{"id":11586,"date":"2015-09-03T08:26:44","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T12:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=11586"},"modified":"2015-09-03T08:26:27","modified_gmt":"2015-09-03T12:26:27","slug":"on-stage-the-mavericks-just-keeping-getting-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=11586","title":{"rendered":"On Stage: The Mavericks just keeping getting better"},"content":{"rendered":"

Also: Superstars headlining\u00a0Made in America in Philly<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By Denny Dyroff<\/span>,<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>Staff Writer, The Times<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Mevericks have been together for more than 25 years and like a fine wine, get better with age. They perform this weekend in Reading.<\/p><\/div>\n

There are few American rock bands that have the staying power — or the consistency of excellence — of The Mavericks.<\/span><\/p>\n

The band came together in Miami just over 25 years ago and immediately built a strong following with its eclectic mix of rock, country, Latin, rockabilly, standards and cowpunk.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite personnel changes, financial difficulties, internal conflicts, a few periods in limbo and a variety of other challenges, The Mavericks are still going strong more than a quarter-century later.<\/span><\/p>\n

In February, the group just released its eighth studio album \u201cMono\u201d (The Valory Music Co — Big Machine Label Group).<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, The Mavericks are touring in support of their new disc — a tour that brings them to this area for a show this weekend. On September 4, the \u201cMono Mundo Tour\u201d will touch down at the Santander Performing Arts Center (136 North Sixth Street, Reading, 610-898-7469, santander-arena.com<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

The current line-up of The Mavericks includes founding members Raul Malo (vocals) and Paul Deakin (drums). Jerry Dale McFadden has been the band\u2019s keyboardist since 1994 and guitarist Edie Perez joined in 2003.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been out touring ever since \u2018Mono\u2019 came out,\u201d said Malo during a phone interview last week from his home in Nashville. \u201cAnd, we\u2019ll be touring through the end of the year. I don\u2019t think we\u2019ll be making a new record anytime soon.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

After releasing an eponymous album in 2003, the band did a support tour and then split up. From 2006-2010, Malo built a strong solo career and released several albums on his own. In 2011, a reunion, which was eagerly anticipated by fans, took place and The Mavericks have been on a roll ever since.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat was the catalyst for the reunion,\u201d said Malo. \u201cThe short of it, I had a collection of songs that sounded like they should be a Mavericks record. And, people had been asking us to get back together. Also, we missed playing with each other. That was a big part of it.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I made my solo albums — I did four solo albums — I missed playing with a band. When we first got back together, it was going to be just a tour. But, I had this music and that changed it all — changed the mission statement. We were excited for the new music — for the new record. We just knew it was the right thing to do.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe played a lot of new songs on that tour. Our fans luckily liked our new music. We didn\u2019t have to just play the old stuff. A lot of bands have songs from their catalogues that they have to play. The Mavericks didn\u2019t really have to do that. We never had a huge Number One song. We\u2019re not prisoners to our songs\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Mavericks may not have had a chart-topping hit back in their initial incarnation but they still racked up a lot of impressive accolades — Academy of Country Music Awards\u2019 \u201cTop New Vocal Group\u201d (1994) and \u201cTop Vocal Group\u201d (1994 and 1995), Country Music Association Awards\u2019 \u201cVocal Group of the Year\u201d (1995 and 1996) and Grammy Awards\u2019 \u201cBest Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal\u201d (1995).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we came back, we wanted to play this new music,\u201d said Malo. \u201cWe\u2019ve enjoyed this era of The Mavericks more than any other. No strings attaches, no agendas — it was all up to us.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cValory-Big Machine has been great. When Scott (Borchetta, founder of the label) and I originally got together about making records for the label, he told us to do whatever we wanted to do. It\u2019s been a great relationship.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Mavericks released their first record on Valory-Big Machine — \u201cIn Time\u201d — on February 26, 2013. \u201cMono\u201d was released two years later almost to the date — February 17, 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded \u2018Mono\u2019 last summer and it came out earlier this year,\u201d said Malo. \u201cWe recorded the album here in Nashville. I wrote or co-wrote all the songs. Actually, I wrote most of them by myself.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWith songwriting for me, it\u2019s whenever the muse comes –hopefully when I\u2019m awake. I\u2019m not that disciplined to say — I\u2019m going to get up and write. And, I don\u2019t really write on the road but I will get ideas and inspirations when we\u2019re on tour. The songs can start a lot of different ways. Sometimes, it might just be a phrase. Usually, it\u2019s a melody and a riff.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMono\u201d is not only the title of the new album. The Mavericks have never shied away from bucking tradition.<\/span><\/p>\n

