When venerable Kent, Ohio based songwriter Roger Hoover announced last year that his forthcoming album would be entitled Pastures, I rightly expected a Woody Guthrie tribute, or at least heavy references. After all, Roger is known around the North Coast […]
Many of the usual suspects will notice a different annual “Best of” column to close out 2016. Over the last few years, I’ve only been purchasing vinyl records. There is a special kind of comfort when visiting local independent stores […]
If the old saying, “thought is a thread, and the raconteur is a spinner of yarns,” rings true, Roger Hoover is as close to poet as he is raconteur. On Pastures – his sixth collection of original songs – Roger Hoover […]
Northeast Ohio has been in the spotlight recently from getting off the schnide with a professional sports title by the area basketball team, hosting a political party convention, and having our boys of summer contending for the pennant. Over the years […]
