It’s time for the 44th Annual Kent State Folk Festival and this year’s edition of the multi-day music festival will have a night headlined for the first time by a Kent native, one Miss Jessica Lea Mayfield as well as the guy who plays just before her rootsy Americana singer/songwriter Tim Easton originally of Akron.
11 area photographers show off shots of rock stars over years at We Gallery
If you are a lifelong rock ‘n’ roll (or photography) fan, you may be already planning your visit to the Akron Art Museum’s Who Shot Rock exhibit, featuring rock stars past and present in their natural habitat — onstage, backstage, in front of a camera — in well-known and obscure shots from around the world.
Akron Art Museum exhibit gives iconic look at rock
If you are a fan of rock music and enjoy looking at rock stars, near rock stars and large crowds, then the Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present is worth a trip to the Akron Art Museum.
Justin Bieber fever comes to Cleveland tonight
Area performers release albums
Malcolm X Abram Beacon Journal music writer It’s that time of year again. The time when I gather some of the recent(ish) releases from your music-making friends and neighbors and give you a little idea of who’s doing what on the local scene. Naturally, some of these releases are of more recent vintage than others,…
Bob Dylan a voice of all generations, playing Akron Tuesday
Fans and the media call it the Never Ending Tour, but it’s not the official name of Bob Dylan’s road show, which began in June 1988 and will stop at the University of Akron’s E.J. Thomas Hall on Tuesday.
Masked metal rockers Mushroomhead to play Halloween show. Punk Fest at Annabell’s
Halloween around these parts means another super spooky seasonal show from Cleveland industrial/metal heroes Mushroomhead happening on Saturday at the Agora Theatre in Cleveland.
Popular radio personality Maxwell returns Monday morning
Northeast Ohio morning just got louder…again. Popular Cleveland radio DJ Maxwell will return to the airwaves of his home state after a year of exile (i.e. he was fired from his previous gig at WMMS last winter).
The Black Keys (not the Black Eyed Peas) grab top spot on Billboard Alternative Songs chart
Jazz musicians jam to local beat
Full Wave Rectifier to play final set
Full Wave Rectifier to play final set Saturday
Saturday night at Musica in Akron will be a show that marks the end of an era.
More specifically, Full Wave Rectifier, a band that has been plying its tuneful indie rock trade for more than a decade in the clubs and bars of Northeast Ohio, will call it a proverbial day with one last blowout show.
Black Keys establish local endowment
They might not live in Akron anymore, but Dan Auerbach and Pat Carney, better known as the Black Keys, are helping out folks in their hometown.
