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MANSFIELD — Many people have told Robert Baker he was born at the wrong time, but he disagrees. Baker, a Mansfield resident, makes his living riffing the music of Rock Bands from the 70s and 80s and sharing his music online. “I used to be obsessed with the band Creed, and my dad one day […]

MANSFIELD — Condrea Webber was 9-years-old when her aunt overheard her singing Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” in her bedroom. She remembers being embarrassed when her aunt came in, but remembers fondly how she told her ‘You’ve got something.’ “I’ve always loved to sing, but I was always shy,” Webber said. The encouragement of her family and […]

MANSFIELD — Original musician Jimi Vincent calls himself a true blues man. “I’ve lived a life of blues to prove it,” he said. In May, he was plucking his guitar in his home when the chest pains started again. He’d been feeling minor pain for a while, but this time, it wasn’t a drill. Less […]

MANSFIELD — A few weeks ago I told ‘Karaoke King’ Sam Romagnoli that one of the (many) reasons I enjoy living in Mansfield is that it seems a bit under-the- radar. Every now and then I get a liberating feeling that no one outside is paying particularly close attention and that, somehow, you can get […]

LEXINGTON — “She was a star, right from day one.” Anne Kurtzman, The Pioneer Career and Technology School’s performing arts instructor, knew from her audition that 19-year-old Lexington-native Alexandria (Ali) Loughery was a huge vocal talent. “We knew when she auditioned that she was one of the most talented kids we had ever seen,” Kurtzman […]

MANSFIELD — Al Jenkins & The Trio created a sonorous buzz after their performance in the Richland Source basement. The After Hours guests swayed and bounced to Aaron’s smooth-but-edgy electronically produced beats. They gawked at Al Jenkin’s swooning lyrics. And those who had not been formally introduced to Andrew’s electronic wind instrument pondered its existence. […]

MANSFIELD — I’ve been looking for an excuse to check out Belcher’s House of Rock on Orange Street. So when I heard local metal outfit Krymzon was booked to perform I figured it was the perfect opportunity. But as often happens, events end up overtaking you. On the night in question I instead found myself […]

MANSFIELD – If you ask drummer Ryan Arter about his favorite genre of music, it’s a three-way tie between classical, jazz, and … death metal. If you ask the rest of Arter’s bandmates in the local metal band Krymzon, they all pretty much agree. We’re talking old school classical music, including Beethoven and Vivaldi. “I […]

MANSFIELD — Francis Mallmann, a famous chef from Argentina recently said, “in order to grow and to improve you have to be there a bit at the edge of uncertainty.” If the local band Mumvies Boy had a caption directly beneath it’s name, the words uncertainty, even risk, would inevitably appear. The name comes from […]

MANSFIELD — Jessica Hannan has a specific goal in mind for her band. “We’ll go in and try to make Mansfield, Ohio proud,” she said. Hannan, originally from Mansfield, and her band have a particularly important gig on Thursday, May 19. The band is playing in the Hard Rock Rising semifinals at the Hard Rock […]