A Bigger Band

A Bigger Band

by | Oct 18, 2007 | Music

Say "big band," and most people, fairly or not, think of the oatmeal sounds of Glenn Miller wafting out over the nursing home cafeteria P.A. But David Sanford's Pittsburgh Collective proves that the big band need not be relegated to the pre-rock past nor...
Tangoed Up in Blue

Tangoed Up in Blue

by | Oct 18, 2007 | Music

Valley guitarist Charlie Apicella (pictured above, far left) is a busy guy. You can catch him most Sunday mornings at the Cushman Village store in North Amherst, where, with bassist and violinist, he plays Latin music and tangos on acoustic guitar as Cidade (which is,...
CD Shorts

CD Shorts

by | Oct 18, 2007 | Music

Art BrutIt's A Bit Complicated(Downtown)That second album—it's indeed a complicated affair. Especially when your debut was such a pitch-perfect confection of cheeky wit and barbed riffs. What's left to say? Art Brut have found some new wrinkles to...
Ready For Eddie

Ready For Eddie

by | Oct 18, 2007 | Music

It's been some 22 years since Van Halen's founding members first bid each other "Happy Trails." It's been more than a decade since its frenetic frontman, "Diamond" David Lee Roth, proudly proclaimed, "This is the first time...
Nightcrawler: Hooked On PDP

Nightcrawler: Hooked On PDP

by | Oct 18, 2007 | Music

The first one may not be free. But whether it's studio time or rental of a P.A. and a lightshow, Dave Westbrook and his PDP Productions strive to deliver major-artist levels of service at bargain basement prices.The business plan, particularly when coupled with an...