Gregg Welty is an award winning banjo player who, at first, did not like the banjo.

The electronic duo Metacara, made up of Kyla Rae and Vince Nania, met at the University of Pittsburgh.

The Living Street are made up of two very long time friends from Lower Burrell, PA.

Brittney Chantele is a Pittsburgh rapper who is very involved in local activism.

Electro-pop band Balloon Ride Fantasy’s sound has shifted over the years from indie rock, to fantastically layered synth.

Despite Bikini Islands' sunny name and surf-rock disposition, the band's name came from an ominous source.

Pittsburgh MC Jimmy Bucek has a very interesting vocal delivery. Matched with his unusual lower register, he sounds more like he’s reciting poetry than rapping.

Ferdinand the Bull is an obsession and a meditation on vulnerability and passion - the inescapable nature of feeling and growing.

Scratchy Blanket is an indie rock band where cats play a big role.

The hip-hop/rock duo BB Guns is made up of featured MC Bars Blackman and vocalist Lazy JP, who met while they were in high school.