Cellar Door Records release: The sign of new era for NEOhio music

There is a revolution stirring in the underground.

Listen …

You can hear the cry ringing out from rural taverns to suburban pubs to hole-in-the-wall lounges and stage venues in the city.

Cellar Door Records is at the charge of change in Northeast Ohio. The Cleveland-based label released its third compilation album, Cellar Door Records Volume III, this month featuring 15 artists who are reconstructing the foundation of an industry once thriving in the heart of Cleveland — music.

“It's so encouraging to see some fire being stoked in the Cleveland area and in the city's music scene,” said Anthony Foti, Humble Home percussionist and former Tinamou drummer.

The album is a rebirth of the city’s rock and roll history featuring artists, who like their predecessors inspired by the melding of R&B, country and blues, are mixing their own musical influences of rock ‘n’ roll, indie rock, electro-dance with a pinch of hip-hop to the foundry.

Cellar Door Records Volume III offers light, airy tunes made for easy listening and danceable, upbeat songs for all-out rock-out sessions.

“All the bands brought there own thing to the table, but I think they all meshed well with one another,” Singer/Songwriter Joshua Jesty said.

Compositions that truly stand out include “Mistakes” by The Modern Electric, Diamonds & Pearls’ “Brawhide” and Tom Evanchuck’s rolling-river guitar picking on “Come one, come all.” Albeit, each artist and band contributes his, her or its own distinct sound.

Find more artists like the modern electric at Myspace Music

Diamonds and Pearls- Brawhide from zach christy on Vimeo.

Find more artists like Tom Evanchuck at Myspace Music

Cellar Door Records Volume III is available at www.cellardoorrecords.com and at Music Saves independent record store in the Waterloo District of Cleveland.

Featured artists:
Humble Home
Diamonds & Pearls
The Modern Electric
The Lighthouse and the Whaler
Justin Markert
E.React
Craig Ramsey
Tom Evanchuck
Tinamou
Keith Vance
Frozen Hellsicles
Joshua Jesty
Rob Geer
David Beans
Doug Ivancic

Videos of The Conductor and The Creator (Rob Geer) and Humble Home performing at the record release party at The Grog Shop are available on The Rhythm Report's video page.

Read what the artists thought about the compilation.

Article written by Priscilla Tasker, editor and creator of The Rhythm Report