While in the studio to record the new album, the band realized that the songs required a different approach. They felt drawn toward the idea of creating an album that shines through its songwriting and instrumentation in a singular mindset.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, instead of recording the new album in stereo with all the studio tricks that go along with stereo, the band made the new album in mono — monaural with just one channel. It was an experiment not without risk. But, the final result shows that it was a risk well worth taking.<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for The Mavericks — https:\/\/youtu.be\/94xEZ_cqFFI<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The show in Reading will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $59, $49 and $35.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Beyonce<\/p><\/div>\n

This weekend, Philadelphia will be the site of one of the biggest street music events in the country. On September 5 and 6, the Budweiser Made in America will be held on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Center City Philadelphia.<\/span><\/p>\n

The festival will offer a tasty mix of music styles and genres — a mix of older established acts such as Beyonce, Death Cab for Cutie and Santigold and new acts such as Creepoid, Omen and Strand of Oaks.<\/span><\/p>\n

The full roster of acts for the two-day festival includes Modest Mouse, Grits & Biscuits, The Struts, Flatbush Zombies, Lola Wolf, Death Cab For Cutie, Banks, Axwell & Ingrosso, J. Cole, Bassnectar, Meek Mill, Big Sean, A-Trak, Duke Dumont, Saint Motel, Strand of Oaks, Bas, Cozz, Omen, Santigold, Nick Jonas, Jacob Plant, Gryffn, Halsey, Metric, De La Soul, Remy Banks, Mick Jenkins, Marian Hill, Post Malone, Mayaeni, G-Eazy, Future, GTA, Young Rising Sons, Creepoid, Superheaven, Earl Sweatshirt, Fabolous, Vic Mensa, Hop Along, Waxahatchee, Claude VonStroke, Action Bronson, DJ Mustard and, of course, Beyonce.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the new bands that appears poised to break out in a big way is The Struts — a talented young British band that has one foot in glam rock and the other in indie rock. The foursome, which got its start in Derby, England, features Luke Spiller (vocals), Adam Slack (guitar), Jed Elliott (bass) and Gethin Davies (drums).<\/span><\/p>\n

Fans of the rocking quartet don\u2019t have to brave the crowds along the Parkway to hear The Struts perform this weekend. On September 4, the quartet will headline a show at the Chameleon Club (223 North Water Street, Lancaster, 717-299-9684, http:\/\/www.chameleonclub.net<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

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

\u201cWe flew into New York last night,\u201d said Spiller, during a phone interview Tuesday afternoon. \u201cIt\u2019s nice to be here. We\u2019re looking forward to playing for audiences here in the states.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Spiller, who hails from Clevedon in southern England, and Slack, a native of Derby, a town in the Midlands, first hooked up in 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMe and Adam met six years ago,\u201d said Spiller. \u201cWe were both with the same management and our bands were falling apart. I went up to Derby. We started writing songs together and it clicked. We got together on weekends and eventually moved in together. Then, we got a band house in Derby and just started jamming out. We met our original bass player and drummer — Jamie Binns and Rafe Thomas — through mutual friends. We found Jed and Gethin in a similar way four years later.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The band released its first single \u201cI Just Know\u201d in June 2012. The song was picked up by international fashion retailer Primark and used as the soundtrack for Primark\u2019s \u201cDenim Co\u201d ad campaign. The single was also named as XFM\u2019s \u201cRecord of the Week.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Next came the recording of the Struts\u2019 debut EP \u201cKiss This,\u201d which came out in April 2014 on Virgin EMI. The band followed with its latest EP \u201cHave You Heard,\u201d which was released last August on Interscope Records.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe songs on the latest EP had been around for awhile,\u201d said Spiller. \u201cAfter we recorded the EPs, we were just playing shows relentlessly across the U.K. — a lot of sold-out shows.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The expected attendance at Made in America is around 100,000. Even though The Struts are a relatively new band, they already have experience playing in front of a massive audience.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLast year, we opened for the Rolling Stones at opened for The Rolling Stones in front of 75,000 fans at the Stade de France in Paris,\u201d said Spiller. \u201cLarge festivals are fun. I love playing festivals where you have to win over the crowd.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur influences are Queen, Bowie and Aerosmith. But, we always try to be ourselves. We\u2019ve been working on a new album. Anytime we\u2019re not playing live shows, we\u2019re in the studio working piously to come up with the strongest album we can. We know everybody will like it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for The Struts — https:\/\/youtu.be\/9GuUbziASwE<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The all-ages show at the Chameleon will start at 7 p.m. with Highly Suspect as the opening act. Tickets are $5.07.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Revocation<\/p><\/div>\n

