I like to recommend seeing this: London-born singer-songwriter Joel Lindsey kicking off the fifth annual Cabin Fever Music Sequence on Jan. 28 at Beaver Station Cultural & Occasion Heart.
Perhaps you’ve got been lucky to see Lindsey strum intricately, sing soulfully and play loop pedals along with his ft as a solo artist at hip Pittsburgh venues.
However for his first Beaver County present in additional than a decade, he is rocking out with a four-piece band that features long-time bassist and concord singer James Kurasch, drummer Gary Matassa, and violin-mandolin ace Bob Banerjee.
Count on a mixture of basic rock from three of his greatest influences (Paul McCartney, Paul Simon and Paul Rodgers), together with perhaps Tom Petty, Rolling Stones or Bruce Springsteen covers, plus authentic songs that earned Lindsey airtime on KDKA-TV’s “Pittsburgh As we speak Reside.”
Lindsey wrote lots of his originals throughout a transitional time of transferring from England to Pennsylvania. He initially lived in Beaver County after assembly his spouse, Amy, a Brighton Township native.
For his first Beaver County gig for the reason that days of the Celestial Monkey coffeeshop in Bridgewater, Lindsey will share some tales and quips, delivered in a British accent, so all the higher.
Reservations for his Beaver Station present value $34, which incorporates complimentary premium beer and wine from 7 to 10 p.m. Music begins at 8 p.m. Particular person live performance reservations or a reduced sequence subscription to all 4 exhibits is out there, at RSVP.BeaverStation.org.
“The Cabin Fever Music Sequence at Beaver Station was designed to get individuals out of the home to listen to distinctive dwell music whereas having fun with grownup drinks and the corporate of different music lovers,” Leanne Rogowski, venue supervisor on the station, stated. “The sequence, now in its fifth season brings a distinct musical expertise, usually new to Beaver County, offering excellent leisure near residence.
“The venue is intimate and permits friends to take a seat theater-style very near the performers,” Rogowski stated. “There’s usually numerous visitor and musician interplay. New this 12 months, musicians shall be on a raised stage to permit for an excellent higher viewing expertise.”
Jazz in The Field
Grammy Award-winning jazz guitarist Marty Ashby and his musical group the MCG Jazz All-Stars will have a good time Pittsburgh’s wealthy jazz historical past in a Jan. 27 present on the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Heart in Midland.
Extra particularly, this “Jazz In The Field: Pittsburgh Jazz Legacy” present takes place within the intimate BlackBox Theater at Lincoln Park, with cloth-covered tables and a bar pouring grownup drinks.
Showtime is 7 p.m., with a multimedia presentation a giant a part of the live performance, That includes insightful narration from Ashby, a projection display screen will present historic pictures from the collections of famend Pittsburgh photographer Teenie Harris.
“This one-night-only program spotlights world-renowned musicians, composers and arrangers from the Pittsburgh area who’ve modified the face of jazz,” an announcement for the present stated.
Picks will embody “Take the A Prepare” by Billy Strayhorn, “Sugar” by Stanley Turrentine, a medley of Henry Mancini tunes, “My Latin Brother” by George Benson, “Misty” by Erroll Garner and different items written or made well-known by Ray Brown, Ahmad Jamal, Artwork Blakey, Mary Lou Williams and extra.
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Seating is out there for $20 and $25. For tickets, go to lincolnparkarts.org or name 724-576-4644.
Ashby, a musical educator and guitarist, has produced or carried out on over 75 recordings together with 5 Grammy Award winners by artists like Nancy Wilson (the jazz singer.) In 1987, Ashby developed MCG Jazz, a program of the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, a middle for arts and studying on Pittsburgh’s North Facet.
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Fermata tries one thing new
Reside music is a giant motive for the recognition of Fermata Brewing in Ambridge.
However now the Service provider Road craft brewpub will attempt one thing theatrical, internet hosting a Feb. 1 enhanced staged studying of a comical, Valentine’s-themed play by Ambridge’s Iron Horse Neighborhood Theatre.
