Amanda Rabinowitz and Brittany Nader each share the new albums and music they're most looking forward to this fall. Featured in this episode: Free Black! Marc Lee Shannon, Jeff Klemm, JD Eicher, Samantha Grace/Big Pop.
CANTON Josh Brewer stood inside The Auricle on a recent morning, the music club vacant and quiet.
A stage and upgraded sound system were idle. So was the bar, where customers haven t sat and ordered beer or watched a rock show since May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brewer admitted if it hadn t been for a federal 30-year loan he received in November through the Small Business Administration, the live-music venue would have been forced to close. It s no joke, he said. I had $500 in my account for The Auricle.
A smile flashed across Brewer s face as he talked about reopening The Auricle on Friday with a free 8:30 p.m. outdoor performance by the Pinkertones, a Weezer tribute band, as part of First Friday events in downtown Canton.
For the past three years, Ryan Humbert has been a hosting a lively radio show, The Americana Roundup for two hours Sunday mornings on Akron public-radio station The Summit.
Now, Humbert s personally curated menu of eclectic and rootsy American music is available 24/7 at AmericanaRoundup.com, a commercial-free streaming radio station. This is a way to take that brand I started three years ago and expand it for folks, Humbert said. It s a passion project for me. I believe in the genre, I believe in the music, and I believe in the power of radio as a place to discover new artists.