at Jamey\u2019s\u201d on Thursday featuring many of the best singers in the region performing a set from 7-8 p.m. with the backing of the Dave Reiter Trio and occasional guest musicians.<\/p>\n

Every Sunday, Jamey\u2019s presents \u201cSUNDAY BLUES BRUNCH & JAM\u201d featuring the Philly Blues Kings.<\/p>\n

This is your final chance to see an award-winning musical featuring the music of Bob Dylan.<\/p>\n

Ensemble Arts Philly and The Shubert Organization\u00a0are presenting \u201cThe Girl From The North Country\u201d now through March 10 at the Forrest Theater (1114 Walnut Street, Philadelphia).<\/p>\n

This is the Philadelphia premiere engagement of the Tony Award\u00ae-winning musical, which was written and directed by celebrated playwright Conor McPherson and features Tony Award\u00ae-winning orchestrations by Simon Hale.<\/p>\n

\u201cGirl From The North Country\u201d reimagines 20 legendary songs of Bob Dylan\u00a0as they\u2019ve never been heard before, including \u201cForever Young,\u201d \u201cAll Along The Watchtower,\u201d \u201cHurricane,\u201d \u201cSlow Train Coming,\u201d and \u201cLike A Rolling Stone.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the key roles \u2013 Kate Draper \u2013 is performed by an actress from the Deware Valley \u2013 Chiara Trentalange, a graduate of Gwynedd Mercy Academy and native of Southampton.<\/p>\n

\u201cI auditioned in September 2019 and got the call in October that I got the part,\u201d said Trentalange, during a recent tour stop in Greenville, South Carolina. \u201cI was the understudy for Kate Draper on Broadway and was dance captain for the show.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had rehearsal in the winter. Then we spent a week on Broadway before COVID closed everything down. That was a crazy time. We expected to be back in two weeks but that never happened. Now to be on the road with this show is great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fortunately for area theater fans, the show has found new life.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll I knew was that it was written by an Irish playwright and had music by Bob Dylan,\u201d said Trentalange, who graduated from Emerson College with a B.F.A. in Musical Theater. \u201cThe show is set in Duluth, Minnesota in 1934. The story is not about Bob Dylan. It just uses his music to tell the story.\u201d<\/p>\n

The setting takes place on the shores of Lake Superior<\/a>\u00a0in Duluth<\/a>\u00a0in the winter of 1934 and America is in the grip of the Great Depression<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The story is narrated by Dr. Walker, physician to the Laine family. Nick Laine is the proprietor of a rundown guesthouse. The bank is threatening to foreclose on the property, and he is desperate to find a way to save his family from homelessness.<\/p>\n

His wife, Elizabeth, is suffering from a form of dementia which propels her from catatonic detachment to childlike, uninhibited outbursts which are becoming difficult to manage. Their children are Gene, who is in his early twenties, and their adopted daughter, Marianne, who is 19.<\/p>\n

Marianne is five months pregnant, and the identity of the father is a mystery she guards carefully. Nick is trying to arrange a marriage between Marianne and a local cobbler, Mr. Perry, in order to secure her future.<\/p>\n

The social awkwardness is complicated by the fact that Marianne is a black girl living with a white family. She was abandoned in the guesthouse as a baby and brought up by Nick and Elizabeth.<\/p>\n

Gene is unable to get a grip on his life, and veers between ambitions of becoming a writer and debilitating alcohol binges, a situation not helped when his sweetheart, Kate, announces she is marrying a man with better prospects.<\/p>\n

Nick has become involved in a relationship with a resident of the guest house, Mrs. Neilsen, a widow who is waiting for her late husband’s will to clear probate. They dream of a better future when her money comes through, although she scolds Nick for his constant pessimism.<\/p>\n

Also staying at the house are a family, the Burkes. Mr. Burke lost his business in the crash. His wife, Laura, and his son, Elias, share a room upstairs. Elias has a learning disability and the family struggles to come to terms with their reduced state.<\/p>\n

Late at night, during a storm, a self-styled reverend bible salesman, Marlowe, and a down-on-his-luck boxer, Joe Scott, arrive looking for shelter. The arrival of these characters is a catalyst, changing everything for everyone in the house.<\/p>\n

\u201cGirl From the North Country,\u201d which had its Broadway run cut short a month in due to the pandemic, reopened at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway in October 2021.\u00a0It was the first Broadway show to reopen after the Coronavirus pandemic forced theatres to close in March 2020.<\/p>\n

Even Dylan himself is a fan of the show.<\/p>\n

In an interview with\u00a0The New York Times, Dylan said, \u201cSure, I\u2019ve seen it, and it affected me. I saw it as an anonymous spectator, not as someone who had anything to do with it. I just let it happen. The play had me crying at the end. I can\u2019t even say why. When the curtain came down, I was stunned. I really was.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for \u201cGirl From The North Country\u201d \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/8YsFznBBLfo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show will run now through March 10 at the Forrest Theater,<\/p>\n

Ticket prices start at $45.<\/p>\n

Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center (226 North High Street, West Chester, www.uptownwestchester.org<\/a>) is presenting Better Than Bacon on March 7 and West Chester Dance Works 2024 Spring Concert on March 10.<\/p>\n

Kennett Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295, http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/a>) is presenting Lucy Wainwright Roche on March 9 and Alice Howe & Freebo on March 10.<\/p>\n

On March 9, the Colonial Theater (227 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, thecolonialtheatre.com\/events<\/a>) will present \u201cThe Seven Wonders \u2013 A Live Tribute to Fleetwood Mac<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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