Brittany Nader
ProducerBrittany Nader is the producer of "Shuffle" on Ideastream Public Media. She joins "All Things Considered" host Amanda Rabinowitz on Thursdays to chat about Northeast Ohio’s vibrant music scene. As the producer for "Shuffle," she provides planning, scheduling, strategy and writing support for WKSU's weekly spin through local music.
Brittany earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communication, with a concentration in magazine journalism, from Kent State University in 2013. She has contributed stories to local publications including The Devil Strip, Cleveland.com, Buzzbin Magazine and Akron Beacon Journal’s Savor Ohio magazine.
She currently works as a content specialist at Drips in Akron, Ohio. In her downtime, she enjoys reading, cooking, playing with her cats and dog and immersing herself in Akron’s music scene.
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It's been five years since Northeast Ohio saxophonist Chris Coles began working on "Nine Lives Project," a 40-minute music and performance piece intended to heighten awareness of ongoing racial injustice in America after the 2015 Charleston church shooting. Now, the project is complete and its four movements have been recorded. Coles says the project is intended to celebrate the achievements and greatness of Black Americans, rather than solely mourning the nine Black lives lost. -
In 2018, singer-songwriter Angie Haze led a performance with her theatrical ensemble, The Angie Haze Project, at the Akron Civic Theatre. -
There are some venues that are trying to reinvent themselves to keep their doors open. -
Backline Cleveland, a gener8tor program made possible by the City of Cleveland and The Finch Group, launched in June to grant local musicians the chance… -
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Mourning [A] BLKstar is a diverse collective of Cleveland-based artists with layered identities. Its members aim to blur the lines of gender and genre… -
Across the state of Ohio, local music venues are struggling as the coronavirus pandemic has forced these entertainment hotspots to keep operations at a… -
On what would have been the 12th annual celebration of Record Store Day on April 18, local music shops remained dark, empty and closed. The event is an… -
With widespread social distancing measures in place due to the COVID-19 outbreak, classical music performances have shifted from concert halls to virtual… -
With the recent closure of bars, restaurants and venues that serve more than 10 patrons, the local music scene is facing challenges. Scheduled concerts,… -
Indie-rockers Coby and The Prisoners latest album is showing off the band’s talent at producing homegrown recordings that are polished and radio ready.…
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