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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 ro...

The singer-songwriter spent 2020 getting serious about her music after focusing for years on motherhood, sobriety and relationships.

/ Some of our favorite local music of 2020 included albums and singles from Free Black!, Spirit of the Bear, Coby and the Prisoners and Peachcurls. While the coronavirus pandemic silenced the live music scene, many Northeast Ohio artists and bands stayed busy recording songs and releasing albums this year. Amanda Rabinowitz and Brittany Nader each share their favorite local albums and songs of 2020. At the top of both of their lists is the Akron hip-hop duo Free Black! with the album Freedom Summer. Floco Torres and Holbrook Riles III—who produces and performs as HR3—released the quinte...