On Stage: A local musician lays down the law

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times Michael Braunfeld Most people don’t associate being a lawyer with being an entertainer – unless they take into consideration high-profile criminal lawyers like F. Lee Bailey or Clarence Darrow. So, it’s a little unusual that two music acts playing in the area in a five-day period feature lawyers – Mike Cusimano, whose band played the Keswick...

On Stage: Wire rolling out new album, Silver/Lead

By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times Wire In the summer of 2015, Union Transfer 1026 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, 215-232-2100, www.utphilly.com) hosted a show by Wire and the British quartet rocked the house. On September 26, Wire — Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Robert Grey and Matthew Simms — is returning to the scene of the crime to do it again. The show at Union Transfer will be the...