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PJIF Reflections, PJIF Vids In addition to having another great Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival, it should be noted that the combined TRAF/PIJF “season” was the…

Scenes from Pittsburgh Int’l Jazz Festival There is a lot of positive to talk about regarding this PIJF ninth year. Here is an early set…

As I write this quick entry, there is a discussion on (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist) Scott Mervis’ FB wall about War vs. Lowrider Band. I thought…

TRAF: Tank and the Bangas, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe The final weekend of the Three Rivers Arts Festival brought acts with Pittsburgh stories. Tank and…

TRAF (Three Rivers Arts Festival) This Week The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust continued to step up the diversity of TRAF for 2019. The Friday evening primetime…

Royce Interview James Royce of the new Pittsburgh outfit Royce recorded an interview on The Soul Show. Segments aired on the TSS 6/8/19 episode. You…

Royce James Royce has a new band with a newer EP called “Black Rock.” I met him at Pointbreezeway at a Soulful Femme show. SF’s…

Feralcat Roger “Feralcat” Romero released his EP in a joint billing with Starship Mantis on 6/1/19. I’ve been following him for the past few months,…

Starship Mantis Album Release 6/1/19 Pittsburgh funk act Starship Mantis pulled out all stops for their Mr. Smalls Theatre event on Saturday. To celebrate the…

Here we go with soulshowmike’s picks for this week, along with the whys. I focused a lot on the one-off shows, vs. the fine weekly…