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John Vento has been hard at work on his new project, Brick by Brick. The album will be released as a collection of singles, one at a time, slowly building up to create an entire album. The lead single, “America (When The Saints Come Marching Home),” will be released November …

John Vento is known as the dynamic frontman of the Nied’s Hotel Band, but with Vices, he’s showing fans a different side of himself. Vices is a poem written by poet and comedian Matt Wohlfarth, reimagined and set to music by Vento and David Granati. A scathing critique of many …

Pittsburgh rockers John Vento and Dave Granati, comedian/writer Matt Wohlfarth, & former music exec, Jim Pitulski team to create the 50s Beat Poetry, “Vices.” It started as a poem. Comic veteran and award-winning writer, Matt Wohlfarth wrote “Vices” as a poem to his kids, outlining the realities of life and the importance …

Nied’s Hotel Band are releasing “Sacred Land” on August 21, 2020. The American-proud anthem will benefit local small businesses. “It’s a time in America where there’s so much talking down about this country…there’s so much negativity…we’re here to say that this is the greatest land in the world. We need …

Pittsburgh musician John Vento shares his take on topics including race relations, family issues, success, and memories of his hometown. Veteran Pittsburgh musician John Vento has seen alot in his lifetime. From his youth, growing up in the eastern suburb of Penn Hills, to the heady days of the disco …

Band Together Pittsburgh creates music programs for people on the autism spectrum. Co-founders John Vento and Ron “Moondog” Esser are Communitas Award Winners. With Corona quarantines and social sequestering putting a temporary end to most group gatherings, live concert performances and non-essential events, one local organization has managed to adapt …

Pittsburgh rock veteran John Vento has released a new single and video from his IMEA Award-winning album, “Love, Lust & Other Wreckage.” Hot on the heels of his Communitas Awards of Excellence recognition, for his non-profit Band Together Pittsburgh, rock music veteran John Vento is releasing a new single and video. “Well …

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 …