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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 latest of which — “Keep Movin’ On” — will come out April 30 on Terraplane Records, though the...

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 Channel's 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 original "Winter Castle," where the plot followed Jenny (Emilie Ullerup) attending her sister's ...