Mike Palm

1 week ago | triblive.com | Mike Palm

Canadian country rocker Cory Marks has never played a show in Pittsburgh, but he’s looking forward to a return visit to the area later this month for sentimental reasons. “Pittsburgh’s got a piece of my heart, for sure,” Marks said in a recent phone call. That’s because Marks got engaged last March at the Bryan Adams concert at PPG Paints Arena.

2 weeks ago | mahoningmatters.com | Mike Palm

Back in 2016, Rolling Stone tabbed Michigan Rattlers as one of 10 new country artists to watch, alongside Luke Combs and others. Nine years later, frontman Graham Young certainly doesn't consider the band country now, if he ever did at all. "No, definitely not. You know, it's just funny. I don't know if we ever really did consider ourselves a country band," Young said in a recent call. "I think genre is a hard thing because the genres just get bestowed upon you. You don't really have much say over it.

2 weeks ago | triblive.com | Mike Palm

Back in 2016, Rolling Stone tabbed Michigan Rattlers as one of 10 new country artists to watch, alongside Luke Combs and others. Nine years later, frontman Graham Young certainly doesn’t consider the band country now, if it ever did at all. “No, definitely not. You know, it’s just funny. I don’t know if we ever really did consider ourselves a country band,” Young said in a recent call. “I think genre is a hard thing because the genres just get bestowed upon you. You don’t really have much say over it.

2 weeks ago | mahoningmatters.com | Mike Palm

When The Linda Lindas played in Pittsburgh in September as part of Green Day's show at PNC Park, drummer Mila de la Garza sported a T-shirt covered with Campbell's Soup cans. It didn't come from the nearby Andy Warhol Museum though. "The venue was right next to the museum, too," her sister Lucia de la Garza said. "We tried to go, but then we had to do soundcheck.""Yeah, we only had time to go to the gift shop," Mila chimed in before both laughed.

2 weeks ago | triblive.com | Mike Palm

When The Linda Lindas played in Pittsburgh in September as part of Green Day’s show at PNC Park, drummer Mila de la Garza sported a T-shirt covered with Campbell’s Soup cans. It didn’t come from the nearby Andy Warhol Museum though. “The venue was right next to the museum, too,” her sister Lucia de la Garza said. “We tried to go, but then we had to do soundcheck.”“Yeah, we only had time to go to the gift shop,” Mila chimed in before both laughed.