Moose Gronholm's Profile

The Part-Time Gentlemen: Whiskey on My Breath

The Part-Time Gentlemen are three guys that met at an old timey jam a few years back. T.J. Male plays guitar and sings, Nick Sansone plays banjo and sings, and Jonathan Doll plays upright bass and sings as well. They enlisted some help from some top notch musicians from around the area to lend...

Dawg Yawp: Two Hearted the Latest Album by a Refreshing Duo

Dawg Yawp are Tyler Randall and Rob Keenan. They have been friends for a long time at this point, and have been playing music for an even longer time. Tyler has been playing for 16 years and Rob, the older of the two, has been for about 18 years. They have honed in on a craft, on a style, and on a...

Wilder: No Shortage of a Great Time

Wilder is a conglomeration of great talent from other bands, it’s kind of like a super group, well not kind of like…it is. They have come together to create refreshing songs in the vain of country, but with rock, and folky roots as well.  Kelly Thomas has been a staple in the...

FOLK IT: A Brand by Mary Beth Brackmann

Mary Beth Brackmann is a supporter of the local music scene, a graphic designer, print maker, photographer, and well basically an artist to the core. Ms. Brackmann has been working at her craft since she was little. She has worked on some pretty special things, and on that list is; creating the...

Bob Cushing: Troubadour Songs

Bob Cushing has been troubadour in this area for 26 years playing shows and trying to make a living at it. For his latest project he recruited his long time friend, mentor, guitar teacher, and his greatest influence on his playing Chris Goins (of Hu Town Holler and many other projects and bands)....

Jim Lauderdale: I’m A Song

    Jim Lauderdale is a multi Grammy awarad winning musician. He has played with some pretty amazing names and with this new album is branching off on his own. The new album called I’m A Song features a who’s who of country music with special guests,...

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Dead Man String Band, I: a Review and Interview

Dead Man String Band or DMSB for short is a one man blues, rock and roll, raucous act. The Dead Man is Rob McAllister who has been around for a while as a solo performer, and who has been hard at work honing in on what it is that he wants to do. His first album I (the roman numeral one) is all set...

Sean Geil: Gus’s Garage Volumes 1 - 4

Sean Geil is a local musician living now in Sayler Park, OH and plays in a few bands but mainly The Tillers. He is going to be the Artist in Residence at The Crow’s Nest for the month of March, and he has decided to do something unique. He will be releasing four albums one for each Thursday...

Jared Schaedle Releases EP at Wunderbar

Jared Schaedle & The Compound Fractures is Jared’s new band. Comprised of good friend Jeremy Pittman on upright bass, and Nick Giese on electric guitar or Chris Goins from Rattlesnakin Daddies. Jared formerly of Lonesome Jared & The Heart Attacks comes with this new band of three guys...

Jeff Plankenhorn: From Austin, TX to Folk School Coffee Parlor

Jeff Plankenhorn is a singer songwriter with nearly two decades worth of musicianship under his belt. I had the pleasure of having a conversation with Jeff through email and he said he, “Started singing in church at the tender age of 7, and began playing piano at the same time, and then...

Annapalooza: A Benefit for Anna Mouch

A little over a year ago one of my really great friends Anna Mouch was diagnosed with non-hodgkin’s lymphoma.Non-hodgkin lymphoma, or NHL, or just lymphoma is basically a type of cancer that starts in cells called lymphocytes, which are part of the body’s immune system. Lymphocytes...

The Whiskey Shambles Release Loose Change for a Broken Man

In 2013, four folks decided to get together and play some hard driving, whiskey reeling, dirty, and raunchy blues rock. With Nathan Singer on vocals and guitar, Aaron Tyree on drums, Brother James on Bass and harmonica, and the vocals of LaTanya Foster they put all of that together and became The...