Studio owners Nathan Doutt, Mike Fragasse and Danny Cullman have been tirelessly churning out records from their state of the art recording facility in South Akron for over 11 years– until they bought a church. “Every band dreams of making an album inside of a church and we’ve designed the new studio to capture those sounds and dreams,” said co-owner Nathan Doutt. “We’ve … [Read more...]
Full Circle Storytelling – Thomas Skala – Late Night at a Circle K
Open to the public, Full Circle Storytelling events revolve around a theme and the idea: everyone has a story. By encouraging community members to tell their own true tales, each storyteller is placed at the center of his or her own life journey. We use narrative as a way to promote understanding between diverse peoples, building bridges – not walls – within our … [Read more...]
Full Circle Storytelling – Brian Young – The Mace Bandit
Open to the public, Full Circle Storytelling events revolve around a theme and the idea: everyone has a story. By encouraging community members to tell their own true tales, each storyteller is placed at the center of his or her own life journey. We use narrative as a way to promote understanding between diverse peoples, building bridges – not walls – within our … [Read more...]
Full Circle Storytelling – Scott Shepard – How to Win a Date with Paul McCartney
Open to the public, Full Circle Storytelling events revolve around a theme and the idea: everyone has a story. By encouraging community members to tell their own true tales, each storyteller is placed at the center of his or her own life journey. We use narrative as a way to promote understanding between diverse peoples, building bridges – not walls – within our … [Read more...]
Full Circle Storytelling – Susan Speers – Baby Mama
Open to the public, Full Circle Storytelling events revolve around a theme and the idea: everyone has a story. By encouraging community members to tell their own true tales, each storyteller is placed at the center of his or her own life journey. We use narrative as a way to promote understanding between diverse peoples, building bridges – not walls – within our … [Read more...]
Full Circle Storytelling – Robert Hernandez – It Happens Every Time
Open to the public, Full Circle Storytelling events revolve around a theme and the idea: everyone has a story. By encouraging community members to tell their own true tales, each storyteller is placed at the center of his or her own life journey. We use narrative as a way to promote understanding between diverse peoples, building bridges – not walls – within our … [Read more...]
Full Circle Storytelling – Benjamin Rexroad – It was the Summer Of…
Open to the public, Full Circle Storytelling events revolve around a theme and the idea: everyone has a story. By encouraging community members to tell their own true tales, each storyteller is placed at the center of his or her own life journey. We use narrative as a way to promote understanding between diverse peoples, building bridges – not walls – within our community. … [Read more...]
Wayne Beck’s ‘Akron Sound’ Museum will ‘pop-up’ at Summit Artspace in May
Wayne Beck is on a mission. It is 9 a.m. on a chilly March Saturday morning and I have been charged with transporting him and his collection of “Akron Sound” Museum artifacts from his Highland Square apartment to the Big Love Festival at Summit Artspace in Akron. We unload the contents of my minivan onto the loading dock, and Wayne protects his collection as though it were … [Read more...]
Jeff Klemm acoustic residency every Wednesday in March at Annabell’s Lounge
Local singer-songwriter and frontman of Maid Myriad and Jeff Klemm & The Letters announces Wednesday night residency at Annabell's Lounge in Akron, Ohio for the month of March. "The last few records I made were created in complete solitude, so for the upcoming Maid Myriad and solo records I wanted to experiment by performing the songs live before going into the studio," … [Read more...]
Jeff Klemm turns heartbreak into grand seduction for album release performance
Jeff Klemm and The Letters threw a CD release party at Musica, where they played to a packed house, performing a set that included every song on Klemm’s first solo album, titled “Burying the Shadows.” Local favorites Hell & Highwater and Sancat opened the show. I’d seen Klemm perform live several times over the years fronting his band, Maid Myriad, and I knew he could … [Read more...]