The Scene Music Department is officially busy trying to do the math on its weekend bar tab, and since our TI-85 calculator isn’t working, it’s taking longer than expected. Sp rather than rave about rapper Torrio, we figured it’d be easier to let the dude speak for himself: Musican: Torrio
Web: www.myspace.com/torrio Hometown: Cleveland
Sounds like: “Radio oriented street hip-hop.”
Fun fact: “With earnings from the last two Torrio CDs, I started two profitable
Internet radio websites: www.hardcorejamz.com (hip-hop and R&B), and www.hardcoremix.com (country to heavy metal).
Appearing: Tuesday September 18, at the Sea Level Lounge (8307 Madison Ave Cleveland, 216-939-1515)
Why you need to see him:“I will be giving away free CDs of my new release, The Big Picture.” — Torrio
This article appears in Sep 12-18, 2007.