Amanda Rabinowitz

1 week ago | ideastream.org | Amanda Rabinowitz |Brittany Nader

Cleveland artist Kristal Mills, who performs as Slugg, describes her sound as “bratty and bold,” blending harsh industrial textures with hypnotic techno rhythms, distorted vocal loops and ambient noise. “I’ve always been attracted to extremes,” Mills said. “Extreme feelings, extreme sounds. Slugg is really about finding release—whether that’s through screaming, dancing or just letting go of control.”This year, Mills was selected as one of four recipients of support from the Panza Foundation.

1 week ago | wosu.org | Amanda Rabinowitz

Injuries and a late-game collapse have the Cavs in an 0-2 hole to the Indiana Pacers in their Eastern Conference semifinal series. Indiana rallied from a 119-112 deficit with eight straight points in the final 47.9 seconds to win 120-119. “It just was such a fun night until basically the last minute-plus when they couldn't get the ball in bounds, they couldn’t get a rebound on a missed free throw,” said our sports commentator Terry Pluto.

2 weeks ago | wosu.org | Amanda Rabinowitz

A somewhat bizarre Browns draft has led to a crowded quarterback room with four healthy signal callers. Our sports commentator Terry Pluto explains some of the criticism that caused Shedeur Sanders, son of NFL Hall of Famer and Colorado head coach Deion Sanders, to fall to the fifth round. Sanders was viewed by many as the No. 2 QB in this class and was commonly mocked to go in the first round.

3 weeks ago | ideastream.org | Amanda Rabinowitz |Brittany Nader

For more than three decades, Scott Paris was a fixture of Northeast Ohio’s live music scene, performing up to 200 shows a year in bars, clubs, casinos and festivals. Now, the longtime Canton-based musician is reflecting on his career in a new book, “A Guitar Called Harry V and the Cover Band Conundrum,” a memoir told through journal entries chronicling his life with one special guitar. “This was never meant to be autobiographical.

3 weeks ago | wosu.org | Amanda Rabinowitz

The Browns have zeroed in on a unique player for their No. 2 overall pick in Thursday night’s draft, according to our sports commentator Terry Pluto. Pluto believes the team will pass on a quarterback and take Travis Hunter of the University of Colorado. “When you draft Travis Hunter, you're taking what amounts to two players,” Pluto said. “He played both wide receiver on offense and defensive backs, specifically cornerback, on defense.