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By Denny Dyroff<\/strong>, Entertainment Editor, The Times\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ley Line<\/p><\/div>\n

Pandemic restrictions have had a stranglehold on live entertainment for more than a year but now, finally, the grip is starting to loosen.<\/p>\n

The calendar of shows over the next week still is limited with regard to venues but it does feature variety \u2013 and that is a victory.<\/p>\n

The Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808,\u00a0www.st94.com<\/a>) has a lot of variety over the next seven days with Ley Line on July 15, \u201cRicky Nelson Remembered\u201d on July 16, Great Time on July 17, Arlen Roth on July 18, Electric Six on July 20 and \u201cSatisfaction\u201d on July 21 and 22.<\/p>\n

There are ley lines and there is Ley Line. <\/p>\n

Ley lines\u00a0refer to straight alignments drawn between various historic structures and prominent\u00a0landmarks. The idea was developed in early 20th-century\u00a0Europe, with ley line believers arguing that these alignments were recognized by ancient societies that deliberately erected structures along them. Since the 1960s, members of the\u00a0Earth Mysteries\u00a0movement and other\u00a0esoteric\u00a0traditions have commonly believed that such ley lines demarcate “earth energies” and serve as guides for alien spacecraft. Archaeologists and scientists regard ley lines as an example of\u00a0pseudo-archaeology\u00a0and\u00a0pseudo-science.<\/p>\n

Ley Line, meanwhile, is a four-woman musical group from Austin, Texas which offers this description on its Facebook page — Four songstresses flowing through genres and languages to reveal the musical currents that connect us all.<\/p>\n

Ley Line, which will play Sellersville on July 15, was created in 2016 as the merging of two duos. The band was born during the completion of their premier album Field Notes, and their self-managed tour from Texas to New York. From that point on, Ley Line has been touring nationally and internationally, performing at music festivals, facilitating educational programs for youth, recording original music and collaborating with other artists.<\/p>\n

Ley Line has performed at Austin City Limits Music Festival, SXSW, The Northwest String Summit, Kerrville Folk Festival and alongside Bonnie Paine of Elephant Revival at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Ley Line is acknowledged by their hometown of Austin, Texas as nominees for the Austin Chronicle\u2019s 2020 Band of the Year and Album of the Year.<\/p>\n

The foursome includes Emilie Basez, Kate Robberson\u00a0and twin sisters Lydia and Madeleine Froncek.<\/p>\n

In a video on the band\u2019s website, Robberson explains the meaning of the group\u2019s name. \u201cLey Line refers to a pattern that, when laid over the earth, connects important places of our civilization. How was it created, this world we live in? What is the intuitive pull that moves you to travel, to explore, to create community?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been together for six years,\u201d said Lydia Froncek, during a phone interview Monday as the band was getting ready to travel to Connecticut for a show.<\/p>\n

\u201cMe and Maddie are twins and we\u2019ve been making music together since we were little. Kate and Emily had been together as a duo for 10 years. They met in Brazil.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe four of us all met at Telluride. We met at the festival and sang together \u2013 beautiful four-part harmonies. We didn\u2019t expect to see them again.\u201d<\/p>\n

But they did \u2013 in Austin.<\/p>\n

\u201cKate and Emily are UT (University of Texas) grads and they moved back and forth from Austin to Brazil. Maddie moved to Austin with her folk-punk band Cactopus. When Maddie moved to Austin, they had come back from their second trip to South America as a duo. Around that time, I was in Montreal studying talking drums. In 2016, I moved to Austin, and we started the group.<\/p>\n

\u201cKate and Emily were recording with a friend of our \u2013 Seth Gibbs. They need a bass player, so they called Maddie. It just naturally happened. The band evolved in the studio.<\/p>\n

