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Akron / Family Release Woody Guthrie Tribute

By NorthcentralPA.com
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3 years 12 weeks ago

Features contributions from Williamsport musicians

Progressive rock "freak folk wildmen" Akron/Family, with Williamsport native Seth Olinsky, just issued "Woody Guthrie's America," a collaborative project composed and steered by Olinsky. The first volume of recordings can be heard at www.akronfamily.com/woodyproject. more»

Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour 2/8/2010 Special Guest: Beyondo

By Johnny J Blair
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3 years 14 weeks ago

2/8/10 Special Guest: Beyondo http://www.ericbiondo.com/ a.k.a. Eric Biondo, singer-songwriter, recording artist, producer and
trumpeter who has played for Burning Spear, Teo Macero, Massive Attack, Sinead O'Connor, and other notables, in styles ranging from brainy jazzy pop to world beat to children's to funk. more»

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Blind Date with Beethoven

By Johnny J Blair
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3 years 13 weeks ago

ROCK FANS LOVE CLASSICAL—THEY’RE JUST NOT HEARING IT
(originally published 7/07 Shinbone Magazine)
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'Singer at Large' Johnny J. Blair to Come to King Street

By NorthcentralPA.com
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3 years 13 weeks ago

NORTHUMBERLAND -- "Singer at Large" and Rock'n'Roll artist Johnny J. Blair will perform Friday, Feb. 26, at the King Street Coffee House, 221 Front Street, Northumberland. Music begins 7 p.m. with The Gypsy Lizards and Skrimshaw. more»

Goth Reviews: Michael Miller

By Goth Woman and Spike
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3 years 13 weeks ago

Michael Miller I MADE YOU UP (Shiny Shiny) www.michaelmillercrusade.com
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Jazz at the Genetti

By NorthcentralPA.com
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3 years 13 weeks ago

”Jazz at the Genetti”, a series of live jazz concerts that include local and touring jazz ensembles, continues in February with Zeropoint Big Band on Tuesday, February 16 at 8:00 PM. This 16-piece big band is comprised of central Pennsylvania’s top musicians, many of whom have played and toured nationally and internationally. more»

Music Collective to Present Tribute to Metal

By Uptown Music Collective
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3 years 15 weeks ago

WILLIAMSPORT -- The Uptown Music Collective will present “Ride the Lightning; A Tribute to Metal” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5, 2010 at the Community Arts Center in Williamsport. more»

Goth Reviews: Akron/Family

By Goth Woman and Spike
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3 years 15 weeks ago

Akron/Family SET ‘EM WILD AND SET ‘EM FREE (Dead Oceans) http://akronfamily.com more»

Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour 1/25/2010 Special Guests: Key of V

By Johnny J Blair
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3 years 16 weeks ago

1/25/10 Special Guests: Key of V, Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour 2009 Artist(s) of the Year. more»

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Goth Reviews: John Oliver and the Distinguished

By Goth Woman and Spike
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3 years 17 weeks ago

John Oliver and the Distinguished IT AIN’T OVER (self-released) www.jodband.com

Goth Woman: Based in Williamsport, JOD are hot, on stage and in the studio. Everything about this recording is rock solid, from production to musicianship to song craft. more»

Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour 01/11/2010 John Oliver and Eddie Severn

By Johnny J Blair
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3 years 17 weeks ago

1/11/10 Special Guests: Singer-songwriter John Oliver www.jodband.net and ambient-jazz British trumpeter Eddie Severn http://www.eddiesevern.com. Eddie is launching a new jazz concert series at the Genetti Hotel + we play one of his recordings. more»

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Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour 1/18/2010 Featured Artist: Ron Fleeger

By Johnny J Blair
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3 years 17 weeks ago

1/18/10 Special Guest: Ron Fleeger, winner of the Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour 2009 Album of the Year for LUCKY 7s by Ron Fleeger&the Stranger. Show features cuts from LUCKY 7s and past Fleeger music projects (Bad Light Project, Entity) + recordings by Killing Joke, Lord Litter, Michael Miller, Miz,&Eddie Severn.

