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  Article Contributed by CK Communicati… | Published on Saturday, January 16, 2021 Three of New England’s top emerging artists will take the stage for a special episode of the The Ghost Light Series. Jay Psaros, Alice Howe will all perform Friday, January 22, at 7:30 PM on NECN. Jay Psaros, a longtime resident of the Northeast was born into a family of the self-employed. As a result, his music has ebbed and flowed in and out of “where the work is,” so to speak. Crossing genres as needed and blending styles as desired. At 34 years old, Psaros has worked in a most peculiar music...

@MedleyCentre, the parody Twitter account for the shopping mall-turned-post-apocalyptic movie set in the heart of Irondequoit, whose witticisms on daily life in Rochester injected levity into the dreary existence of doomscrollers everywhere, has died. It was 6 years old. Its death appears to have been discovered Tuesday by CITY Editor David Andreatta, who had attempted to apologize publicly for referring to @MedleyCentre as “perhaps the town’s biggest blight” in a report he had written earlier in the day on Irondequoit Supervisor Dave Seeley announcing that he would not seek r...

Pittsburgh concert venues like the Rex Theater, Howlers and Brillobox closed last year amid the financial hardships brought on by the pandemic. Hoping to ensure other live music sites don't go out of business, 60 local musicians rallied to record a benefit song.   “SOS 2020,” short for "Save Our Stages," comes out Friday on iTunes and major streaming platforms, and includes participation from Beaver Valley musicians like Keith Nelson, former lead guitarist from platinum-selling rockers Buckcherry; David and Hermie Granati from the nationally touring Granati Brothers; Jonathan...

Screenshot from the SOS 2020 promo video Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the Pittsburgh music community has been shouting SOS — Save Our Stages. Musicians and venues alike rallied to bring awareness to the struggling live entertainment industry and to push the Save Our Stages Act, which if passed, would give venues across the U.S. funds to help them stay afloat while their doors remained shuttered. The call for help has come in multiple forms, from T-shirt fundraisers to coffee blends, to BBQ dinners, and most recently, a ...

There is hope that live music is coming back in 2021. Rock, Reggae & Relief, a festival benefiting hospitality workers and food insecurity, has announced a lineup of artists. It’s scheduled for Aug. 28. “We feel safe that, by then, most people will have taken the (covid) vaccine, and it’s an outdoor event that we can keep people safe,” said Lucas Piatt, founder of the festival, and president Millcraft and Piatt Sotheby’s International Realty. He and well-known music promoter Rich Engler teamed to book the talent for the fourth annual festival. This is the third time it will be for c...