Revolution 11.11.2011 Beatles Tribute

Revolution: Beatles Tribute & Benefit

Join us for AcoustiCafe's Third Annual Beatles Tribute benefiting Project Bundle-Up and the Salvation Army of Pittsburgh on November 11, 2011 at 8pm. Over 22 performers will take the stage at the Hard Rock Pittsburgh in Station Square honoring the Beatles by performing beloved songs from their extensive catalog.

Last year, over 500 people came out to experience the AcoustiCafe community & local music. Save the date for this spectacular evening of Pittsburgh talent! Give back and keep the kids warm this winter by purchasing your ticket today.

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Jason Kendall Host

Host Jason Kendall

Jason Kendall is a performing musician and owner of Jason Kendall Productions . He is an accomplished musician and entertainer with nearly 20 years of experience entertaining at a variety of venues, specializing in a wide range of music including classical, smooth jazz, and acoustic pop.

The Lions

These Lions

Anthony Jardine (vocals/lead guitar), Bryan Humphreys (bass guitar), Briana Carraher (cello) and David Rocco (drums) boast a unique sound that captivates audiences. They draw their sound and influence from eclectic musicians like Jeff Buckley, Band of Horses, Yeasayer, Sigur Ros and even a number of classical composers.

Caleb Pogyor

Caleb Pogyor Band

Caleb Pogyor (pō-zhoor) is a musician living in Pittsburgh, PA. Drawing comparisons to artists the likes of which may or may not include Elliott Smith, The Jesus Lizard, Wilco and Grizzly Bear, Pogyor meshes pop-sensible folk structures with the spontaneous grit of phenomenological reductionism.

theCause

theCause

Pittsburgh based Jamband, playing Grateful Dead, Phish, Beatles, Dylan and tasty originals

The Longtime Darlings

The Longtime Darlings

Brett Staggs sings loud and plays loud guitars, Doug Kochmanski plays loud drums, Brian Sproul plays loudest guitar, Reid Wellock plays loud bass and some loud pianos and loud organs some guitars and sings kind-of loud.

Kyle Hammond

Kyle Hammond

Kyle Hammond is 7. He's a first grader who loves soccer, baseball, swimming and playing. He's been playing the ukulele since he was 4.

Rising Regina

Rising Regina

The members of Rising Regina are a five-piece acoustic assembly of stellar songwriting, impeccable harmonies, and energized performance. Rising Regina’s sound incorporates the best of American roots music including rock, folk, blues, jazz, bluegrass and Celtic.

Luke Mayernik

Luke Mayernik

Recently, Luke won first place at the American Guild of Organist's National Competition in Improvisation and the International Organ Improvisation Competition. His oratorio, In Memorium: A Requiem for Mister Rogers was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and garnered an interview on NPR's All Things Considered.

Blake Ragghianti

Blake Ragghianti

Blake Ragghianti has studied music composition and piano performance for over twenty years. He is currently a composer in residence at the Pittsburgh Festival Orchestra. Recently he and his colleague Luke Mayernik co-founded OvreArts, a non-profit dedicated to performance and collaboration.

Broken Fences

Broken Fences

Morgan Erina & Guy Russo began writing and performing together as Broken Fences only a short while ago, but have already developed a sound that recalls Belle & Sebastian, or Iron & Wine at their most introspective.

Mark Dignam and The House of Song

Mark Dignam and The House of Song

Mark Dignam is an Irish born, US based songwriter who began as a busker on the streets of Dublin. Dignam’s songs are always intelligent and insightful, balanced with an infectious sing-along quality and that irresistible Irish wit.

The Williams Band

The Williams Band

The Williams Band hails from the dark enclaves of an abandoned nut factory in Old-New West Newton. Here they hone their art and craft with lunatic-like obsession.

Ben Shannon

Ben Shannon

Ben is a spectacular songwriter, the cream of the roots, americana scene. Now, before you start thinking banjos, fiddles and songs about living on mountains… his latest release is an amazingly intelligent, sophisticated, modern and hit laden album that you will be hearing on radio for years to come.

Elise Massa and Chris Massa

Elise Massa & Chris Massa

She wants to bring a smile to your face, a thought to your head, flight to your wings. This is why she sings.

Corned Beef and Curry

Corned Beef and Curry

John McCann- guitar, lead vocals, main Irish guy. Bob Banerjee-violin/fiddle, mandolin, guitar, vocals, chief outsourced Indian immigrant. Todd Hartman-vocals, percussion, Irish bodhran, washboard, professional hunky eye-candy.

Pete Bush

Pete Bush

Pete draws from influences as diverse as Tom Waits, Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire, Soul Coughing, Queens of the Stone Age, Nina Nastasia and Cab Calloway to name a few.

Boulevard of the Allies

Boulevard of the Allies

The duo of Joel Lindsey and Jim Kurasch found talented, like-minded musicians (the ‘Allies’) thus building a band of Pittsburgh’s finest instrumentalists worthy of any stage. Their sound is comparable to Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Free and The Beatles.

Tim Ruff

Tim Ruff

Tim Ruff and his acoustic guitar-based tunes are a relaxing combination of jazz/finger style picking and a friendly, sweet voice that’s anything but Ruff. Influenced by likes of James Taylor, Michael Bublé, Jason Mraz, and Simon and Garfunkel, his songs draw new parallels between pop and folk music.

Dream Job

Dream Job

"if you're not living your dream, then whose dream are you living?" DREAM JOB, is exploding on the Pittsburgh scene. Three musicians, Ricardo Iamuuri, Barrett Black, and David Neuhart make-up this dynamic trio.

Nathan Zoob

Nathan Zoob

Born and raised in NYC, Nathan Zoob has lived in Pittsburgh for five years, and has quickly becoming an in demand guitarist and producer. He's played with some of the most exciting artists in the city. You can usually catch him playing with Mr. Mark Dignam. Zoob enjoys reading and writing, especially in the third person.

Chet Vincent and The Big Bend

Chet Vincent and The Big Bend

Combining the raw electric energy of blues-tinged rock and alt-country with haunting and sometimes heartwarming songwriting in the spirit of the American folk tradition, they reconcile the great divide between intellectualism and accessibility; by ignoring both and just writing songs.

Guy Alexander Russo

Guy Alexander Russo

Guy Russo has been performing and composing music professionally in the Pittsburgh area for 7 years. Russo studied music composition under Efrain Amaya and Nancy Galbraith, receiving a bachelor's degree in composition from Carnegie Mellon University in 2010.

Ben Hardt and His Symphony

Ben Hardt and His Symphony

Ben Hardt is currently recording a three album project called Ben Hardt And The Symphony, which chronicles the story of two lovers in WWII London, complete with a string section and proper rock band.

Maddie Georgi

Maddie Georgi

Maddie Georgi may be only eighteen, but the songs she crafts contain the emotional perspective of teenage angst and womanly confidence, and they come wrapped in catchy melodies that only a gifted songwriter could create. Maddie is more than an extraordinary vocalist.

Voodoo Babies

Voodoo Babies

The Voodoo Babies first formed in 1996. They have released two full length CD's and an EP. Voodoo Babies consists of original members Lori Bernish – Lead vocals & Josh Borkowksi – Drums. They are now accompanied by: Jeremy Colbert – Guitar and Vocals / Kris Corona – Bass / Kelly Stoffa – Percussion and Vocals.

Ben Valasek

Ben Valesek and The Growlers

Ben Valasek is a Pittsburgh area veteran singer-songwriter. Starting with songwriting as a kid, to playing piano and saxophone, to high school garage bands, to singing church music on sundays, all of these have shaped his musical style to what it is today.

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