Mark Jackovic News Today

So long as Danny English is Director of Music Ministries at Aspinwall Presbyterian Church, worshippers can expect something special. From original scores at Sunday services to his efforts to maintain a choir despite changing demographics at the Center Avenue church, English has poured his heart into the job since 2016.

In this weeks Tady column, psych-rockers Astrology Now and funk band Slam Band & Sam merit attention, while Fontaines D.C. excelled in Lawrenceville

Slam Band & Sam to treat Beaver audience to cool jazz meets space funk and spicy guitar; Also in this weeks Tady column: Van Gogh keeps going

Beaver Station announced the 2022 Cabin Fever Music Series lineup. Also in this weeks Tady column: Jason Isbell, Hip Hop Nutcracker, PGH record show

With “New Stanque,” Slam Band and Sam deliver raw funk burnished to a high gloss atop a swanky rhythm, all crowned by Adam Vasko’s impressive voice.

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...

  Article Contributed by Stephanie Maksimow | Published on Saturday, February 20, 2021 Mystic Seers, has announced the forthcoming release of his debut album via Ring Records, set for May 14th, 2021. Along with this announcement, the artist released an infectious new track reminiscent of Beatles-era psychedelic rock titled, “Patterns,” which can be streamed on all platforms today. "Patterns" is a hypnotic loop of kaleidoscopic guitars met with echoes of 60s mod rock & Bossanova jazz gr...