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April 22, 2018 by Jay Minkin
Eight hour car rides listening to Stephen King books on tape while crisscrossing through a Midwestern and Appalachia itinerary comes …
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| Tags: Billy Harvey, Edgeland, Facebook, g.a.r. hall, Google, Jack Ruch, kim richey, Ohio, Twitter, Yahoo, Yep Rock Records
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April 15, 2018 by Jay Minkin
There was a big to-do happing in Cleveland Saturday night, but I surprised my usual suspects with passing on the Rock …
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| Tags: close ties, eamon mcloughlin, entertainment, Facebook, Google, jedd hughes, music box supper club, Rodney Crowell, Texas, Twitter, Yahoo
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December 2, 2017 by Jay Minkin
The nominees for this year’s Album of The Year have been selected and it’s a mix of new gunslingers, old …
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| Tags: album of the year, best of 2017, chris stapleton, Facebook, Google, Gregg Allman, instagram, jason isbell, jd mcpherson, john moreland, Margo price, nikki lane, rachel brown, Rodney Crowell, Sara Petite, southern blood, steve earle, The Gage Brothers, the secret sisters, Thor Platter, turnpike troubadours, Twitter, wordpress, Yahoo, you don't own me anymore
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October 20, 2017 by Jay Minkin
Sometimes you need to just start over. It’s a decision process that ranks right up there with one of the …
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| Tags: David Mayfield, entertainment, Facebook, Fatheads, Google, gotta grove records, kickstarter, Michael j Media, nashville, Paul Kovac, Paul Lewis, Thor Platter, Twitter, Yahoo
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August 22, 2017 by Jay Minkin
Of all the local folks I have covered, one artist continues to garner recognition from an international audience. “I notice …
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| Tags: AlexaArt, beatnik playboys, Becky Boyd, David Childers, Emma Shook, entertainment, Facebook, g.a.r. hall, Google, kickstarter, paul hamann, piano, rachel brown, summa recording, Twitter, Yahoo
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April 18, 2017 by Jay Minkin
The artistic energy flowing from local songwriters, all in their mid-twenties is just incredible. Making fast strides are The Gage …
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| Tags: Facebook, GAR Hall, Google, Grog Shop, Jim Stewart Recording, The Gage Brothers, Twitter
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February 8, 2017 by Jay Minkin
A large cluster of industrial buildings that still remain on Cleveland’s near east side were once home to iron foundries, …
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| Tags: bloodshot records, clint holley, Facebook, Google, gotta groove records, Record Store Day, Twitter, tyler village, Vince slusarz, well made music, Yahoo
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January 13, 2017 by Jay Minkin
They say let’s start the New Year off with a bang, and there is no doubt about the talent …
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| Tags: Amish Electric Chair Studios, entertainment, Facebook, Google, John Patrick Halling, musica, Neil Tuuri, The Outside Voices, Twitter, venice cafe, Yahoo
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December 13, 2016 by Jay Minkin
Many of the usual suspects will notice a different annual “Best of” column to close out 2016. Over the last …
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| Tags: Aaron lee tasjan, alejandro escovedo, bear family records, Bonnie Bishop, buddy miller, chelle rose, clint holley, Google, hollow bone records, john prine, Margo price, peter wolf, robert kidney, roger hoover, sarah jarosz, square records, Twitter, waylon jennings
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October 10, 2016 by Jay Minkin
Johnny Cash was a musical legend who made an impact on rock and roll as well as country music …
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| Tags: American Recordings, case western reserve university, Facebook, Google, John Carter Cash, Johnny Cash, Klipsch Audio, lost highway records, Playhouse Square, rock and roll hall of fame and museum, Rosanne Cash, Twitter