SongSpace Summer Shows!

We’re excited to bring you a pair of outdoor shows this summer, to celebrate what we hope is the beginning of the end of the pandemic!

Both shows will be outdoors at Baum Grove Parklet, 400 Roup Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15232, just a mile away from our usual home at First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh. Baum Grove is privately owned by the Friendship Development Association, and maintained as a public park and greenspace in the heart of the Friendship neighborhood. The front of the park is an urban garden with benches for sitting and relaxing. The back of the park features a flat stone-and-brick stage at the center of a natural grassy amphitheater.

Bring your own chair or blanket to sit on, bring snacks and beverages if you like, and don’t forget to tip the performers! Since the park is open to the public, our events will not be ticketed, but of course tips and donations are critical to these musicians’ ability to continue to tour and perform.

On Sunday July 11 at 3:00pm we are most pleased to welcome the Lonesome No More Trio, consisting of singer-songwriter Dennis McCurdy, bass player Jared Negley, and harmonica player extraordinaire Clint Hoover. Together they are masters of Americana and the Blues, and you are sure to have a great early Sunday evening with them!

Lonesome No More

On Thursday August 26 at 6:30pm we are thrilled to welcome Alice Howe and Freebo. Hailing from Boston and now based in Los Angeles, Alice is a rising voice in modern folk, offering love letters to 60s and 70s folk and timeless blues. Freebo is a genuine folk, rock and blues icon who, after more than 40 years of recording and touring with many of the great artists of our time (Bonnie Raitt 10 years, CSN, Maria Muldaur, John Mayall, Ringo Starr, Dr. John, Neil Young, & many more).

“When these two get together, prepare yourself for an extraordinary evening of song and smiles, and maybe a tear or two.” —  Ron Olesko, Folk Music Notebook, WFDU-FM

Alice & Freebo

Come help SongSpace celebrate summer at Baum Grove with these two great shows!

Art All Night Coffeehouse Stage Saturday Apr 21, 4pm-Midnight

Our friends at Art All Night are hosting another virtual Art All Night from Saturday Apr 24 at 4pm to Sunday Apr 25 at 2pm. They are really looking forward to returning to a live in-person event next year but for now to be COVID-safe everything is online. You can check the whole show out here: https://www.artallnight.org/!

As a part of Art All Night, there will be a livestreamed virtual Coffeehouse Stage Saturday Apr 24 from 4pm until Midnight. The livestream will have a mix of 20 min live performances and 20 min pre-recorded videos.This year’s lineup includes:

Witch Baby
Devin L Russian
Catherine Wacha
Kate Snow
Brent Malin
Bill Ivins
Vince Rause
The Daydreamers
Michael Berkey
brad yoder
Scott Moore
Elliot Pullen
Jessica Lee
Social Justice Disco
Wild Bill
Carrie Collins
Songs Unsung
Joan Papalia-Eisert
Paul Eisert
Don Strange
Evan Isaac
Six O’Matic

Performance times will be posted closer to Saturday!

You can watch

See you there!

Great Show with Joe Crookston!

We had a blast with Joe Crookston last night!

You can see it again here, and you can see recordings of many of our past shows here.

We hope to see you for some summer pop up shows and for our next season in Fall 2021!

Listen to Joe on Whiskey Before Breakfast

Getting ready for Joe Crookston Fri Apr 2, 7:30pm, but you missed the great interview he had with Mando Richard on Whiskey Before Breakfast last week, or just want to hear it again?

Listen to it again on Mixtape!

And don’t forget to listen to the show Friday night! Streaming live at  facebook.com/SongSpace/liveyoutube.com/FirstUnitarianPittsburgh,  and Joe’s Youtube Page.

As always, tips to Joe are strongly encouraged… To keep it local, Joe will donate some of the proceeds from the show to  Casa San Jose and the Afro-American Musical Institute here in Pittsburgh!

Joe Crookston Apr 2, 7:30pm – Updates for listening and donations!

Here are all the places you can listen to the livestream on Friday night

and, as usual, a recording of the show will be available for later listening!

As always, tips to Joe are strongly encouraged… To keep it local, Joe will donate some of the proceeds from the show to  

here in Pittsburgh!

Joe Crookston On The Radio

Before Joe Crookston’s show on Friday Apr 2 at 7:30pm, you can listen to him on the radio here in Pittsburgh!

SongSpace Streams with Joe Crookston!
Friday Friday Friday, April 2, 7:30pm
Last-minute details at uusongspace.com.

Stream will open shortly before 7:30pm
Show at 7:30pm

Free admission, tips to the performers strongly encouraged.

Great Show with Joe Jencks and Zoe Mulford!

We had a wonderful time with Joe Jencks and Zoe Mulford, celebrating Llouise and Jim Altes and the Friendship House Concert Series.

You can see the recorded livestream here.

And here is a listing of all of the “official” concerts in the Friendship house Concert series. There were many more than this, since Llouise and Jim welcomed into their home many artists just passing through town, and these also often turned into house concerts!

Zoe Mulford and After-the-show Get-together for Joe Jencks Show Mar 13 7:30pm

Hey, we wanted to let you know of two special treats for our Saturday show with Joe Jencks celebrating Llouise and Jim Altes and the Friendship House Concert series!

  • We’re looking forward to a special appearance by Zoe Mulford, who has been a musical guest of both the Friendship House Concert series and SongSpace!
  • After the show there will be a seperate Zoom session where you can hang out with Joe, Llouise and Jim, and whoever else happens to stop by! Details and zoom link will be given during the show.

See you there!

Interviews with Joe Jencks

We’re looking forward to Joe’s show this Saturday March 13, 7:30pm, to help celebrate Llouise & Jim Altes and the Friendship House Concert Series!

Getting ready to join the show? You can hear Joe’s interview last week with Mando Richard of Whiskey Before Breakfast (WRCT 88.3FM Pittsburgh):

And this Saturday at 11am you can hear live with Larry Berger on the Saturday Light Brigade (WRCT 88.3FM Pittsburgh):