Local rockers Detention prove the kids are all right September 2nd, 2019 words and photos by Brittany Nader Many kids dream of becoming rock stars and playing the same legendary venues as their music idols. For local students Fritz Dannemiller, Evan Cox, Elliott Carter and L...
The 2019 PorchRokr Awards August 21st, 2019 words and photos by Kyle Cochrun Another PorchRokr, another 10-hour blast of sensory inundation. Luckily, this journalist trudged through Highland Square and sweat through his beige cargo shorts all day in...
PorchRokr 2017 Guitar Raffle Truly Rocks August 3rd, 2017 by Christian Odadzin Mike Mills is not an Akron native. Much like a certain local publisher who shall remain nameless, Mike is from Macon, Georgia, but he has deep ties to NE Ohio. Mike came through the area n...
Watch out! Wesley Bright & The Hi-Lites will hit you with their Northern Soul Dance Craze August 29th, 2015 words by Brittany Nader photos by Margaret JaNicki “Soul ain’t nothing but a feeling,” says Brent Wesley, a.k.a. Wesley Bright, a.k.a. the front man of the Akron-based Northern Soul powerhouse that is Wesley ...
