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Top 20 iTunes rocker John Vento and Pittsburgh club owner Ron Esser, along with #1 radio chart country artist Richard Lynch are Communitas Award Winners. MTS Management Group is happy to announce John Vento and Ron “Moondog” Esser, along with Richard Lynch, are 2020 Communitas Awards Excellence Winners for their work with Band Together …

John Vento and Neid’s Hotel Band deliver a single that leads the listener on with sultry saxophones, then smacks them in the face with a punchy drum and bass section. An electrifying combination of funk, rock, blues and soul, ‘I Need a Lover’ is both saucy and fun. Hailing from …

Coming off fresh from his debut project Love, Lust, and Other Wreckage from 2019, John Vento has returned early in the new decade releasing an eleven track effort entitled Nied’s Hotel Band. The Pittsburgh native shows off his energetic side on a majority of the record while pairing that with …

MTS Management Group and their artists were winners of nine awards at the 2019 International Music and Entertainment Association Awards (IMEA.) With 28 nominations this year, MTS Management Group and their artists were already greatly recognized by the International Music and Entertainment Association (IMEA). When the winners were announced on …

Pittsburgh music veteran John Vento has released his cover of the Tom Waits’ song, “I Hope I Don’t Fall In Love With You.” As a member of two of Pittsburgh’s most dynamic live bands,the Neid’s Hotel Band and The Businessmen, John Vento has performed his share of cover songs over …

Veteran Pittsburgh Rocker John Vento John Vento has released his new video “Baby Blues.” The song is from his soundtrack album to the play “Love, Lust and Other Wreckage.” “Baby Blues’ was the beginning of it all. Bert Lauble’s haunting lyrics inspired the entire direction of the ‘Love, Lust & …

“Love, Lust and Other Wreckage” is the first local musician’s album to come to the stage. Film/TV actor and Cheswick resident Gregory Johnstone stars in the two night production written by Amy Hartman. Angela Hsu makes her directorial debut. The beginning aspects of it were all built around relationships, and …

Band Together Pittsburgh is releasing an Autism Awareness single. “Differently Abled Man” was penned by Lisa Satira Brozek, for her son, Christopher. “My very intelligent son, stuck in this shell we call Autism. If he was able to tell us how he feels and express himself to me and to …

John Vento releases new video for “Only Love Stays Alive” Pittsburgh veteran rocker John Vento has released his new music video, “Only Love Stays Alive.” Local couples participated in the video’s production. “Our goal was to capture many aspects of a relationship or love affair…Ranging from frustration…to affection.”— John Vento …

John Vento releases new single and video, “Humble Way” Pittsburgh music veteran John Vento has released “Humble Way,” the 2nd single and video from his critically acclaimed album, “Love, Lust & Other Wreckage.” ‘My arrogance had laid me low, it s so rich the taste of crow.’ The song is …

John Vento is often called a chameleon in the Pittsburgh music scene; and, while his critics may use the term as a pejorative, Vento views it as a compliment. He understands that they’re motivated by the frustration of their inability to lock him into a specific musical style. After all, …

John Vento is the living definition of “been there, done that” in the best possible manner: he’s a musician with a lot of experience in the field and at this point in his career he knows very well what he can offer and what he can’t. This is something that …