Lounge Acts presents a Black History Month mixtape
We celebrate some of our favorite performances from Cincinnati musicians
Posted: 7:00 AM, Feb 19, 2021
Updated: 2021-02-19 11:01:10-05
By: Brian Niesz , Emmalee Smith , WCPO staff
Lounge Acts presents our Black History Month mixtape, which celebrates some of our favorite performances in recent years from Cincinnati artists such as Triiibe, Lauren Eylise and others.
Black History Month serves not only to remind us that Black history is American history, but also to appreciate Black culture.
Lounge Acts presents our Black History Month mixtape, which celebrates some of our favorite performances in recent years from Cincinnati artists such as Triiibe, Lauren Eylise and others.
Photo provided by Rachel Ghadiali
Sterling native plays in Marine Band at Biden’s inauguration
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STERLING HEIGHTS The inauguration of a new president is always a historic event. Lending to the air of pageantry and patriotism is the U.S. Marine Band an elite group of musicians who perform for the commander in chief and in hundreds of public performances each year. And one of its members hails from Sterling Heights.
“It’s humbling to be a part of something so momentous,” Staff Sgt. Cecilia Buettgen, a French horn player in the Marine Band and 2004 graduate of Sterling Heights High, said in an email.
The Ritz. â[So pop star has] always been a part of The Dream for me. Getting a BFA in Musical Theatre at the University of Cincinnatiâs College Conservatory of Music took all my mental and physical space, so songwriting went from a passion-filled focus to an infrequent friend to basically a non-existent stranger.â
Post-college, Breckenridge set his sights on performing in theatre, television, and film. When theatres shutdown due to COVID-19, he was able to prioritize reuniting with his dream of recording pop music. âBefore I knew it, in two short months I had a record full of songs on my handsâall birthed out of isolation. So I found a producer, bought the equipment, and lifted the lyrics from the page.â
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