Music category, Page 110

Mark you calendars and get your tickets (although quite a few shows are free) — the sounds of summer are heading this way. Sure as the days get longer and warmer, concert season is upon us. Whether you want to rock, stomp, sing along to the oldies or hum along...

Jackie Evancho has been pushing the limits of her career ever since she was 10 years old. The classical-crossover song stylist from Pine in Pittsburgh’s North Hills has come a long way since she first made her singing debut on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.” Recently turning 19, her latest project...

Jackie Evancho isn’t playing on “Burn,” the first single from her new album, “The Debut.” From the Broadway hit “Hamilton,” the aching story of betrayal is sung by Alexander Hamilton’s wife when she learns he’s been unfaithful. Like Icarus, “he’s flown too close to the sun,” and it ends with...

The Jeannette-based Glass City Swing Band will perform for the World War II-themed Big Band Dance Benefit at DeNunzio’s Italian Chophouse at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport on May 25. The dance coincides with the Shop ‘n Save Westmoreland County Airshow – and although it’s a separate ticket, it’s the perfect...

Even if Hozier’s newly released second album, “Wasteland! Baby,” fails to come close to having the success of his debut effort, the Irish singer/songwriter will always have at least one memory that will make the new album stand out over time. That experience came in recording the lead track and...

It’s OK to sing the blues — especially on Tuesdays. There’s live music for eight performances called Tuesday Blues Day at Wolfie’s Pub in Downtown Pittsburgh. They happen every Tuesday of a Pittsburgh Pirates home game. The collection of sounds is in conjunction with the goal to revive music in...

Throughout the “American Idol” Season 17 finale Sunday night, the winner seemed almost too obvious; especially when Alejandro Aranda, the 24-year-old singer-songwriter from Pomona, California, performed an original track called “Out Loud.” At the end, the studio audience screamed and cheered so loudly that it nearly drowned out the judges....

Garth Brooks thanked Pittsburgh and Steeler Nation Sunday morning shortly after his record-breaking show at Heinz Field. On social media the country superstar posted a video from the show fully embracing the city and its sports teams: He’s sporting a Pirates jersey with No. 7 Roethlisberger and waving a terrible...

FJADRÁRGLJÚFUR, Iceland— A large sign warns motorists that Iceland’s Fjadrárgljúfur canyon is closed to visitors but drivers keep on coming down the narrow gravel road. A ranger at a roadblock has to explain why no one can pass: The vulnerable landscape cannot sustain more visitors. Blame Justin Bieber, the Canadian...

The temperature on the North Shore was 84 degrees and rising at 4:15 p.m. Saturday, less than an hour before the gates at Heinz Field were set to open for the Garth Brooks concert. People sought shade and were filling the grassy spaces near trees outside the stadium. Others were...