LoCLE Grown

In her first interview ever, Ciix opens up a little bit about her past and how it has brought her to today and becoming a frequent flyer in the Cleveland music community, from hosting the monthly Soundchecks at the iconic 27 Club, to performing with various artists around town such as Mikey Silas and Max Schlenk. Known around town for her tattoos and soulful voice, Ciix is truly hitting us with im...

In this glorious episode, we dive deep into the vibrant world of Cleveland hip hop with none other than the legendary Domingo Kite! From tearing it up in Twead suits to dropping tracks that'll make your grandma breakdance, Domingo's journey is nothing short of entertaining to say the least. But before we get into the juicy bits, let's rewind to where it all began. Picture this: Clev...

It is kind of funny that the interviews where we meet the artist for the first time in our studio always end up being absolute riots. Today, we are joined by Clare Feorene, singer/songwriter with a mesmerizing voice and amazing sense of humor. We really speed run through our relationship in these 50 or so minutes and learn about her skills of fanning fog machines, being lost in a desert, and the f...

Hope you all are having a great Memorial Day Weekend! We invited long-time friends of the show The Baker's Basement into the studio to talk about their upcoming album "Down Down Domino", releasing in November, and plenty of other topics we needed to catch up on. The Baker's Basement have been a part of the show since it's first month when we were still on the radio, and ha...

Today, we checked in with our old pals The Rosies, a group whom we’ve been blessed to witness their growth over the years. We talk about their early days, last interview with us in 2022, and the events that lead to these exciting stories and updates you’ll hear in this interview! These Lake Erie Surf Punkers tell us the story of being the first and probably only band to play on top of the Terminal...

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there, and we have a Mother of an episode this week with AllTheHipe and Astral Housefly. We have known this duo for quite some time, so this interview gets a little chaotic as we cover all the important topics: from The Golden Age of YouTube to the art of the Slav Squat. At the same time, we do recount last summer's debauchery at Everwild when we we...

We talk to the Cole Slaw City Boy himself, Jake Briggs! Jake is a musician in Cleveland who has his hand in many buckets - from his solo work to playing in professional ensembles in the Cleveland area (one even being dedicated to video game music!). His music can be comedic, sensitive, intense or melodious, and no matter what it is always 100% his own and will speak to some part of your heart. In...

We start this episode off with a toast to the longest anticipated interview so far for our show, as we had plans to meet with Joey Aich since the show was on the radio 2+ years ago! Finally, the time has come and it was well worth the wait, as Joey is on the tail end of his Aich Madness tour and gearing up for a new wave of music to be released (plus a completely new project under a new alias, as...

This week, we welcomed Cleveland DJ Sleazus Christ who proves our thesis by the end, that it ain't easy, being Sleazy. We talk about that one life-changing moment on the dance floor, his 12-18 hour runs he did when starting out as a DJ, and just dive deep into the mind of a DJ during their sets. We also shoutout the Tumblr Era and Detroit Techno. A little elegant, a little Sleazy. All, Sleazu...

We started it off HOT with talking about the Civil War in this episode with Fruitfly! And it only gets better from there.  Since their debut album "Running on Fumes" in 2021, Fruitfly has been evolving and recontextualising their sound, and now their second album "When the Weather is Nice" will be releasing April 12th! In this episode, we chat about the upcoming album and tour...

Today we said "Aww Yeah!" to Richard Candow, a.k.a. RC3, who you may remember was a guest on our episode with ZuP a few months ago, and we had such a great time we had to invite him back to talk more about his experiences this past year as a DJ for the local hip hop scene and playing his own mixes, too! In his words, he's been a pain in the ass his entire life and staying true to th...

In this episode, we welcomed Skuff Micksun into the studio for an extended session (honest S/O to the band rehearsing next door that caused us to delay the recording, because we got to kick it with him for most of the day). We sat down and covered stories including haunted houses and dental work (one and the same??), and on a more serious note his artistic background and how his poetry turned into...

Today's episode is coming to you a little different but for great reasons. We have upped our podcasting game big time with some more visual elements (check out our YouTube) and an amazing technician working  behind the scenes, Danna O'Connor of Post Saga. To kick it off in this new realm, we were joined in the LG Studios by Marcus Smith and The Rapscallions and we also spill our drinks t...

