Maura Rogers and The Bellows

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Jeff Neisel, Cleveland Scene

The song puts Rogers’ powerhouse voice up front and features a folksy, 10,000 Maniacs-like vibe more…

30 Songs to Listen to this Fall

Annie Nickoloff, Cleveland Magazine more…

Local Singer-Songwriter Maura Rogers Releases Holiday Original

“I was blown away by her raw spirit and passion and the boundless joy that her and the band generate from the stage” more…

Fox 8 Jukebox: Maura Rogers & The Bellows

Amanda Rabinowitz, Ideastream Public Media

Maura Rogers & The Bellows are celebrating the release of new music. The band is releasing its’ third CD called ‘Always’. Watch…

Shuffle: Maura Rogers and the Bellows Share a Bond Bigger Than Music

Cleveland singer-songwriter Maura Rogers is out with a new album this week, seven years after her bandmate donated a kidney that saved her life.  Listen…

Maura Rogers & the Bellows Go Their Own Way with Latest Album ‘Always’

John Benson, Cool Cleveland

After retooling the lineup, refining the songwriting and working with legendary producer Jim Wirt at Superior Sound Studios, Maura Rogers & the Bellows are back with new album Always. The latest effort from the quintet — Rogers (vocals, guitar), Meredith Pangrace (accordion, vocals), Quinn Hyland (bass, vocals), Jeff Babinski (drums, vocals) and Al Moses (guitar) — is the follow-up to 2015’s In Light. Read more…

Here’s the New Music Video From the Local Act Maura Rogers & the Bellows

By Jeff Neisel, Scene

For Always, Maura Rogers’s latest album with her backing band the Bellows, she spent 11 days recording tracks with locally based producer Jim Wirt. “Every note played on this album perfectly expresses the honesty of the songs,” says Wirt in a press release about the album. “Maura’s voice is idyllic, unlike anyone I’ve ever worked with. It was a treat to be a part of this album.” Read more…

Maura Rogers and the Bellows unveil ’92 Days’ music video

Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com

“I was grateful for the second chance I was given, but also struggling with feeling trapped in a number of ways,” Rogers said. “That space became the inspiration for ‘92 Days’ and lent itself to considering the different ways many people have felt trapped, be it in their bodies, minds, relationships, situations.” Read more…

Thanksgiving has special meaning for The Bean Sisters, who share much more than music (photos, video)

By Joanna Connors, the Plain Dealer.
When Maura Rogers sits down today to give thanks, she will have a list that lasts as many days as there are in November. She puts them on Facebook, day by day. Read more…

Cleveland Scene: C-Notes Interview and EP Release Preview

Last year, singer-songwriter Maura Rogers was so pleased with the progress she had made with her live band that she sought to document it in some way. The director who had helmed her previous music video was unavailable so she decided to bring in aspiring local director, Damien Campbell, to film some live footage. Read more…

VIDEO: Fox 8 Morning Show

Maura Rogers & The Bellows has a full schedule of shows this summer to share the new music from their just released CD ‘In Light’. Watch the video clips here…

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“Backed by her terrific band, the Bellows, this alt folk chanteuse lays bare her life stories in her music,” Fryberger said. “After enduring kidney failure that resulted in a transplant (donated by her accordion player), Rogers wrote an album about her ability to overcome adversity.”

Good Housekeeping Article: The Bean Sisters

Finding a Friend and Lifesaver on Craigslist: Musician Maura Rogers placed an online ad for a bandmate, and ended up getting the new kidney she desperately needed.

Maura Rogers and The Bellows breaks out stronger, more confident sophomore album

It’s a new day in many ways for singer-songwriter Maura Rogers, who is about to release her sophomore album “A Good Heart Will Break,” which is her first project with new backing band the Bellows. “While my first CD, ‘Get Up Girl,’ was a big step for me, there’s a vulnerability on that album and a delicacy for sure. I feel a little bit more confident, just sure of myself and my voice on this new album,” said Rogers, a 1995 Wickliffe High School graduate.  “Not only does that come from working with a band and understanding my voice more as an instrument, but also just with the life experiences I’ve had in the last few years.” Whereas her previous effort was pure folk, Rogers said the new album falls squarely in the Americana genre, with the accordion-driven “Norma Jean” epitomizing her sound. While she admits music is her life, right now her life requires a kidney transplant, which Rogers said is scheduled to happen within a few weeks. Her donor could possibly be one of her band members being tested for a match. Read more…

Maura Rogers Brings Life Experience to New CD

Maura Rogers is relatively new to the area music scene — she started to get her name out about six-seven years ago at open mics. A few years on the singer-songwriter circuit culminated in a 2010 solo album Get Up Girl. Soon after that, she began working with additional musicians, leading to the five-piece Maura Rogers & the Bellows. That lineup, together for two years, recorded A Good Heart Will Break, which they’ll release with a show at 6:30 p.m. this Saturday night at the Beachland Tavern.“It was such a transition,” says Rogers. “I thought, ‘Holy hell, this is hard work.’ It was so much more sound.” Rogers took up songwriting over a decade ago in college at Baldwin-Wallace’s noted music theater program. She worked for Great Lakes Theater Festival after college, working on an Ohio history play based on stories told by people from across the state. “It was one of the most important jobs I’ve done with my life,” she says. “ Storytelling is part of who I am and oral history is one way of doing that. Writing songs is another. She says that while her writing is influenced by artists ranging from Patty Griffin and Cyndi Lauper to Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton and Nina Simone, “Life experiences shape the way I tell stories.” Read more…

“A Good Heart Will Break” Review: Maura Rogers & the Bellows

Singer-guitarist Maura Rogers has spent the last couple of years coping with serious health issues (she just recently underwent a kidney transplant), and in the lyrics here you can hear the emotional toll that has taken on her. On “Cowboy Song,” she sings about getting “caught up in a memory” and her frustrating search for true love. While it doesn’t stray from themes expressed in the other songs, the rave-up “Good Harm” provides a good kick in the pants as Rogers lets the band loose; she has to really wail just to be heard above the din. The accordion-driven “Something More” has a good, freewheeling energy, too. The album-closing “What the Doctor Said” is a somber autobiographical ballad in which Rogers says she would “rather go out singing” than take the doctor’s orders and put aside her music. It’s a triumphant final statement that really rings true. See the full review…

Maura Rogers at the Beachland and back on the circuit

It’s good to have Maura Rogers back on the circuit again following her kidney transplant last year. The ebullient performer with the crisp, sparkling voice released her CD A Good Heart Will Break last July before taking time off for her operation and recovery. It’s filled with the kind of warm and heartfelt folk-rock tunes that can quickly feel like long-loved favorites. She performs at the Beachland Tavern with her band the Bellows, which includes her organ donor, accordionist Meredith Pangrace. Nate Jones and Joey Beltram open.