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Award-winning bluesman Selwyn Birchwood to play Moondog’sVideo

Alligator Records artist Selwyn Birchwood will bring his high-octane blues to Blawnox on May 24. Birchwood, who has gone from playing small Florida clubs in 2014 to headlining festivals and touring the United States and Europe since his 2014 debut, “Don’t Call No Ambulance,” will play longtime local blues venue...
Whitesnake’s Greensburg show is calm before the stormVideo

For hard rockers Whitesnake, it’s the calm before the storm. With legendary song stylist David Coverdale at the helm and guitarist/music director (and Pittsburgh native) Reb Beach as first mate, the band is ready to embark on its “Flesh and Blood World Tour.” The tour will introduce some of the...
Westmoreland Symphony closes season with movie music program

Think of prolific composer John Williams’ blockbuster movie scores and you probably think of “Star Wars,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “Jurrasic Park.” Maybe even “Harry Potter.” Williams also wrote the oh-so-cool jazz score for “Catch Me If You Can,” Steven Spielberg’s 2002 flick starring Leonardo DeCaprio as a...
Air Supply celebrates 4 decades of making music

Air Supply’s soothing ballads have a way of lifting spirits, like they did for a local musician and his wife at a concert one summer. Chip DiMonick, leader of the eponymous Pittsburgh hard-rock band, and his wife, Sharon, attended an Air Supply acoustic show in South Park while she was...
Wiz Khalifa joins cast of Fox animated comedy ‘Duncanville’

Rapper Wiz Khalifa is going from the weed farm to the schoolhouse. The Pittsburgh-area native has joined the cast of “Duncanville,” an animated primetime comedy set to debut on Fox in the 2019-20 season. Khalifa will voice Mr. Mitch, “the cool teacher/guidance counselor, occasional gym coach and nurse” at the...
Pittsburgh Symphony announces fellowship recipient

Shantanique Moore will be playing with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. The flute player is the recipient of the symphony’s two-year fellowship designed to place one young African American musician on an orchestral career path. Moore, of Redford Township, Mich., will be the eighth person awarded the opportunity which is part...
High school band to kick off Ligonier Diamond concerts

Ligonier Valley High School’s Concert and Jazz Bands and Percussion Ensemble are scheduled to perform May 26 in Ligonier’s Diamond Park, kicking off the town’s 70th Annual Summer Band Concert Series. Sponsored by the Ligonier Valley Chamber of Commerce, the concerts are held at 7 p.m. Sundays at the park’s...
Snarky Puppy plays hard-to-define music ‘for booty and brain’

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the 18th-century German writer and politician, once said we should try to “hear a little music” every day in order to stay in touch with life’s beauties. Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but there is nothing little about Snarky Puppy’s sound —...
Blink-182, Lil Wayne will play KeyBank Pavilion on summer tourVideo

It’s not just “Gossip” — it will definitely be “The Rock Show” when multi-platinum artists Blink-182 and Lil Wayne hit the road together for the first time this summer on a co-headlining tour across North America. The tour includes a July 6 date at KeyBank Pavilion in Burgettstown. Blink-182 and...
Gospel singer Russ Taff to hold concert at Somerset County churchVideo

Grammy- and Dove award-winning singer Russ Taff will appear in concert at Christian Community Church, Stoystown, at 7 p.m. Saturday. Taff, 65, first gained recognition as a singer as a member of the Imperials in the 1970s. He later joined the Gaither Vocal Band and continues to make guest appearances...
‘Tuesdays at Townsend’ brings live music to Murrysville park

Murrysville recreation and library officials will offer area residents a bite to eat and a band to listen to this summer at Townsend Park. The “Tuesdays at Townsend” music series will feature the following bands and vendors: • June 25: Jimmy & the Frogmen with Earth Wheel & Fire Pizza...
Murrysville resident to perform with Edgewood Symphony Orchestra

Amy Simpson of Murrysville, a pianist, teacher and church musician, will perform Beethoven’s Fifth Concerto on May 11 with the Edgewood Symphony Orchestra. As a performer, she was recently featured in Stravinsky’s “Symphony in Three Movements” with the West Virginia University Orchestra. As accompanist, she was a winner of the...
Put on your dancin’ shoes and promenadeVideo

Finals, graduation and prom. High school rites of passage — and promposals — are in season. I got myself a prom date ? pic.twitter.com/tJXk2zihLN— sinai? (@pitasinai_) May 2, 2019 And SiriusXM’s Prom Radio is here to get one ready to boogie, or recall memories sweet, romantic or perhaps cringe-worthy. From...
Taylor Swift’s ‘Me!’ breaks record for swiftest climb to 100 million video views

Taylor Swift’s latest video set a viewership record as it hit the Vevo hosting service. The dazzling video for Swift’s latest single, “ME!”, features her in a fantastical Parisian-inspired dreamland filled with rainbows and unicorns. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco joins swift on her musical dance journey. The...
‘Women who Rock’ play on at Stage AE in Pittsburgh

These women rock. The third annual Women who Rock benefit concert presented by UPMC Health Plan and UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital is at 6:30 p.m. May 30 at Stage AE on Pittsburgh’s North Side. Rock radio DJ Michele Michaels of 102.5 WDVE will emcee. The event coincides with Women’s Health Month....
Foghat, Guster, The Manhattan Transfer top Allegheny County summer concerts

Local mainstays including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will be joined by nationally-known acts like Tonic, Guster and Foghat during the 2019 Summer Concert Series at two Allegheny County parks. The lineups for the annual series were announced Thursday, and they include nearly 30 free performances. The highlights of the series...

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