Locally Owned and Operated Est. 2000 FREE! Vol. 18 - Issue 5 • May 10 - June 7, 2017 INSIDE • Ohio Wine Country Guide • Geneva on the Lake 2017 Season begins! •Jazz and Blues News • 3 Interviews by Pete Roche: Lawrence Gowan, keyboardist of Styx Flamenco guitarist Ottmar Liebert Prince’s Revolution bassist, Brownmark Entertainment, Dining & Leisure Connection Read online at www.northcoastvoice.com North Coast Voice OLD FIREHOUSE WINERY 5499 Lake Road East • Geneva-on-the Lake, Ohio Restaurant & Tasting Room Open 7 Days Noon to Midnight Live Music Every Night Starting May 31 1-800-Uncork-1 Tasting Rooms Opening Soon FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND Stop by and see the progress EVENTS, SEE OUR AD ON PG. 7 of the construction for the Hours: Wed & Thurs 12-7, new tasting room. Fri 12-9, Sat 12-10 & Sun 12-5 See you soon! 834 South County Line Road 4573 Rt. 307 East, Harpersfi eld, Ohio Harpersfi eld, Ohio 44041 440.415.0661 216.973.2711 www.laurellovineyards.com www.bennyvinourbanwinery.com [email protected] [email protected] If you’re in the mood for a palate pleasing wine tasting accompanied by a delectable entree from our restaurant, Ferrante Winery and Ristorante is the place for you! HOURS Tasting Room: Mon. - Tues. 10-5 pm • Wed. & Thurs. 10-8 pm Fri. & Sat. 10-10 pm • Sun. 1-6 pm Restaurant: Wed. & Thurs. 12-8 pm Fri. & Sat. 12-9:30 pm • Sun. 1-6 pm 5585 N. River W, Geneva, Ohio 44041 (440) 466-8466 www.ferrantewinery.com Open 7 Days a Week! 636 State Route 534 • Harpersfi eld Mon. - Thurs. 12-6 • Fri. 12-10 • Sat. 12-9 • Sun. 12-7 440.361.4573 • kosicekvineyards.com MUSIC SCHEDULE Our popular Wine Friday Night Live Music returns! Every Friday from 7-10pm. A glass of KV wine, a snack, and great Slushes are back for entertainment, what a wonderful way to unwind after a long week. (Music on the deck, weather permitting). the summer. Enjoy Fri. 5/12 Alex Bevan 7-10pm Sat. 5/27 Melissa Harvey 5-8pm a glass of this frozen Sat. 5/13 Larry, Daryl, Daryl, and Sheryl 5-8pm Fri. 6/2 TBA favorite, as always 100% wine Fri. 5/19 H2O Band 7-10pm Sat. 6/3 Just Like That 5-8pm We will be open Memori- Sat. 5/20 Steve Madewell 5-8pm Fri. 6/9 Forsythe Special 7-10 pm al Day 12-6pm for a quiet Fri. 5/26 Wicked Vinyl 7-10pm afternoon on the deck. Please follow us on Facebook! Estate Vineyards & Award-Winning Wines OHIO WINE COUNTRY WINERY GUIDE 2 North Coast Voice Magzine | northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 | May 10 - June 7, 2017 North Coast Voice Friday 4:00 - 12:00 Saturday 2:00 - 12:00 Sunday 2:00 - Dark Beach Bar & Grill! LAKE Best place to watch ERIE the sunset on the Lake. PERCH! Book us for your Special Event! OPENING MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND! Sat, May 27 ...... Kismet......................................................... 8:00 Sun, May 28 ...... Horsefeathers .......................................... 5:00 Mon, May 29 ... Hampshire Moon .................................... 5:00 Sat, June 3 ......... Elm Street Blues ....................................... 8:00 Sun, June 4 ...... Kismet......................................................... 5:00 Fri, June 9 ......... Tread ......................................................... 5:00 Sat, June 10 ...... Colin Dussault Blues Project Band ...... 8:00 Sun, June 11...... Spoon Too Soon ....................................... 5:00 Fri, June 16 ...... Adam Parker's Blues and Soul ............... 8:00 Sat, June 17 ...... Northern Comfort Band ........................ 8:00 Sun, June 18...... Thor Platter Band .................................... 