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The Holly Jolly Christmas Concert at Hopewell High School brings all-stars Hermie Granati, Rick Witkowski, Joe Munroe, BayTay + more

Bullet Train. Joe Macre is best known as the original bassist for the progressive rock band Crack the Sky, whose debut was voted album of the year in Rolling Stone Magazine in 1975 and is still considered one of the top fifty progressive rock albums of all time. Bullet Train was written and recorded from 2019 to 2021 featuring a cast of musicians such as John Palumbo, Rick Witkowski, Jimmy Griffiths, Bobby Hird and Joey DAmico of Crack the Sky fame, as well as many other talents. Joe is current...

Keep Movin’ On, as their 10 th studio album offers a miracle cure for the pandemic blues, rather than a batch of useless snake oil. Appealing to the better angels of our nature in a time of such profound loss and despair, it needs a busload of faith to get by, with apologies to Lou Reed, and it does so with the feel-good medicine of its soul-stirring rock ‘n roll grit and warm R&B sophistication. Aided by the wonders of technology, Bill Toms & Hard Rain overcame obstacles of distance and is...

Blues Duo From Pittsburgh To Release Debut Album "It Is Well With My Soul" The duo of Pittsburgh-based music veterans, Stevee Wellons and Cheryl Rinovato have teamed up for “It Is Well With My Soul,” out Jun 4th, 2021. OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE MTS Management Group “These two dynamic personalities complement each other with the gift that they combine for a dynamic experience. Sit back and be entertained!” —Pittsburgh Rn B “Just saw Soulful Femme. Blo...

R&B/pop singer Samuel Mancini made his live radio debut Thursday, performing three songs on Beaver Countys WBVP/WMBA-FM (99.3). The Patterson Township natives "Feed The Fire" mixtape debuted Feb. 26, reaching No. 58 on the Billboard sales chart, and the Top-20 of the iTunes Pop Chart. Mancini mixes blissful melodies with a dazzling vocal range, particularly on "Reckless," a song about moving on from an unfulfilling relationship.   Electropop flourishes abound on "Whos Gonna Be There," which ...

Lucky Clark On Music: Bill Toms Pittsburgh solo artist to release album crafted during pandemic relevant to these times. Share Bill Toms with band Hard Rain. Photo by Dean Zobec This week, I want to introduce to you a gentleman whose been around since 1987 when he began his musical journey as lead guitarist for Pittsburgh’s legendary band Joe Grushecky and The Houserockers. Bill Toms left that group to become a solo artist and has released a number of albums with his band Hard Rain, the lat...

One year ago this month, Bill Toms started work on a new album with members of his band, Hard Rain.

Marita Grabiak hopes to toil in freezing temperatures the next few weeks. Hunkered down in snowy Quebec, the Ambridge native will direct the sequel to Hallmark Channels 2019 romance film "Winter Castle." Shooting under the working title "Ice Hotel Holiday 2" — a name likely to be streamlined — the sequel takes place at an ice hotel, one of those wintry lodgings way up north built from sculpted blocks of ice. So any mid-January thaws would pose a challenge for Grabiak, who directed the...