National touring acts and local bands join us at the Pittsburgh Community Broadcast Center to perform their music live in our studio and tell the stories behind the songs.
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One of Pittsburgh’s most prolific bands (in many different genres) Chalk Dinosaur stopped by the WYEP Studios on July 13th for a Live & Direct Session with Rosemary Welsch during WYEP’s celebration of LovePGH Music Month.
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Pittsburgh musician LoRen stopped by the WYEP Studios on July 6th for a Live & Direct Session with Liz Felix during WYEP’s celebration of LovePGH Music Month.
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Alicia Bognanno, aka Bully, stopped by the WYEP Studios for a Live & Direct Session with Rosemary Welsch to play some songs from her 90’s alt rock-influenced new release Lucky For You.
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Declan McKenna is an English singer-songwriter who burst onto the music scene in 2015 when he won the prestigious Glastonbury Festival’s Emerging Talent Competition. He recently stopped by the WYEP studios for a Live & Direct Session on June 1st, 2023.
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Joey Spehar was joined by Michigander for a Live & Direct Session on May 24th, 2023 ahead of their performance at the WonderWorks Music Festival on May 27th, 2023. They chatted and played songs off their album It Will Never Be The Same.
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Rosemary Welsch was joined by Josh Ritter for a Live & Direct Session to play some songs off his album Spectral Lines on May 10th, 2023.
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WYEP’s Joey Spehar is joined by Patterson and Jay from Drive-by Truckers for a Live & Direct Session to play some songs off their album Welcome 2 Club XIII
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Pittsburgh’s own Ben Orrvick dropped by the WYEP Studios for a Live & Direct Session with Joey Spehar to give us a preview of some new singles he’s releasing this spring with his band Kahone Concept.
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The Boston indie-pop band Ripe joined WYEP’s Joey Spehar for a Live & Direct session.
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Valerie June joined WYEP’s Rosemary Welsch for a Live & Direct session on May 6th, 2022, and even surprised us with a cover of Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World.”