On September 5, the Chameleon will present an evening of metal music with Revocation as the headline act.<\/span><\/p>\n

Revocation is metal band that got its start in Boston almost a decade ago. It features guitarist\/vocalist David Davidson, guitarist\/vocalist Dan Gargiulo, drummer Ash Pearson and bassist\/vocalist Brett Bamberger.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe band was formed in 2006,\u201d said Davidson, during a phone interview last week from his home in Boston. \u201cWe were high school buddies that played shows in the Boston area. I still live in Boston. The other guys are in New York and New Jersey except for our drummer who is from Vancouver.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur old drummer Phil Dubois-Coyne is from the Boston area but he decided to leave the band. Ash is our new addition. We had toured with 3 Inches of Blood. Ash was their drummer and we just hit it off. We were looking for a drummer and he came to mind right away.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c3 Inches of Blood was breaking up so he was a free agent. Ash pretty much keeps the drumming the same and Phil. The song structures are so important. But, Ash adds some flair. He\u2019ll be on the upcoming record — which we\u2019ll make whenever we get around to it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Revocation\u2019s music is aggressive, relentless and not for the faint of heart. A look at the band\u2019s album titles offers a good idea of what to expect from the music. The quartet has released five studio albums — \u201cEmpire of the Obscene\u201d (2008), \u201cExistence Is Futile\u201d (2009), \u201cChaos of Forms\u201d (2011), \u201cRevocation\u201d (2013) and \u201cDeathless\u201d (2014).<\/span><\/p>\n

A little over a year ago, Revocation signed a recording deal with Metal Blade Records. The band\u2019s first album for the label was \u201cDeathless\u201d which came out in October 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDeathless\u201d reached #124 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, #10 on the Billboard Hard Music Albums Chart (Current), #114 on the Billboard Top Current Albums Chart, and #1 on the Billboard New Artist Chart. The album was recorded with acclaimed producer Zeuss at Planet Z studios in Massachusetts.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the end of our cycle for that one (\u201cDeathless\u201d),\u201d said Davidson. \u201cWe\u2019ve worked it for over a year. We don\u2019t have any new songs to play live. It\u2019s very loose at this point. The plan for the fall is to cut from the \u2018Deathless\u2019 cycle and then sit back and write. I write most of the songs but Dan also writes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we\u2019re in the studio, we do the drum tracks and then layer the guitars and then add the bass and vocals. It\u2019s the game we play. Almost every band does it the same way. That way, you get the clearest sound. We want our production to be raw and yet still have clarity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Revocation — https:\/\/vimeo.com\/135373590<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The all-ages show Saturday at the Chameleon, which has a 6 p.m. start time, also features Cannabis Corpse, Archspire, Black Fast, Thousand Pound Destruction and Almost Honest. Tickets are $15.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pugwash<\/p><\/div>\n

The Struts won\u2019t be the only band from across the Atlantic\u00a0still introducing itself to American audiences that will have a show in the area this weekend. Pugwash, which hails from Dublin, Ireland, will headline a show on September 6 at the Tin Angel (20 South Second Street, Philadelphia, 215-928-0770, http:\/\/www.tinangel.com<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