All four women had traveled extensively and that enabled them to sing in different languages \u2013 including Portuguese, Spanish, French, and English.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2017, we all went to Brazil,\u201d said Froncek. \u201cWe bought a van and travelled across Brazil for many months. We filmed it and made a video album. All the music was inspired by Brazil. In the video, we explain the meanings of the songs and also tell stories.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe released our first album, \u201cField Notes,\u201d in 2016. Our next album, \u201cWe Saw Blue,\u201d came out in 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n

In February, Ley Line released its most recent single, \u201cEn Busca Del Agua.\u201d Now, the band is on a national tour that includes a stop in Sellersville.<\/p>\n

Video link for Ley Line — https:\/\/youtu.be\/UTsjvyyQ9j0<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Sellersville will start at 8 p.m. with tickets priced at $19.50. Livestream tickets are $10.<\/p>\n

Musical history that spans three generations will be on display July 16 when Sellersville hosts a pair of performances of \u201cRicky Nelson Remembered\u201d featuring Matthew &\u00a0Gunnar\u00a0Nelson.<\/p>\n

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The Nelsons<\/p><\/div>\n

The Nelson twins are the sons of Ricky Nelson. Ricky Nelson, a musical hitmaker, and his brother David Nelson, an actor, director and producer, were the sons of Ozzie and Harriet Nelson. \u201cThe Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet,\u201d an American\u00a0sitcom<\/a>\u00a0that ran from 1952-1966 on ABC, starred the real-life Nelson family.<\/p>\n

From Ozzie and Harriet to Ricky to Matthew and\u00a0Gunnar, the Nelson\u2019s are listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the only family in history with three successive generations of Number 1 hit makers. Matthew and\u00a0Gunnar\u00a0are also nephews of actor Mark Harmon and his wife Pam Dawber (Mindy from \u201cMork and Mindy\u201d).<\/p>\n

The Nelson twins definitely had music in their DNA.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrandpa (Ozzie Nelson) died when we were eight,\u201d said\u00a0Gunnar. \u201cHarriet was our best friend. She was really cool and would even come on tour with us. She was really supportive and gave us great advice like — some days you\u2019re going to work and some days you\u2019re going to play.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe also told us \u2013 boys, if you\u2019re going to do this, remember \u2013 we\u2019re not in the music business, we\u2019re in the connections business. Our grandfather always wanted to provide a surrogate family for the viewers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ozzie and Harriet are remembered in the touring show, but the heavier focus is on the music of Ricky Nelson. Some of his most well-known hits are \u201cHello Mary Lou,\u201d \u201cPoor Little Fool,\u201d \u201cTravelin\u2019 Man,\u201d \u201cI\u2019m Walkin\u2019,\u201d \u201cI Gotta Feeling,\u201d \u201cTeenage Idol\u201d and \u201cGarden Party.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ricky Nelson was the only artist to have a Number 1 song, Number 1 movie and Number 1 television show in the same week. Life Magazine coined the phrase \u201cTeen Idol\u201d to describe Ricky Nelson, a musician who is credited with pioneering the country rock sound.<\/p>\n

