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John BarryFair, accurate, objective and highly-opinionated writing, about music and more, from a 25-year veteran of the USA Today Network.
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Happy Birthday Phil Lesh: From Landover to Port Chester, Love is Real
Thirty-six years ago today, I was newly-transferred into the State University of New York at New Paltz, unstoppable in a hand-me-down 1980-something white Plymouth Reliant K-Car and heading south toward Landover, Maryland, to see opening ni...
How Iron Maiden, the Grateful Dead and Vince Lombardi Changed My Life Forever
Inside the Vince Lombardi Rest Area on the New Jersey Turnpike.
I realize I am breaking social media overlord protocol here, but I recently switched laptops, can’t yet sign onto IG on my new laptop, and must reply to an IG comment made abo...
With 'The Commuter,' Jenna Nicholls Delivers Her Own Great American Songbook
Jenna Nicholls
Commuting can be brutal.
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Commuting between home and work can become its own part-time job,...
Bearsville Theater: Little Feat Rocks, Rolls and Rules Woodstock
Little Feat performs Saturday night, Aug. 30, 2025, at the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, NY. From left, Bill Payne, Fred Tackett, Scott Sharrard, Tony Leone and Kenny Gradney. Not pictured is Sam Clayton. Photo by John W. Barry.
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The Lumineers, Citi Field, SPAC and Bearsville: Irreversible Auditory Propulsion
In early June 2013, I was at Hunter Mountain Resort in Hunter, NY, a skiing destination deep in the heart of New York’s Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains, for the annual Mountain Jam music festival.
I have yet to miss a Mountain Jam, wh...
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