Who Shot Rock & Roll

The Allentown Art Museum has an exhibit running until May 3 titled Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present.

The exhibit provides over 175 images of the biggest names in the music industry over the past 50 years. This includes cover art, snapshots, portraits and images from performances.

The artists range from Elvis to the Beatles to Eminem, and the photographers range from Diane Arbus to Ernest Withers.

The exhibit is broken into six sections: Behind the Scenes, Live Performances, Crowds & Fans, Portraits, Young Artists and Conceptual Images and Album Covers.

Go check it out!

Bowling for Soup

As part of their U.S. 2012 tour, Bowling for Soup is scheduled to play at the Crocodile Rock Cafe tomorrow night.

 The pop punk band is known for singles such as "High School Never Ends" and Girl All the Bad Guys Want," which was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2003.

Check out some of their music and go buy tickets for tomorrow night's show!

LU Music Box

Lehigh University's student musician club, the Music Box, will be featured in a special "jam" concert at Godfrey Daniel's on April 19.

The LU Music Box calls itself a "young but rapidly growing and ambitious organization that cooperates with Late Night Lehigh, University Productions, and WLVR (Lehigh's premier radio station) to bring to campus the best live music atmosphere possible."

Check out the Music Box's YouTube Channel and check them out at Godfrey Daniel's at 7 pm!

Allentown Band Concert

The Allentown Band is commemorating the city of Allentown's 250th anniversary and the Lehigh Valley's 200th anniversary on April 22 at the Zionist Reformed United Church of Christ.

The Allentown Band's website describes itself: "Drawn from within a fifty-mile radius of the Lehigh Valley, the band's musicians, as different as their backgrounds may be, share one common goal: to create and preserve concert band music at a level of excellence rarely heard from a community band."

The band plays around 40 concerts each year in venues that range from baseball parks, to universities, to Carnegie Hall in New York.

The April 22 concert will have a $10 attendance cost, and the proceeds will go to the Liberty Bell Museum Jubilee Fund.  See you there at 3 pm!

Lehigh Melismatics

Here's a Storify that I made about the Lehigh Melismatics, an amazing a cappella group at Lehigh University! (Yes, I happen to be a member of that group!)

Build Your Own Show

I recently came across a page on the Crocodile Rock's website called "Build Your Own Show," and it sparked my interest. 

The cafe offers an extensive list of benefits for bands and artists who book shows in their venues.  First of all, the Crock Rock has connections to several newspapers and radio stations in which they can place advertisements.  Among these are the Morning Call, WZZO, and 107.1 The Bone.

The Crock Rock also offers promotional assistance.  They promote all their shows on their concert page, as well as on their Facebook, Twitter and MySpace pages.  The cafe also prints promotional flyers.

House sound is also provided for a low fee of $50-$150.  As rental fees can be extremely expensive, bands and artists can save up to $1500 on sound equipment.

Finally, the Crock Rock offers a ton of help with ticket sales.  They provide links to Ticket Master on their website, and their box office is open 6 days a week.

Overall, the Crocodile Rock not only provides a great venue for artists, but it also provides great promotional and technological services.  So, if you're an artist looking for a venue, go request a booking!

DeGraw and Caillat - On the Same Night!

The Sands Bethlehem Event Center has recently announced that Gavin DeGraw and Colbie Caillat will be performing during their summer season on the same night.

 

 The two artists are co-headlining a North American tour this summer, and they are stopping in Bethlehem on June 5.  Both musicians are extremely successful.  Caillat has had hits such as "Bubbly" and "Brighter Than the Sun," while DeGraw became a hit with songs "Chariot" and "Not Over You."

Go by your tickets at Ticket Master!