Nelson, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee who died in a plane crash on his way to perform a New Year\u2019s Eve concert in 1986, had 53 hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and 19 other Top 10 hits. His sons also were chart-toppers when they recorded and performed as Nelson.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been playing music since we were babies,\u201d said\u00a0Gunnar. \u201cWe started playing when we were six. We had our first recording session on our 12th\u00a0birthday and our first live gig opening for our father at a concert at Magic Mountain when we were 14. That was also when we started playing the L.A. club scene. We did that until we were 18.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the 1980s, Matthew and Gunnar played as Strange Agents and as The Nelsons, with which they played the Los Angeles club scene. A year after the death of their father in a plane crash,\u00a0Lorne Michaels<\/a>\u00a0agreed to have the Nelsons as a musical guest on\u00a0Saturday Night Live<\/a>, at the request of their manager at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were the only unsigned band to ever perform on \u2018Saturday Night Live,\u2019\u201d said Gunnar. \u201cWe came up in the L.A. scene at the same time as The Knack, the Bangles and the Go-Gos. We were 23 when we had our first hit — \u2018(Can\u2019t Live without Your) Love and Affection.\u2019 We sold 10 million copies of our first album, had four Top 10 hits and two Number 1 hits.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2000, Matthew and Gunnar released a tribute album to their dad \u2013 \u201cLike Father, Like Sons.\u201d Now, their paternal tribute has become a full evening of music on stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis show seems to move people,\u201d said\u00a0Gunnar. \u201cIt\u2019s more than just a concert. It really does vacillate. We interact with the audience. There are videos and comedy. We\u2019re at ease with the show.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see older people coming into the show and they\u2019re walking slowly. These same people leave the show with smiles on their faces and bounce in their steps. The music can take you back and evoke memories and emotions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to have people leave the show feeling like they just watched a \u2018Rocky\u2019 movie. It\u2019s an escape. People can come in and, for a few hours, forget their troubles.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Nelson twins are working on new music but not necessarily a new album.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur new trip is called \u2018First Born Son,\u2019\u201d said Gunnar. \u201cIt\u2019s great American country rock. We have 200 songs finished but we\u2019re not looking to release an album. With digital, ewre can put out an album and a video every month.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for \u201cRicky Nelson Remembered\u201d — https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC3HEfEEQgrrjZ9qgBcwGOCQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The shows at Sellersville on July 16 will be at 6 and 9 p.m. Tickets are $35.<\/p>\n

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Arlen\u00a0Roth<\/p><\/div>\n

Arlen\u00a0Roth, who will play Sellersville on July 18, is a name familiar to guitar fans around the world.<\/p>\n

The legendary guitarist is considered one of the most influential guitarists of all time.<\/p>\n

Roth, who will turn 70 next year, is an American guitarist, teacher, and author. From 1982-1992, he was a columnist for\u00a0Guitar Player\u00a0magazine and those ten years of columns became a book,\u00a0\u201cHot Guitar.\u201d<\/p>\n

He grew up in New York in a family that was immersed in the arts. His father Al Ross, who lived to be 100, was a cartoonist for The New Yorker Magazine and many other publications over a 75-year career. Roth had three brothers, all of whom became cartoonists.<\/p>\n

Al Ross was also a great painter and fine artist, and he was the one who encouraged\u00a0Arlen\u00a0to become a guitarist when he saw\u00a0Arlen\u00a0playing along with the Flamenco records he would play in the Bronx apartment.<\/p>\n

\u201cGuitar was always a sound that was around in my house,\u201d said Roth. \u201cWe lived in an apartment in Brooklyn and my father listened to a lot of flamenco music. That was an influence on me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got a violin when I was young. My brother had a guitar with two strings, and I\u2019d just noodle around with it. I was studying violin in school and my dad said \u2013 forget violin, go with guitar.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I went down and studied guitar with a Bohemian woman in the Village. In 1964, I bought my fitst guitar at Ben\u2019s Music on 48th\u00a0Street. It was an Ideal four-pickup Japanese guitar with a Stewart amplifier. The guitar had a lof of chrome and lots of pickups.\u201d<\/p>\n

Music was there but Roth\u2019s family was mainly into drawing and art.<\/p>\n

\u201cI used to do cartoons,\u201d said Roth. \u201cI\u2019d make up my own cartoon books. My father was a single panel cartoonist. I liked that and also liked comic books.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did cartoons for a long time and then I got into photography. I\u2019m the only one in the family with ear so I also got into music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roth attended the\u00a0High School of Music and Art\u00a0in New York City from 1966-1969 as an art student. He then studied at the\u00a0Philadelphia College of Art\u00a0from 1969-1971.<\/p>\n

