Festivals in Brief: Three Rivers, MidPoint, Voodoo, and cancellations!

By Alex Young on April 29th, 2009

A new day, a new slew of festival news. Let’s round up all the important info in today’s edition of CoS’ Festivals in Brief: Three Rivers Arts Festival: Like everyone else, we like free music, not the mention the type that’s actually good. Pittsburgh’s Three River Art Festival offers both. From June 5-14, the Pittsburgh [...]

New American Music Union: Day Two in Review

By Matt Melis on August 14th, 2008

As thrilling as day one turned out to be, day two of the inaugural New American Music Union offered so much more. From acclaimed college bands to high-profile music legends, NAMU’s final day certainly made the books. “Too Many Headliners” should be the headline for any story about the second day of Pittsburgh’s New American [...]

New American Music Union: Day One in Review

By Matt Melis on August 12th, 2008

The New American Music Union Festival, curated by Anthony Kiedis, rolled into Pittsburgh’s South Side this weekend boasting a lineup as diverse in styles as the many incarnations of Kiedis’s own Red Hot Chili Peppers. This was arguably the most dynamic group of bands to ever hit the Steel City, and it’s a revelation of [...]