Pugwash, a quartet that includes Thomas Walsh, Tosh Flood, Shaun McGee and Joey Fitzgerald, was formed just before the turn of the century in Dublin. Initially a solo project by Walsh, Pugwash morphed into a band in 1999.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since then, Pugwash has released five albums — \u201cAlmond Tea\u201d (1999), \u00a0\u201cAlmanac\u201d (2002), \u201cJollity<\/span><\/a>\u201d (2005), \u201cEleven Modern Antiquities<\/span><\/a>\u201d (2008) and \u201cThe Olympus Sound<\/span><\/a>\u201d (2011).\u00a0 On September 4, the band will release its new album \u201cPlay This Intimately (As If Among Friends).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe album was made last December in wet, snowy London,\u201d said Walsh, during a phone interview Wednesday from a tour stop in Memphis. \u201cIt was recorded n four weeks at Konk Studios.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Konk is the legendary recording studio owned by the Kinks\u2019 Ray Davies — the studio where many of the Kinks\u2019 all-time classic songs were recorded.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis was our first time to record at Konk,\u201d said Walsh. \u201cIt was completely by accident. We had plans to record at a studio in Dublin. Then, they fell through and a friend got us into Konk to do the record.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRay Davies usually comes into the studio every two days. He heard what we were doing and asaid he liked what he heard. He even came in one day and sang with me on one of the songs — \u2018Oh Happy Days.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHaving Ray Davies sing on one of our songs was incredible. We all went to the pub together after the recording session. We drank and sang songs. The Kinks have always been a big influence so we sang some of their more obscure songs for Ray. It was a great night.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Like Davies with the Kinks, Walsh is the predominant songwriter for his band.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI wrote all the songs on the new album except for one that was written by our guitar player,\u201d said Walsh. \u201cWhen I\u2019m writing, I never get lyrics first. It\u2019s always a melody. There might be a little seed of a lyric — one word or one line.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI write every sporadically. The writing of the songs for the new album went very quickly — 22 songs in 24 days last February. Then, we narrowed it down to the 12 we have on the album.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Pugwash\u2019s venture into the states had injected new energy into the band\u2019s career.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been around for a long time but last year was the first time we played in the states,\u201d said Walsh. \u201cNow, we\u2019ve been back three times. We\u2019ve played so much in Ireland and England that we\u2019re in the autumn of our musical years there. We\u2019ve been struggling at home and not much in England either. Now, it seems like we\u2019re starting fresh here in the states. There is still so much potential for our music in America.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor this tour, we have six records to draw from. So, we do an 18-20 track set. We\u2019re doing some of the new songs and at least two from each of our previous albums. It\u2019s a good mix.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Pugwash — https:\/\/youtu.be\/dPOCX7G5WhA<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Point Entertainment show featuring Pugwash will start at 7:30 p.m. at the Tin Angel with Cliff Hills as the opener. Tickets are $15. This weekend, the Tin Angel will also host the Pam Knight Show on September 5 at 8 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

There will also be Point Entertainment shows on September 3 at the Ardmore Music Hall (23 East Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, 610-649-8389,\u00a0www.ardmoremusic.com<\/span><\/a>) featuring Fishbone with special guest The Racket Boys and on September 9 at the Keswick Theater (291 N. Keswick Avenue, Glenside, 215-572-7650,\u00a0www.keswicktheatre.com<\/span><\/a>) featuring The Milk Caron Kids.<\/span><\/p>\n

If your taste in music has a warm spot for vocal harmonies, then Simon and Garfunkel are probably at or near the top of your list of favorite artists. And, if you\u2019ve ever listened to The Milk Carton Kids, they too are probably in a lofty position in your list of favorites.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Milk Carton Kids<\/p><\/div>\n

