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Local Actor LeJon Woods Stars in New Lifetime Christmas Special

After graduating from Shaw University in North Carolina, Cleveland native LeJon Woods returned home and took a job working for the city. While he...

By Jeff Niesel Nov 25, 2020 1:09 pm

Scene and Heard: Scene's News Blog C-Notes LeJon Woods Christmas Listing Lifetime

oWOW Releases Compilation CD Featuring Local Acts

Earlier this year, the local internet radio station oWOW.radio announced that it was signing off the air due to financial struggles brought on by...

By Jeff Niesel Nov 25, 2020 11:21 am

Scene and Heard: Scene's News Blog C-Notes oWOW NEO – The Soundtrack

Alex Hall's Figurehead Returns With First New Album in Four Years

The Northeast Ohio-based progressive rock band Alex Hall’s Figurehead has just announced that it'll release Johnny, its first new album in four years, this...

By Jeff Niesel Nov 25, 2020 8:42 am

Scene and Heard: Scene's News Blog C-Notes Alex Hall's Figurehead Johnny

MidTown Cleveland Offering Free Stream of 'Leo's Legacy,' Documentary on Legendary Leo's Casino Nightclub

MidTown Cleveland will be streaming "Leo's Legacy," a documentary the CDC commissioned to tell the story of the legendary Leo's Casino nightclub, on Dec....

By Vince Grzegorek Nov 24, 2020 2:06 pm

Scene and Heard: Scene's News Blog C-Notes Leo's Casino Cleveland Music History

Local Indie Rockers Zip-Zapp! To Release Second Album

Hot on the heels of last year’s debut album, the local psychedelic rock band Zip-Zapp! will issue its second album, The Hand of God,...

By Jeff Niesel Nov 24, 2020 1:02 pm

Scene and Heard: Scene's News Blog C-Notes Zip-Zapp! The Hand of God

Panza Foundation Announces Plans to Assist Struggling Cleveland Music Clubs

In the wake of his recovery from cancer five years ago, local musician and scholar John Panza formed the Panza Foundation five years ago...

By Jeff Niesel Nov 23, 2020 12:11 pm

Scene and Heard: Scene's News Blog C-Notes Panza Foundation

Local Rappers Minus the Alien and La Butterfly Team Up For New Mixtape

A hip-hop recording artist and songwriter from Akron, Minus the Alien has a strong passion for mentoring youth and community outreach. A recipient of...

By Jeff Niesel Nov 20, 2020 9:12 am

Scene and Heard: Scene's News Blog C-Notes Minus the Alien La Butterfly The Evolution Will Be Televised

Local Rock Act Rusted Hearts Releases New Single and Accompanying Music Video

A couple of years ago while in a chat room on Xbox Live, singer-guitarist Patrick Farmer and Michael Taddeo discovered their mutual appreciation for the...

By Jeff Niesel Nov 19, 2020 1:35 pm

Scene and Heard: Scene's News Blog C-Notes Rusted Hearts "Absent"

Upcoming Virtual Photo Exhibit To Feature More Than 1,000 Concert Photos

For the fourth year in a row, locally based rock concert photographers Anastasia Pantsios and Joe Kleon, both of whom have contributed to Scene during...

By Jeff Niesel Nov 19, 2020 12:26 pm

Scene and Heard: Scene's News Blog C-Notes Joe Kleon Anastasia Pantsios Sonic & Iconic: A Virtual Art Gallery

Singer-Songwriter Austin Stambaugh to Release Live Album Recorded at Beachland Tavern

Right before everything shut down earlier this year on account of COVID-19, singer-songwriter Austin Stambaugh, a former Clevelander who now lives in Nashville, recorded...

By Jeff Niesel Nov 18, 2020 4:53 pm

Scene and Heard: Scene's News Blog C-Notes Live at Beachland Tavern 3/14/20 Beachland Tavern Austin Stambaugh

Gotta Groove Records To Reissue Rare Recording by Oberlin-Based Free Jazz Group

Famous for having put out what is quite possibly the first-ever independently released free jazz record, Oberlin’s Black Unity Trio recorded Al Fatihah on...

