Sat 12/7 @ 8PM
Sat 12/14 @ 3PM
Back in 2008, a group of local musicians ran into each other at a holiday party and somehow, out of that, a band was born — but one that only emerges once a year, as the Ohio City Singers. Initially a just-for-fun one-time project spearheaded by singer/songwriter Chris Allen, it’s now recorded five albums and pops up every December like clockwork.
What’s really unusual about it is that they don’t just get together to reinvent all the old holiday standards — most of their material is original, written by the band.
And the band includes a batch of the area’s most outstanding musicians: multi-instrumentalist/ vocalist/songwriter Brent Kirby on drums, singer/songwriters Chris Allen and Matt Sobol, blues guitarist Austin “Walkin Cane” Charanghat, producer/musician Don Dixon, Bellows accordion player Meredith Pangrace, keyboardist Doug McKean, bassist Dave Padrutt, and vocalist Kelly Wright.
You can catch them at the Music Box on Saturday December 7 and at the Rock Hall December 14.
Cleveland, OH 44113
1100 Rock and Roll Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44114