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.
These two are raw, young and have an exciting vibe going on. I love seeing confident bands not paying …
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It’s hard to imagine that as I write this, I will be shooting U2 at Heinz Field later on in the evening. Declared THE highest grossing concert tour in music history, I can’t…
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I was lucky enough to be able to get a sneak preview of the concert tomorrow. This show is going to be huge. The shear scale of the production is mind…
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As described in the title, this is the illustrated history of the band. Knowing that going in I was expecting lots of photos but was surprised at the massive literary content…
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Kid Cudi is stopping in Pittsburgh and courtesy of Drusky …
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Clutch are a rock band from Maryland that have been making and releasing music since 1990. Described as ‘the ultimate jam band’ due to their widely varying styles from album to album, they are …
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Weird photo restrictions for this show. I wasn’t allowed to be in the PIT for whatever reason. I am thinking that Lucinda’s peeps didn’t want us blocking the view of the fans…
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This show got some rave reviews in the local music press. Read the love here (thanks for the…
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A rock trio haling from Austin, these guys came on stage, played a perfunctory set and quickly packed up and …
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I really loved this set. It was incredibly laid back and they sounded so good. The band seemed to be having so much fun which is nice to see once in awhile. A bonus was…
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This show began an exciting collaboration between two of the Carnegie Museums in Pittsburgh. The Warhol and Museum of Art teamed up to bring ‘indie’ music to a new …
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Photo courtesy Nicole Polec
UPDATE: His show at Garfield Artworks has unfortunately been cancelled. He is also not going to be playing the Tally Hall gig either. Hopefully, a fall date in Pittsburgh…
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We are changing it up for this week’s contest. Whether …
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Easily the biggest breakout star to out of Pittsburgh within the last few years,…
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Band photo courtesy Cathy
These guys are a “psychedelic-country” band who wear there Pittsburgh pride proudly on their sleeve. They say they sound like ‘Yinzer Bukowski’…
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This is the infamous gig were WB gets the plug pulled on him. Exactly why is still kinda hazy. Drinking on stage, cussing and throwing furniture? I can verify the drinking/swearing part. I did see him gingerly upturn a chair. My view…
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Anyone who is at all familiar with my work or who has seen me shooting a show knows that I am a ‘stage hugger’. I feel I have to get up in the…
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I was really excited to see Big Hurry on this night as I haven’…
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These guys came all the way from Nashville to play for a handful…
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There were several people in the audience who said they never saw the band and were just as excited to see them as the…
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