Mr Gnome takes it up a notch!

written by: Mojdeh Stoakley on December 18, 2013

Cleveland‘s premier indie rockers, Mr Gnome, captivated a packed house at the Beat Kitchen on December 14th.  [click here to see all of the photos from that night] The husband-wife duo performed so flawlessly it was hard to believe that this was the same band I’d seen just a year and a half earlier.  Seeing […]

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Mr Gnome at Beat Kitchen

written by: Mojdeh Stoakley on December 18, 2013

Mr Gnome perform live at the Beat Kitchen in Chicago on December 14, 2013.            

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Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires reminds us what SOUL is!

written by: Mojdeh Stoakley on December 10, 2013

Charles Bradley may be old enough to be my father but he is certainly not the fatherly figure I’m looking for! Bradley’s performance was big enough to fill a stadium!  He is the former James Brown impersonator gone funk-filled star that some call the “Doctor of Love!”  He is all hip gyrations and bellowing soulful […]

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BITCH steals the show at Hideout

written by: Mojdeh Stoakley on October 23, 2013

  It’s easy to think that festivals and arena shows are the only performances where the crowd is obviously giddy with anticipation to see a performer take the stage.  As a Chicago native I’ve become accustomed to a scene where fans that care a lot are extraordinarily mellow.  I’m guilty-as-charged.  I can be stoic with […]

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