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The Commonheart

  • Pinkney Park 177 Rowayton Avenue Norwalk, CT, 06853 United States (map)

Formed to invoke emotion through tone and energy, The Commonheart is a band configured of up and coming artists from the Pittsburgh area.

The Commonheart are a 9-piece band out of Pittsburgh, PA. Their 2016 debut disc Grown has, appropriately, a picture of a cake on the cover. Once you get a taste of this CD you’ll know why it’s such a treat. It’s got the sweetest sounds this side of Stax Records.

Singer Clinton Clegg’s soulful singing brings to mind the late greats Joe Cocker and Otis Redding. And the musicanship evokes images of Booker T and the MGs as well as Redding’s back-up band, the Bar-Kays. And guitarist Michael Minda is Pittsburgh’s latest guitar hero, ready to unleash a fretboard of fury on the world.

Their live shows are not to be missed, either. With rock, soul, blues, and gospel all in their repertoire, you’re going to want to worship at the alter of The Commonheart.  You’ll be ready to convert when you hear the combination of Minda’s guitar with Abby Gross on sax, trumpeteer Nat Insko, the bass of Anton DeFade, keys by Lucas Bowman and Clegg’s singing synced with back-up singers Mariko Reid and Anne Celedonia.

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