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January 4, 2013 by Jay Minkin
So here’s a true story. When I went to the checkout line to purchase the new Father John Misty release Fear Fun on compact …
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Category: Americana, Cleveland, Music, New Releases, Singer/Songwriters, Upcoming Concerts
| Tags: album, beachland ballroom, best of, cd release, cleveland, concerts, Facebook, father john misty, fear fun, Fleet Foxes, Jonathan wilson, joshua tillman, laurel canyon, minkin's music, novel, phil ek, record, seattle, vinyl
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December 24, 2012 by Jay Minkin
As we close out the year, I wanted to touch on two of my favorites from 2012 that crossed the …
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Category: Americana, Cleveland, Music, New Releases, Singer/Songwriters
| Tags: album, cleveland, dynotone, engine room, Facebook, Jay Minkin, jimmy bralower, jimmy cliff, johnny gale, mike marrone, minkin's music, motown, muscle shoals, new releases, R&B, real love, rebirth, record, reggae, rhythm and blues, rock 'n roll hall of fame, ryan shaw, stax, the loft
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November 4, 2012 by Jay Minkin
Take me down to that old-tyme music in the Cuyahoga Valley. Three great concerts have been set for November …
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Category: Uncategorized
| Tags: americana, bluegrass, cleveland.com, concerts, Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Cuyahoga Valley Heritage Series, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Erica Wheeler, Facebook, folk, Happy Days Lodge, Jay Minkin, minkin's music, new releases, Pine Leaf Boys, The Stray Birds
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October 24, 2012 by Jay Minkin
I’m taking the show on the road as guest speaker of the first ever LOOP MUSIC SERIES on Friday, October 26th at 6:00 …
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Category: Americana, Americana, Cleveland, Music, Singer/Songwriters
| Tags: adam gravatt, art, cleveland plain dealer, coffee, Facebook, Jay Minkin, Live and deaf, LOOP, LOOP music series, mimi vanderhaven's fabulous buys, minkin's music, no depression, october, PAX-AM, records, ryan adams, Tremont
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October 18, 2012 by Jay Minkin
If you play a guitar, have a bucket list of concerts attended, or can quote Marty McFly, then you need …
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Category: Cleveland, Music, Rock 'n Roll, Upcoming Concerts
| Tags: american music masters, chess records, Chuck Berry, Facebook, Greg Tate, minkin's music, Nadine Cohodas, Rick Derringer, rock and roll hall of fame and museum, Rock and Roll music, Roll over Beethoven
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September 30, 2012 by Jay Minkin
Ding, Ding … round two of mischief and discovery from the Americana Music Association (AMA) festivities. When packing for …
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Category: Americana, Americana, Music, New Releases, Singer/Songwriters
| Tags: Americana Music Association, Americanarama, Amy Cook, Bonnie Bishop, Facebook, feathers and fishHooks, free, Grimey’s New and Pre-Loved Music, kasey Chambers, minkin's music, Rayland Baxter, Shane Nicholson, Summer Skin, Tift Merritt, Traveling Alone, Wreck and Ruin
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August 22, 2012 by Jay Minkin
I had the privilege to visit The Kent Stage a few weeks back and catch a young phenom from Okemah, Oklahoma that …
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Category: Americana, Music, New Releases, Singer/Songwriters
| Tags: album, cd release, Facebook, from the ground up, greg johnson, john fullbright, kent stage, minkin's music, record, ryan adams, the blue door, tom waits, wes sharon, woody guthrie
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August 15, 2012 by Jay Minkin
As fantasy football players go, you’re hoping to find someone that can run, catch, and score. So if you apply …
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Category: Akron, Americana, Americana, Local Artists, Music, New Releases, Singer/Songwriters
| Tags: akron, bullet train, cleveland.com, east-centric music festival, everything went down, Facebook, ghost of something new, hudson, indie gathering international film festival, kate tucker, minkin's music, nashville, sons of sweden, white horses
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August 8, 2012 by Jay Minkin
Last week I was persuaded to visit Nighttown, Cleveland’s finest jazz dining nite club establishment, and attend local legendary troubadour Alex Bevan’s CD …
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Category: Americana, Cleveland, Local Artists, Music, New Releases, Singer/Songwriters
| Tags: alex bevan, Facebook, holly gleason, i have no wings, minkin's music, nighttown, paul hamann, summa recording
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August 2, 2012 by Jay Minkin
I seem to have a boatload of albums that caught my attention and will finally be giving them there due …
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Category: Americana, Americana, Bluegrass, Music, New Releases, Singer/Songwriters, Uncategorized
| Tags: album, americana, andrew leahey, cleveland.com, Facebook, minkin's music, neil young, new releases, records, reviews, river city extension, the kickin grass band, xoxo