HughShows Blog has featured thousands of original live band photos and has conducted over 1000 musician interviews (including Brian Wilson, Mavis Staples, and Bruce Hornsby) since starting. With the original ‘First/Last’ questionnaire, you get a sense of where the musician has come from and where they are going with their artistic expression.
“In his house at Bastardland, dead Rock waits dreaming.”
Those Gorgeous Bastards are Pittsburgh’s premier ‘beer-soaked rock and roll band’ and as they boldly claim, the only band that matters…
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“Jane is a songbird playing all over the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania. With many years of music performance and study under her belt, Jane has developed an eclectic variety of tastes that range from jazz and blues to choral to classics, …
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“Liss Victory uses her music as a force against the struggle. Playing a grungy guitar rhythm paired with thought-provoking lyrics, she writes “hurricane-voiced songs that can be dark, but not necessarily bleak.” Her work reflects a Middle American background, growing up in the shadows of a withering industrial Pennsylvania during the longest war in United States history.”…
read more ➜I have seen the Bastard Bearded Irishmen a few times before Thursday night when I sauntered a few blocks from my crib to catch an intimate performance at the monthly Studio X takeover at 105.9 The X in Greentree. These guys are really awesome in…
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Secret Paper Moon is a DIY lo-fi rock and roll duo from Pittsburgh. You can check out some of their stuff over at their SoundCloud page. I want to thank Richard Magnelli (Drums/Vocals) and Stewart James (Guitar/Vocals) for taking the time to participate in this edition of First/Last…
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Paper States is an up and coming pop rock band from Pittsburgh who’s debut EP “Be Alone” was released in 2012. As we expect new music from the band soon, join me in thanking vocalist Ryan Stack for taking the time to participate in this edition of First/Last…
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“100,000 miles in two years! Fitting description of a trucker or a traveling gypsy, and I guess Scott Shelby is a bit of both, but primarily he is singer/songwriter. Touring around the South Central U.S. with a 5 piece band and across the nation solo acoustic, he has opted to create his career the hard way…on his own. One radio station, one venue, one performance, and one fan at a time. And it’s finally taking shape!”…
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“I enjoy writing. The idea of sitting down, putting in the work and making something has become a release and an addiction. I have no choice. The current situation is to either write songs or to deplore my existence on some pretentious level…anyway think irreverent folk and that’s a good start on my approach. I enjoy writing my songs, and if you enjoy listening to them…well then I am all the better for it.”…
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“The performance would not have satisfied the most orthodox chamber music fans, but let’s not think in those terms. In particular, Beauty Slap’s approach made for a dynamic concert experience unlike anything I’d attended before.” – Pittsburgh Post Gazette…
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On Thursday, February 26, 2015 blog faves Meeting of Important People gathered a bunch of friends at Treelady Studios to sing the chorus on their upcoming single being released by Wild …
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Photo via Facebook Henry Bachorski is a Pittsburgh based singer-songwriter who is often out and about playing around town. You can check out his music over at his…
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“Apex Gibbon is a hard rock/power pop band out of Natrona Heights PA, and consists of 4 members currently. Quintin “Q” Beere is the rock steady bass player and senior member of the band. Ian “Ianeclease” Morris the crazy man with the plan is a drummer and …
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“We play what feels right to us.“ Cats in Congress are an indie-grunge band from Johnstown, PA. Their debut full-length, “Bipolar Express” dropped last year and you can catch them…
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“All forms of the human condition and its entanglement with modern day & still life.” 2020k is a DJ, teacher, producer, and electronica-pop artist RJ Kozain. He has an EP and two singles over at his BandCamp and is prepping his …
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Good Thing is a Pittsburgh ‘dark indie-pop’ band who are performing Saturday night at the always incredible second annual Snowball festival taking place at Cattivo…
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Andy and the Pandy’s are folk rockers from Detroit. Check out their latest effort, the fantastic “It Only Gets Darker” while I thank ‘main Pandy’ Andy Maitland…
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“Having a music project isn’t trite yet, right?”
Wrap Around is Andrew Yoho’s ’emo-folk’ project who is on the bill tonight for the Jordaan Mason Spider House gig tonight. You can check out his…
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“His music and performances have been called iconoclastic. His songs are beautiful and terrifying, confronting social and sexual taboos with rich imagery and lyrical grace. Present and past collaborators will join him on stage to premiere songs from his …
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“Delivering acoustic pop with a blues flavor, singer/songwriter Nick Marzock brings soulful grooves to indie rock. Inspired by an eclectic array of genres including blues, rock, soul, and pop, Nick derives his sound and his approach from the foundation of his…
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“Chattel Tail (n.) – the musical poetry product of being a twenty something desperately trying to do the right thing/ fucking up relentlessly. Chattel being an old and sad word to mean “property that is living or inanimate that can be bought, sold, …
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