\u201cI studied film and photography at the Philadelphia College of Art,\u201d said Roth. \u201cI had a band \u2013 Steel \u2013 who lived with me. We were playing everywhere. In 1970, we went to the town of Woodstock to get heard.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 1970, Steel put on the first Woodstock Reunion concert to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the festival in\u00a0Bethel, New York, where Roth lived every summer since he was born.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe put on the first anniversary show,\u201d said Roth. \u201cSteel was the only band and played four hours every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roth\u2019s reputation started to grow and soon his talents were in demand.<\/p>\n

He began to record and tour with acts such as Happy and Artie Traum,\u00a0Eric Andersen,\u00a0Paul Butterfield,\u00a0Art Garfunkel,\u00a0Janis Ian,\u00a0John Prine,\u00a0Helen Schneider,\u00a0Pete Seeger,\u00a0Phoebe Snow,\u00a0Dusty Springfield,\u00a0and Loudon Wainwright III. He toured with the\u00a0Bee Gees,\u00a0Simon and Garfunkel\u00a0and\u00a0Duane Eddy.<\/p>\n

From then on, his CV continued to grow and become more impressive.<\/p>\n

In 1976, he appeared in the\u00a0Bob Dylan\u00a0film\u00a0\u201cRenaldo and Clara\u201d\u00a0performing with\u00a0Ramblin\u2019 Jack Elliott,\u00a0Patti Smith\u00a0and\u00a0Phil Ochs. He is featured performing on his 1953 Telecaster with\u00a0Patti Smith\u00a0in the 2019 Bob Dylan\/Martin Scorsese\u00a0film \u201cRolling Thunder.\u201d Roth\u2019s version of \u201cScarborough Fair\u201d is featured on the soundtrack of the film, \u201cLost in Translation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roth\u2019s first book,\u00a0\u201cSlide Guitar,\u201d was published by Oak Publications when he was 21. He has since published numerous well-known books such as\u00a0\u201cHow to Play Blues Guitar,\u201d \u201cNashville Guitar,\u201d \u201cArlen\u00a0Roth\u2019s Complete Electric Guitar,\u201d \u201cArlen\u00a0Roth\u2019s Complete Acoustic Guitar,\u201d \u201cRock Guitar for Future Stars,\u201d \u201cHeavy Metal Guitar,\u201d \u201cHot Guitar\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cMasters of the Telecaster.\u201d<\/p>\n

He released a\u00a0\u201cSlide Guitar Summit\u201d\u00a0album in 2015 featuring duets with guitarists\u00a0Sonny Landreth,\u00a0David Lindley,\u00a0Greg Martin,\u00a0Lee Roy Parnell,\u00a0Jack Pearson,\u00a0Rick Vito,\u00a0Jimmy Vivino, and\u00a0Johnny Winter. This is said to be Johnny Winter’s final recording.<\/p>\n

Roth is a\u00a0Telecaster\u00a0enthusiast who wrote the book, \u201cMasters of the Telecaster,\u201d\u00a0detailing the techniques of many famous Telecaster guitarists.<\/p>\n

He has performed and recorded with\u00a0Rory Block,\u00a0Cindy Cashdollar,\u00a0Ry Cooder,\u00a0John Entwistle,\u00a0Danny Gatton,\u00a0Vince Gill,\u00a0Levon Helm,\u00a0Albert Lee,\u00a0David Lindley,\u00a0Don McLean,\u00a0Steve Morse,\u00a0Phil Ochs,\u00a0John Sebastian,\u00a0James Taylor,\u00a0Kate Taylor,\u00a0Livingston Taylor,\u00a0Rick Wakeman,\u00a0Joe Louis Walker, and\u00a0Steve Wariner.<\/p>\n

Roth has released 16 solo albums starting with \u201cGuitarist,\u201d which came out on Rounder Records in 1978 and won the Montreux Critics Award for \u201cBest Instrumental Album of the Year\u201d in 1978. His most recent LP is \u201cTELEMASTERS,\u201d which was released on Aquinnah Records in 2019.<\/p>\n

