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Blues guitarist Chris Cain recalls memorable night in Pittsburgh with April 13 show on the horizonVideo

Blues guitarist Chris Cain can vividly recall a memorable night back in the early 1990s at The Decade, an old club in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood. Actually what happened after the show proved to be unforgettable on his end. “At The Decade, they had a good bar,” Cain recalled in a...
Samantha Crain eschews ‘lone wolf’ mindset with ‘Gumshoe’ album, preps for Pittsburgh show

For almost two decades, Samantha Crain has toured more or less as a solo singer-songwriter, and her upcoming album “Gumshoe” explores steps in a different direction. “It’s led me to be a pretty independent person and also somebody that embodies that lone wolf mentality. The thing that I have started...
mssv guitarist Mike Baggetta talks ‘post-genre’ music, new album ahead of Pittsburgh showVideo

The experimental rock group mssv has a sound that defies categorization, but guitarist Mike Baggetta has opted for “post-genre” as a description. “It kind of started as a little tongue-in-cheek joke because people always go, what kind of music do you play? And I’m not gonna sit there and explain...
Daisy the Great discuss touring, new ‘The Rubber Teeth Talk’ album ahead of New Kensington showVideo

When Daisy the Great closed out their tour last April at Preserving Underground in New Kensington, the indie pop/rock duo didn’t take a ton of time off, getting to work almost immediately on new music. “In the year since we last talked, we made a record, which was really exciting....
Pittsburgh local band spotlight: XDBVideo

Xander Demos has toured with Ripper Owens, the former lead singer of Judas Priest, and opened for bands like Nelson, Winger and Steelheart locally, “but I am hoping that the best is yet to come.” Demos’ band, XDB, will be releasing a new single “When the Love Is Gone” on...
Mumford & Sons heading to Pittsburgh this fallVideo

The folksy British group Mumford & Sons on Friday released a new album and announced a tour, which includes a stop in Pittsburgh. The group known for banjo-infused songs like “I Will Wait” and “Hopeless Wanderer” will hit PPG Paints Arena on Oct. 19, with Michael Kiwanuka opening. Mumford &...
Spiritbox, Kelsea Ballerini, Bob Dylan among top April concerts in Pittsburgh

April’s concert schedule for Pittsburgh is filling up, with a rising metal band, a multimedia country star and one of the top songwriters of all time, not to mention a host of sold-out shows. Here’s a look at the top shows coming to the region in April: Top shows April...
Country singer Justin Fabus, a Dormont native, heading to London for a pair of shows

As of early April, Justin Fabus will be able to consider himself an international country artist. The Dormont native, currently based in Atlanta, will be making his first trip out of the country to play a pair of shows April 4 and 5 at the Lil’ Nashville Country Bar in...
Blink-182, Jimmy Eat World, AFI, Jawbreaker headlining this year’s Four Chord Music FestivalVideo

The Four Chord Music Festival is moving back to EQT Park — the baseball stadium for the Washington Wild Things — and this year’s lineup, fittingly, looks like a home run. Four Chord Music Fest 11 is set for Sept. 13-14, with Blink-182 and Jimmy Eat World headlining the first...
Disturbed guitarist Dan Donegan on ‘The Sickness’ 25th anniversary, new song and more ahead of Pittsburgh concertVideo

In 2020, Disturbed had been set to do a 20th anniversary tour to celebrate their 2000 album “The Sickness” before that got shelved by the covid-19 pandemic. Now five years later, they’re marking their landmark album with a 25th anniversary tour instead. “We’re excited to get back out and play...
Fust frontman Aaron Dowdy on ‘Spangled’ single, ‘Big Ugly’ album and songwriting ahead of Pittsburgh concertVideo

For Aaron Dowdy, the frontman for North Carolina’s Fust, choosing “Spangled” as the alt country band’s lead single seemed natural on a number of fronts. “’Spangled’ felt like a culmination of everything we had done so far, but also a bit of a leap. You hear the whole band in...
Jonas Brothers, JoJo Siwa announce Pittsburgh showsVideo

A pair of acts that shot to fame as teenagers will be playing shows in the Pittsburgh area later this year. The Jonas Brothers will be celebrating their 20th anniversary with their Jonas20: Living the Dream tour, which hits PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh on Nov. 12. And JoJo Siwa...
Pittsburgh local band spotlight: Rattle BonesVideo

“Silver Bullets,” the debut album from Rattle Bones, is “chock full of isolation blues, riff-happy rave-ups, guitar noir, three-part harmonies, bittersweet melodies, and a bitchin’ backbeat,” according to singer/guitarist Gary Martin. Or, in other words: “This record could be the soundtrack to your Saturday night excess or to your Sunday...
Poppy’s musical evolution continues in Pittsburgh concertVideo

The evolution of the musical artist known as Poppy continues, with Pittsburgh getting to see the latest iteration Saturday night. Poppy’s They’re All Around Us tour proved aptly named, as the lower floor at the Roxian Theatre in McKees Rocks felt tightly packed, with the rest of the venue crowded,...
Pittsburgh’s Old Neon releases new single ‘Nobody’s Burden’ from upcoming ‘Resolution’ EPVideo

In the early days of Pittsburgh’s Old Neon, the pop punk group aimed to put out a song every month. “It was also something to push us too, to try and create more to try to figure out, what kind of band are we?” guitarist Mike McInnes said. “What is...
Not gonna lie: Pop singer JoJo on new music, memoir and more ahead of Pittsburgh show

As pop singer JoJo revels in a new era at only age 34, she is truly enjoying her Too Much To Say tour, which hits Pittsburgh early next month. “I’ve loved it. I’ve really loved it,” she said last week in a Zoom call. “It’s wonderful to be celebrating 20...

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