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Billtown Bus Stop Announces Music Awards

By Billtown Bus Stop
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3 years 17 weeks ago

Recognition Given for Local Contribution to Music

WILLIAMSPORT -- The Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour, a radio program on WVYA 89.7FM, announced Music Award Winners on Monday, January 4th. more»

Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour 12-28-2009 Guest Tim Breon

By Johnny J Blair
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3 years 20 weeks ago

12/28/09
Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour. Special Guest: Tim Breon, bassist, guitarist&engineer-producer from Williamsport who has performed with notables such as Paul Anka, Olivia Newton-John, Martha Reeves&more. He comments on his many projects + airs recordings he has worked on by Johnny J. Blair, Sarah Holgate (orchestral pop from Scranton), more»

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Goth Reviews: Davy Jones

By Goth Woman and Spike
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3 years 21 weeks ago

Davy Jones SHE (Happy Productions) www.davyjones.net

Spike: This is a much-anticipated collection of pop standards the ex-Monkee worked on for over a year…

Goth Woman: …in three different studios from central Pennsylvania to Florida to England… more»

Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour 12/21/2009 Artist: Earl Pickens

By Johnny J Blair
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3 years 21 weeks ago

12/21/09 Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour. Featured Artist: Earl Pickens + recordings by The Beach Boys, The Blue Hawaiians (doing "We Three Kings," a song composed in Williamsport), Boney M, David Bowie&Bing Crosby
(duet), The Cocteau Twins, Bruce Derr, Kristin Fisher, Davy Jones, Steve&Jennie Kanski, Michael Miller, The Sweetbriars, The Three Stooges, The Ventures,&Victoria Williams.

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Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour 12/14/2009 Guest: Word2Soul

By Johnny J Blair
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3 years 22 weeks ago

12/14/09 Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour. Spotlight on the Word2Soul Project, featuring lyricist-songwriter Amy Mintzer. The Word2Soul Project http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/word2soul is an ongoing urban gospel/rock collaboration between Mintzer, Johnny J. more»

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Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour 12/7/09 Guest: Davy Jones

By Johnny J Blair
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3 years 23 weeks ago

12/7/09 Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour. Special Guest: Davy Jones (www.davyjones.net) of the Monkees, promoting his new SHE CD (a collection of standards) and his recently remastered Christmas album, produced by Chip Douglas (The Byrds, The Monkees, The Turtles). more»

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Davy Jones to Perform at Front Street Station

By NorthCentralPA.com
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3 years 23 weeks ago

Actor, author, dancer, singer-songwriter and ex-member of The Monkees: Davy Jones and his band will perform at Front Street Station, 2 N Front Street, in Northumberland on Saturday, December 12th. Show starts at 8:00PM. more»

Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour 11/30/09 Guest: Joseph Smith III

By Johnny J Blair
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3 years 24 weeks ago

11/30/09 Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour 89.7 WVYA-FM Special Guest: Joseph Smith III, speaker, teacher&author of the book THE PSYCHO FILES: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO HITCHCOCK'S THRILLER + recordings by Jeff Buckley, Bela Fleck, Jonathan Haley, Bernard Herrmann, Michel Legrand, Alfred Molina reading Dylan Thomas, The Monkees, The Repasz Band, Scott Schell, Al Stewart,&Jethro Tull performing "We F more»

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Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour 11/23/09 Guest: Joel Vincent

By Johnny J Blair
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3 years 25 weeks ago

Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour 89.7 WVYA-FM 11/23/09: Special Guest Joel Vincent, drummer and editor of Billtownlive.com + we play cuts from the upcoming Blind Chitlin Kahunas CD + recordings by Hollis Brown, In Musth, Key of V, Lumpy Gravy, Monty Python,& the Word2Soul Project.

