Posted inNews & Views A Cleveland Music Mystery Solved: Meet Deadly Earnest and the Honky Tonk Heroes A song taped off 105.7 FM in 1982 had stumped the internet. Until now by Mark Oprea January 3, 2024July 20, 2025
Posted inNews & Views A New Artist Boarding House in Cleveland Will Offer Cheap Rooms for Gigging Musicians Bands will be able to crash at the No Surf House for a few dozen dollars by Mark Oprea December 21, 2023August 2, 2025
Posted inMusic A Cleveland Music Mystery: Who Sang This ’80s Song? Taped off 105.7 FM in 1982, the internet can’t seem to identify the artist by Mark Oprea December 18, 2023August 3, 2025
Posted inMusic New Book Provides Overview of Singer-Songwriter John Prine’s Storied Career In advance of upcoming Rock Hall appearance, author Holly Gleason discusses her new book by Jeff Niesel December 1, 2023August 11, 2025
Posted inNews & Views In Cleveland’s Post-Covid DIY Revival, Queer Black Drag in Midtown and Hardcore in Taco Bell Parking Lots New spaces and voices are guiding Cleveland’s homegrown music scene into inclusive and interesting places by Mark Oprea November 22, 2023June 8, 2025
Posted inNews & Views Greater Cleveland Music Census Launches Today The community-led project will use responses to help advocate and seek funding for the local scene by Mark Oprea November 8, 2023August 31, 2024
Posted inNews & Views Rock Hall Expansion Groundbreaking Recalls Spirit of Original 1995 Ceremony The design pays homage to the original design while accentuating the public space and adding to the lakefront landscape by Mark Oprea October 6, 2023June 30, 2025
Posted inNews & Views A New Survey of Cleveland Musicians Will Attempt to Calibrate Local Scene The Cleveland Music Census, a citywide data exploration in collaboration with 19 other U.S. cities, is the first since 2011 by Mark Oprea September 27, 2023July 31, 2025
Posted inNews & Views ‘This is a Hail Mary’: Akron DIY Music Venue Looks to Raise $135,000 to Save its Digs The house of It’s A Kling Thing!, a haven for Midwestern punk and hardcore shows since 2007, is up for sale by Mark Oprea September 7, 2023June 25, 2025
Posted inNews & Views Could a Cleveland Music Commission Lift the Local Scene? Austin has one. Nashville has one. Cleveland’s music scene, venue owners say, should be next. by Mark Oprea August 16, 2023March 4, 2025
Posted inMusic Masonic Auditorium Poised for $8 Million Facelift Thanks to Owner Temple Live A rehab of Midtown’s 250,000 square-foot behemoth hopes to make the Masonic “the coolest venue in Cleveland” with upgraded sound and more by Mark Oprea August 1, 2023August 12, 2025
Posted inMusic Rock Hall To Celebrate Hip-Hop Exhibit’s Opening with Star-Studded Party Public Enemy’s Chuck D and Run D.M.C.’s Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels will be on hand for Thursday’s opening by Jeff Niesel June 27, 2023August 1, 2025