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.
Extremely fun band celebrating their long awaited debut CD release. What I really love about these guys is the joy they exude as musicians and as people…
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Bear Cub Club Cafe Friday, November 11, 2011 Southside
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Boris Paillard goes by the moniker The Keys. He is a Montreal-based ‘folk-n-roll/edgy pop singer-songwriter’ that is touring the U.S. in support of his recently released 7th LP ‘Long Time No Sea’. Joining him in Pittsburgh will be locals Broken Fences and…
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Ali Spagnola is a local artist who likes to party. She enjoys it so much she has developed a unique style of performing where the audience chugs shots of beer in conjunction to the stage show. She takes it to the next level when she releases her Power Hour…
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Every time I see this band they get tighter and tighter. Being a busy night I couldn’t hang long but always look forward to see them play again…
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It’s hard to argue with the fact that the band is quickly becoming one of the city’s ‘breakout’ bands. They are in Chicago right now, working hard doing the publicity thang and if they follow label mates Wiz Khalifa and Mac Miller into the national spotlight, they won’t be playing Brillobox too much longer. I can’t wait because they are such nice and talented people, they totally deserve it…
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My first time seeing the band. As always Dave brings something different to the party, this night it was three interpretive dancers. Watching the set with Donora’s Casey, ..
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These guys have quickly become one of my absolute favorite bands in the city. I contacted them to see if I could ‘hang’ at a practice and they were cool enough to say yes. I got to hear most of the new album live and was even offered a fine high class beverage. They guys were also game for a few ‘posed’…
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I have been a huge fan of Struzen’s work for many years. Being a portrait artist myself, I can appreciate the skill and conceptual ideas he brings to his art as it conveys the idea of an entire movie in one single image. As a casual fan, anyone can enjoy the incredible artistry he has to offer…
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Courtesy of the great folks at Drusky Entertainment, I have a pair of passes for both nights. There will be two winners this week. The Saturday show has completely sold out and Sunday’s show is close to it…
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Moon Furies are an ‘electronic pop-rock’ group formed by childhood friends Andy Kiel and Jim Wittmann. Their live sound has been described as “starry-eyed synths with celestial harmonies” akin to “Muppets on crack”. Nice. They are touring to support their debut album Mercury and stop in Pittsburgh tomorrow to…
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Here are a handful of bands that have opened the night recently and I frankly never really heard of them before. The lack of comment doesn’t reflect the greatness/terribleness of said bands, it’s just that I either missed most of the set or can’t remember anything to say…
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It seems that this show was an EP release gig is secondary to the fact that…
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Having seen this band once before, I was excited that they were on the Sam Roberts bill because I think they are great. Apparently, not that many people felt as enthused as I did…
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YACHT are a duo who produces an eclectic style of music that includes electropop, alt rock, dance punk, and synthpop. They are really fun live and will be stopping in …
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Joy is a Pittsburgh based singer-songwriter who is steadily gaining a following along the East Coast by constantly touring and developing unique methods of marketing her music. She is the author of a blog…
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By the third and final night of these concerts, the crowd had gotten so bold that not only did they stand,…
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The second night of the run had the fans starting to loosen up a bit and standing by BTP’s set, even though someone in the auduence asked the band if it was O.K.? …
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Apart from a little rant after these shows, I haven’t mentioned much about these concerts here. This first night was…
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This is a music photography blog, I know but I am spotlighting a couple books leading up to Christmas that may give you an idea or two of what to get someone on your list who…
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