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The Northside Music Festival returns to Pittsburgh on July 18-20 featuring dozens of bands, art vendors and food trucks. The annual event, in its third year, features musicians from Pittsburgh and around the region, including many heard on WYEP.

WYEP recently asked Pittsburgh area artists to share with us their upcoming plans for the second half of 2025 and beyond. Below are some of the highlights we received from those plans.

The Greensburg-based family band Essential Machine are putting out a new album this year as they embark on some new musical adventures. The first release from the record is “Waiting” — a song that the band hopes will inspire us all to push the world to a more positive place.

Hard to believe it's 2025, and we're now a quarter of the way through the 21st century! With 25 years under our belt, we thought it was high time to celebrate all of the great music that has been made this century.

Summer in Pittsburgh means lots of live music! We asked three WYEP hosts to put together their recommendations for the best shows to check out this July.

Yokai Jem took some time away from making music to focus on his work and his faith. He’s back now with a new song that reminds us that it’s always a good idea to live life facing forward.

One of the most in-demand session players of the 1960s, Kaye was listed alongside the late record producer Thom Bell and the late pianist Nicky Hopkins as inductees in the Musical Excellence category.

It's a great day when your favorite artist releases a new record. But what if they released seven new records at once, full of music you didn't even know existed? That's what Bruce Springsteen is doing on his forthcoming box set Tracks II: The Lost Albums.

Alabama songwriter Kashus Culpepper was back in Pittsburgh after playing a free show for WYEP listeners with our Neighborhood Concert Series earlier this year. This time, he opened for Whiskey Myers at Stage AE Outdoors. Check back here for the full session soon!

A new study shows that music therapy is as effective as cognitive behavioral therapy at helping cancer patients and survivors heal emotionally.