ASSORTED DECLARATIONS BY STAFF WRITER TOM GRAHAM   Irish Spring Just because St. Patrick’s Day seems oh so far away doesn’t mean we can’t embrace all things Irish in the fresh spring air of The 570. The second annual Scranton Celtic Festival will set up camp at Montage Mountain on Saturday, May 18 from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday, May 19 from 11...

ASSORTED DECLARATIONS BY STAFF WRITER TOM GRAHAM     Office Gold I know The City of Scranton is still in a somewhat state of starstruck awe from last weekend’s Office Wrap Party, but keep on the lookout for singer/songwriter Santigold during this Thursday’s episode of The Office on NBC. The episode chronicles the tryout for the Assistant to the...

ASSORTED DECLARATIONS BY STAFF WRITER TOM GRAHAM   Musical Moments from The Office I never really cared for people saying “There ain’t no party like a Scranton party, cuz a Scranton party don’t stop” unless it came from the singing mouth of Michael Scott himself. As in most cases with all of the musical moments during the 9-year run of The Office,...

ASSORTED DECLARATIONS BY STAFF WRITER TOM GRAHAM   Like a Rockstar The fourth annual Rockstar Energy Uproar Festival will include a lineup of multi-platinum superstars and upcoming talent, featuring Alice In Chains and Jane’s Addiction. These seminal alternative rock bands will be joined by Coheed and Cambria and Circa Survive on the Rockstar Energy Main...

ASSORTED DECLARATIONS BY STAFF WRITER TOM GRAHAM   Mountain Sky Roots, Rock, Reggae, blues, brews, wine, swine and song. On Sunday, April 21, Mountain Sky, 63 Stillmeadow Ln., Jermyn, will host its first event of 2013 and it’s looking to make a big splash in northeastern Pennsylvania’s music scene. The Mountain Sky Spring Pick’nic features live music...

ASSORTED DECLARATIONS BY STAFF WRITER TOM GRAHAM   Seeing Red Cherokee Red will release its self-produced, debut album on April 16. You can check out the band this Saturday night at Sarah Street Grill in Stroudsburg and a special performance at Joe Nardone’s Gallery of Sound in Wilkes-Barre on April 20. Self-described as “woozy dream pop, eerie folk,...

  ASSORTED DECLARATIONS BY STAFF WRITER TOM GRAHAM   Everything is Maroon Grammy award winning recording artist Maroon 5 announced their participation in the 2013 Honda Civic Tour earlier this week and a few of the lovely ladies at the office went a little wild. Maroon 5 will serve as headliner during the 12th edition of the tour and will perform...

ASSORTED DECLARATIONS BY STAFF WRITER TOM GRAHAM   Old Timey Time Traveler Pennsylvania songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist Kyle Morgan is all about renewing the sounds of the past and taking them into the future. Morgan will bring his whole band to the River Street Jazz Café, Plains on Thursday, March 28. Morgan’s debut record, Starcrossed...

Headphones ASSORTED DECLARATIONS BY STAFF WRITER TOM GRAHAM   Rockstars On the Way Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival announced its sixth-year lineup earlier this week. Artists performing on the 2013 tour include shock-rocker Rob Zombie, plus, the triple gold certified Five Finger Death Punch and additional main stage bands Mastodon and Amon Amarth. The...

ASSORTED DECLARATIONS BY STAFF WRITER TOM GRAHAM   A Community I hear and read people debate The 570’s music scene every single day; whether it be through Facebook polls or friends bellied up to the bar. Some say it’s dead; some say it’s not what it used to be; some say “this band or that band” is so great; some say there needs to be more of a...