The Milk Carton Kids are all about harmony and their voices blend as sweetly as the Everly Brothers or the original Beach Boys. The two musicians — Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale — are like a modern-day incarnation of Simon and Garfunkel.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve never played the Keswick Theater before,\u201d said Ryan, during a phone interview last week. \u201cWe had never even heard of it. We just know that it\u2019s near Philadelphia but not in the city.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor better or worse, not a lot of people are coming to the show just for something to do like they might at a venue in the city. At our shows, you just sit and listen and enjoy the show. If you want a great show, you have to suggest to people that it\u2019s a listening event.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In the two years since the release of their last album, the critical heralded \u201cThe Ash & Clay,\u201d The Milk Carton Kids have earned a Grammy nomination for Best Folk Album, won Duo\/Group of the Year at the Americana Music Awards, were standout performers in T Bone Burnett & the Coen Brothers\u2019 concert documentary \u201cAnother Day\/Another Time\u201d and completed a sold-out\u00a055-city North American tour.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This past year, The Milk Carton Kids were invited to pay tribute to Johnny Cash & Emmylou Harris — Cash on the Joe Henry-produced remake of \u201cBitter Tears,\u201d and Harris at the tribute concert \u201cThe Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris.\u201d Now, the two singer-songwriters are touring in support of their new album \u201cMonterey.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded \u2018Monterey\u2019 on our last tour,\u201d said Ryan. \u201cWe didn\u2019t want to go into a studio so we made it in theaters. We went to venues four hours early.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe figured that we\u2019d write and play all day for 55 shows and we\u2019d have a record. We did half the songs on the album that way and went to Downtown Presbyterian Church in Nashville to do the other half.\u00a0That was over the course of last spring.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTouring is a tragic waste of everybody\u2019s time except for the 90 minutes you\u2019re onstage. You get bored and get on each other\u2019s nerves. This way, it made sense because Kenneth and I could spend productive time with each other.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPrior to this, we had never captured the cohesiveness, fearlessness and spontaneity of the way we played together. We just took all the pressure off — took away the microscope you\u2019re under in the studio. Also, there was no pressure because we had so many versions of each song. You always figure that if it\u2019s not quite right, you\u2019ll always have another shot at it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The two guitarists\/vocalists have been performing together since 2011. Ryan and Pattengale formed a duo after Ryan attended a solo performance by Pattengale at a club in Los Angeles\u2019 San Fernando Valley.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe project came together over a song Kenneth wrote,\u201d said Ryan. \u201cWe were both unsuccessful solo artists for years. Friends told me that I should go see Kenneth play.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe played this great song he wrote called \u2018Memoirs of an Owned Dog\u2019 — a song from the perspective of a dead dog recently hit by a car. I introduced myself. A few weeks later, he invited me to come over and play with him on his porch.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

That was the event that set in motion the creation of the Milk Carton Kids.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Milk Carton Kids with special guest Kacy & Clayton.<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for The Milk Carton Kids — https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-hQZyeMLMag<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Milk Carton Kids show is scheduled to get underway at 8 p.m. with tickets priced at $29.50 and $39.50.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dengue Fever<\/p><\/div>\n

If\u00a0 Dengue Fever applied the same classification for naming for their Asian-based pop music as they do in Korea (K-Pop) and Japan (J-Pop), the band\u2019s music would have to be classified as C-Pop — as in \u201cCambodian Pop.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Dengue Fever, which has a show September 9 at Johnny Brenda\u2019s (1201 North Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, 215-739-9684, www.johnnybrendas.com<\/span><\/a>), is a rock band from Los Angeles that plays a hybrid style of Cambodian pop\/American rock music.<\/span><\/p>\n

It should not be confused with dengue fever, also known as bonecrusher disease, which is a flu-like viral disease that is spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes and features severe headache, muscle and joint pains and rashes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dengue Fever fronted by Ch\u2019hom Nimol, a Cambodian pop chanteuse who sings in Khmer (the language spoken in Cambodia). The band also features Ethan Holtzman (organ), Zac Holtzman (guitar), David Ralicke (sax), Senon Williams (bass) and Paul Smith (drums).<\/span><\/p>\n

