Joey Spehar
HostJoey Spehar is a Pittsburgh native who started as a volunteer D.J. fresh out of college in 2006. He took on any job they’d let him do like editing audio, engineering remote broadcasts, and shoveling snow.
By fall, he was hosting a weekly show on Friday nights from midnight to 4 a.m. and started doing freelance production work for The Allegheny Front – Pittsburgh’s best environmental radio show – and eventually served as the show’s Production Director.
In 2012, Joey was hired full-time at WYEP as a co-host of the morning mix and started broadcasting solo in July 2017. In the midst of a global pandemic in 2020, he also became the host of WYEP’s virtual music quiz show, Drive Time.
Favorite Band: Grateful Dead
Most notable interview: This unpublished talk with David Bazan.
Read all about him:
My Favorite Pittsburgh Thing To Do With Kids, KidsBurgh.org
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Sobriety is a difficult process, so do your best to take it easy on your loved ones who may be struggling. Anne Eliza — a Pittsburgh-based piano pop duo — tackle the feeling of that constant struggle on their song “Devil Behind My Door.” -
The Pittsburgh-based dark wave band may have invented and entirely new musical genre with their song “Mercy.” They call it goth-grass, and while it’s a bit dark, the song was inspired by a cute rescue kitty! -
The Northside Music Festival returns next weekend with more than 70 Pittsburgh artists performing at different venues in one of Pittsburgh’s most historic neighborhoods. -
Pittsburgh soul singer Billy Price has worked with countless other artists through the years including legendary guitarist and bluesman Roy Buchanan who inspired the new song “Change Your Mind (in Memory of Roy Buchanan).” -
Bob Dylan has been inspiring musicians for generations and Pittsburgh singer and guitarist Connor Parente is among them, at least metaphorically, on his new song “Going Electric.” -
Humble instruments can make spectacular music when they find themselves in the right hands and that is quite evident on the new record from townsppl.Listen to the new song "The Neighborhood." -
Horace Whisper & the Empty Hand make the kind of music where the words really matter. Fronted by songwriter and storyteller Kirby Jayes, the band’s surreal Americana sound is built to bolster the lyrics. -
Century III have returned to the studio after a few years and their latest releases are definitely worth the wait. The band’s unique blend of garage rock, girl group doo wop, and dark surf vibes ooze with a simplistic cool. Listen to their new song "Tied In Knots." -
You ever wonder what it would sound like if an old-timey Appalachian string band went electric? I’m guessing it would probably sound something like a howling mob. In fact, I think it would sound like the band Howling Mob and their new song “Hard to Fake It.” -
Sometimes it takes a while to find your calling. Legendary Pittsburgh musician and activist Anne Feeney worked as a lawyer for over a decade before deciding that she could make a bigger impact in the world through music.
