Federal Frenzy moves to the other side of Central Square for 2023, but the concept remains the same. Construction in downtown Youngstown forced the music and a
Kenmore Winter Break Music Festival Today and tomorrow, the Rialto Theatre and the Summit FM will present Kenmore Winter Break, a two-day festival featuring 12 bands and solo artists in the heart of Akron’s music row, home to five recording studios, two guitar shops, and many of Akron’s working musicians. Youngstown-born and bred musician/songwriter JD Eicher and his band headline tonight, and Akron rock/pop/indie sextet Big Pop (whose lineup includes members from Time Cat, Fancy Legs, Free Black!, and The Dreemers) has the headlining honors tomorrow night. Cincinnati-based folk rockers the Heavy Hours, who released their first single “Don’t Walk Away,” a folksy anthem co-written by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys last year, Detention (who are now receiving regular airplay on SiriusXM and recently shared the stage with comedian/musician Fred Armisen and Gerald Casale from DEVO), emerging Struthers native Candace Campana, and Rialto staples A Band Named Ashe
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Candace Campana of Struthers has performed The Star Spangled Banner at many major sporting events and is attracting attention for her own songs, like the pop country single Goodie Two Shoes Girl.
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Candace Campana is a songwriter herself, but the song she’s sung the most is a familiar one
by a composer named Francis Scott Key.