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WYEP's first broadcast was 50 years ago this Tuesday, April 30. Join us as we celebrate five decades of unconventional radio.
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Have you ever found yourself in the middle of someone else’s breakup? James the Seventh did and turned that experience into a song called “Centerpiece.”
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“Before you could even play any record from that library, you could smell it first” — WYEP’s Rosemary Welsch
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Pittsburgh's own Rachel Ann Bovier stopped by the WYEP studios to record her poem about the station's 50th anniversary.
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Through mutual friends and SoundCloud, four Pittsburgh college students found themselves in a band known as feeble little horse playing local house shows. Almost three years later, with significantly less time to rehearse and write songs together, the band is now making its way to bigger stages.
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Sudden Little Thrills is a new music festival from C3 Presents (Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits) taking place in Pittsburgh at Hazelwood Green on Sept. 7-8.
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Fresh off a national tour, The Ghost Club returned to their hometown for a Mr. Smalls show. They stopped by WYEP for an interview and some songs from their new album, King Whatever.
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While WYEP has evolved over the years to be a music station with a general sound to it — a mix that is eclectic but still distinctive — the early years of the station were radically different. Every couple of hours could go in a sharply new direction, from music to talk and back again.
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It’s not always easy to be our fully realized selves, but it is always important to try. Pittsburgh musician LEVI recently put out their first project as a songwriter — an endeavor that called for some discomfort and lots of grace. Take a listen to the new song "sail."
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At the Desk, Sleater-Kinney was all business — as wiry and vital as ever.