WYEP Station Blog

Win tickets to the 20th Annual Pittsburgh Irish Festival and Get Your Irish On.

The Pittsburgh Irish Festival takes place September 10, 11, and 12 at the Riverplex in Homestead.

The Festival features family entertainment with Irish music, dancing, food, and children’s activities. Performers include Gaelic Storm, Makem and Spain Brothers, John Doyle Trio, Scythian, Screaming Orphans, and others.

Three lucky winners will receive a family four pack of tickets to the Festival. The tickets can be redeemed for admittance on any of the three days of the festival.

Visit our contest page and sign up for your chance to win today!

Debuting Monday, September 6 is The Block Party, weekday nights from 8pm-midnight.

This reinvention of the Evening Mix on 91.3fm WYEP features newer acts and a more modern take on music, with indie rock, hip hop, soul, and local artists. Artists for The Block Party include favorites like Spoon, Beck, Neko Case, The Black Keys, newer acts like Yeasayer and Passion Pit, and vintage music from the last 20 years like Nirvana, The Roots, LCD Soundsystem and De La Soul. And each hour, a local artist is represented on The Block Party, including Ben Hardt, Good Night, States, Colonizing the Cosmos, Joy Ike, Meeting of Important People, Emily Rodgers and many more.

Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars will be performing a Studio Session at The WYEP Community Broadcast Center at 1pm on September 9. Sign up for your pair of passes at wyep.org.

The band was formed by displaced refugees and are the subject of the documentary of the same name.

All the members of Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars lived in or near Sierra Leone’s capital city before fleeing Freetown during the country’s decade-long civil war. Throughout most of the 1990s, Freetown remained relatively sheltered from the rebel war that had turned much of the West African nation into a bloody battlefield. Near the turn of the 21st century, however, rebels attacked the city and forced a panicked mass exodus to neighboring countries.

…continue reading the history of Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars on their website…

Van Morrison turns 65 on Tuesday, August 31. Cindy, Kyle, and Rosemary will help to blow out the birthday candles by playing music from his vast career with the band Them, as well as his solo material, live tracks, and collaborative efforts. Tune in this Tuesday, August 31 at 91.3fm or stream online at wyep.org.

This Friday, August 27, marks the 20th anniversary of blues musician Stevie Ray Vaughan’s tragic death. WYEP be will be remembering his legacy with a special Traffic Jam, a Friday Live at Five tribute, and we’ll be featuring his tracks every hour throughout the day. And, at 7pm, tune in for a Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble special one hour radio special.

Stevie Ray Vaughan, October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990

Check out the WYEP Music Blog for video of Robert Plant discussing his forthcoming CD Band of Joy. Produced by Buddy Miller, Band of Joy features guest appearances by Miller and Patty Griffin.

We’re re-broadcasting “When the Music’s Over” a special tribute to the Civic Arena, hosted by Mike Sauter. Tune in this Sunday, August 22 at 4pm for the encore presentation, or listen live at wyep.org.

On Tuesday, August 3rd at 4pm join Kyle Smith on The Afternoon Mix with Brian as the lineup for this years WYEP event, Rock the Block, gets announced.

Rock The Block is our annual Block party, fundraiser, and goodbye to summer that occurs at Bedford Square, in and outside of the WYEP Community Broadcast Center. This year’s date is Saturday, September 18th.

Tune in on Tuesday for the announcement

Tune in to 91.3fm or wyep.org for a live performance by the Kaiser Cartel on Friday, July 30 at 1pm. They’ll be kicking off this year’s WYEP Final Fridays at Schenley Plaza on Friday, July 30th with a 7pm performance.

91.3fm WYEP will have some new (and old) programming on Sundays, starting on August 1. Here’s the new schedule:

5-6am: eTown
6-8am: Folk Alley from KSU
8-11am: The WYEP Coffeehouse with Cindy Howes
11am-2pm: The Roots and Rhythm Mix with Jesse Novak
2-5pm: Sunday Mix with Barb Steinberg
5-7pm: An American Sampler with Ken Batista
8-10pm: Bluegrass Jam Session with Bruce Mountjoy
10pm-12am: Traditional Ties with John Trout

Tune in to 91.3fm or listen live at wyep.org. For a full program schedule, click here.