Tioga Downs to Host a CD Release Party for Local Nashville Recording Artist, Darlene Marie McCoy.
 

 
On Thursday, June 26th Darlene Marie McCoy in coordination with the Hawk 98.1 and Tioga Downs will be debuting her new CD “Typical American Girl”.  Backed by her local band “The Mustangs” Darlene Marie will be performing tracks from both her new CD “Typical American Girl” and her debut CD “I Can’t Stop Loving You Today”.  Darlene Marie would like to cordially invite everyone to come and celebrate the release of “Typical American Girl” with her.  Festivities kick off at 7:00 pm with a Meet & Great Autograph Session, CD Sales and Door Prizes.  The Debut Performance will begin at 7:30pm.  Be one of the first to hear this Smash new album and get your copy signed.
 

So I am dying right now to see Rob Zombie at the Scranton Cultural center, but no one wants to go with me, which is a total drag. Its kind of funny because until the new Halloween movie came out half of my friends didn't even KNOW who Rob Zombie is. I just recently took my mom to the Trans Siberian Orchestra at the Arena which was awsome, but there's no such luck in getting her to come to Rob Zombie even though she does know the chorus to "Dragula" haha. SOOooo as my very first blog I want to know what shows/concerts everyone out there wants to see?? and if there is any news of shows/concerts/or music festivals that I maybe dont know about?! Adios Amigos!

Hey everybody!

I was wondering what everyone thought of the current NEPA music scene.  There are some great bands out there currently - Beyond Fallen is a great metal band, K8's a quality singer/songwriter, and we've got a great bluesman in Clarence Spady.  It seems though as if local artists don't get the support they used to.  Remember the groundswell of support The Badlees (gets my vote for best band to ever come out of NEPA) got back in 1995 that led them to their major label record deal?  Sure, Breaking Ben went national, but somehow their rise didn't have the same feeling of a slow and excitement filled build like other NEPA bands such as The Badlees had.  It just didn't seem like it was quite the same level of fan support. 

Perhaps I'm leaving out the indie punk movement that's happening locally.  There are a number of indie punk labels with hungry young bands locally that are vying for attention.  What is everyone else's take on the current NEPA music scene?