Youngstown musician Anthony LaMarca, who performs as The Building, is out with a new album of sounds from his corner of the city — from inside his family's pizza shop to the recording studio that's produced Grammy-winning polka music.

Youngstown rock band Rebreather kicked off a pay-it-forward pizza ordering model to support Westside Bowl during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Bullseye" from The Shootouts is out April 30.

Cleveland filmmaker Zoë Mountain and musician TJ Maclin came up with the idea of the UPFRNT virtual series that spotlights and supports Black artists during the COVID-19 pandemic and puts the racial justice movement on center stage.For more information and links, visit wksu.org/shuffle. Have an idea for a Shuffle episode? Email shuffle@wksu.org

Cleveland musician Dan Bode recorded outdoor jam sessions for an album titled “How I Spent My 2020 Summer Vacation,” which was released in February 2021.

Since concert clubs shut their doors because of the pandemic, Northeast Ohio owners have been fighting to get enough funding to keep their businesses open, while their employees look for ways to make ends meet.

Shuffle is your backstage pass to Northeast Ohio’s music scene. On the podcast, hosts Amanda Rabinowitz and Brittany Nader discuss their favorite local music and virtual events in 2021.

Recognized in the Northeast Ohio music scene as the animated alto-sax player in soul groups Wesley Bright and The Honeytones and Nathan-Paul and The Admirables, the jazz musician is releasing his own lo-fi songs as a solo artist.

It’s been nearly one year since the coronavirus pandemic shut down the live music scene. We listen back to a compilation album that an Akron record company produced during Ohio’s lockdown last spring.

How the artist is using this time during the pandemic to continue to share music from Northeast Ohio throughout the world.