By Jeff Niesel Nov 18, 2020 1:18 pm

Scene and Heard: Scene's News Blog C-Notes Black Unity Trio Gotta Groove Records

Cleveland Gets a Nod in New Book About Jazz Clubs of the '40s and '50s

A few years ago, Jeff Gold, a music memorabilia expert who regularly donates items to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Library and...

By Jeff Niesel Nov 18, 2020 10:49 am

Scene and Heard: Scene's News Blog C-Notes Jeff Gold Sittin’ In: Jazz Clubs of the 1940s and 1950s

Locally Based 1984 Publishing Releases Book of Rare Weird Al Photos

Cleveland-based 1984 Publishing has just published Black & White & Weird All Over: The Lost Photographs of 'Weird Al' Yankovic '83 – '86, a...

By Jeff Niesel Nov 17, 2020 12:03 pm

Scene and Heard: Scene's News Blog C-Notes Black & White & Weird All Over: The Lost Photographs of 'Weird Al' Yankovic '83 – '86 1984 Publishing

SaveCLEVenues Auction Kicks Off Today With Rare Memorabilia

Update: A #SaveCLEVenues auction designed to benefit the independent live music venues in the greater Cleveland area launches at 7 p.m. today and runs...

By Jeff Niesel Nov 13, 2020 1:45 pm

Scene and Heard: Scene's News Blog C-Notes SaveCLEVenues Auction

Tropidelic Aims for Something 'Cohesive and Different' on New Album

One of Northeast Ohio’s most successful bands, Tropidelic draws inspiration from groups such as Sublime and 311 and blends ska, hip-hop and rock. The...

By Jeff Niesel Nov 13, 2020 9:56 am

Scene and Heard: Scene's News Blog C-Notes Tropidelic Of Illusion

Ticketmaster Proposes Plan to Track Guests' COVID-19 Status

There's no doubt that the recent news of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine has people flipping their lids with excitement with the hope that maybe the...

By Jerilyn Jordan Nov 12, 2020 10:59 am

Scene and Heard: Scene's News Blog C-Notes Concerts Music Coronavirus COVID-19

Local Rockers C-Level To Celebrate 10th Anniversary With Shows at Grog and Beachland

The local rock act C-Level isn’t letting a pandemic get in the way of its 10th anniversary. The group plans to have two safe,...

By Jeff Niesel Nov 10, 2020 12:40 pm

Scene and Heard: Scene's News Blog C-Notes C-Level Grog Shop Beachland 10th Anniversary

New Documentary Film Centers on Cleveland's Rich R&B History

A local guy who’s been in the entertainment business since the 1970s, producer Dennis Crash has released The Greatest R&B Legends: Cleveland, a new...

By Jeff Niesel Nov 6, 2020 3:33 pm

Scene and Heard: Scene's News Blog C-Notes Dennis Cash The Greatest R&B Legends: Cleveland

Rock Hall Permanently Moving Induction Ceremonies to the Fall

This weekend's pre-taped virtual Rock Hall induction ceremony on HBO will be unlike any induction ceremony past or future in many ways but will...

By Vince Grzegorek Nov 6, 2020 10:47 am

Scene and Heard: Scene's News Blog C-Notes Rock Hall

New LaToya Kent Single Speaks to Our 'Connective Energy'

Austin-based (iN)Sect Records has deep ties to Northeast Ohio. The label has issued several releases by local bands, including a single for This Moment...

By Jeff Niesel Nov 6, 2020 8:59 am

Scene and Heard: Scene's News Blog C-Notes LaToya Kent "Gestures"

Dark Water Rebellion to Play Its Final Cleveland Show This Weekend

Last year, local rockers Dark Water Rebellion raised eyebrows with their second full-length, the hard-rocking Macabre. Engineered by William DeMarco of Vuture Studios, a studio located...

By Jeff Niesel Oct 30, 2020 3:20 pm

Scene and Heard: Scene's News Blog C-Notes Dark Water Rebellion Grog Shop

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