Pittsburgh Pop Music

Australia in 2012. photo: Flo Rida and Wikipedia.

May Concert Guide: Rapper’s Delight, Blues Guitarists, and The 1975

A happening month of hip-hop, blues, and various varieties of rock ‘n’ roll.

Baseball's color line kept Josh Gibson out of the big leagues but he lived large nonetheless. Bass-baritone Alfred Walker is Gibson in "The Summer King."

‘The Summer King’ Steps Up to Bat at Pittsburgh Opera; The Me Toos’ Album Release Party at Spirit (Sat., 4/29/17)

‘The Summer King,’ The Me Toos, The Move Makers Band

Funnyman Rob Schneider Plays Pittsburgh Improv; Club Cafe Hosts Kinky Friedman (Fri., 4/28/17)

Rob Schneider, Kinky Freidman, Good Fridays at the Warhol

Pittsburgh Rock ‘N Roll Legends Awards at Jergel’s; Steeltown Entertainment’s Elly Awards; ‘4.48 Psychosis’ at OTW (Thurs., 4/27/17)

Pittsburgh Rock ‘N Roll Legends Awards, Steeltown’s Elly Awards, ‘4.48 Psychosis,’ Pittsburgh Craft Beer Week

Kip Winger

Winger in Concert at Jergel’s; Last Week for CLO Cabaret’s ‘Pump Boys and Dinettes’ (Wed., 4/26/17)

Winger, ‘Pump Boys and Dinettes,’ Pirates vs. Cubs, Pittsburgh Craft Beer Week

Georgia in 2005. Photo: Wikipedia.

August Wilson Center Hosts Average White Band; Of Montreal at Mr. Smalls (Tues., 4/25/17)

Average White Band, Of Montreal, Pirates vs. Cubs

Robby Krieger playing his Gibson SG guitar at a performance in London in 2007. photo: Caroline Bonarde Ucci.

The Doors’ Robby Krieger Rocked the Palace

Many top Doors’ songs were performed at Greensburg’s historic Palace Theatre.

Alex Pall (l.) and Andrew Taggart (r.) of the The Chainsmokers creating electrifying music.

The Chainsmokers to Spark Up PPG Paints Arena; Rock Legend Dave Mason Plays CHMH (Sat., 4/22/17)

The Chainsmers, Dave Mason, BJM Danse, Spinning Jenny, La Vie en Vert, City Works Eatery and Pour House

Robby Krieger playing his Gibson SG guitar at a performance in London in 2007. photo: Caroline Bonarde Ucci.

The Door’s Robbie Krieger to Jam The Palace; Jergel’s Hosts Night Ranger; Earth Week Activites (Fri., 4/21/17)

Robby Krieger, Night Ranger, Earth Week Activities, Cultural District Gallery Crawl, Pittsburgh Craft Beer Week, Frank Vieira, Revel + Roost Friday Night Live

Earth Week Ecolution Fashion Show and Party; The Public Previewing “Death of A Salesman’ (Thurs., 4/20/17)

Ecolution Fashion Show, ‘Death of a Salesman,’ Jewish Film Festival, Pens vs. Blue Jackets

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