Articles in The Saturday Light Brigade
Live Music: Sidewalk String Band
New at Neighborhoodvoices: Hailing from Pittsburgh, Sidewalk String band is Phil Giammattei (guitar, upright bass, lead vocals), Zach Kurtz (mandolin, guitar, vocals) and Jessica Spieser-Landes (fiddle, bones, vocals, band manager). We were thrilled to welcome this talented trio onto the SLB airwaves.
YES: Evan Harris
New at Neighborhoodvoices: Evan Harris, a recent graduate of Allderdice High School, performing originals on Ukele and Guitar.
YES: Hope Savasta
New at Neighborhoodvoices: 11 year-old Hope Savasta, from Eighty Four, PA, sings acapella, plays piano, and occasionally mixes the two musical feats simultaneously! We were pleased to welcome this multitalented, young performer this past week.
Live Music: Tony Denikos
New at Neighborhoodvoices: Tony Denikos performs roots rock and americana, and hails from Laurel, Maryland. His 2009 release, “Almost Gone,” has been an international hit, charting at #2 in the Euro Americana charts, and his most recent release, “Under the Church” is available now. We were pleased to host this talented musician this past week, live on SLB.
YES: Shane Treloar
New at Neighborhoodvoices: Known as ‘the boy with the golden voice,’ Shane is a singer and also a skillful tap dancer, following in the tradition of Pittsburgh’s own Gene Kelly. We were pleased to welcome this young and unique talent to our studios this past week.
YES: Lily Zhang
New at Neighborhoodvoices: The Pittsburgh Concert Society’s Young Artists Competition provides a recital opportunity and support to talented classical musicians. This week, we were delighted to present winning artist Lily Zhang, who performed selections on piano.
Live Music: Ellis Paul
New at Neighborhoodvoices: Ellis Paul joins us for a special hour of music. Ellis’s new album, The Hero in You, recently won a gold Parent’s Choice award. He has won an unprecedented number of Boston Music Awards – 14, to be precise – and even has a holiday named after him: Ellis Paul Day is July 9th in Boston. We are thrilled to have Ellis join us, live on SLB.
YES: South Park Children’s Theatre
New at Neighborhoodvoices: Youth from South Park Children’s Theatre, performing selections from their latest production, “Pirates – the Musical.”
Live Music: Sons of Solome
New at Neighborhoodvoices: Rick Ermlick and Tom Moran formed Sons of Solome in 2011, combining 80 years of unique musical experience. In SoS, Rich plays percussion, such as doumbek, frame drum, and djembe. Tom’s primary instruments for performing live are an electric oud and an electric sitar. The duo references their own cul;tural influences of rock, surf, and R&B into the World music styles of West and North Africa, Central Asia, and India and the Middle East.
YES: Summer Dreamer’s Academy 2012
New at Neighborhoodvoices: Interns, activity providers, and district personnel from Summer Dreamers Academy 2012 join us to demonstrate how Pittsburgh is leading the nation in preventing summer learning loss and closing the achievement gap for students in PPS grades K-8.