He was voted in the\u00a0Top 50 Acoustic Guitarists of All-Time\u00a0by\u00a0Gibson.com<\/a>,\u00a0and in the\u00a0Top 100 Most Influential Guitarists of All-Time\u00a0by\u00a0Vintage Guitar Magazine.\u00a0From 2007-2012, Roth was also the creator of more than one thousand online lessons and blogs for Gibson Guitars.<\/p>\n

Roth\u2019s next album will feature duets with another rock\/folk legend who got his start in the Village in the 1960s \u2013 John Sebastian, former frontman\/multi-instrumentalist of\u00a0The Lovin\u2019 Spoonful.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a duet album with John and me playing all Spoonful songs,\u201d said Roth. \u201cI always loved the Spoonful with John and guitarist Zal Yanovsky \u2013 and The Byrds with Clarence White.\u201d<\/p>\n

The concept was to record instrumental treatments of the great songs of the Lovin\u2019 Spoonful, with just two guitars, bass, and drums.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe album is titled, \u2018John Sebastian and\u00a0Arlen\u00a0Roth Explore the Spoonful Songbook,\u2019 and it will be released on September 25,\u201d said Roth.<\/p>\n

Video link for\u00a0Arlen\u00a0Roth —\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/MY9_cKckm48<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at\u00a0Sellersville on July 18 will start at 8 p.m. with tickets priced at $19.50. Livestream tickets are $10.<\/p>\n

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Electric Six<\/p><\/div>\n

Electric Six released its debut album \u201cFire\u201d in 2003. The band\u2019s popularity took off after the release of the LP. The album was fueled by a pair of hit singles \u2013 \u201cDanger! High Voltage,\u201d which hit Number 2 on the UK singles chart, and \u201cGay Bar,\u201d which reached Number\u00a05 in the UK charts.<\/p>\n

Electric Six released its 14th album \u2013 \u201cBride of the Devil\u201d \u2013 on Metropolis Records in 2018. Now, the band — Dick Valentine, Vocals; Johnny Na$hinal, Guitar; Tait Nucleus, Keyboards; Herb S Flavoring, Bass; Doctor J., Drums \u2013 is releasing a new album.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new album is a covers album,\u201d said Valentine, during a phone interview Wednesday afternoon as the band travelled from western Pennsylvania to a gig in Rhode Island.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe album is called, \u2018Streets of Gold,\u2019 and it is coming out on Cleopatra Records. We recently had a song on one of their compilations. We did \u2018Eye in the Sky\u2019 by the Alan Parsons Project.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor our album, we chose 12 covers out of a hat. There are six people in the band, and everyone had two choices \u2013 any song they wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cStreets of Gold\u201d has a release date of July 30, 2021, and includes a number of gems suck as Love\u2019s \u201cMaybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark And Hilldale\u201d and Alice Cooper\u2019s \u201cNo More Mr. Nice Guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cut the album all through the pandemic,\u201d said Valentine. \u201cWe recorded it at our guitarist\u2019s studio in Warren, Michigan \u2013 International Sound Studio.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve used that studio ever since our fourth album. When you do home recording, you can set your own pace.<\/p>\n

Electric Six has found a successful formula \u2013 an M.O. that works for them every time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know a lot of bands that never got to album six and we\u2019re into our teens,\u201d said Valentine. \u201cEver since we made our fourth record, we\u2019ve been using our home studio. And we only ever used an outside producer on our first record. We like to do everything ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the exception of 2012, Electric Six had released a new album every year from 2005-2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had taken a one-year break in 2019,\u201d said Valentime. \u201cThen came the pandemic break. Four years without an Electric Six album is a long time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pandemic has been tough on all bands. We lost 15 months of shows. But we all regrouped during the that time. In some ways, the break was good for us.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re now eight shows into our first post-pandemic tour. After the first hour of the first show, it felt like nothing had changed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even though Electric Six has been around for almost two decades, the show on July 20 will mark its Sellersville Theater debut.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will be our first time to play the Sellersville Theater,\u201d said Valentine. \u201cWe\u2019ve heard a lot of good things about it so we\u2019re looking forward to this show.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Electric Six — https:\/\/youtu.be\/4SFns-6_e_Q<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show on July 20 will start at 8 p.m. with tickets priced at $21.50. Livestream tickets are $12.50.<\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at the Sellersville Theater are Great Time on July 17, and \u201cSatisfaction\u201d on July 21 and 22.<\/p>\n

