I’m all about playing new & classic Christmas music every year at Christmas time in my house, on my phone and in my car. I grew up listening to my parents play old time musicians like Bing Crosby and Andy Williams singing songs like ‘Frosty the Snowman’, ‘Silent Night’ and ‘Winter Wonderland’. Every year…
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Music That Makes Me I received an advent calendar this year that is all about doing things for other people. Well a couple days back, the thing to do that day was to make a playlist for someone. I hadn’t given it a lot of thought until my oldest mentioned that she’d like to be…
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Does Anyone Listen? Protest songs have probably been written almost as long as people have created music. When you’re a musician and your voice is your music, how better to express yourself than in your song? After all, music normally has some story behind it, sometimes expressed in happiness, sadness or frustration. To the listener,…
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Music Talks’ guest performer for this particular episode was local Westmoreland County pop music singer Brad Abbott. Music Talks, a local access television show on Armstrong Cable produced by Rick Fike and hosted by Chelsea Ritenour. Brad Abbott has been on the local western PA music scene for roughly ten years. I’ve had the opportunity to…
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Music Talks’ guest performer for this particular episode was country music singer Chelsea Biehl. Music Talks, a local access television show on Armstrong Cable, is produced by Rick Fike and hosted by Chelsea Ritenour. Genre – Country Performers: Chelsea Biehl – lead vocalist, guitar, and songwriter. Scott Ruffner (member of The Laurel) – vocalist and guitar. You can…
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Music Talks, produced by Rick Fike and hosted by Chelsea Ritenour, is a local access television show on Armstrong Cable. The guest performer for this particular episode was the OHM Project Formed – 2016 Genre – Alternative Band Members: Joe Skoski – lead vocalist, keyboardist, and songwriter Janet Pazzynski – backing vocalist Tom Boyce –…
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As anyone who has followed my social media knows, I am a huge promoter of the local music scene. I love the talent in southwest PA and am always encouraging my followers to go to the local venues and support our hometown musicians. We are so lucky to have such a great variety of fantastic…
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Listening to A Ray From The Sun, the new LP from The Fading Light, makes me really appreciate the level of talent in the Pittsburgh area. I had not heard of this band before I was asked to review their new LP that was released just yesterday. I’m not sure what I was expecting, but each…
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Brad Abbott has been on the local western PA music scene for roughly ten years. I’ve had the opportunity to watch him perform the last three years at various music venues in the area. Upon hearing he was working on a new EP, I was excited to find out that the first song “Arson” was…
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If you’re like me, you like to get out and support your local music scene on a regular basis. With the Coronavirus outbreak, we don’t have that opportunity any longer for the near future. If you have children, you also may be looking for things for them to do while they are home. Below are several…
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