http://www.post-gazette.com/music/ Music news and blogs from post-gazette.com en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:58:25 -0500 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/09311/1011426-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml In the very old days in Europe a musician would come to a new city with a letter of recommendation from a local patron. Beethoven had one, Chopin had one -- it was common practice. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:49:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011623-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml If Brian Wilson were still taking stages with Mike Love and Bruce Johnston, would we have been bundling up to go see him on a November night at the Carnegie Library Music Hall of Homestead? Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:40:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011631-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml That hit the spot. A hallmark of the best classical music is its ability to usher in a world, taking you with it. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:40:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09311/1011424-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml The stereotype of rock musicians paints them as flaky, unrealistic and even irresponsible. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010781-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml Joni's birthday party The great Joni Mitchell turns 66 on Saturday and to honor the folk-rock goddess, a group of local musicians will gather at Your Inner Vagabond in Lawrenceville for "Happy Birthday Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:45:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1011217-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml Rap superstar Jay-Z has added a second leg to his BP3 North American tour and it includes a stop at the Mellon Arena on March 16. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:23:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010770-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml If you're looking for a probing, in-depth and insightful interview with one of pop music's true geniuses, you've come to the wrong place. But it's typical of what people get from Wilson if they're even lucky enough to get him on the phone. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:19:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010772-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml They say many newspaper people have novels or screenplays they've written stashed in desk drawers at home. In Peter King's case, he has been storing songs instead. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:59:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010771-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml "In January 2003, a band formed that would birth a new genre of music." Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010779-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml Johann Sebastian Bach's last name means "brook" in German. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010854-437.stm?cmpid=music.xml A list of things to do this weekend. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010868-437.stm?cmpid=music.xml A list of recommended things to do this weekend. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010902-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml Trumpeter Lew Soloff holds to the following maxim: "One note is a thousand words." Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09309/1010903-325.stm?cmpid=music.xml Perfect concert venue I was bored the other day so I decided to again watch the broadcast of the concert at Point State Park prior to the Steelers' opening kickoff. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010744-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml Country music legend Loretta Lynn will perform at the Carnegie Library Music Hall in Munhall on Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m. Opening the show will be Chuck Mead. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:56:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010526-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml On the first Sunday in November, John "Squirrel" Mosley sat in the brass section of the Union Baptist Church of Swissvale cradling his trumpet and listening as other musicians in the choir reached for syncopated glory. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010536-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml Conductor Leonard Slatkin, 65, was hospitalized in Rotterdam on Sunday after complaining of chest discomfort following a concert with the Rotterdam Philharmonic. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09308/1010537-388.stm?cmpid=music.xml It's only November, but Jason Yoder's junior year at Pittsburgh CAPA has already been a whirlwind. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500