MEET THE BAND: Aaron Civil War (vocals, guitar), Andy Stibora (guitar), Lisa Ellis Schafer (vocals), Eric Schulte (bass), Jason Weiner (bass) WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS: In 2015, local singer-songwriter Aaron Civil War was recording some songs he'd written on his phone and posting them on SoundCloud.
Shortly after he moved from Akron to Nashville a few years back, Black Keys singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach started recording the Black Keys and other acts...
Over the past twentysomething years, Ohio natives Charles Noel and Todd Sines, musicians who first met a Revolting Cocks show in Cleveland in 1990, have...
The local reggae/hip-hop/funk act Tropidelic formed in 2008 in Kent and built a following after self-distributing over 10,000 free copies of its self-produced first EP,...
Even though she’s only 28 years old, singer Hayley Williams has logged some serious hours touring and recording with Paramore, the alternative rock band she...
Billed as the world's only all-Liverpool born Beatles tribute band and the former decade-long resident tribute band at the Cavern Club, the Liverpool nightclub where...
Bassel Almadani, the singer who fronts the Chicago-based soul/funk group Bassel and the Supernaturals, has deep ties to Northeast Ohio. Born and raised in Kent,...
Two years ago, Nick Fondale and Chris DiCola, former members of the local ska/punk band the Glow Pop, started the garage blues band personsplacesthings. They put out...
Save Rock and Roll, the 2013 album that emo rockers Fall Out Boy recorded with producer Butch Walker (Taylor Swift, P!nk), represented a remarkable comeback...
FRIDAY, OCT. 13 Kesha/Savoy Motel "Bastards," the acoustic country-ish tune that opens Rainbows, the latest offering from pop singer-songwriter Kesha, shows the extent to which...
In 2013, Flamin’ Groovies guitarist Cyril Jordan and charismatic lead singer Chris Wilson reunited after three decades to play sold out tours in Japan and...
After moving from Los Angeles to Nashville and living in the Music City for several years, singer-songwriter Suzanne Santo, a Northeast Ohio native who plays...
Singer-songwriter BØRNS (Garrett Borns) had a pretty broad knowledge of old ’50s, ’60s and ’70s music by the time he became a teenager. Those influences...