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Producer seeks music acts to record now and into 2010

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3 years 26 weeks ago

Johnny J. Blair, singer-songwriter and recording artist, is also a producer of music acts. He is actively seeking new recordings to produce, with an emphasis on visionary-edgy-quirky pop/rock, expansive arrangements, and mold-breaking singer-songwriters. more»

Ex-Monkee Croons a Different Tune

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3 years 26 weeks ago

SNYDER COUNTY -- After a year of tooling in studios in Central Pennsylvania, England, and Florida, former Monkees singer Davy Jones has released, SHE, a collection of "handpicked classics and standards" from the 1940s to the 1970s. SHE marks Jones' departure from the usual Monkees' mix of twangy Brit-pop and rock'n'roll vaudeville. more»

Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour 11/9/09 Guest: Rob Byham

By Johnny J Blair
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3 years 27 weeks ago

Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour 89.7 WVYA-FM 11/9/09: Special Guest Rob Byham, Linden-based arranger, composer and trumpeter, playing cuts from his various music projects, ranging from symphonies to jazz to children's music with his family. He also talks about his performances with The Spiral Starecase ("More Today Than Yesterday") and jamming with Pres. Bill Clinton. more»

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audio/mpeg iconBilltown Bus Stop Radio Hour Nov 9 2009 with guest Rob Byham

Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour 10/26/09 Guest: Charles Holmes

By Johnny J Blair
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3 years 29 weeks ago

Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour 89.7 WVYA-FM Monday 10/26/09: Special guest, bassist Charles "Chalie" Holmes + recordings by Sarah Blacker, Johnny J Blair, Cheryl Bliss, The Buttons, Stanley Clarke, Michael Miller, and McCoy Tyner.

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Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour 10/19/09 Focus on the Music of Billtown (Part 2)

By Johnny J Blair
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3 years 30 weeks ago

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Mind's Eye Studios to 'Go All the Way' for Local Musicians

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3 years 31 weeks ago

As Williamsport continues to be an epicenter for independent music, local recording studios have become a regular part of the scene. Mind's Eye Music Studios, now in its twelfth year, continues to offer services for what musicians need. The video and recording studio, owned by producer-engineer-musician Scott Francis, is partnering with "Singer at Large" Johnny J. Blair and recording artist-producer-engineer Hunter Wentzler to create a production team. more»

Symphony Season Begins, Ill Guest Replaced with Golka

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3 years 31 weeks ago

On Sunday, October 18, 2009, the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Music Director Tomasz Golka, will begin its 2009-10 season called Chasing Light. The season opening concert is called "Magic Fire&Ice." The WSO will perform Liszt's "Totentasz for Piano and Orchestra" with special guest pianist Adam Golka (www.adamgolka.com). He is a late replacement for the scheduled guest artist, Argentine bassoon virtuoso Ezequiel Fainguersch, who has swine flu. more»

Benefit Concert Honors Memory of Susan Bacchieri

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3 years 31 weeks ago

A benefit concert in celebration of the life of Susan Bacchieri, who passed Sept. 22, 2009, will be held Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, at the Community Arts Center, Williamsport.

This showcase event, The Music of Billtown, begins at 6 p.m. and is sponsored by the Billtown Blues Association. more»

Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour 10/12/09 Focus on The Music of Billtown (Part 1)

By Johnny J Blair
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3 years 31 weeks ago

10/12/09 Focus on THE MUSIC OF BILLTOWN: A CONCERT CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF SUSAN BACCHIERI w/special guest Goodtime Charlie Lockard + recordings by Akron/Family, Alison Wonderband, Rebecca Bastian (poetry reading live at the Bullfrog 1997), Black Marble, Johnny J Blair, Bob Dylan, Anthony Hopkins, Key of V, Lumpy Gravy, Michael Miller, The Pick-Ups,&W.B. Yeats.

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Blair to Perform at Lock Haven Coffee House

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LOCK HAVEN -- "Singer at Large" and rock 'n' roll artist Johnny J. Blair will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, at Avenue 209, a coffee house at 209 Bellefonte Ave., Lock Haven.

Having performed in venues ranging from CBGB's to The Fillmore, Blair's music is described as "more singing, less blinging" and "a burst of soul, with urban irreverence, romantic abstraction and bittersweet spirituality." One fan said he sounds like "a cross between David Bowie and Brian Wilson." more»

Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour 08/31/2009 Guest: Ron Fleeger & the Stranger

By Johnny J Blair
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3 years 37 weeks ago

8/31/09 Special guest Ron Fleeger&the Stranger, playing live in the studio&premiering cuts from the CD LUCKY 7s + recordings by Bad Light Project, Johnny J Blair, Richard X. Heyman, Michael Miller,&Jamie Notarthomas.

