The Main Point

Folks around the Philadelphia-area have a special relationship with John Prine – one that began way back at the Main Point in Bryn Mawr (where Prine appeared about ten times between 1972 – 1974) and continuing on through what has become an illustrious songwriting career. But Prine was already a legend when he performed at that [...]

  Main Pointers should be familiar with the name Daryl Hall as he and partner John Oates not only played the famous venue a number of times back in the early 1970′s, but Daryl was known to just ‘dropped in’ to the Main Point from time to time so he could check out the vibe & listen to the music. 2011 [...]

John Hiatt, a man the Los Angeles Times called “one of rock’s most astute singer-songwriters of the last 40 years,” returns with a new rough-hewn rock and blues-driven album. Produced by Kevin “Caveman” Shirley (Silverchair, Aerosmith, Joe Bonamassa), Hiatt’s timeless songwriting and guitar work is paired in the studio with his regular touring combo of [...]

Folks may not remember this, but Keb’ Mo’ appeared a few times at the Main Point before he began his solo blues career. Back in the day, he was part of the Papa John Creech band & they came through Bryn Mawr a couple of times back in the late 1970s. Since then, he has [...]

Folks around these parts have become quite familiar with David Bromberg over the years – from his many performance dates at the famed Main Point coffeehouse in Bryn Mawr – to his appearances over the years at summer festivals like the Philadelphia Folk Festival – to his more-recent activities in and around Wilmington, Delaware. Through [...]

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. [...]

Folks who came to the Main Point on any kind of a regular basis between 1970 to 1979 are well acquainted with the works of Loudon Wainwright III. Wainwright performed at the coffeehouse on over twenty different occasions during those year – often to a packed house – and in doing so, became part of [...]

Any history of the 70′s and 80′s now-classic Southern California country-rock scene would be incomplete without the inclusion of influential singer and songwriter J.D. Souther. After co-writing songs like “Best of My Love,” “Heartache Tonight,” “Victim of Love,” and “New Kid in Town” for the Eagles, “Prisoner In Disguise” and “Faithless Love” for Linda Ronstadt [...]

Just in time to celebrate the 70th birthday of one Robert Allen Zimmerman, Red House Records has released its second excellent compilation of musicians covering the songs of Bob Dylan. The celebration, starting off with The Pines’ live rendition of “What Good Am I?,” brings a listener the unique comfort and joy of Dylan’s vocals [...]

Billy Joel is one of those “household” names that played the Main Point at the beginning of his career & became a superstar in the music world. He performed at the club on two separate occasions during it’s heyday – March 13 & 14 in 1972 and on January 29 & 30 in 1974. At that time, [...]