The Open Mic Podcast

  Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! HAPPY NEW YEARS! Everyone give up on your new years resolutions already? Type a 1 in the chat if you have resolutions or a 2 if you don't. We are talking about skateboarding today!! It's a music adjascent and very important topic, so i tho...

  Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we are back from Thanksgiving break with a BANG! We have the one and only Star 77 in the building! A rock and roll power trio that will blow your mind and rock your world! We discuss their new three song e.p coming out tonight at...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week was a special one for me. I had the pleasure of interviewing Octavio Más-Arocas, the music director for the Mansfield symphony Orchestra! He was such a delightful person to interview. His immense passion for what he does draws you...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Kid Kulture, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have Kid Kulture from Kulture Kast guest hosting for me so I could be interviewed with my band Divebomb! We are the greatest band in the world, and we are putting out a new album! Nov. 4th!  click here to pre-save, then go tel...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have the lovely Jai Merina on the podcast! I really enjoy seeing the progression Jai has made as an artist. The first time I saw her perform was at a bar where she played a set of cover songs on her acoustic. Cover artists are f...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! I'm back baby! I know how much everyone has missed me, so I wanted to come back with a big episode explosion featuring a metal power trio straight to your face! That's right I interviewed Mansfield's own UnderStubstance! These three dudes ar...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have Ausin Moore in the building to talk about this years Mansfield Music Fest line up! As well as a little history on the fest and the cool new changes that this year will bring! We talk about the massive Fest upgrades coming y...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This episode we have a young, up and coming rapper born and raised right here in the great city of Mansfield Ohio! He goes by the name Clutch.3D and the dude has been really putting in the work lately! With a 21 song mixtape dropped recently...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This episode we have the one and only Mr. Ohio Lampoon himself. Raoul Dude! Do you like style? Do you like melodies dripping with feels and a classic rock vibe that your Dad would nostalgically remenisce over? Well then the dude's got your b...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! On this episode I had the pleasure of chatting with a relatively newer Mansfield local by the name of MIDDLING . A three piece midwest skrams band that will take you by surprise with the mashup of pretty tapping styled guitars juxtapose hars...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have the pleasure of chatting with Lee of Potent Studios! This dude is doing some incredible stuff as of late for the Mansfield Music scene! We talk at length about the lighting rig that he has sunk money and an exorbant amount...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have Marshall and Aurelio on to listen to 6 of the tracks from volume 5 of the 419 Renditions! We talk about all the hard work they put in to make this special and, dear to my heart, project come together. With some live reactio...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have the magnificient Madison Lang! With the voice to cure your sadness, while simultaniously delivering a trance like calmness through lofi guitar melodies, it's easy to get lost in Madison's musical catalogue. Madison and her...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have one of the most (in my opinion) underated bands in Mansfield Ohio! Hurricane Ditka! A pop punk, emo powerhouse trio, with catchy well written songs for a days. Or at least an albums worth anyways haha!  Marshall(guitar/voca...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have three rappers who will be performing the first newsroom after hours show this season, Friday April 15th! Deimos , Henry Rich , and Yung 23 !  They collectively operate under the moniker Deaf Note , as well they release musi...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This week we have quite the legend on the show, and we talk music, the death of La Luna's shows and politics all in one episode! Aurelio Diaz, AKA Chico's Brother, AKA Mansfield's 5th ward councilman! Aurelio writes his music under the monik...

Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen to another episode of The Open Mic Podcast! With your host Tom Hirst, brought to you by Richland Source and Newsroom After Hours! This weeks episode we get an in depth look into the rapidly growing music scene/culture of EDM/DUB step music. Our guest Tesreflect, not only produces his own songs, but also performs them out live as a DJ. It was a massive pleasure having h...

Two of the members, Kid Kulture (vocalist) Aaron(Drums), from Mansfield local super group, The Afrxnts drop in to talk about their latest release! They give us a look at what producing this record looked like and where their mindset was at throughout the entire process. We talk future plans, goals and upcoming releases they have already in the works! They put on an incredible live show, so keep a...

With a new host comes a new set up. Tom here, is going to fill you in on everything that you can expect from him as the new host of the Richland Source Open Mic Podcast. He reflects on why the music scene in Mansfield is so special, talks about his hopes going forward and gives an intro of things to come!

Gabe Diemer discusses difficulty of gigs being shut down due to COVID-19, and how he and his band are remaining creative.

The band, TCRXP sat down to discuss their plans for the year 2020 and how they write music about the political world.

Grammy Nominated Shawn Mullins will be performing at The Mansfield Playhouse on April 3rd, 2020. Doors open at 6:30pm, with music starting at 7:30pm. Tickets are on sale now for $25.00 reserved seating.    One of America's great troubadours, Mullins brings his signature voice and his polished singer-songwriter style to Downtown Mansfield for the first time for "An Evening with Shawn Mullins". This...

The duo talks about their new song, Lock Eyes, and how they believe it could be their best song yet. They also give insight into their relationship as a wedded couple. 

Caroline, an up-and-coming musician has found her way into a music career with her songs meant for young adult women. In her newest tune, she sings about how she knows better than being in a toxic relationship. She hopes her messages spread through the ears of her fan based, dubbed, Caroline's Army.

Jan Almasy, host of the Apex Podcast joins the Open Mic Podcast to discuss his life and how it has lead to the creation -- success -- of his Apex Podcast.