A Break from the 'Burgh: Los Angeles

My final stop on spring break is Los Angeles where I will be spending an entire week. Amid the sun and palm trees lies a HUGE music scene. The first interesting event that caught my eye was iPod night at the Liquid Kitty. Every Wednesday night, you can bring your iPod in and play DJ for 20 minutes. If the crowd thinks you've done a good job, you get a free drink. Liquid Kitty has different daily events every week, like iPod Wednesdays, along with concerts on the weekends.

Liquid Kitty has no cover charge on any night and is located on Pico Blvd. in Los Angeles. For more information on the club and a list of events, visit Liquid Kitty's website.

**Photo Credit: Omar Omar on Flickr

A Break from the 'Burgh: Las Vegas

Since I am on Spring Break until March 6th, I'm going to take a little break from the Pittsburgh music scene and offer information on the places I'm traveling. First stop Las Vegas for the weekend!

Las Vegas is absolutely PACKED with different things to do and different artists are always passing through Sin City. The major feature for this weekend seems to be Garth Brooks. His shows are listed multiple times on one Vegas page I found. Garth will be in Vegas February 25th, 26th and 27th. Garth is performing a series of concerts one weekend a month from now until August. For more info on Garth, visit his website.

Mariah Carey is also performing this weekend in Las Vegas. She performs on Friday 27th at the Colosseum. For more info on Mariah visit her website.

There are countless other music events going on this weekend, but it would take up WAY too much space to list even a quarter of them! For info on the Vegas music scene, visit these websites:

• Yahoo Upcoming Events, Las Vegas
• Jazz Las Vegas

**Photo Credit: Atlantys Travel

Weekend Shows at Rex

Here's an early look at this weekend's shows at Rex Theater. Rex is located on East Carson Street in Pittsburgh's Southside.

• Friday 2/26: Larry Keel & Natural Bridge with Greensky Bluegrass. Doors open at 7:00pm and the show starts at 8:30pm. Tickets are $15
• Saturday 2/27: Trombone Shorty and Orleans Ave with Boogie Hustlers. Doors open at 6:00pm and the show starts at 9:00pm. Tickets are $15

For tickets and information about the venue, visit Rex's website.

To learn more about the bands, visit their websites:

Larry Keel and Natural Bridge- Mountain music

Greensky Bluegrass- Bluegrass

Trombone Shorty and Orleans Ave- Jazz, Funk Rock

Boogie Hustlers- Jazz, Funk, Soul and similar genres

**Photo Credit: Mattron on Flickr

Rusted Root

Rusted Root was formed in Pittsburgh in the early '90s by singer/guitarist Michael Glabicki. They self released their first album Cruel Sun in 1992 and joined Mercury Records in 1994 producing their album When I Woke. They continued releasing albums on a fairly regular basis until 2003. Their album Stereo Rodeo is their first album in almost seven years and was released in May of 2009.

Since the release of Stereo Rodeo, the band has toured throughout 2009 and is continuing into the summer of 2010. Rusted Root will be coming to Pittsburgh on March 12 on the Gateway Clipper Majestic. Tickets are on sale now and are $25 for general admission. To get tickets go to Rusted Root's website, Facebook page, or MySpace page.

Check out one of Rusted Root's hits, "Send Me On My Way"

"New" 100.7 Review

Pittsburgh's 100.7 is classified as an adult contemporary station, but is now mixing in Top 40 songs since it merged with B94. Star 100.7 prides it self on playing a variety of music from the 80s, 90s, and the present. The music played on the station is more soft rock and pop kinds of music now with a sprinkle of the faster tempo music that was on B94. The Top 40 music seems to be finding its place along with the DJs that made the move.

Bubba, who moved to 100.7 when K-Rock moved onto 93.7, is back on the morning show with co-hosts JR and Shelly. The three still work well together and I have always been a fan of Bubba, so I'm glad he decided to make the transition. Melanie Taylor, who was on B94's morning show with Buckhead and Bubba, is now flying solo middays on 100.7. I was not a fan of Melanie when she was with the boys on B94, but I found I enjoy listening to her much more now that she has her own show.

If you haven't already given it a try, listen to 100.7 here. It takes a little getting used to the slightly slower pace, but it's still worth the listen.

If you don't like the station, listen to Pittsburgh's 96.1 here.