Fri 11/15 @ 9PM
Cleveland’s Cellar Door Productions has thrown together a last-minute show at Mahall’s 20 Lanes — and shows that have been carefully plotted for months should only be this strong.
It features a group of relatively young local acts whose classic-style music has cross-generational appeal.
There’s pop/rock trio These Knees, fronted by tomboyish singer/guitarist Stephanie Trivison. The band plays sparkling, unpretentious pop sporting ’60s and ’7s influences that rock fans of all ages should enjoy. The group’s newly released album is called The Young and the Bright. They are both.
Singer/songwriter Tom Evanchuck, who plays solo and with his band the Old Money, offers folkie tunes grounded in the blues, while his band falls into Americana territory, adding a dose of rock and roll to his rootsy sound.
Morgan Mecaskey has one of those ripe, dusky voices you’d have to describe as womanly, a refreshing change from the legion sweetly girlie singers who seem willfully stuck in childhood. She’d slip easily into a bill of jazz, blues, and soul divas. Her music implies influences from all three genres.
Singer/songwriter James Douglas, recently returned to his native northeast Ohio from Columbus, rounds out the bill with is own taking on rockin’ rootsy music.
Admission is $5.
Photo of These Knees at the Heights Arts Hop by Anastasia Pantsios