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Steve Forbert<\/p><\/div>\n

Because of the pandemic shutdown of live shows, area fans of Steve Forbert have been waiting for a long time to hear a live performance by the veteran singer\/songwriter\/guitarist.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, the wait is over. Forbert is coming back to the area this weekend and is playing two shows at two different venues.<\/p>\n

On July 16, Forbert & The New Renditions will be in Kennett Square to headline the latest installment of the Kennett Flash\u2019s Rooftop Series<\/p>\n

On July 17, Forbert will travel 28 miles northwest to headline a show at the Ardmore Music Hall (23 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, 610-649-8389,\u00a0www.ardmoremusic.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the pandemic, I lost a lot,\u201d said Forbert, during a phone interview Wednesday afternoon from his home in Asbury Park. \u201cI had to postpone a chance to go to England again.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, I have shows on my schedule again. After this interview, I\u2019m heading to Clinton (NJ) for a rehearsal with my band for this weekend\u2019s shows. I have a four-piece band \u2013 George Naha on guitar, Todd Lanka on bass Caleb Estey on drums and me on guitar and harmonica. I\u2019ve been playing with these guys for three or four years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Forbert has been recording and playing music for four decades and has reached a point in his career where he knows how to stay busy but not too busy.<\/p>\n

Forbert averages around four shows a year in this area and is a regular at the Kennett Flash and Sellersville Theater.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s pretty safe to say that Forbert is never going to oversaturate the market with his recorded output.<\/p>\n

When Forbert released his album, \u201cCompromised,\u201d in 2015, it was 34 years after he released his debut album \u201cAlive On Arrival.\u201d In the three decades-plus, he only released 14 studio albums.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, he has been more prolific in recent years.<\/p>\n

He released \u201cFlying at Night\u201d on Rolling Tide Records in 2016 and followed with a pair of albums on Blue Rose Music \u2013 \u201cThe Magic Tree\u201d in 2018 and \u201cEarly Morning Rain\u201d in 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cEarly Morning Rain\u201d is an album of covers \u2013 including the Grateful Dead\u2019s \u201cBox of Rain,\u201d Elton John\u2019s \u201cYour Song,\u201d the Kinks\u2019 \u201cSupersonic Rocket Ship\u201d, and Danny O\u2019Keefe\u2019s \u201cGood Time Charlie\u2019s Got The Blues\u201d (which was released as a video.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve gotten a lot of streaming on \u2018Good Time Charlie\u2019s Got The Blues,\u2019\u201d said Forbert, who was the recipient of the 2020 Governor\u2019s Arts Award in his home state of Mississippi. \u201cIt\u2019s gotten over a million streams.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor \u2018Early Morning Rain,\u2019 we did the tracks in Brooklyn and the rest in Asbury Park at Steve Greenwell\u2019s studio.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the tracking, there was a time constraint. We got it done in three days. We used studio musicians and they were busy. When they came to the studio, they made their charts on the spot.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince then, we\u2019ve done an album of 11 original songs. We recorded it in Asbury Park. It\u2019s not out yet. The pandemic put a lot of albums into the system and a lot of them will come out soon. I think it\u2019s better to wait for a while. It will probably be next year until it comes out.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the album we just finished, a lot of times the music comes first. What happens is \u2013 I\u2019ll get a melodic ide, write the music and then work on the lyrics. One song on the album tells a story so, with that one, the lyrics came first.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re still working on the record. I like having the time. It\u2019s just me and the producer at his studio so there are no time constraints. It\u2019s a luxury to have the time to work at your own comfortable pace.\u201d<\/p>\n

