Living Colour brings new hits and old favorites to Allentown’s Le Crème Music and Arts Festival
“That song put us in some very interesting places as a young band.”
By Troy Michael
Tags: Music Features, Music, Le Crème Music and Arts Festival, Living Colour, Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers, Christian Groblewski
Just a year after its debut record, Beach Slang launches a new album and tour
“A record a year is pretty necessary business for me.”
Tags: Music Features, Music, Beach Slang, The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us, James Alex
Former Flyleaf front woman Lacey Sturm proves that hard rock is not dead with Life Screams
“If I am operating out of love, my capacity to create and serve is supernatural.”
Tags: Music Features, Music, Lacey Sturm, The Reason: How I Discovered a Life Worth Living, The Mystery: Finding True Love in a World of Broken Lovers, Flyleaf, Life Screams
Kristin Hersh of Throwing Muses and 50FOOTWAVE talks about her new solo record, near-death experiences, and finding balance in everything
“Balance just is. There isn’t anything else. Mathematically, there couldn’t be.”
Tags: Music Features, Music, Kristin Hersh, 50FOOTWAVE, Throwing Muses, Wyatt at the Coyote Palace, Purgatory/Paradise, Crooked
On the Record with Gary Louris of the Jayhawks
“I am older; I am proud of our history.”
Tags: Music Features
With a new record, Columbus, Ohio’s Angela Perley & the Howlin’ Moons expand their vision
“Our shows have been more exciting and more people have been coming out, which has been wonderful.”
New Releases
Reviews of records by Them Labs and Jeff Burgess
By Troy Michael and Margaret Welsh
Tags: Music, New Releases
Critics’ Picks, Nov. 19-25
Concerts by King Diamond, Kate Voegele, Summit Station and KRS-One and Rakim
By Margaret Welsh, Andrew Woehrel and Troy Michael
Tags: Music, Critics' Picks
On his newest record, Beaver County-based singer-songwriter Matthew Ryan’s work reflects the spirit of Western Pennsylvania
His career longevity has shown he’s not a quitter. He’s a survivor. Matthew Ryan is the boxer.
Critics’ Picks, Oct. 1-7
Concerts by Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, Wayne “The Train” Hancock, Kadavar and MC Lyte
By Troy Michael and Andrew Woehrel
By Mars Johnson
Better Food, Better Me combats food insecurity in Homewood
By Maia Williams
Goat Fest proves goats are the GOAT for landscaping in Pittsburgh
By Amanda Waltz
Affordable-ish Housing: Renters paradise(?) edition
By Michael Machosky
Tasty Creme of Library is a South Hills soft-serve staple
By Matt Petras