This week we welcomed Rico Blu into the studio, as we were able to catch him over the weekend while he was in CLE! We kicked off his first podcast interview with the most important sports topic of conversation (The Superbowl) that we in fact did not watch. On a more serious note, we got to chat about starting in the Cleveland music scene and how it compares to Pittsburgh, where he resides now.  We...

Today we said Howdy Doody to Mighty Misc - originally hailing from Portland, he made a stop in Boston and is now living that Cleveland life. In this episode, we chat about the music scenes in these cities and how they compare to Cleveland, the nostalgia of old cartoons and what our ideal superpowers would be. We also created a new segment called, "Jurbz shows us something weird on YouTube&quo...

In this episode, we sat down with Mike Brown, Prince Tucker, and George Chong AKA Miguel Cafe! We discussed only the most important topics including the correct spelling to the word TASTEY, and learned that cafe is Spanish for brown. Miguel Cafe will also be heading to The Big Apple (NYC) to work with Least of All Sound Recordings where they will be recording direct to 7" vinyls. Something su...

We welcomed Abstract Sounds to the studio at the end of the year, closing it off with one of the largest bands we've had on to date AND a genre we haven't touched yet - Jazz! Well, with Abstract Sounds, it's a bit of Jazz, R&B, Gospel, and Jam. In this interview, we hear about what its like to be such a versatile group, composing jazz versus writing songs, and Surviving Loveland...

After we took a nice 2 week break over the holidays, we broke the studio back in with the incredibly talented Jinari Kemet  (Jinanar to us and US ONLY)  with his first interview ever. Listen in to hear the inside scoop on how he came up with his stage name and brand presence, his musical background, how we became friends, successes from 2023 and what we are ~manifesting~ for 2024. Jinari's up...

Our first musical artist episode of the year is with Grace Sullivan aka Wish Queen, who just dropped her debut album 'Saturnalia' at the end of October and is now traveling out of state to further promote the album! The story behind what Saturnalia is and how she has strategically planned her actions to get the most out of her life based on her birth chart is something truly amazing. As...

Welcome to Season 4 of LG! We kick things off by chatting with our friend Joe Burdon, host of the Guiltless Podcast. No live music (but possibly interpretive dance?) in this episode, but tons of great stories from the podcasters' perspectives including live shows, challenges we've faced, ideas we've toyed with, and a tangent about chicken. From his many interviews with tons of creat...

Friends, its been such a wonderful year. Since April, we moved into our studio, recorded 30 episodes with local artists, attended our first festivals, secured our first sponsor, and hosted our first live show event! But, this is all just the groundwork needed to make next year an even bigger and better year! In true end of the year fashion, we decided to sit down together and reflect over this pas...

We're only half kidding about that title, please don't sue us T Swift! This delightful conversation with Megan Bouman a.k.a. Wreck Like Me took some interesting turns, so we do apologize for the multiple rabbit holes but in our defense they were just NECESSARY. We last chatted with Megan back in 2022 via a LoCLE Grown from Home IG Live, when she was promoting her full-length album "...

WE MADE IT TO 50 EPISODES, Y'ALL! Thank you for your continued support, now let's get into this week's episode: After their first year debuting in Cleveland, you're probably asking yourself, hWhat is hWhiffler? Well, we've got the answers for you. We sat down with the guys from Whiffler, a hot n fresh band in the Cleveland Scene with some rock/indie/pop tunes! In this epis...

The men, the myth, and the company. From our interview at the 2021 Marathon on 88.3 The Sting to Rock and Roll City Studios, we have been following Myth and Company for quite some time and have seen their progression as the years have gone on. But one thing we have to get out of the way, in the Spirit of Thanksgiving, is allllll the talks about food (shoutout leftovers). The guys also give us the...

House, pop, acoustic artist KDIN joins us in this episode, just 2 days after dropping his full-length album "Naked in Nature" which was released under his label Flip a Billion Records. We get to hear the stories behind the process of making the album this year and collaborating with the talented and eccentric Gary Martinis for song writing and shooting the album artwork. Shifting into a...