Taylor Knight and Anna Thompson are co-founding artistic directors of Slowdanger: a multidisciplinary performance entity based in Pittsburgh, PA. They will be in the studio for an interview this Sunday at 9:00 p.m. on the New and Newer Music Show.
Check out their music here: http://www.slowdangerslowdanger.com/sound.html
Then tune in to WRCT on Sunday, February 2 at 9:00 p.m. — or streaming from this very website — to hear them live!
On Wednesday, November 20, Mark Tamsula and Richard Withers will stop by WRCT’s Whiskey Before Breakfast at about noon to play some of the tunes from their brand new release, Rural Valley Melodies: Old Time Music of SW Pennsylvania, on the air!
Listeners loved the great tunes and interesting conversation they heard the last time Mark and Richard came in to play live.
So tune in to 88.3 FM Pittsburgh at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday for Whiskey Before Breakfast, then hear Mark’s fiddle and Richard’s banjo and some great traditional music from southwestern PA at noon.
As always, the program will also be streaming from this very website.
WRCT is welcoming Ken Stringfellow to our studios Tuesday, September 24 at 5:00 p.m.
Ken was a founding member of The Posies in the 1980s. In 1993, Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens recruited Ken to play bass when they re-formed Big Star, and they performed together until 2010. He has also toured and recorded with R.E.M., Neil Young, Mercury Rev, Ringo Star, and others.
Ken’s 2019 tour has focused on intimate venues, where he’s been playing much of his 2001 solo album, Touched, and performing fan favorites from the across his musical career.
He will be performing at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, September 24 at the Bantha Tea Bar in Garfield. That’s right, Ken will chat with WRCT’s The Mockster and play a few live tracks for the WRCT listening audience just before he heads over to the show.
Don’t miss the excitement! Tune in to 88.3 FM Pittsburgh at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday or stream the set from this very website!