WYEP Music Blog

Everyone who came to the WYEP Holiday Hootenanny - THANK YOU! What an amazing night of holiday music!!! Silver & Gold were FAN-FLIPPING-tastic! Amazing local music is in our city, my friends!

Pictures are up on WYEP’s Flickr, so check ‘em out! Here is the defining moment of the evening captured (by the lovely Kayla Seybert) on film. It’s Kathryn (of Blindsider) and Ben Hardt singing “Do They Know It’s Christmas” by Band Aid:

BIG BIG BIG Thanks to musical director Jeff Baron for getting the band together and coming up with the idea

Thank you to the members of Silver & Gold
Jeff Baron (The Essex Green)
Josh Verbanets (Meeting of Important People/Lohio)
Carrie Battle (Harlan Twins)
Hallie Pritts (Boca Chica)
Ben Hardt (Ben Hardt and His Symphony)
Casey Hanner (Donora)
James Hart (Harlan Twins)
Scotts Roger (Scotts Roger)
Sarah Siplak (Scotts Roger)
Aaron Bubenheim (Br’er Fox/Meeting of Important People)
Dave Bubenheim (Br’er Fox)
Kathryn Heidemann (Blindsider)
Craig Smith (Blindsider/Lohio/The Victors!)
Paul Zyla (Harlan Twins)
Greg Dutton (Lohio)
Megan Lindsey (Good Night, States)
Elizabeth Adams (Lohio)
Jake Hanner (Donora)

Happy Holidays!!

xoxox
Cindy

Congratulations to our Morning Mix Host Cindy Howes for making the Pittsburgh City Paper’s Best of List 2008 in the category of Best Morning Radio Show ! The readers of City Paper voted Cindy on the list out of some 25 Pittsburgh morning shows.

Best morning radio show
1^st Jim & Randy — WDVE
2^nd Mikey & Big Bob — The Freak Show, Kiss FM
3^rd Cindy Howes — WYEP

Check out all the interesting Best of 2008 lists at www.pghcitypaper.com

Guitarist Joe Satriani is suing Coldplay for allegedly plagiarizing the chord progression and melody of his 2004 instrumental “If I Could Fly” for their recent hit “Viva La Vida”. Satriani is seeking to receive all royalties generated by the Coldplay song.

Satriani vs Coldplay

What do you think?

On a cold December Saturday night we went inside The Rex Theater for the double concert bill of Glen Phillips and Jonatha Brooke.

Glen Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket) accompanied by Jonathan Kingham (vocals/guitar) did a 55-minute, 15-song set.  Jonatha Brooke came on stage to play the piano and sing two songs with Glen.  Jonathan took a turn in the spotlight on “She’s So California”.  Glen did a couple of songs from his latest project, Works Progress Administration (WPA), “Rise Up” and his final song of the evening “I Don’t Need Anything I Don’t Have”.  From his EP “Secrets of the New Explorer” Glen did a kid’s song about radiation sickness “Solar Flare”, that Jonatha joined him on.  Some songs can stand the test of time and be stripped down.  That was the case of Toad’s “All I Want”, it was an acoustic gem.

We learned a few things about Jonatha Brooke during her 14-song, 1-hour and 20-minute set.  Jonatha will probably never record a Christmas album, she can do an impersonation of a small dog, she’s more comfortable playing the guitar then the piano, for financial reasons she did not bring a band with her, adding that sometimes she likes to go out on tour alone and that she loves her latest release “The Works”.

Jonatha sang at least four songs from “The Works”.  Most of the lyrics on the album were written by Woodie Guthrie.  Jonatha told us the history of how she went to the Woodie Guthrie Archives and came out with the idea to do this album.  “My Flowers Grow Green” was an especially beautiful tune, with Jonatha singing quietly at the piano.  Returning the favor, Glen came back on stage to sing “Sweetest Angel” with Jonatha.

Each of Jonatha’s songs seem to have a story behind them, like title track from “Ten Cent Wings” and a song that was featured in MTV’s “The Hills”.

This was the final show together for Glen and Jonatha until the spring.

http://www.glenphillips.com/

http://www.jonathabrooke.com/

http://www.jonathankingham.com/

Barb S. - Sunday Mix Host