Brent Kirby has worn many hats over the years: drummer, guitarist, bandleader, mentor and tireless supporter of local music.

After more than two decades in the Cleveland area, Kirby has become a central figure in the Northeast Ohio music scene for the songs he writes and performs as well as for the community he’s helped foster.

Kirby is marking a milestone with the release of “On+On+On,” a new collection of songs recorded and produced by Don Dixon, known for his work with R.E.M., the Smithereens and Mary Chapin Carpenter.

Tracked in an 1800s farmhouse in Oberlin, the album carries a spiritual weight.

Its songs are impressions of redemption, loss, and reflection, written during some of the most difficult transitions in Kirby’s life.

“I realized I had a whole other record of these songs

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