King Cool and Cruisers headline Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall show
Pittsburgh musical statesman Donnie Iris & the Cruisers will perform in an 8 p.m. concert June 22 at the Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall, 510 E. 10th Ave., Munhall. Limited Gold Circle seating will be available for $69. Remaining tickets will be sold for $25 and $45. A limited number...
Recording studio is a hidden gem in Armbrust schoolhouseVideo
Abbey Road, Muscle Shoals, Sunset Sound. Someday, maybe The Schoolhouse will join that list of famous recording studios. Right now, it’s a hidden gem in the tiny hamlet of Armbrust in Hempfield, a dream brought to life by audio engineer Daniel Blake, and a kind of refuge for the musicians...
Gabby Barrett is engaged to fellow ‘American Idol’ alum
Munhall’s favorite daughter, “American Idol” second runner-up Gabby Barrett is engaged. People reports the country singer and her boyfriend — now fiance — Cade Foehner, another former “American Idol” contestant, are tying the knot. Foehner has a nice RING to it... ?? pic.twitter.com/1sojkPzGUX— Gabby Barrett (@GabbyBarrett_) March 22, 2019 Surprise!...
Compose like Bach with Google’s first AI-powered Doodle
Bend it like Beckham, move like Jagger, now compose like Bach. To remember the birthday of German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach, Google came up with its first AI-powered Doodle that allows users to compose a short melody that is then harmonized into Bach’s style. Lucky users who find a...
R Kelly defense emerges, including saying accusers are lying
CHICAGO — R. Kelly yelled through tears in a recent TV interview before an audience numbering in the millions, saying he’s in a fight for his life to disprove sexual abuse charges. That fight will ultimately be waged in court, with an audience numbering just 12 jurors. While the day...
Review: Mötley Crüe biopic ‘The Dirt’ as sexist as the band in its heyday
“Girls, girls, girls.” Mötley Crüe sings about them, sleeps with them, vomits on them, punches them in the face and can expect oral sex from anyone in a skirt in Netflix’s astoundingly tone deaf biopic “The Dirt.” The film, which premieres Friday, is based on the group’s 2001 book, “The...
Phil Collins ‘Still Not Dead’ tour adds Pittsburgh stop
A limited run of Phil Collins Still Not Dead Yet, Live! dates have been confirmed for fall 2019. An Oct. 2 Pittsburgh show in PPG Paints Arena is among the 15 added stops on the tour. Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. March 30 at livenation.com. Citi cardmembers can register...
Ligonier Valley student organizes free ‘March Madness’ concert
A Ligonier Valley High School senior is using her lifelong love of music as the basis for her senior project. Faith McDowell of Ligonier Township is organizing “March Madness,” a free concert beginning at 7 p.m. March 27 at the high school, 40 Springer Road, Ligonier Township. The program will...
PSO’s ‘Peer Gynt’ performances feature return of Julian Rachlin
Going with your gut isn’t always all it’s cracked up to be. If one of the composers next up at the symphony had followed his first reaction to a request for music, the world would have lost some great music and he would have been a lot poorer and less...
Chatham Baroque celebrates Bach’s 334th birthday
Every short list of the greatest composers in history will include Johann Sebastian Bach. The music of this German baroque composer can be a companion for life. The legendary cellist Pablo Casals liked to start his day with a half hour of Bach because it attuned his soul for the...
Greensburg Salem Middle School thespians stage spring musicalVideo
Due to contract regulations, Greensburg Salem Middle School is not using a particular, well-known name to advertise its spring musical. Suffice it to say, fans of a certain popular musical will want to be in attendance, however, in order to “read all about it.” Chorus teacher and musical director Melanie...
TobyMac’s ‘Hits Deep Tour’ delivers exactly what it advertisesVideo
The name of Christian hip-hop artist TobyMac’s “Hits Deep Tour” has a double meaning. “It’s called the ‘Hits Deep Tour’ because the night should be deep in hits,” TobyMac says about the concerts that also feature contemporary Christian acts Jeremy Camp, Jordan Feliz, Ryan Stevenson, We Are Messengers and Aaron...
Jay-Z, Dead & Co, the Killers to perform at Woodstock 50
NEW YORK — Jay-Z, Dead & Company and the Killers will headline one of the 50th anniversary shows commemorating the groundbreaking Woodstock festival this summer. Woodstock co-founder Michael Lang announced Tuesday that Miley Cyrus, Santana, Imagine Dragons, Robert Plant, the Black Keys and Chance the Rapper will also perform at...
