Photo and text by Melanie Stangl In December, I introduced this decade retrospective series of Pittsburgh music, and started the list with four standout country/folk/Americana releases of the 2010’s. Once again, my day job got in the way of a [...]
By Don Strange, via Melanie Stangl Immediately after the 2016 election, Pittsburgh-based songwriter Don Strange rallied some of the city’s best musicians to create a compilation of politically charged original music to benefit the American Civil Liberties Union. Recorded, organized [...]
André Costello & the Cool Minors w/ Paul Luc Bayardstown Social Club September 16, 2016 The weather couldn’t have been better on Friday, September 16th for an evening outside at Bayardstown Social Club, with André Costello & The Cool Minors [...]
Paddy The Wanderer w/ André Costello & The Cool Minors & Delicious Pastries Review and photos by Melanie Stangl Memorial Day has come and gone, and the weather has been warm for a while, but in a lot of ways, [...]
HughShows Secret Santapalooza Kollar Club Saturday, December 19 Pittsburgh music blog, HughShows, led by Hugh Twyman pulled off his 2nd annual Secret Santapalooza at Kollar Club in the South Side. Each band played at least one cover song of another [...]
This Friday Wild Kindness Records will be curating their 2nd installment of the Bash on The BLVD presented by South Pittsburgh Development Corporation. Four local bands will be featured on 2 stages. The inaugural bash last month featured Chrome Moses, [...]
André Costello and the Cool Minors just dropped a new track last week during an appearance on the Morning Coffeehouse with Randy Baumann and the DVE Morning Show. The guys have been dabbling with the song “Broken Nose,” at live [...]
Top 5 Shows of 2014 Bastard Bearded Irishmen -St. Patty’s Parade Day Concert -Rex Theater -Saturday, March 15 BBI is probably the best live show in Pittsburgh and pair them up with the craziness that is St. Patricks Day in [...]
December 31, 2014
Feature, Local Artists
Deutschtown Music Festival July 12, 2014 Northside, Pittsburgh, PA Photos and article by Randy Jarosz Single and multi day festivals are popping up all over the country. Even Pittsburgh had the one-off New American Music Union festival. The all day [...]
Photos and review by Randy Jarosz Looking to do something different, André Costello and the Cool Minors put their 3 song EP, Summer’s Best, to an extended visual music video. With the help from a $900 KICKSTARTER campaign the project became [...]