John Cowan

New Christmas albums begin appearing in my mailbox in late summer, and many of them begin hitting the store shelves sometime in early October. Read More

Three years after the members of Molkie Cole reunited in Lorain, there seems to be no stopping the Northeast Ohio band. Read More

Comedians Rodney Carrington and Kathy Griffin , groups REO Speedwagon and Sugarland and singers Andrea Bocelli and Sting are among the array of recording artists ringing in the holidays this year with seasonal compact discs. Read More

The Gamble Rogers Folk Festival is primed to be the best it's been in years. Read More

He's been in a lot of lineups and played and sung plenty of musical styles, and John Cowan's distinctive voice has seemed to fit them all. Read More

"Circles Around Me" is the title of the new and, in my opinion, best solo recording from Sam Bush. The 56-year-old Bush is one of the musicians most responsible for the modern bluegrass or "new grass" movement that began in the late 1960s. Read More

Nearly everywhere you go here, somebody is talking about music, thinking about it, playing it, explaining it, presenting it, dancing to it, writing it, trying to figure out how to be a part of it. Read More