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A photo gallery from Dead & Company launching the Pavilion at Star Lake season

Tiny Wars, Dan Bubien, Zack Keim, Jeff Wiley and Jordan McLaughlin impress on new releases, says Times music columnist Scott Tady

CENTER TWP. — Charlie Barath is all in and getting back out. Out playing live music again with his friends, which is what he does for a living. You can catch Barath on Thursday when the noted bluesman and recording artist performs a hometown show at Jacksons Restaurant + Bar in Center Township. Showtime is 5 p.m. In 2017, Barath made a bold, life-changing decision to go all-in on his music career. After years of working construction, the Center resident took a shot at entrepreneurship with...

Rob OFriel/For The Times PITTSBURGH — Tuned into Facebook Live on a cold February night, we see snow lightly falling among the backdrop of an old-style brick house in a typical Pittsburgh neighborhood. Our main focus is on Wil Kondrich and his brother Tommy Kondrich, who are on a very cold front porch on Pocono Street in the Swisshelm Park neighborhood, not far from The Waterfront at Homestead.  Wil has his guitar strung across his front, plugged into an amplifier, which also conveniently ...