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Beaver County musicians Vanessa Campagna, Christian Beck, Andre Costello and members of the Allegheny High achieve notable feats.

Local alt-country-folk band Charles Wesley Godwin & The Allegheny High uplift a lively, sold-out Stage AE in Pittsburgh

Rising country star Charles Wesley Godwin & his Beaver County bandmates to play a sold-out Stage AE

In May, Rev Ezra released his debut solo album, “These Days,” which he recorded at Pittsburgh’s Music Garden Studio with producer Caleb Thomas and engineer Al Torrence. The seven-song album combines deeply personal lyrics with a variety of influences – country, folk, pop, and rock – to create a powerful statement that ranks among the best local releases of 2022.

Charles Wesley Godwin and The Allegheny High, featuring 5 Beaver County musicians, entertained a sold-out Stage AE opening for Zach Bryan

From TV dramas using Beaver County backdrops, to local musicians playing sold-out stadiums & theaters, 2021 was a notable year in entertainment

On his first full-length album, Charlie Barath takes the blues into tasty new territory. Barath treats us to haluski, pierogi, halupki and the smell of kielbasa in the kitchen on "High Ball & a Covered Dish," a song inspired by the cooking of his mother, a first generation Polish-American. Forget the catfish, cornbread, beans and barbecue typically on the lyrical menu of blues songs, Baraths "High Ball & a Covered Dish" kicks dupa (look it up) with its ode to Eastern European heritage carr...

We feel ya, Redlines. Were all coming off a rough year, reflected in the anxiety, pain and ultimate determination to stay strong thats manifested in "The Bones Under the Morning Sun," the second full-length album from the Butler-Beaver band. Nine years into their existence, the Redlines mine from classic rock, distilled with 60s soul, 70s punk and 80s heartland rock — and traces of power-pop and garage rock. “You can hear our growth,” vocalist-guitarist Brian Seese said. “You ca...