Park your self at Fermata at 6:30 p.m. that night and sip a fresh-crafted beverage whereas watching actors carry out “Serial Dater,” a play by native actress and playwright Danielle Lang, a couple of lady named Jessie who remembers dates she had with three completely different males with disastrous, however humorous outcomes. There is no cowl cost.
Fermata’s upcoming enjoyable additionally contains an 8 p.m. Feb. 4 dwell album recording by Ellwood Metropolis-based indie-rockers Wine & Spirit.
“We’re inviting everybody to be a part of our viewers as we glance to dwell document our set for a doable digital album launch later this 12 months,” Wine & Spirit lead singer Paul Joseph stated. “We glance to strip down a few of our greatest authentic songs from all three of our information together with some rarities to please a few of the Wine & Spirit fanatics. Plus, a few of our favourite covers that we love performing as musicians. Our objective is to set an ‘MTV Unplugged’ environment with the viewers sitting proper subsequent to us. After enjoying on the venue a pair occasions, we felt Fermata units a fantastic vibe for this.”
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On March 4 Fermata unveils a beer collaboration with Mezzanine Motorsports, for which a Porsche shall be parked in Fermata’s taproom. Sort of becoming, since Fermata is situated at 918 Service provider in a constructing that started as Tepe Chevrolet in 1922, and was later the Stettler Motors dealership promoting Oldsmobiles, Pontiacs and Cadillacs.
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‘Otto’ boosts enterprise
Folks maintain speaking about these delicious-looking eclairs from Stangl’s Bakery featured within the new Tom Hanks film “A Man Known as Otto.”
The Ambridge bakery’s proprietor, Lorianne Stangl Burgess, stated 17,000 individuals have interacted with the Stangl’s Fb account for the reason that film’s nationwide premiere final weekend.
Stangl’s is at 572 Service provider St.
Remembering Crosby
January has been merciless to classic-rock followers, with the deaths of Jeff Beck, after which this previous Thursday David Crosby.
Whether or not performing solo or with the famed Crosby, Stills & Nash (and generally) Younger, the thick-mustached, outspoken Crosby at all times performed for full venues in western Pennsylvania.
Sewickley live performance promoter Wealthy Engler estimates he booked Crosby 30-plus occasions, in numerous lineups and together with former venues just like the Pittsburgh Civic Area, I.C. Gentle Amphitheatre and the Syria Mosque, plus locations like Johnstown, Erie, Hershey, Charleston, W.Va., Huntington, W.Va. and the Wheeling Island On line casino in a present with Graham Nash.
“He at all times did nice, however was greatest as a unit, that is for certain,” Engler stated.
Crosby’s hippie-with-an-edge angle stood out backstage at Crosby, Stills & Nash exhibits.
“When he did say one thing, it was usually very controversial,” Engler recalled, “however often he was probably the most quiet of all of them.”
Engler’s most vivid Crosby reminiscence was at a CSN&Y present on the Civic Area, the place the band began on stage collectively for a 40-minute set, earlier than every particular person member took a flip within the highlight because the others left the stage.
When it turned time for Crosby to return out on stage, he refused, Engler stated.
“He was simply sitting within the dressing room close to the catering space. Graham (Nash) got here as much as me and stated ‘David would not need to come out; he is slumped again there.’ So I stated, ‘Properly, go do one thing.'”
Engler stated he later discovered Nash purposely dumped a tray of ice over Crosby’s head, which evidently did the trick, as Crosby went on stage and performed his solo set then joined the complete band for a crowd-pleasing finale.
In addition to his apparent singing-songwriting-strumming skills, Crosby’s reputation in Pittsburgh, particularly with CSN&Y, might be traced to his work ethic, as somebody who toured usually, Engler stated.
“They usually had an entire array of guitars. Like a significant truck-full,” Engler stated. “They at all times had a Who’s Who of bassists and drummers with them, too, like Waddy Wachtel and Russ Kunkel.”
Scott Tady is leisure editor at The Occasions and simple to succeed in at [email protected].