Forbert has a very solid fan base and that\u2019s fine with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I do is more about songs,\u201d said Forbert. \u201cI just do what I\u2019ve always done. Lyrics \u2014 and topics \u2014 move with me through life. I don\u2019t pay attention to fads.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not a jam band or an act that plays for big crowds. It\u2019s folk-rock and mostly acoustic. Even with these shows, the band doesn\u2019t play super loud \u2013 and Caleb is not a loud drummer. I like to do some shows with the band to keep it together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Video link for Steve Forbert \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/KpGZyEIG_2k<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show at Kennett Flash\u2019s Rooftop Series (Kennett Square Parking Garage, 100 East Linden Street, Kennett Square) on July 16 will start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $35.<\/p>\n

The show at the Ardmore Music Hall on July 17 will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $98 for table of two.<\/p>\n

Other upcoming shows at the Ardmore Music Hall are Nick Perri & the Underground Thieves on July 15 and 90’sKindaLuv presents \u201cThe Soundtracks\u201d on July 16.<\/p>\n

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Sin City Band<\/p><\/div>\n

On July 17, the Flash\u2019s Rooftop Series will present the Sin City Band.<\/p>\n

The Sin City Band was started in 1974 in New Hampshire. The band is now based in Delaware and was inducted into the Delaware Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.<\/p>\n

Sin City Band features Scott Birney (vocals, acoustic guitar), Jim Ficca (drums), David Berry (piano, organ), Steve Hobson (vocals, electric guitar), and Bob Bloomingdale (vocals, bass).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not working as much as we used to do,\u201d said Birney, during a phone interview Wednesday from his Chester County home in New London.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe still play every Monday night from 6-9 p.m. at a brew pub just outside of Newark — Argilla\u2019s in Meadowood. We\u2019ve been playing there for six or seven years.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore that, we had a regular gig in Newark at East End Caf\u00e9, which later became Mojo and now is Grain. We\u2019d been doing that since the late 80s.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe celebrated our 45th anniversary at the Kennett Flash two years ago. I started the band in 1974 in New Hampshire when I was attending New England College. We played tons of college and junior college shows all around New England. We had a circuit \u2013 and we also played VFW halls.<\/p>\n

\u201cI moved down here in August 1975. We had a connection at the Stone Balloon in Newark and played a lot of shows there. We also spent a season playing ski resorts in Colorado in 1975-1976.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Sin City Band has roots in rock, country and country-rock. The group took its name from a Flying Burrito Brothers\u2019 song penned the late, great Gram Parsons.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t resist playing some Flying Burrito Brothers\u2019 songs in our shows,\u201d said Birney. \u201cWe\u2019re an Americana\/roots band.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had a lot of different musicians in the band over the years, but this current line-up has been around for a while. We\u2019ll be a five-piece band on Saturday \u2013 two guitars, piano, bass and drums. We\u2019ll be playing honky-tonk music \u2013 originals and covers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know so many songs and we\u2019ve been at it so long, people know our originals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sin City Band has a long history in this area and another link to the Chester County\/Northern Delaware music scene.<\/p>\n

The Spinto Band was born out of Sin City. Of the six Spinto members, only one doesn\u2019t have a father, stepfather or uncle who is or was part of Delaware honky-tonk institution the Sin City Band.<\/p>\n

Video link for Sin City Band \u2013 https:\/\/youtu.be\/TYA4FgHXlR4<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Rooftop show will start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20.<\/p>\n

The Candlelight Theatre (2208 Millers Road, Arden, Delaware,\u00a0www.candlelighttheatredelaware.org<\/a>) will be a bustle of activity this weekend with the latest installment of its Comedy Club on July 15 and the final weekend of \u201cBeehive: The 1960\u2019s Musical\u201d from July 16-18.<\/p>\n

