Music

[Built to Boom: How Cars and Culture Drove Detroit’s Music Scene](/content/built-to-boom-how-cars-and-culture-drove-detroits-music-scene/ "Built to Boom: How Cars and Culture Drove Detroit’s Music Scene"/index.html)

Kaustuv Mukherjee-August 11, 2025

Deindustrialized Detroit is a far cry from its past. At its height, it boasted a population of 1.85 million with heavy employment at Ford,...

[These Ohio Teenagers Run a Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio Station](/content/these-ohio-teenagers-run-a-rock-n-roll-radio-station/ "These Ohio Teenagers Run a Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio Station"/index.html)

Terri Briskey-June 2, 2025

You might expect the best rock ‘n’ roll curators to be those who’ve lived through the era, but the teenage team behind Blue Devil...

[In the Midwest, Show Choir Is More Than Just Glitz and Glamor — It’s Life Changing](/content/in-the-midwest-show-choir-is-more-than-just-glitz-and-glamor-its-life-changing/ "In the Midwest, Show Choir Is More Than Just Glitz and Glamor — It’s Life Changing"/index.html)

Angela Zhang-January 16, 2025

The lights dim. A sudden hush comes over the audience. Suddenly, a white spotlight shines onto the stage. Groups of performers in bright, bold...

[“I Felt That, Man”: Midwest Emo and Pop-Punk in Ohio](/content/i-felt-that-man-midwest-emo-and-pop-punk-in-ohio/ "“I Felt That, Man”: Midwest Emo and Pop-Punk in Ohio"/index.html)

Simeon W. Brown-October 10, 2024

In the summer of 2012, I was in a high school rock band called The Uneven. At the time I was a self-taught, clunky...

[How Akron Became ‘the New Liverpool’ of Punk Music](/content/how-akron-became-the-new-liverpool-of-punk-music/ "How Akron Became ‘the New Liverpool’ of Punk Music"/index.html)

Lucas Yang-August 1, 2024

It may come as a surprise that — for a moment in the late 1970s — English music magazine NME declared Akron, Ohio, “the...

[Watch the River Rush On: Springsteen’s “Nebraska” and the Deindustrialized Midwest](/content/watch-the-river-rush-on-springsteens-nebraska-and-the-deindustrialized-midwest/ "Watch the River Rush On: Springsteen’s “Nebraska” and the Deindustrialized Midwest"/index.html)

Xander Constantine-May 24, 2024

“I remember when his live box set came out. People were lining up to get it. It was a big, big deal,” Professor Theo...

[Detroit Is Changing the Classical Music Status Quo](/content/detroit-is-changing-the-classical-music-status-quo/ "Detroit Is Changing the Classical Music Status Quo"/index.html)

Allison Jiang-February 1, 2024

For Andre Dowell, an epiphany about the classical music world hit him during his first performance as a percussion major at the University of...

[Toledo’s Jazz Scene Is Roaring Once Again](/content/toledos-jazz-scene-is-roaring-once-again/ "Toledo’s Jazz Scene Is Roaring Once Again"/index.html)

Elizabeth Peng-August 29, 2022

In a dark room sit clusters of circular wooden tables and chairs while a handful of vintage lamps radiate warm light. A red upholstered banquette runs along a dark wall, reminiscent of a century ago. But the focus of the room is a gleaming, black piano on a stage enveloped with red curtains, a platform designed to transport audiences to Toledo, Ohio’s golden era — and envision its next one.

Weight of Sound, Ep. 2: Brahms Symphony No. 4 (and More!)

Cindy Sang-August 31, 2021

In episode 2 of Weight of Sound, Toledo Symphony violinist and teacher at Maumee Valley Country Day School Tom Sieberg shares memories brought back through Brahms Symphony No. 4—the joy and inspiration of music education and teaching music with his wife Colleen: “...she also knew how to challenge kids. I mean, that was one of her biggest gifts. She wasn't afraid to give any group any piece of music because somehow she knew they could get it done. And she was going to see to it that they did it.”

[“Playing more freely” | Zak Vassar & Chris Anderson](/content/playing-more-freely-zak-vassar-chris-anderson/ "“Playing more freely” | Zak Vassar & Chris Anderson"/index.html)

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the Midstory Team-May 5, 2021

As concert halls and jazz bars closed amidst the pandemic, the music community had to find new ways to bring music to people. In doing so, they’ve also opened up doors to broader audiences. Midstory talks to Zak Vassar, President and CEO of the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, and Chris Anderson, founder of Open Tone Music, about how the pandemic changed our access to music—for the worse, but also for the better.

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