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Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour 08/18/2009 Guest: Joseph Smith III

By Johnny J Blair
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3 years 39 weeks ago

8/17/09 Special guest Joseph Smith III, discussing his new book on the film PSYCHO + recordings by The Beach Boys, Johnny J Blair, Chicago*, Bela Fleck*, Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann, Bruce Hornsby*, Jethro Tull*, Davy Jones*, Little Feat*,&Al Stewart. * = artists who've appeared at the Community Arts Center.

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Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour 06/22/2009 Guest: Black Marble & Key of V

By Johnny J Blair
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3 years 47 weeks ago

6/22/09 Focus on the Absorb Festival 2009 featuring Black Marble&Key of V + recordings by Antares J Barr, Johnny J Blair, Doc Mach&the Field Surgeons, Fletcher Kaufman, John Oliver&the Distinguished, Hugh Ross, Shattered Beneath the Shade&The States.

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Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour Show 06/08/2009 Guest: Mayor Campana

By Johnny J Blair
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3 years 49 weeks ago

6/8/09 Special guest Mayor Campana talks about the city he loves and his fave dance hits + recordings by Anthill, Carmine Appice's Slamm!?!, Johnny J Blair, Blue Skye Mourning, Chicago, Jo Jo Gunne, Toto, The Trammps&Bob Seger.

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Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour 5/11/09 Guest: Mike Garson

By Johnny J Blair
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4 years 1 week ago

5/11/09 Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour 89.7 WVYA-FM Special Guest: Mike Garson, pianist for David Bowie, Stanley Clarke, Nine Inch Nails, and guest artist with the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra + recordings by Johnny J. Blair, David Bowie,&Mick Ronson.

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Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour - February 16, 2009

By Johnny J Blair
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3 years 13 weeks ago

2/16/09 Special guest Richard James, editor of the African-American Perspective and writer for the Sun-Gazette.

He proves a "Billtown connection" between John Coltrane and Sponge Bob + recordings by Angelique, John Coltrane, Dixie Hummingbirds, Michael Franti&Spearhead, The Neville Brothers, Monette Newsuan, Nina Simone, & Sounds of Blackness.

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audio/mpeg icon2/16/09 Special guest Richard James, editor of the African-American Perspective and writer for the Sun-Gazette.

Beatles' 'Let It Be' to Get Theatrical Remake

By Johnny J Blair
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6 years 5 weeks ago

ARCHIVE: Originally published 4/15/07 The One Magazine)

The Uptown Music Collective will present "Let it Be: A Live Theatrical History of the Beatles." This multi-media "theatrical concert" will play at the Community Arts Center in Williamsport on Friday, May 10th and Saturday, May 11th. Show begins at 7:30pm. more»

Let It Be: A Love/Hate Relationship

By Johnny J Blair
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6 years 8 weeks ago

(ARCHIVE: Originally published 3/25/07, The One Magazine)

Thirty-seven years ago this month, The Beatles released LET IT BE, an album that critics branded "controversial" and fans either love or hate. The liner notes proclaimed "a new phase,"  but the Fab Four had disbanded a month earlier. "In the end," they were just famous people unable to "get back home." more»

Area Residents and One Monkee Pick Favorite Beatle Songs

By Johnny J Blair
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10 years 18 weeks ago

(ARCHIVE: Originally published 1/11/03, Williamsport Sun-Gazette) more»

A Monkee Recalls a Dark Horse

By Johnny J Blair
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11 years 24 weeks ago

(ARCHIVE: Originally published 12/04/01, Williamsport Sun-Gazette) more»

Five Overlooked Beatles' Masterpieces

By Johnny J Blair
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12 years 20 weeks ago

(ARCHIVE: Originally published 1/02/01 Williamsport Sun-Gazette)

Quality was of paramount concern with The Beatles. The recordings released commercially are truly worthy of consumption. Whatever they left in the vaults is usually academic, below standard or redundant. more»

Lennon Remembered

By Johnny J Blair
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12 years 23 weeks ago

(ARCHIVE: Originally published 12/11/00, Williamsport Sun-Gazette) more»

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