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Ophira Eisenberg<\/p><\/div>\n

The Candlelight Comedy Club will have Ophira Eisenberg as the headliner with Chris Coccia\u00a0as the feature, and Candlelight’s own\u00a0Michelle Mattera\u00a0as the MC.<\/p>\n

Eisenberg, a native of Calgary, is a standup comic and host of NPR\u2019s nationally syndicated comedy trivia show\u00a0\u201cAsk Me Another,\u201d and a regular host and teller with\u00a0\u201cThe Moth.\u201d Her stories have been featured on\u00a0\u201cThe Moth Radio Hour\u201d\u00a0and in best-selling books, including the most recent \u2013 \u201cOccasional Magic: True Stories About Defying the Impossible.\u201d Eisenberg\u2019s comedic memoir, \u201cScrew Everyone: Sleeping My Way to Monogamy,\u201d was optioned for a feature film.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been doing comedy a long tome \u2013 almost 20 years,\u201d said Eisenberg, during a phone interview Tuesday from her home in New York City.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started in Toronto. I left Calgary after sending a year in college at the University of Calgary. I went to Magill University and was in Montreal for four years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen, I was living in Vancouver for four years and Toronto for five years. I made my way to New York slowly. I\u2019ve been in New York since 2005. It took many years to feel like I was living here.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I always wanted to do stand-up but it took a few years until I realized that it was really what I wanted to do. I took ballet when I was growing up and won \u2018Miss Personality\u2019 with the company \u2013 which probably meant I wasn\u2019t a very good dancer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI only went to a comedy club once with my parents when I was a kid. Later, when I was in Vancouver, I volunteered with the Vancouver Comedy Festival as an usher. That got me interested in doing stand-up.<\/p>\n

\u201cI signed up for an open mic 20 years ago in Toronto at the Laugh Resort. I had 15 minutes and I talked about my family and my name. I still talk about my name along with my mother and being single.\u201d<\/p>\n

Slowly and surely, Eisenberg established her career in comedy in Toronto.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a little different in Toronto in terms of trajectory,\u201d said Eisenberg. \u201cThere was a small group of us starting out and only a few women at the time. A couple years into it, I had the opportunity for paid guest spots.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith my comedy, I\u2019ve always been autobiographical \u2013 what do I have in my life that is funny. Over time, you build up confidence. Now, I talk about what is going in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

A cash bar is open and table snacks are provided.\u00a0Tickets are $30 and onsite parking is free.
\nOn the stage shows Friday through Sunday, the members of the all-female cast ask audiences to join them for this rollicking musical tribute to the ladies who left their mark on the music of the 60s. With big voices and bigger hairdos,\u00a0\u201cBeehive\u201d\u00a0will have audience members dancing in the aisles and singing along with many of the iconic songs from the past.<\/p>\n

The show, which was created by Larry Gallagher,\u00a0is a celebration of the powerful female voices of the 1960s. This musical review will transport audiences with timeless hits such as \u201cMe and Bobby McGee,\u201d\u00a0\u201cMy Boyfriend\u2019s Back\u201d, \u201cBe My Baby,\u201d \u201cSon of a Preacher Man\u201d, and \u201cYou Don\u2019t Own Me\u201d.<\/p>\n

There are six performers in the cast at the Candlelight \u2013 Macy (Macy Chaplin), Tiffany (Tiffany Dawn Christopher), Phoebe (Phoebe Gavula), Tiara (Tiara Greene), Jenna (Jenna Kuerzi) and Kaylan (Kaylan Wetzel).<\/p>\n

Wetzel is familiar with the songs in the show \u2013 but she didn\u2019t grow up with them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the music from my mom\u2019s era,\u201d said Wetzel. \u201cShe grew up in the 1960s. And my father too \u2013 he loved the Beatles.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBeehive: The 1960\u2019s Musical\u201d is running now through July 18. Tickets are $65.50 for adults and $33 for children (ages 4-12). All seats are reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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