Rocktopia to mesh rock, classical in Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall show
Fresh off Broadway, the Rocktopia tour plays the Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall in Munhall on May 7. Rocktopia features the works of musical innovators across centuries — including Journey, Mozart, Queen, Beethoven, Aerosmith, Handel, Led Zeppelin, Tchaikovsky, U2, Heart, Puccini and The Who. The music is performed by a...
Audiophile hopes North Side’s Government Center is more than just a record storeVideo
When it came to naming his record store, Josh Cozby knew right away what to call the place: The Government Center. Only some customers make the music connection. “’The Government Center’ is a song by The Modern Lovers,” said Cozby, inside the shop on the North Side Friday. “And lead...
Graham Nash talks Pittsburgh, Woodstock and CrosbyVideo
Graham Nash is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, as a member of legendary musical acts Crosby, Stills and Nash and The Hollies. At 77, he could probably rest on his laurels, but instead Nash is on a tour that took him last week to the Carnegie...
Doobie Brothers ‘Takin’ it to’ UPMC Events Center
The Doobie Brothers will bring their long-established catalogue of hit music to the UPMC Events Center at Robert Morris University for an Aug. 16 concert. Current band members John McFee, Tom Johnston and Pat Simmons are expected to perform many of the band’s decades’ worth of hit songs. It's that...
Brooks and Dunn, Ray Stevens to join Country Hall of FameVideo
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country hit-making duo Brooks and Dunn, comedic singer Ray Stevens and industry veteran Jerry Bradley will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame later this year. The newest inductees were announced Monday in Nashville, Tenn. The Grammy-winning duo of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn...
Willow Hill bringing country pop sound to The Westmoreland
Country pop duo Willow Hill will play from 6:30-9 p.m. March 20 in The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg. The husband-and-wife duo of C.T. and Alexandra Fields puts a “modern twist on a classic country sound: infusing quirky fun-loving energy, heartfelt storytelling, and a captivating live show that...
Squeeze brings ‘Songbook Tour’ to Carnegie of Homestead Music HallVideo
Having entertained fans around the globe for decades, British band Squeeze will bring its “Songbook Tour” to Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall, 510 E. 10th Ave., Munhall, for an 8 p.m. Aug. 30 show. Venue presale begins at 10 a.m. March 21 with the passcode “SONGBOOK.” Limited Gold Circle seating...
Ted Nugent bringing his Motor City madness to Western Pa.
Get ready to do the Wango Tango with the Motor City Madman. Detroit rocker Ted Nugent will play an Aug. 6 concert at the Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall in Munhall. Doors will open at 7 p.m. for the 8 p.m. show. Tickets at $49.75 and $59.75 go on sale...
Dick Dale, King of Surf Guitar, ‘Miserlou’ composer, is deadVideo
LOS ANGELES — Dick Dale, whose pounding, blaringly loud power-chord instrumentals on songs such as “Miserlou” and “Let’s Go Trippin’” earned him the title King of the Surf Guitar, has died at age 81. His former bassist Sam Bolle says Dale passed away Saturday night. No other details were available....
‘Friday the 13th’ actor brings his metal band, First Jason, to Pittsburgh – Mar. 17, 2019
When he was just 14 years old, Ari Lehman drowned in Crystal Lake. His life has never been the same. The actor and musician, now 53, played the young Jason Voorhees, sans hockey mask, in the original “Friday the 13th” movie. Released in May 1980, the horror flick about a...
Annual She Sings concert to benefit the Blackburn Center
A group of women will raise their voices in song for She Sings, an annual musical benefit for the Blackburn Center in Greensburg. The event is set for 7-9 p.m. March 30 in the Campana Chapel at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, 150 Finoli Drive, Hempfield. On the bill...
‘St. Patrick’s Day Radio’ all weekend long on Sirius XMVideo
SiriusXM will launch a temporary Irish channel, honoring St. Patrick’s Day with St. Paddy’s Day Radio, featuring Irish classics and a non-stop parade of jigs, reels and all things Irish, according to the subscription radio service. So if it’s a wee bit of the Emerald Isle’s contribution to music you’re...
