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First Light by Tropidelic – Album Review
First Light by Tropidelic – Album Review by Julie Kurzenberger After catching an energetic and uplifting live set from Cleveland’s own Tropidelic playing their original funky reggae tunes at the Stargazer Music Festival this summer, it was only natural to be drawn to check out their newest album release, their tenth studio creation First…
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Interview with Jim Miller
INTERVIEW WITH JIM MILLER by Bill Kurzenberger On Saturday August 1st, acclaimed guitarist/singer/songwriter and Cleveland native Jim Miller sat down for an interview with OhioJams’ Bill Kurzenberger at Springfield’s Mother Stewart’s Brewing to discuss Miller’s long musical history; Oroboros; experiences with Gregg Allman, John Popper and Phish; JiMiller Band and their Lazy Daisy Music…
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Hot Tuna Acoustic at Stuart’s Opera House – Concert Review
Hot Tuna Acoustic at Stuart’s Opera House, Nelsonville, Ohio Live Concert Review – July 17th, 2026 by Bill Kurzenberger For over fifty-five years Hot Tuna has made an indelible impression on fans of Americana, traditional blues and psychedelic rock, having formed during Jefferson Airplane’s dénouement as the Sixties concluded. Two weeks ago on Friday…
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Gratefulfest at Nelson Ledges – Festival Preview: Paradise Waits
Gratefulfest at Nelson Ledges – Festival Preview: Paradise Waits by Bill Kurzenberger This coming weekend Gratefulfest, Ohio’s iconic and longest-running festival dedicated to the memory of the Grateful Dead, returns to the idyllic Nelson Ledges Quarry Park in Garrettsville. This year, some of the foremost Dead-family and Dead-adjacent musicians of this era from coast…
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fIREHORSE by Tim Easton – Album Review
fIREHORSE by Tim Easton – Album Review by Bill Kurzenberger Renowned Ohio-grown guitarist/singer/songwriter Tim Easton recently released his fourteenth studio album, the noteworthy fIREHORSE. Born and raised in Akron, Easton has been widely recognized as a quintessential North American troubadour from the Buckeye state to his home base in Nashville, and far beyond. Before…
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Grassfire at Nelson Ledges – Festival Preview: Something Old, New, Borrowed and Blue
Grassfire at Nelson Ledges – Festival Preview: Something Old, New, Borrowed and Blue by Bill Kurzenberger On the semiquincentennial anniversary weekend marking the United States’ 250 years of independence from a tyrannical government (the past year or so notwithstanding) there are over a hundred festivals around the Buckeye state celebrating the 4th of July…
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Stargazer Cannabis Festival Leans Into Its Homegrown Nature – Festival Preview
Stargazer Cannabis Festival Leans Into Its Homegrown Nature – Festival Preview Event Celebrates Recreational Marijuana In Ohio With Workshops and Uplifting Jams by Bill Kurzenberger This weekend June 12-13-14th, the Stargazer Cannabis Festival will liven the banks of the Scioto River to celebrate adult recreational and medicinal usage of marijuana in Ohio. Billed as…