Youth Expression Showcase

Our weekly radio program invites students in Grades K-12 to perform live on the air. Hear young musicians, singer/songwriters, photographers, writers, poets and other people who express themselves through the arts.

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SLB Radio’s Oral History Program connects teens with adult role models in their communities. Click here to listen.

Callers

Since 1978, The Saturday Light Brigade has broadcast LIVE spontaneous on-air phone calls from kids and adults as part of its Saturday morning radio program. Now you can hear some of the most memorable calls from people participating in on-air games and other participatory features or simply calling to tell us about something exciting.

Performance

Join us as we celebrate the original talent in our midst with these weekly archives of in-studio performances by regional and national musicians and artists. Folk, bluegrass, jazz, singer/songwriter, international, storytellers and more!

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Live Music: The Squirrel Hillbillies

October 17, 2015 – 12:40 pm
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From 10/17/2015: Squirrel Hillbillies Gary Crouth (vocals, guitar) and Jenny Wolsk Bain (vocals, tenor ukulele, mandolin, percussion) with acoustic folk, country and blues from the urban forest of Pittsburgh’s East End.

Live Performance: Jonah Winter, Picture Book Author, and Tom Roberts, Pianist

October 3, 2015 – 2:00 pm
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From 10/03/2015: Jonah Winter, a New York Times best-selling picture book author, Tom Roberts, and Sally Denmead talk about Jelly Roll Morton, Dizzy Gillespie, and others featured in Jonah’s biographies.

Live Performance: Speak Life Storytellers

September 26, 2015 – 1:30 pm
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From 09/26/2015: Captain Adam J. Keene and First Officer Langston Kelly of Speak Life Storytellers present an odyssey of the imagination. They tell the story of a group of kids and their search for the key to wealth.

YES: Riversong String Band

September 19, 2015 – 1:19 pm
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From 09/19/2015: The Arnold-Mages sisters of Southside Slopes, Josephine (5), Lillian (6), Camille (12), and Emily (15), are four fiddlers who perform as Riversong.

Live Music: Ben Bedford

September 19, 2015 – 1:04 pm

From 09/19/2015: Live music with singer/songwriter Ben Bedford in preparation for the BurghSong festival.

YES: Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artists Winner, J. Oliver Choo

September 12, 2015 – 4:22 pm

From 9/12/2015: Pittsburgh Concert Society Young Artists winner J. Oliver Choo (12) performs selections from Schubert and Motzart on piano.

Live Music: Tom Breiding

September 12, 2015 – 4:21 pm
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From 9/12/2015: Live Music with folk singer/songwriter Tom Breiding after his release of River, Rails and Roads.

Live Music with Matt Jordan

August 22, 2015 – 11:24 am
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From 8/22/2015: Blues, funk, gospel, and New Orleans jazz with Morgantown pianist and vocalist Matt Jordan .

YES: TRYPO’s Arioso Trio

May 19, 2015 – 10:21 am
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From Three Rivers Young People’s Orchestra (TRYPO) classical music with the Arioso Trio. Featuring: Kelsey Bares (flute, 10th grade Hampton High School), Michael Brown, (cello, Alderdice) and Caroline Fedor (piano, 11th grade North Allegheny High School)

Live Music: Joe Crookston

April 25, 2015 – 3:59 pm

From 4-25-15: Live music with national-award-winning singer/songwriter Joe Crookston.