http://www.post-gazette.com/music/ Music news and blogs from post-gazette.com en-us Copyright 2010, post-gazette.com. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 09:09:37 -0400 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10251/1085716-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml In the horse race that is "America's Got Talent," consider Pittsburgh's Jackie Evancho, at 10, a front-running filly. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 07:06:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10251/1085703-60.stm?cmpid=music.xml 2.4 million tickets were sold last year for the live transmissions Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10251/1085726-67.stm?cmpid=music.xml WASHINGTON -- Oprah Winfrey said her initial reaction to being told she was a 2010 Kennedy Center honoree could be summed up in two words: "Wowie gazowie." Merle Haggard? He compared being named an honoree to a "nice kick in the stomach." The center announced on Tuesday that Paul McCartney, the composer and lyricist Jerry Herman and the dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones, along with Ms. Wed, 8 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085536-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml An outsider looking in on Pittsburgh's hip-hop music scene today would find it bursting at the seams, poised to blast through Pennsylvania's borders to engulf an industry thirsty for new talent. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 11:22:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085072-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml Music preview: Broken Social Scene is a little like the Wu-Tang Clan of indie rock -- you never know who is going to be on board. The Toronto-based collective can roll with a core of six members or bulk up to an ensemble as large as 11 or 12. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085075-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml There's a simple reason why poet Yusef Komunyakaa is coming to town Saturday: "I love jazz." The 63-year-old Louisiana native will find the music in abundance at the sixth annual Jazz Poetry Concert sponsored by City of Asylum/Pittsburgh. Saxophonist Oliver Lake, who has appeared at five previous concerts here, will lead a 17-piece big band than includes five other sax players. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10250/1085568-53.stm?cmpid=music.xml The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will play host to its principal guest conductor for three more years. Symphony officials will announce today that American maestro Leonard Slatkin, 66, has extended his contract with the orchestra through the 2013-14 season. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10249/1085511-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml The Benedum Center will be the site for "A Bob Marley Celebration??? on Thursday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m., featuring members of the reggae legend's family. Mon, 6 Sep 2010 15:04:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10249/1085451-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml Lady Gaga -- the most dazzling new pop star of the young century -- made her Pittsburgh debut last night with her raucous, eye-popping Monster Ball Tour, one that travels with nearly two dozen semis full of toys. Mon, 6 Sep 2010 11:26:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10249/1085459-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml Outside the Consol Energy Center Sunday night, you stood out if you didn't stand out. In the crowd of people waiting to be admitted to the Lady Gaga concert, those wearing jeans and T-shirts were the strange ones. Sequins, spandex, cigarette sunglasses, lace, leather, tutus, wigs and bows, heels and bubbles, soda cans and fishnets -- that's what you wear to a Lady Gaga concert. Mon, 6 Sep 2010 00:43:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10248/1085378-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml NEW YORK -- Hip-hop star Kanye West is still feeling the pain over his trophy grab from Taylor Swift last year -- and he's expressing his pain all over Twitter. Sun, 5 Sep 2010 20:40:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10248/1085408-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml Outside the Consol Energy Center Sunday night, you stood out if you didn't stand out. In the crowd of people waiting to be admitted to the Lady Gaga concert, those wearing jeans and T-shirts were the strange ones. Sequins, spandex, cigarette sunglasses, lace, leather, tutus, wigs and bows, heels and bubbles, soda cans and fishnets -- that's what you wear to a Lady Gaga concert. Sun, 5 Sep 2010 09:25:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10248/1084834-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml Preview: If a janitor hadn't stumbled upon a tuba in James Gourlay's primary school in Scotland, life might be very different for the conductor and virtuoso tubist. Sun, 5 Sep 2010 00:43:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10248/1084831-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml Here's what you can find out online about tonight's Lady Gaga's Monster Ball Tour at the Consol Energy Center: Everything. You can read the reviews from other cities, see the photos, download the set list, even watch performance clips on YouTube. Sun, 5 Sep 2010 00:40:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10248/1084835-437.stm?cmpid=music.xml Fairmont Pittsburgh, 510 Market St., Downtown, begins Jazz at Andys -- a series of concerts in the hotel's lobby and bar showcasing local musical talent. This week, Tania Grubbs will perform on Wednesday, Carolyn Perteete on Thursday, Maureen Budway on Friday and Kenia on Saturday. Performances are 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays and 6 to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Sun, 5 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400