TONIGHT: Revolution Brass Band @ Beachland, Tom Evanchuck and The Old Money @ Musica

Live Music Update — Thursday, October 20

Revolution Brass Band
The eight-piece brass ensemble will be performing its array of jazzy funk & blues instrumentals at The Beachland Ballroom & Tavern tonight. Revolution Brass Band executes with precision as the band plays its original compositions and cover arrangements. RBB will open for the jazz, soul group The Bo-Keys from Memphis.


Show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12.


Watch Revolution Brass Band perform "SuperdopalisciousRedClayMatthews," an original arrangement of Outkast's "SpottieOttieDopaliscious" and Freddy Hubbard's "Red Clay", in this Rhythm Report video from Great Lakes Burning River Festival 2011.




Tom Evanchuck and The Old Money
A musician originating from Chardon, Tom Evanchuck, will take the stage at Musica with the backing of his band, The Old Money, this Thursday. Evanchuck and crew is one more Northeast Ohio homegrown act that is bursting at the seams of opportunity. Catch the band in Akron before the TOM heads South for its first extended regional tour. The band is opening for Robin Electric.


Show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 advanced. Purchase here.


Read The Rhythm Report's recent interview with Tom Evanchuck and The Old Money.


Musica is located at 51 East Market Street, Akron, Ohio 44308.

Speak of the Devil: The Chuck Shaffer Picture Show (CSPS) releases Protect Your Silence EP

Just two days after IndieBOX released footage of The Chuck Shaffer Picture Show's July performance at Musica in Akron, the band launched its latest EP, Protect Your Silence, on iTunes.

Virginia-based CSPS is a band that landed on The Rhythm Report's "watch list" in 2010 when the group played a haunting set at The Outpost in Kent, Ohio for the FTF Music Conference and Showcase. The trio left an impression with its radio-ready sound.

Stay tuned to The Rhythm Report for an album review in the future.

IndieBOX live concert: The Chuck Shaffer Picture Show at Musica

IndieBOX released video of The Chuck Shaffer Picture Show's last Northeast Ohio performance on Blip.tv. If you missed the CSPS set at Musica in Akron on July 22, watch it in this 18-minute video.

The band played several songs off its pending release, an EP called Protect Your Silence, as well as popular songs off For Your Eyes Only, including "Spinning" and the instrumental fan favorite "Mercury."

The modern rock band from Harrisonburg, Va. made its Northeast Ohio debut in April 2010 when it performed at the FTF Music Conference and Showcase in Kent alongside local artists Winslow, Maid Myriad, Sean Benjamin and Vitium. 


The overwhelming fan response compelled the band to return to the Cleveland area last July to take the stage with local new wave metal band 3SO at Peabody’s Concert Club. 

Since it’s inception, the band’s aggressive, energetic stage presence earned this alternative-rock-inspired three-piece group tour slots with national acts including Papa Roach, CKY, Hawthorne Heights, Civil Twilight and Boombox, among many others.

The band has endured an extensive summer tour with stops in Columbus, Ohio; Washington, D.C.; Jacksonville, N.C.; Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Marietta, Ga.; and multiple cities in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Tennessee and Virginia.

About CSPS

Ryan Johnson (vocals), David Stiefel (bass) and Pat Kenney (drums) formed the three-piece band at James Madison University in 2009. The trio released their first album, For Your Eyes Only, the same year. More information about The Chuck Shaffer Picture Show can be found on the band’s website, www.cspsband.com, as well as Facebook and ReverbNation.


UPDATE 8/14 – CSPS releases Protect Your Silence EP. 

Video produced by Todd Volkmer and Erin Ludlam
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