The Main Point

Our good friend, David Broida, has continued to carry the Main Point banner for the past 3o years or so & he needs to be recognized and congratulated for his efforts! He has been at the forefront of bringing affordable, live music performances to the good folks in the Philadelphia area. For more years than [...]

It saddened us today to open our newspaper and read about the passing of Bluegrass great Earl Scruggs. It may be impossible to overstate the importance of Earl Scruggs to American music. A pioneering banjo player who helped create modern country music, his sound is instantly recognizable and as intrinsically wrapped in the tapestry of [...]

Late June brought the release of a brand new live Chris Smither album, LOST AND FOUND, on the Signature Sound label, and we wanted to bring that news to the attention of our Main Point people. Over the years, like most touring musicians, Chris has collected countless tapes, CDs, DATS, etc. of his live concerts. [...]

Well, it took us a little while to get over the shock and utter sadness we’ve been feeling ever since we caught word of the passing of the ‘Big Man’ Clarence Clemons at the age of It’s obviously a tragedy for everyone who had ever heard him play, but it’s especially tough for those of [...]

Dan DeLuca, the writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer as well as his own music blog In the Mix, just ran a great interview with the legendary Doc Watson! Doc was in town recently to perform at a fundraiser for the Philadelphia Folksong Society and covered a wide range of topics  and said some very nice [...]

Steve Forbert is one of those rare musical individuals who played at the Main Point back in the day & is still creating amazing, thought-provoking music today! “Set the World Ablaze”, a brand new Steve Forbert studio recording, is available now as a free download! The song, completed on May 20, 2011, is a protest [...]

The Philadelphia Folk Festival has always been something near & dear to us here at MainPointMusic.com. Heck, the whole reason the Main Point came into existence in Bryn Mawr was to become a place where people could go to hear live music while they waited for the folk festival to come around in August of [...]

Our friend David Broida is at it again… His latest line-up for his Bryn Mawr Twilight Concerts has been unveiled and, as usual, includes a couple of ‘Main Pointers’ along with some other artists who deserve to be heard! These shows, sponsored by Lower Merion Township Parks & Recreation, are truly a family-friendly event that helps [...]

We were shocked & sadened when we learned of the untimely death of Jack Hardy back in March. For those of you who didn’t know Mr. Hardy, he was kind of the New York version of Jeanette Campbell – Spending most of his life and his energies in promoting live music and songwriters. As a [...]

Randy Newman received an Oscar in the Best Original Song category for “We Belong Together,” the piano-rock song he penned for Pixar’s Toy Story 3 at the 83rd annual Academy Awards. It was Newman’s twentieth nomination for Best Original Song–and only his second win. “My percentages aren’t great,” he quipped in his acceptance speech. Of [...]