The band\u2019s debut album \u201cDengue Fever\u201d was filled with covers of Cambodian pop classics. The second album \u201cEscape From Dragon House\u201d in 2005 integrated styles with lots of multi-tracking and a somewhat psychedelic vibe.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Cambodian link started when Ethan Holtzman was backpacking around Southeast Asia in the late 1990s.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I went to Cambodia, it just blew my mind,\u201d said Holtzman, during a phone interview last week from his home in Los Angeles. \u201cIt was so different — the music especially. It was 60s Cambodian rock and I really liked it. I spent extra time there.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy brother Zac was living in San Francisco at the time. He had a friend who worked at Aquarius Records and my brother bought a lot of records there. He bought some Cambodian records there. Later, he moved to L.A. and we were living together. One day, I heard him playing one of the albums and I knew the music. I had the same album.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2007, Dengue Fever released a DVD titled \u201cSleepwalking Through The Mekong.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It chronicled Dengue Fever\u2019s travels around Cambodia, including the band\u2019s performance on a popular nationally-televised variety show, its gig in a tiny club, its songwriting sessions with the surviving Cambodian Master Musicians and its performance at the shanty town of Tonle Bassac. Stll available, it comes with a companion CD that features the band performing with Cambodian musicians.<\/span><\/p>\n

The band is now touring in support of its brand-new album \u201cThe Deepest Lake.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe recorded the album about two years ago,\u201d said Holtzman. \u201cWe approached the recording a little differently this time. We wrote together and collaborated in the studio. We\u2019d go to the studio — three of us at a time.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe started by getting ideas down. Then, we\u2019d lay down some rhythm tracks. We\u2019d then come back and develop it more. After that, we\u2019d stop and listen again. We did it because it\u2019s on our own label and we wanted to make something we\u2019re really proud of. On each track, we knew when to stop. We were able to tell when it sounded right.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn our current show, we\u2019re doing four songs from \u2018The Deepest Lake\u2019 — \u2018Tokay,\u2019 \u2018Still Waters Run Deep,\u2019 \u2018No Sudden Moves\u2019 and \u2018Rom Say Sok.\u2019 We\u2019re also doing about five old songs from previous albums and four or five Cambodian songs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Video link for Dengue Fever — https:\/\/youtu.be\/jz0EJTuacf8<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The show at Johnny Brenda\u2019s will start at 9 p.m. with the opening act The Downtown Club. Tickets are $14.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295,\u00a0http:\/\/www.kennettflash.org<\/span><\/a>) will present \u201cAn Intimate Evening of Pink Floyd with ECHOES\u201d on September 4.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Harrah\u2019s Philadelphia (777 Harrah\u2019s Boulevard, Chester, 484-490-1800, https:\/\/www.caesars.com\/harrahs-philly<\/i><\/span><\/a>) <\/i>will present \u201cDance Queens of the \u201890s\u201d featuring Lil Suzy and Crystal Waters on September 5 starting at 8 PM at the casino\u2019s new entertainment center The Block.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lil Suzy is best known for her hit songs \u201cTake Me In Your Arms,\u201d \u201cPromise Me\u201d and \u201cCan\u2019t Get You Out of My Mind.\u201d Waters, who is also an established dance artist, is widely recognized for her songs \u201cGypsy Woman\u201d and \u201c100 % Pure Love\u201d. \u00a0Tickets for the show are $25.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Steel City Coffee House (203 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, 610-933-4043, www.steelcitycoffeehouse.com<\/span><\/a>) will host Barleyjuice Trio on September 4.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Chaplin\u2019s (66 North Main Street, Spring City, 610-792-4110,\u00a0http:\/\/chaplinslive.com<\/span><\/a>) will have Bluegrass jam on September 3; Broadening the Daylight, Cortana, Buried in the Walls and I Feel a Presence on September 4; and Black Mesa, Pansy, and Ryan Tyco Conroy on September 5.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Melodies Caf\u00e9 (2 East Ardmore Avenue, Ardmore, 610-645-5269, www.melodiescafe.com<\/span><\/a>) will host The Band of Rivals and The Chip Breakers on September 4, The Bumperyachts and Rachel Eve on September 5, and Nathan Earl & Rachel Joy on September 8.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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