By Margaret Welsh Pittsburgh Current Music Editor Margaret@pittsburghcurrent.com In 2017, the Seattle Opera launched a production of Puccini’s Madame Butterfly. Despite the inimitable beauty of the opera, the work — …
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By Margaret Welsh Pittsburgh Current Music Editor margaret@pittsburghcurrent.com Vincristine Honor [Heavy Head] vincristine.bandcamp.com Nicholas Alexander Ranayhossaini describes his project Vincristine as a “Trent Reznor situation,” which is to say that…
By Margaret Welsh Pittsburgh Current Music Editor Margaret@pittsburghcurrent.com You won’t find many bands in town like Feralcat and the Wild, or frontmen like saxophonist Roger Rafael Romero. The six-piece plays…
By Margaret Welsh Pittsburgh Current Music Editor margaret@pittsburghcurrent.com Tomorrow, Friday, June 12, join Pittsburgh’s Bad Custer for a live stream celebrating the release of the band’s new album, Needs Work…
By Margaret Welsh margaret@pittsburghcurrent.com In the video for “Giving Tree,” Joy Toujours, dappled with disco lights and wearing roller skates, loops around the Belvedere’s dancefloor. “The things I used to…
By Margaret Welsh and Charlie Deitch margaret@pittsburghcurrent.com Back in April, Bandcamp announced that, in an act of support for artists financially impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, they would be waving…
By Margaret Welsh margaret@pittsburghcurrent.com Mr. Smalls Theater was supposed to be the site of the inaugural Pittsburgh Women in Music Festival on March 28. Then, you know, some stuff happened….
By Margaret Welsh Pittsburgh Current Music Editor margaret@pittsburghcurrent.com If you checked out Matthew Buchholz’ virtual In Bed by Ten Dance Party back in late March, you know that the Facebook…
By Margaret Welsh Music Editor margaret@pittsburghcurrent.com There are a couple of ways that Borrowed and Blue, the new EP from Buffalo Rose, might seem a bit anachronistic. First, it was…
By Margaret Welsh margaret@pittsburghcurrent.com Jessica Victoria has always been captivated by stories. As a kid, she’d rush home from school, grab a snack and then disappear for hours into her…