Episodes

  • Cleveland noise artist Slugg turns heavy sounds into healing

    Cleveland noise artist Slugg turns heavy sounds into healing
    May 8 2025
    Kristal Mills was settled in her life, working in the corporate world in Cleveland. But the pull to explore her creative side led her down a new path. For this week’s Shuffle, Mills talks about the industrial techno beats she produces under the name Slugg.
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    24 mins
  • Canton musician Scott Paris chronicles a year of gigs, guitars and goodbyes in new book

    Canton musician Scott Paris chronicles a year of gigs, guitars and goodbyes in new book
    Apr 24 2025
    For more than three decades, Scott Paris was a fixture of Northeast Ohio’s live music scene, performing up to 200 shows a year in bars, clubs, casinos and festivals. Now, the longtime Canton-based musician is reflecting on his career in a new book, “A Guitar Called Harry V and the Cover Band Conundrum,” a memoir told through journal entries chronicling his life with one special guitar.
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    25 mins
  • A saxophonist from Cleveland redefines jazz fusion with Abstract Sounds

    A saxophonist from Cleveland redefines jazz fusion with Abstract Sounds
    Apr 10 2025
    Jevaughn Bogard started playing saxophone in grade school. He went on to study sax in college, tour nationally and perform with stars. Now he's created his own jazz fusion band, Abstract Sounds, in Cleveland.
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    11 mins
  • Midwest ensemble the Oblivion Project champions Argentine nuevo tango

    Midwest ensemble the Oblivion Project champions Argentine nuevo tango
    Mar 27 2025
    Clevelanders with a passion for modern Argentine tango are connecting audiences with a master. After 20 years of performing throughout the Midwest as the Oblivion Project, the group is releasing its first album.
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    11 mins
  • Cleveland trumpeter Theresa May tests the limits of brass music

    Cleveland trumpeter Theresa May tests the limits of brass music
    Mar 13 2025
    After years of performing in ensembles, Cleveland trumpeter Theresa May is stepping out on her own. May joined "Applause Performances" and "Shuffle" for an in-studio performance and conversation about her new electronic music, as well as breaking barriers in the classical world.
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    22 mins
  • Stark County siblings find their sound as COMPASS

    Stark County siblings find their sound as COMPASS
    Feb 27 2025
    A band of three teenage siblings from Stark County got their start while stuck at home during the pandemic. After five years of performing and writing together, they’re now releasing a new set of songs that reflect their growth as musicians and as a family. We hear more from COMPASS on this week’s Shuffle with Brittany Nader, who produces the podcast with Amanda Rabinowitz.
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    12 mins
  • Cleveland rapper Jinari Kemet brings his energy to annual Brite Winter music fest

    Cleveland rapper Jinari Kemet brings his energy to annual Brite Winter music fest
    Feb 13 2025
    Cleveland rapper and multi-instrumentalist Jinari Kemet is a versatile performer, bending genres and making a scene on stage. He makes his Brite Winter music festival debut this month, performing songs from his debut album, released last January. Kemet talked with Amanda Rabinowitz about finding his voice.
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    21 mins
  • Akron punk queen Tracey Thomas returns with new acoustic album and memoir

    Akron punk queen Tracey Thomas returns with new acoustic album and memoir
    Jan 30 2025
    Tracey Thomas found the spotlight as part of Akron's new-wave scene in the '70s. But she found her voice forging her own music journey. Now with a new album and memoir, she reflects on her long career.
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    12 mins