Ani DiFranco is coming to the Kent Stage on April 1st Ani DiFranco is an American singer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, poet and songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums and is widely considered a feminist icon. DiFranco has received positive feedback from critics for much of her career. Although DiFranco’s music has been classified as both folk […]
The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Museum has to get a lot of questions concerning why this band got in, why this band didn’t, who votes, etc, etc. Well some of your questions can be found here “Everything You Need To Know About 2016 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductions”. The link takes you […]
Paul Kantner, a giant in the San Francisco music scene as a founding member of the Jefferson Airplane, died today of multiple organ failure. Kantner was 74 and had suffered a heart attack this week. His death was confirmed by longtime publicist and friend, Cynthia Bowman, who said he died of multiple organ failure and septic shock. Kantner suffered from […]
Rostam Batmanglij co-founder of Vampire Weekend has quit the band. Batmanglij posted on Twitter on Tuesday to inform fans he was leaving the band he helped form in 2006, but he assured fans he would continue to work with lead singer/guitarist Ezra Koenig on new music for the group. He posted the following on Twitter: “wanted to let […]
The Dave Matthews Band announced the 25th anniversary tour that will stop at Blossom Music Center on Saturday, May 21. The group will play 46 dates this year before taking a break from touring in 2017. An online ticket presale is at 10 a.m. Tuesday at warehouse.davematthewsband.com for members of the Dave Matthews Band Warehouse Fan […]
Interview: James Alex of Beach Slang by Brian McConville Unless you were living under a rock last year, chances are you have heard about a band called Beach Slang. If you recall, they topped my best of 2015 list. This is all with good reason too of course. In the event you are sitting there […]
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band – featuring Todd Rundgren, Gregg Rolie, Steve Lukather, Richard Page, Warren Ham and Gregg Bissonette – announce another string of North American shows. As of right now there is no Cleveland area show scheduled. This current All Starr line up is the 12th and longest running being together […]
A new music festival is coming to the Cleveland area this summer and it’s boasting a pretty impressive lineup with Grace Potter, O.A.R., Andy Grammar, Andrew McMahon to name a few. The festival is billed as LaureLive and will feature 30 acts over the two days on three stages. The lineups for the two days […]
People ask me all the time, what are you listening to now. Some are surprised, most are disappointed telling me “isn’t that what you were listening to 30 years ago.” “Ah yea” is usually my response. So we went around the offices at Cleveland Rock And Roll and the art studios at Raw Sugar Art […]
Led Zeppelin – Richfield Coliseum – January 24, 1975 41 years ago today in Northeast Ohio music history, Led Zeppelin rocked a sold out Richfield Coliseum on their North American Tour in support of their album “Physical Graffiti”. (poster courtesy of rawsugarstudio.com)
