It is a rare treat when an international siren graces American stages with her multi-award-winning talents. Helen Folsade Adu, better known as Sade Adu, had not toured anywhere over the past decade, until this past year to promote her Soldier of Love, the band’s sixth studio effort. In fact, short of Haley’s Comet, Sade’s last stop in Cleveland, some two decade ago seemed like a shooting star whose presence left a galaxy of NE Ohio fans longing for her return. On July 9, in support of her latest greatest hits, The Ultimate Collection, Sade and her well-seasoned veteran band graced ...
My early memories of Helmet are sketchy, but it was always the cooler older kids that were up on Helmet. It wasn’t until I bought my own copy of Strap It On that I realized why. Wednesday, October 13th is going to be a night of “thinking person’s alternative-prog-sludge metal bands”. (Hyphens are fun.) Alternative metal veteran band, Helmet is coming through Cleveland. Post-metal favorites Intronaut and Cleveland stand out, Forged in Flame as opener. Wednesday, October 13th at Peabody’s, doors at 7:00pm. No “Best of the 90’s” music list is complete without the mentio...
Young and old were smiling when Irish Punk band Flogging Molly came to town at the Cleveland House of Blues, March 5. Though St. Patrick’s Day is still a few weeks away this crowd was ready to get down with their inner shamrock. The LA seven-piece hit the stage before a sold-out crowd. The throngs responded by dancing and singing along to tunes of their favorite Celtic Punk sons and daughter, who were in town on the final leg of their Green 17 American tour. An Irish sea of fans replete in black and green t-shirts, caps on their heads and Guinness in their hands cheered and chant...
