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Yough students stage ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’Video
Yough Senior High School students will present the musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” March 29-31. “It’s my favorite show,” says director Tracy Light. She’s performed in and directed the show, and felt confident staging it at Yough (for the second time), even with a cast of only 20...
‘La Boheme’ is the opera for everyone
Some operas are great introductions to the art form. Others appeal more to connoisseurs. But Giacomo Puccini’s “La Boheme” is both, an experience to be eagerly anticipated for just about anyone. The powerful story is about young artists living together because they are poor, one of whom find true love...
Nirvana manager waited 25 years to write his Kurt Cobain book
“Danny, he’s dead.” It was March 4, 1994, and David Geffen, the record mogul who had signed Nirvana just three years earlier, was calling band manager Danny Goldberg to share the terrible news: Kurt Cobain had overdosed on a powerful sedative while in Rome. Strangely enough, it was a false...
Friday Evening Music Club to present recital at Pitt-Greensburg
The Friday Evening Music Club will present a recital at 7:30 p.m. March 29 in the Campana Chapel and Lecture Hall at the University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg in Hempfield. The recital will open with a piece by French baroque composer J. B. Boismortier, performed by Linda Urbani, Chuck Kauric and Michele...
‘Disney in Concert’ promises the soaring sounds of old favorites
Animation has come a long way since Walt Disney set up his first Hollywood studio in the silent film era. And as his studio added sound, and went to feature length films and diversified to live casts, acquired television channels and opened entertainment parks, it has grown to be a...
Ariana Grande honors Mac Miller on anniversary of collaboration on ‘The Way’
On Monday, singer Ariana Grande marked the anniversary of the song “The Way,” a collaboration with the late Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller, according to people.com. It's been six years since The Way was released, and Ariana Grande is thinking of Mac Miller. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/uIkJMiRRYS— E! News (@enews) March 25,...
Daya’s ‘Insomnia’ video shows rave culture, Mt. Lebanon singer’s heartache
Mt. Lebanon native pop star Daya (Grace Tandon), 20, is premiering the music video for her most recent hit song, “Insomnia.” The Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum singer/songwriter’s video is being shown upon release in Manhattan’s Times Square. Daya’s new release shows her outside a dance club, unable to join in the...
Todd Rundgren’s 50-year career retrospective tour coming to The PalaceVideo
Singer/songwriter/producer Todd Rundgren brings his “The Individualist Tour,” highlighting music from his 50-year career to Greensburg’s Palace Theatre on June 15. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for the 7:30 show. Tickets at $39-$49 go on sale at 10 a.m. March 29 at 724-836-8000 or thepalacetheatre.org. Tickets will increase by $6...
Saint Vincent College Concert Series features Greek guitarist Dimitris Kotronakis
Classical Greek guitarist Dimitris Kotronakis will perform at 7 p.m. March 30 as the 47th season of the Saint Vincent College Concert Series continues in the Saint Vincent Basilica Crypt. A native of Crete, Kotronakis began playing at age 7. He has performed in numerous recitals worldwide and has released...
West Mifflin’s Nate Walker pushes through vocal struggles on ‘American Idol’
The show must go on, and go on it did for “American Idol” contestant Nate Walker. Following his performance during Sunday night’s episode, the West Mifflin native said he lost his voice and ended up with a pounding headache and stomach pain. He was rushed to the hospital, but he...
West Mifflin’s Nate Walker goes to hospital on ‘American Idol’ episode
There’s always drama on “American Idol,” and Sunday night’s Hollywood Week episode was no different. Unfortunately, the drama came from the sudden illness of Nate Walker, with the West Mifflin singer heading off to the hospital. Walker started feeling sick after a soulful rendition of Whitney Houston’s “I Believe in...
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...