5:00 6827 Lake Road West • Geneva • 440-466-9127 2-1/2 miles west of Rt. 534 and Geneva State Park Corner of County Line Rd. and Lake Road West. OHIO WINE COUNTRY WINERY GUIDE North Coast Voice Magzine | northcoastvoice.com • (440) 415-0999 | May 10 - June 7, 2017 3 North Coast Voice May 10 - June 7, 2017 • VOLUME 18 • ISSUE 5 We would like to thank all of our sponsors and • CONTENTS • encourage our readers to patronize the fine businesses appearing in the North Coast VOICE. WHAT ABOUT JAZZ 5 MOVIE REVIEWS 21 Publisher Sultans of Strings Guardians Of The Galaxy 2 LCS Communications COOKING WITH WINE 6 Tommy’s Honour Editor Going In Style Sage Satori BLUESVILLE 8 [email protected] Blues News MIND BODY SPIRIT 23 Advertising & Marketing Hunter NOW WE’RE TALKIN 11 “Creativity” In Healing Sales/Social Media/Events & Promotions 440-813-3336 Styx keyboardist, Lawrence Gowan KICKIN IT 25 [email protected] The Revolution Trenda Jones ON THE BEAT 13 Mentor, Willoughby, Chardon area Fun Things to See and Do STAY IN TUNE 26 Staff Writers Sage Satori • Cat Lilly BREW NEWS 15 A Luthier’s life Snarp Farkle • Don Perry Patrick Podpadec • Helen Marketti Craft Beer releases TALKIN SHOP 27 Film Editor KICKIN IT 18 FUN STUFF 29 Westside Steve Country Music News Contributing Writers SNARP FARKLE 30 Chad Felton • Mike Edgerly NOW WE’RE TALKIN 19 What on Earth? 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May 19th • 8-12 CK's Lounge exciting music from a band with talent to raised in a musical household. He took vi- burn!” (Maverick Magazine UK). Thrilling olin lessons from age 7 and studied classi- MUSIC BOX SUPPER CLUB Sat. May 20th • 6-9 audiences with their genre-hopping pass- cal violin under the tutelage of Joan Milk- Laurello Vineyards SUN JUNE 11, 8:00PM port of Celtic reels, flamenco, Gypsy-jazz, son of the National Arts Centre Orchestra Proceeds from this great event go sssssssssssssss Arabic, Cuban, and South Asian rhythms, from 1977 to 1985, as well as performing towards humanitarian assistance MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND Sultans of String celebrate musical fusion with the National Capital String Academy provided by the Syrian American Face Value and human creativity with warmth and and teaching himself to play folk guitar. Fri. May 26th • 6-9:30 Assyrian Church for internally dis- Ferrante Winery virtuosity. Fiery violin dances with rum- In 1985 he moved to Montreal to study placed children of war-torn Syria. ba-flamenco guitar, while bass and per- at McGill University, obtaining a B.A. in Sat. May 27th • 7:30-10:30 Grand River Cellars cussion lay down unstoppable grooves. Psychology, then to Toronto in 1993, to cians. Fusing the virtuosic talent of An- Acoustic strings meet with electronic wiz- study jazz at York University. war Khurshid adds to their truly global Sun. May 28th • 4:30-7:30 Old Firehouse Winery ardry to create layers and depth of sound, McKool has also enjoyed a success- and mesmerizing sound!” ssssssss sssssss while world rhythms excite audiences to ful career performing across Canada for Sultans of String have been criss-cross- Sat. June 3rd • 8-12 their feet with the irresistible need to young audiences and appearing on many ing North America for the last several CK's Lounge dance. Canadian television children’s shows. He years. Equally at home in a concert series, @facevaluemusic Since forming in 2004, Sultans of was awarded a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee folk or jazz club, or festival setting, they String’s CDs have hit #1 across Canada on Medal for his work in creating community have been featured at many taste-making Top Ten national radio charts, and have through music and his 2008 children's al- forums such as JUNOFest, legendary jazz received multiple awards and accolades, bum Fiddlefire! was nominated for a Juno club Birdland in NYC, the renowned Celt- including 3 JUNO nominations, 1st place Award. He has also performed in England, ic Connections Festival in the UK, and in the ISC (out of 15,000 entries), as well the United States, Indonesia, Cuba, Gua- the San Jose Jazz Festival. They recently as 3 Canadian Folk Music Awards. temala, Peru and Tibetan schools across sold out Koerner Hall (Toronto’s Carn- With their new release, Subcontinen- the Indian Himalayas and egie Hall), and performed with Toronto, tal Drift, they serve up a blend of ragas, When Chris first heard founding gui- Vancouver, Edmonton, Stratford, Ontario Auto Home Business Life reels and rumbas with special guest, sitar tarist Kevin Laliberté’s rumba rhythm, and Niagara Symphony Orchestras, also master Anwar Khurshid (featured in the their musical synergy created Sultans of with Kingsfield POPS in Maine.