A small-scale symphony concert is coming to a park near you. This summer marks the fifth season of the Canton Symphony Orchestra’s Summer Serenades in the Park series, which offers free family-friendly concerts in Stark Parks. Concerts begin June 27 and run through the beginning of September.
Matthew Jenkins Jaroszewicz is in his second year as the assistant conductor of the Canton Symphony Orchestra. And he’s been busy.
Dan Monea can’t remember his life without music. Monea, the vocalist, guitarist and chief songwriter for the popular Canton-based trio, Hey Monea, started playing the piano at the age of 3.
Go, ahead: Ask 100 people the “Disney vs. Pixar” question. Most will say Disney, and not because it’s what they grew up watching or because most people can’t name a Pixar movie besides “Toy Story” or “Cars.”
North Canton resident Ryan Humbert is an award-winning singer-songwriter and lead singer of the traditional honky tonk band Shooter Sharp & The Shootouts, which recently recorded its national debut album to be released this fall. He also hosts Shooter Sharp’s Americana Roundup every Sunday morning on The Summit WAPS-FM.
Perhaps not since 1959, when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper met their end in an Iowa snowstorm, has popular music had such a year of loss: Glenn Frey of the Eagles, Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White, Merle Haggard, Paul Kanter of Jefferson Airplane/Starship, David Bowie and Prince.
From past to present, get in the know on music legends, concerts and genres.
It doesn’t matter your age, at some point in the summer, you are going to find yourself lying in the grass forgetting about the world.
White Buffalo Woman began, as so many bands do, with friends making noise in a basement. Joe Wales had a drum kit in the basement of his family’s funeral home in downtown Minerva, and his friend Adam Murphy would come over with his guitar.
One of my favorite parts of my job is when I get to go on location for photo shoots. It’s fun to get out of the office and get my brain off the hum drum of desk work.
