Iconic Pittsburgh classic rock DJ Sean McDowell to retire from WDVE
Sean McDowell has been spinning records on the radio for so long that when he started, he was one of the disc jockeys who actually played vinyl records. After more than four decades of bringing classic rock ‘n’ roll to Pittsburgh radio listeners, McDowell has announced that he is retiring....
What’s Garth Brooks gonna play in Pittsburgh?Video
What’s your favorite Garth Brooks’ song? Perhaps it’s the poignant “The Dance” or the fun, rebellious “Ain’t Going Down (‘Til the Sun Comes Up)?” What you hear from Brooks in Heinz Field May 18 is anybody’s guess. His song selection varies wildly from venue to venue. According to setlist.fm, fans...
Tailgate with Trisha Yearwood before the Pittsburgh Garth Brooks show
One of the superstar couples in country music — Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood — met long before either one of them was famous. In the 1980s, both were demo singers, people who perform a song for those hoping to get the tune they wrote get noticed. “We sounded so...
Vinyl Remains record store moving to Mt. Lebanon
Vinyl Remains is moving a few miles south on Route 19 to a new location in Mt. Lebanon, the store announced on social media. The record store, opened by Greg and Jennifer Anderson, transplants from New York City, set up shop on Glenmore Avenue in Dormont in 2017. The Dormont...
Garth Brooks psyched for ‘honky tonk’ Pittsburgh mega-show
Garth Brooks is having a party in Pittsburgh for 72,887 of his closest friends. And if his recent concerts in other cities are any indication, it’s sure to be some kind of awesome celebration. The country superstar shattered Heinz Field’s concert ticket sales record for his upcoming one-night Stadium Tour...
Review: Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber make early bid for ‘song of summer’Video
Say hello to Jed Shieber, everyone, and get used to him: He’s sure to be here for a very long while. We speak, of course, of the bromantic union of Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran, who after collaborating behind the scenes on two recent pop smashes — Bieber’s “Love Yourself”...
Logic announces Nov. 7 tour date in Pittsburgh
Musician Logic will make a stop in Pittsburgh this fall as part of “The Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Tour,” according to a concert announcement Monday. Tickets will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Friday for the Nov. 7 show at the Petersen Events Center in...
Garth Brooks to be biggest-selling event in Heinz Field history
Garth Brooks is the biggest-selling event in Heinz Field history. And he hasn’t even taken the stage yet. According to Nick Sero, Heinz Field corporate communications manager, 72,887 tickets have been sold for the 7 p.m. May 18 concert, with Texas-based Midland as the opening act. The number could top...
Reggae Night to kick off Palace Theatre’s free summer concerts
Thank goodness summer is just around the bend. Appropriately, the Palace Theatre’s annual free Thank Goodness It’s Summer concert series is set to start up, too. Things kick off with Reggae Night with Pittsburgh jam rock/funk/reggae band Brahctopus on May 30 just outside the Greensburg theater in the S&T Bank...
Stryper brings rockin’ sound, message to Rhythm GrilleVideo
Three and a half decades ago, Stryper came on the scene and shook up both the Christian music and secular heavy metal scenes with forceful, yet tuneful music and lyrics that openly addressed the faith and belief of the band members. The band created plenty of controversy in the Christian...
Rapper Kodak Black arrested; Lil Wayne bows out of show
MIAMI — The Rolling Loud Music Festival celebrating global hip-hop artists in South Florida did not go so well for Kodak Black and Lil Wayne. The U.S. Marshals Service said in a news release that Black was arrested Saturday at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. The statement said he...
Indiana jazz, blues fest expands with kickoff concert
Pittsburgh-based jazz and funk bassist Dwayne Dolphin and blues singer and multi-instrumentalist Vanessa Collier will headline the Delaney Chevrolet Westsylvania Jazz and Blues Festival May 25 in downtown Indiana. Entering its sixth year, the free music festival has expanded to include a pop-up vendor’s market, children’s activities and a May...
Glass City Swing Band to kick off Derry Area summer concerts
A series of five Friday evening concerts featuring a variety of performers is planned this summer at the Derry Area School District Foundation Amphitheater. The amphitheater is located near the district’s Grandview Elementary School, off Route 982 north of the Derry Township village of Bradenville. All concerts begin at 6:30...
Summer concerts slated at Champion Lakes
Champion Lakes Golf Club in Fairfield Township is offering a summer concert series Saturday evenings on the patio overlooking its golf course. All ages are admitted for free to the two-hour events, which begin at 7 p.m. except as noted. An outside bar will be open for purchase of food...
Orchestra finds child who charmed crowd with ‘wow!’
BOSTON — A performing arts group has found the child who was literally wowed by a recent classical music concert. The Handel & Haydn Society had just finished a rendition of Mozart’s “Masonic Funeral” at Boston’s Symphony Hall on Sunday when a youngster blurted out: “WOW!” The group was so...
Britney Spears appears in cleared court to speak on her legal status
LOS ANGELES — After hearing Britney Spears and her parents speak in a rare and secretive joint court appearance Friday, a judge ordered an expert evaluation in the conservatorship that for 11 years has put control of much of the 37-year-old singer’s life in the control of her father. Only...
Rihanna to launch groundbreaking new fashion label with LVMH
NEW YORK — Rihanna certified her status as a cultural fashion icon with her groundbreaking new deal with LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world’s largest luxury group. The pop star, born Robyn Rihanna Fenty, announced Friday that she will debut a line called Fenty this spring through LVMH. Her...
Pittonkatonk takes a distinctly noncorporate festival approach
On a recent visit to Pittsburgh, Graham Nash reflected on Woodstock’s 50th anniversary and how it marked the end of “people getting in a garage and forming a rock band with their friends, and the beginning of corporate interests in seeing kids that they can sell a cola and another...
‘Todo Tango’ coming to Tarentum’s Central Presbyterian Church
Do the tango with mom on Sunday. “Todo Tango,” a performance of tango dance music and songs featuring Warren Davidson on violin, Tom Roberts at the piano and mezzo-soprano Raquel Winnica Young is happening at 4 p.m. on Mother’s Day at Central Presbyterian Church in Tarentum. It’s the last concert...
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...
