John Anderson performs Aug. 8, 2019, at Country Music Hall of Fame’s CMA Theater

Heartland Rock Duo Will Tour New Album Looking For The Good Land Supporting Christone "KINGFISH" Ingram And Justin Townes Earle

Most record industry executives surround themselves with awards – the gold and platinum records that brought them power and prestige. Steve Popovich always took pride in the rejection letters. There were many, a big unruly pile of them, and the late founder of Cleveland International Records derived a devilish glee from them.

Homage to The Famed Founder of Powerhouse Indie Label Cleveland International Records Coincides with the Label’s Re-Launch, Which Includes Classic Albums Released on all Digital and Streaming for the First Time

The Cerny Brothers just dropped their new album, Looking For The Good Land, on Cleveland International Records. Recorded in Nashville at Cowboy Jack Clements’ studio, the album conveys a sound that’s big and roomy, full of potent guitars, radiant harmonies, and brawny rhythms.

A piano feverishly ascends to the heavens as we enter “Ghost,” the stellar third track in The Cerny Brothers’ latest album Looking for the Good Land, and it isn’t going to stop until it reaches the clouds that are circling the ground below. A golden set of strings join as it skips onward towards its destination, unafraid of what it will find when it gets there, too wrapped up in its own glory to care. The vocals penetrate washing over us with impunity, and we’re transported to an ethereal place where nothing exists other than melody, emotion and the harmony that infinitely binds the two. The Cerny Brothers hold absolutely nothing back lyrically nor musically in Looking for the Good Land, and as haunting a song as “Ghost” is, it’s but a taste of what listeners can expect to encounter when they pick up a copy of this record and give it a spin for the first time. The Nashville based duo by way of Sherrard Illinois, was just named an artist you need to know by Rolling Stone. 

Steve Popovich was always a “great hang,” as James Gang drummer Jimmy Fox recalls. He and Popovich had first connected not through the record business but during the time that they were both musicians in the ’60s, playing the “same circuit of miserable bars together.” 

Steve Popovich Jr. on Fox News 8 Cleveland

In a highly-anticipated return to the spotlight, the iconic indie label Cleveland International Records is, at last, back and better than ever, ready to knock the socks off of a new generation with a stunning reissue of the all-time classic Cleveland Rocks compilation.

One of the greatest indie labels in American history is reopening after a heartbreaking hiatus, and they’re celebrating it with the rerelease of their most storied compilation ever.

The Eclectic 12 Track Collection, A True Reflection of the Anthemic Spirit of Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp and Other Heartland Rockers, Drops May 3

CELEBRATE THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RECORDING OF “CLEVELAND ROCKS!” SUNDAY, APRIL 7th.

Galloping drums and a soaring saxophone greet us at the onset of Cleveland Rocks in its boldly reissued form, with Ronnie Spector & the E-Street Band leading the way in “Say Goodbye to Hollywood.”

The Re-Launch of the Legendary Indie Label – Originally Formed In the Mid-70’s – Is the Vision of Steve Popovich, Jr., Son of The Brand’s Late Founder, Famed Music Industry Exec Steve Popovich

More than four decades ago, a team of three music business veterans, working out of a home in Willoughby Hills, launched what would prove to be one of the bestselling rock & roll albums of all time.

One of the great “record men” of the glory days of the music business, the late Steve Popovich rose through the major record company ranks before founding his own indie label, Cleveland International Records in 1976 and releasing Meat Loaf’s massive hit album Bat Out of Hell the following year.

An iconic record label, born right here in Northeast Ohio, is coming back to life.

Legendary record label readies for relaunch

Back in the 1970s when Cleveland became synonymous with rock n’ roll, the late Steve Popovich formed Cleveland International Records. The label had a huge hit right out of the gates with Meat Loaf’s 1977 album Bat Out of Hell and would go on to garner Grammy nods and other accolades.