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Pittsburgh local music spotlight: 2020kVideo

Pittsburgh electronic pop musician 2020k is back with the single “Interactive,” his first new music in almost a decade. RJ Kozain, who performs as 2020k, said the song had been years in the making. “Well, the internet buzzword has shifted to engagement in the last 10 years, but I wrote...
Pittsburgh handbell choir will perform U.S.-themed show in GreensburgVideo

Jim Rossetti has been mesmerized by handbells since the mid-1970s. The Monroeville native was a young band director in the former Churchill School District when he visited two of his students’ parents, who were music directors at Beulah Presbyterian Church. “They asked my wife and I if we’d ever seen...
Zeppelin out, Skynyrd in: ‘Free Bird’ soars to No. 1 spot on the Memorial Day 500

This year, 102.5 WDVE listeners said, “Won’t you fly high, ‘Free Bird’?” For the first time since the countdown returned in 2019, the 1973 Lynyrd Skynyrd tune “Free Bird” sat atop the radio station’s Memorial Day 500. The countdown of the top 500 rock songs of all time deviated from...
From ‘nothing’ to noteworthy: West Newton Community Band will mark its 1st anniversary this summerVideo

One day last summer, Don Green, 64, of West Newton went on his pool deck and played what he described as “a real cheesy version of the Spanish song ‘Bésame Mucho.’ ” “I took a video of it, and I posted it all over the place and asked if there...
Taking Back Sunday performing at Stage AE June 1

It’s fitting that Taking Back Sunday will spend one night of its tour reclaiming its glory days in Pittsburgh. With a newly installed lineup straight out of fan fiction, they’ll revisit a city that hosted a huge moment in the band’s early career. But much has changed. Taking Back Sunday...
Pittsburgh jazz musicians to perform Herbie Hancock retrospective

Herbie Hancock has arguably been one of the most influential artists in the history of modern jazz music. On May 29, a group of longtime Pittsburgh jazz players will be paying tribute to Hancock’s wide and varied repertoire with a live retrospective performance at Con Alma, a Downtown Pittsburgh jazz...
Toadies drummer Mark Reznicek on working with Steve Albini on ‘The Charmer’ with Pittsburgh show on tapVideo

Texas alternative rock veterans Toadies achieved a longtime goal with “The Charmer,” the band’s seventh studio album. Released May 1, the Toadies’ first album in nine years came in collaboration with Steve Albini, a recording engineer who gained acclaim in the 1980s and ’90s alternative music scene for his raw,...
WDVE Memorial Day 500 returns with earlier start timeVideo

After classic rock epics, including Elton John’s “Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding,” Guns N’ Roses’ “November Rain” and Pink Floyd’s “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” stretched last year’s Memorial Day 500 countdown to almost 11 p.m. on the Monday holiday, WDVE is taking precautionary measures this year and starting...
Review: ZZ Top play the classics with style at the Palace Theatre

First and foremost, a happy belated birthday to Dusty Hill, the legendary bassist for ZZ Top, who passed away in 2021. The sold-out crowd at the Palace Theatre on Tuesday got to see his bandmates perform on the day he would have turned 77. As for the band itself, ZZ...
Bruce Springsteen’s politics, rock power on full display in nearly 3-hour show in PittsburghVideo

Bruce Springsteen really doesn’t like President Donald Trump. If that wasn’t clear before Tuesday night’s concert at PPG Paints Arena, it certainly was after. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer started off his packed Pittsburgh show with an earnest (but scripted) speech, calling these dangerous times for America, lambasting...
Teachers look to revive the student band scene at Shaler Area High SchoolVideo

Jim McDermott remembers when Shaler Area High School students didn’t just listen to music. They made it. “Shaler had a long tradition for decades of having many, many rock bands at any given time,” said McDermott, 42, a 2002 Shaler Area graduate who has taught ninth grade American history there...
Lyle Lovett bringing 3 intimate nights of shows to City Winery PittsburghVideo

Telling stories comes naturally to singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett, no matter the size of the venue. Whether it’s auditoriums, theaters or clubs, offering insight into the songs and his life is just something the “Cowboy Man” and “She’s No Lady” singer has always done. “When I started playing out almost 50...
Here are some moments when The Boss came to the ’Burgh over the yearsVideo

Bruce Springsteen was coming to Pittsburgh before the Benedum Center had its current name. Until 1987, it was the Stanley Theatre. Springsteen will have a few more fans on hand Tuesday night when he returns to the PPG Paints Arena on the “Land of Hope and Dreams” tour. The Steel...
Smashing Pumpkins announce fall tour stop at PPG Paints Arena

Today is the greatest day for Pittsburgh fans of alternative rock band Smashing Pumpkins. The band’s unique and expansive “The Rats in a Cage Tour,” named for a lyric from their hit “Bullet with Butterfly Wings,” will come to PPG Paints Arena on Oct. 6. Each show in this tour...
Pop star Shakira is acquitted in a Spanish tax fraud case

MADRID — A Spanish court acquitted Shakira in a tax fraud case, ordering the government to return more than 55 million euros ($64 million) in wrongly imposed fines, a court document seen Monday by The Associated Press said. The decision follows years of tax troubles in Spain for the Colombian...
Pittsburgh local music spotlight: GuidesVideo

Pittsburgh nu metal band Guides released a new single, “Drain,” with two more on the way, all produced by Zac “ZROKK” Diebels from the band Simon Says. ”Simon Says was one of the first bands that I ever saw when I was 12. It was the moment that my rock...

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