Lita Ford, former Runaway and Ozzy Osbourne collaborator, and Youngstown’s The Vindys will play a benefit show for the Rich Center for Autism at Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre.

Lita Ford will come to the Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre on Saturday, May 31. Opening the 7:30 p.m. concert will be The Vindys.

The Vindys are at a rarified point in their career, one that few rock bands reach.

Members of the Youngstown-based band The Vindys will provide a special acoustic performance at this year’s Pink Out Mahoning Valley Breast Cancer Awareness event. Here’s when they’re expected to perform in the band shell at Austintown Township Park.

Members of The Vindys will give a special acoustic performance at this year’s Pink Out Mahoning Valley Breast Cancer Awareness musical festival.

The Vindys are back home following a 22-city, cross-country tour last week opening for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo in 2,000- to-5,000-capacity venues.

The Vindys live on Fox 5 performing "Elton Glasses Baby."

The director and the screenwriter are Australians, but could anything be more quintessentially Youngstown than a movie featuring The Royal Oaks, The Vindys and a Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini cameo?

It’s not often that it’s possible to pinpoint the exact moment an act wins over a crowd. For The Vindys on Wednesday at MGM Northfield Park, it was during the song “Morning Light.”

The Vindys have built a rock-solid word-of-mouth reputation over the past decade, captivating audiences with their unique blend of rock, soul, and pop. 

Youngstown rockers The Vindys have been hot news in northeast Ohio for while now. The group, fronted by charismatic singer/guitarist/lyricist Jackie Popovec, debuted ten years ago and woodshedded for a few years in obscurity before their reputation in northeast Ohio started to snowball and expand beyond the area. Popovec is the band’s main attraction, with a powerful yet nuanced style that recalls classic R&B vocalists such as Aretha Franklin and Tina Turner. But she’s well supported by a hard-rocking band that features led John Anthony and Rick Deak on guitars and harmony vocals.

The Vindys are not newcomers to the world of rock n' roll; they're not veterans yet either and the nice thing about the band is that they have not fallen into the trap that ensnares many of the acts today; they've got a touch of an old school mentality in their approach.

Youngstown’s The Vindys start its cross-country tour on Saturday with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, but there’s still an opportunity to see the band close-ish this summer.

Oh, they’re so fabulous (The Vindys), They’ve opened for us a few times, sporadically. I love them, and I love (frontwoman Jackie Popovec). She’s amazing. Sometimes I’m worried about putting her on first. I’m like, “(Expletive) — that girl can sing her ass off.” But it helps me sing my ass off, so I’m good. But they’re great kids and wonderful. We just said, “We can pick anybody we want — let’s pick them.” We’re happy they’re with us.

The room right next to Jackie Popovec’s kitchen is supposed to be the dining room. But with guitars on the wall, other instruments and amps scattered about and freshly arrived merch nearby, the singer of The Vindys just laughs off the room’s transition.

In less than a month, Youngstown, Ohio, band The Vindys will be on tour with rocker Pat Benatar and her husband/guitarist Neil Geraldo, traveling across the nation.

Having played New Brighton in 2017, The Vindys have enjoyed much regional success.

All the way from Ohio, The Vindys are in the house with their unique blend of pop, soul, and rock. You can catch them live on Friday at 3TEN Austin City Limits Live and Saturday at Empire Control Room & Garage.

Some artists are synonymous with a city; Detroit has Eminem, Boston–Aerosmith, New Jersey–Springsteen and now, Youngstown, Ohio has The Vindys.

They didn’t want to answer the phone. Jackie Popovec, the big-voiced frontwoman of The Vindys, was on vacation in Italy with boyfriend Rick Deak — a guitarist in the Youngstown-based alt-rock act — when his phone lit up during dinner at a nice restaurant. The phone said the call was coming from Beverly Hills, so they were too intrigued to not answer.