Jon Fassnacht

Reading Eagle reporters provide updates from tonight’s Berks high school games.

Reading Eagle staffers tweet live from Friday’s games.

Reading Eagle staffers tweet live from Friday’s games.

If John E. Culler had been on a different ship 79 years ago this morning, my life would be significantly different. How different? Well, my mother-in-law, wife and daughter wouldn’t exist. A …

For one night, Mr. 305 became Mr. 610. Miami hitmaking rapper Pitbull had a diverse Santander Arena crowd on its feet Friday night, dancing and singing along, from the opening fanfare to the closin…

Labelmates. Blues brothers. Longtime guitar-slingers. And now, finally, tourmates. Tommy Castro and Tinsley Ellis will join forces for an 8 p.m. show on Saturday in the DoubleTree by Hilton’s…

Andy Warhol once predicted a future in which everyone would have 15 minutes of fame. Perhaps no other artist encapsulated that prophecy as perfectly as the Sugarhill Gang. “Rapper’s Del…

This year’s Downtown Alive concert series will close with a show of Force. Galactic Empire, a “Star Wars”-themed heavy metal band, will perform songs from the iconic film franchis…

(This article was originally published on April 7, 2007.) In this narcissistic era of Paris Hiltons and Diddys, it’s rare to see a popular artist exude humility. Still, Taylor Swift’s c…

The chemistry in Rich Robinson’s new collective the Magpie Salute isn’t hard to handle. The guitarist worked with a few bandmates during his decades with rock group the Black Crowes, a …

Alabama the band elicits the same kind of respect and reverance among country fans that Alabama the university evokes among college football fans. The band has navigated the ebbs and flows of popul…

In one of the climactic scenes of 1975 cult classic “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table hit a snag in their quest for the titular grail, ap…

Before launching into Sunday night’s show, Chris Daughtry issued a warning. “This is going to be a very loose show,” the lead singer of the band Daughtry told the crowd at the wel…

Apologies to Andy Williams and Johnny Mathis, but this is the most wonderful time of the year. September kicks off with my birthday, followed by football season, colorful trees, and crisp evenings …

G.E. Smith’s show Friday night – part solo concert, part lecture – chronicled the history of the electric guitar. But the gig, part of Berks Country Fest: An Americana Music Jambo…

The race for most famous global musician with Wyomissing ties goes to the Swift, but there’s something to be said for a slow ride. Craig MacGregor, longtime bassist for classic rock band Fogh…

It may have been Father’s Day, but mothers and daughters dominated Sunday afternoon’s Berks Country Fest concert, “Singin’ and Strummin’ Sunday.” Women fronted e…

It was the Bret Michaels Band onstage, but ostensibly it was Poison 2.0. At a crowded, stuffy Reverb club Friday night in Reading, the frontman of the popular ’80s metal band came back to the…

The Berks County sheriff’s office is seeking the following fugitives: Nkosi Blissett, 18, who recently lived in the 1200 block of Spruce Street on a robbery charge. He is about 5 feet 11 inch…

If John E. Culler had been on a different ship 79 years ago this morning, my life would be significantly different. How different? Well, my mother-in-law, wife and daughter wouldn’t exist. A …