Joe Kirschen has been a part of the Philadelphia area music scene for years. He was a member of the Philly Celtic/Rock band the Hooligans for 20 years and now brings that experience and a love of different genres to his own original work. Joe doesn’t like to categorize his music but when pressed he admitted to folk and classic rock sounds.
His debut LP “Flashes” has many other influences included the harder edged title song. “Train Song” is destined to make people dance to its rockabilly blues groove and “Pages In Between” is a well-crafted beautiful song. Joe has never been far from the music. Aside from playing in area bands he also produced his own music video show from his living room studio called “The Love Lounge”. It featured Celtic area greats such as “Blackthorn” and “John Byrne” for The Irish Celtic Show. Joe is currently devoting a lot of time to writing and recording his next LP. As much as he has always loved playing in front of an audience, nothing beats playing his own songs in front of those same people and having them sing along to his lyrics.
He finds it very gratifying. He started playing music in the Philadelphia area in the late 1980s. He says that there is a rich musical environment here that is open to original artists. Joe was also the founder and publisher of the Philadelphia based bi-monthly music magazine Rockpile for twelve years. Rockpile covered the independent music scene which Joe is very much a part of now.
Check out Joe Kirschen’s music on Facebook and at JoeKirschen.com/music
The Band
- Joe Kirschen- Guitar, vocals
- Denis Manchon- Guitar
- Pete McCoudry- Bass
- Rob Monterosso- Drums
