Sloan performs at the Funhouse at Mr. Smalls Sun., June 17
“Everybody has the same amount of real estate.”
By Bill Kopp
Tags: Music Features, Music, Sloan, Jay Ferguson, Chris Murphy, Patrick Pentland, Andrew Scott
Khruangbin performs at the Rex Theater on Fri., April 6
“We’re pulling from influences that aren’t the average thing coming out of music today.”
Tags: Music Features, Music, Khruangbin, Mary Kang, Con Todo el Mundo, The Mattison 2, Rex Theater
Matisyahu performs at Rex Theater Fri., Dec. 15
“That's what creativity is: entering into that unknown space and taking those risks.”
Tags: Music Features, Music, Matisyahu, Common Kings, Orphan, Rex Theater
Olivia Newton-John performs at the Palace Theatre Nov. 13
“I’m lucky that I have so many hits I have to leave some out!”
Tags: Music Features, Music, Olivia Newton-John, Palace Theatre, Gaia: One Woman’s Journey, If Not For You
Black Violin performs at the Byham on Fri., Oct. 13
“It’s like walking. It’s nothing that we even have to think about.”
Tags: Music Features, Music, Black Violin, Kevin “Kev Marcus” Sylvester, Wilner “Wil B” Baptiste
Ana Popović, a different kind of blues guitarist, plays Jergel’s Rhythm Grille
“I have a perfect excuse to be different, because I was not born in the Delta.”
Tags: Music Features, Music, Ana Popović, Jergel's, Belgrade
Sixto Rodriguez, of Searching for Sugar Man fame, continues his reborn career
“I decided, ‘Why not?’ because I had nothing going anyway.”
Tags: Music Features, Music, Sixto Rodriguez, Searching for Sugar Man, Cold Fact, Coming From Reality
Yes pleases fans old and new on its current tour
“You have to kind of balance it out with the old and the new.”
Tags: Music Features, Music, Yes, Yestival, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Jon Davison, Geoff Downes
Crack the Sky: Variety for the albums, familiar songs for the shows
“I try to change things with every album.”
Tags: Music Features, Music, Crack The Sky, Jergels, John Palumbo, Aluminum Cat Recordings
Melvins’ Death is here, and Love is coming soon
“I’m a Groucho Marxist: I don’t want to belong to any club that would have me as a member.”
Tags: Music Features, Music, Melvins, Buzz Osborne, Basses Loaded, A Walk With Love and Death, Steven McDonald, Spotlight, Rex Theater
By Mars Johnson
By some metrics, Fox Chapel is a sundown town
By David S. Rotenstein
The Penguins' official pastry shop is celebrating 20 years and four generations
By Rachel Wilkinson
Pittsburgh Oldies All Stars isn't a tribute show, it's a DeLorean ride
The cassette-tape comeback has reached Pittsburgh's record stores
By Ethan Beck