Akron, OH
Music connected to Akron
About Akron
- • Basketball superstar LeBron James was born in Akron and played high school ball there.
- • The All-American Soap Box Derby, a youth racing program, originated in Akron in 1934.
- • The Ohio & Erie Canal fueled Akron's early growth in the 19th century.
- • Once known as the "Rubber Capital of the World", Akron hosted blimp races.
- • The Great Depression severely impacted Akron's rubber industry, causing widespread job loss.
- • Named in 1825, Akron comes from the Greek word meaning "a summit" or "high place."
- • Akron's population hovers around 190,000, making it Ohio's fifth-largest city.
- • Sitting at 1,001 feet above sea level, Akron has moderate summers and cold winters.
- • Healthcare and manufacturing are key industries in Akron today.
- • A resilient spirit mixes with industrial grit, creating a hopeful atmosphere.
- • The Cleveland Guardians, a Major League Baseball team, play 40 miles north of Akron.
- • St. Vincent-St. Mary High School won multiple state championships with LeBron James.
- • The Sharon Conglomerate, a sandstone formation, is exposed in the Cuyahoga Valley near Akron.
- • Brandywine Falls, a 65-foot waterfall, is located a short drive north of Akron in Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
- • The Cuyahoga River, once heavily polluted, flows through Akron and the Cuyahoga Valley.
- • The Cuyahoga Valley is home to the beaver (Castor canadensis), a keystone species for wetlands.
- • Oak-hickory forests dominate the region's plant life around Akron.
- • The Hopewell culture inhabited the Cuyahoga Valley region before European contact.
- • Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company was founded in Akron in 1898.
- • Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, a Tudor Revival mansion, was completed in 1915.
- • Interstate 76 connects Akron to both Cleveland and Youngstown.
Artists From Akron
43 Phreeks
Actual Form
Adam Prack
Akron Symphony Orchestra
Akronauts
Albert Hibbs
Alex Webster
Amaya Mathis
Antithesis
Bill Allen
Bill Dobbins
Black Ice White Noise
Blush
Bob Clic
Bob Lewis
Bob Mothersbaugh
Bob Neuwirth
Buckner & Garcia
C7
Carmen Rizzo
Chi Pig
Chrissie Hynde
Circus Devils
Dan Auerbach
Darrin Pfeiffer
David Allan Coe
David Rea
David Slusser
daydream Masi
Defcon
Dennis Davis
Devo
Discord Addams
Dominic Frasca
Doug Oldham
Eddie Fluellen
Emerald Rage
Enhailer
Fires of Babylon
Fran Stanley
Frances Weadley
Fredd Wayne
Freddie Salem
Gary Garcia
Gary Herman
Glen Buxton
Grant Clarke
Hammer Damage
Howard Hewett
Hugh Downs
If These Trees Could Talk
Ike Isaacs
Ike Issacs
Jack Owen
Jaded Era
James Ingram
Jeannie Cheatham
Jeff Golub
Jimmy Work
Joe Tate
John Vincent III
Joseph Lyburn Arthur
Kermit Moore
Kevin Junior
Kofi B.
Kurt Kotheimer
LeBron James
Len Chandler
Leroy Fann
Liam Sternberg
Librarians With Hickeys
Lola Albright
Lux Interior
Majilla
Marian Mercer
Mark Gonder
Mark Mothersbaugh
Michael Comins
Mildred Allen
Mitch Stein
Noble Tyranny
Orange Animal
Patrick Carney
Phil Kline
Phillip Ingram
Pink Maskerade
Probable Cauze
Queena Mario
Ralph Carney
Rats
Ravenwood
Raymond Rasberry
Red Rose Panic
Red Sun Rising
Rick Renstrom
River Butcher
Robert Quine
Roger Zahab
Rubber City Rebels
Ruby & the Romantics
Ruby Nash Garnett
Rue
Russell Oberlin
ShiSho
Skeptic Lens
t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者
Taylor McCants
teddy robb
The Beau Denturies
The Black Keys
The Decades
The Easy Street Band
The Lime
The New Lime
The Pretenders
The Shootouts
The Waitresses
Tim “Ripper” Owens
Tin Huey
Todd Tobias
Tommy Reynolds
Ton
Twist of Fate
Two Dead Roses
Untamed Land
Vaughn Monroe
Wide Eyes
Zero Defex
Songs About Akron
Nearby Places
43 Phreeks
Actual Form
Adam Prack
Akron Symphony Orchestra
Akronauts
Albert Hibbs
Alex Webster
Amaya Mathis
Antithesis
Bill Allen
Bill Dobbins
Black Ice White Noise
Blush
Bob Clic
Bob Lewis
Bob Mothersbaugh
Bob Neuwirth
Buckner & Garcia
C7
Carmen Rizzo
Chi Pig
Chrissie Hynde
Circus Devils
Dan Auerbach
Darrin Pfeiffer
David Allan Coe
David Rea
David Slusser
Defcon
Dennis Davis
Devo
Discord Addams
Dominic Frasca
Doug Oldham
Eddie Fluellen
Emerald Rage
Enhailer
Fires of Babylon
Fran Stanley
Frances Weadley
Fredd Wayne
Freddie Salem
Gary Garcia
Gary Herman
Glen Buxton
Grant Clarke
Hammer Damage
Howard Hewett
Hugh Downs
If These Trees Could Talk
Ike Isaacs
Ike Issacs
Jack Owen
Jaded Era
James Ingram
Jeannie Cheatham
Jeff Golub
Jimmy Work
Joe Tate
John Vincent III
Joseph Lyburn Arthur
Kermit Moore
Kevin Junior
Kofi B.
Kurt Kotheimer
LeBron James
Len Chandler
Leroy Fann
Liam Sternberg
Librarians With Hickeys
Lola Albright
Lux Interior
Majilla
Marian Mercer
Mark Gonder
Mark Mothersbaugh
Michael Comins
Mildred Allen
Mitch Stein
Noble Tyranny
Orange Animal
Patrick Carney
Phil Kline
Phillip Ingram
Pink Maskerade
Probable Cauze
Queena Mario
Ralph Carney
Rats
Ravenwood
Raymond Rasberry
Red Rose Panic
Red Sun Rising
Rick Renstrom
River Butcher
Robert Quine
Roger Zahab
Rubber City Rebels
Ruby & the Romantics
Ruby Nash Garnett
Rue
Russell Oberlin
ShiSho
Skeptic Lens
Taylor McCants
The Beau Denturies
The Black Keys
The Decades
The Easy Street Band
The Lime
The New Lime
The Pretenders
The Shootouts
The Waitresses
Tim “Ripper” Owens
Tin Huey
Todd Tobias
Tommy Reynolds
Ton
Twist of Fate
Two Dead Roses
Untamed Land
Vaughn Monroe
Wide Eyes
Zero Defex
daydream Masi
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