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Charlie Bleak – Let Me In
The story of Charlie Bleak provides a glimpse into the relentless and often unpredictable world of the music business. Despite the '68...
Drew Layman
Jan 2, 20249 min read
The StarrCatt Holiday World Orchestra: Johnny Polansky's Creative Journey
Johnny Polansky had an idea percolating in his head for decades about spearheading a winter-holiday-themed music project. Amidst the...
Drew Layman
Dec 15, 202319 min read
When Elegance Met Jazz: Nancy Wilson / Cannonball Adderley
Nancy Wilson was taking a walk with Rusty Bryant in New York when they bumped into saxophonist Cannonball Adderley at the corner of...
Drew Layman
Nov 21, 20236 min read
Beartooth - The Surface
I still listen to the radio. Yes, the medium has seen better days. Deregulation and corporatization have sapped much of its character....
Drew Layman
Nov 12, 20234 min read
Tim Easton - Ammunition
Tim Easton opened for Shawn Colvin just before 9/11 at the beautiful Southern Theatre. I recognized his drummer, Justin Crooks, from our...
Drew Layman
Oct 28, 20234 min read
New Bomb Turks – !!Destroy-Oh-Boy!!
Recorded by four Cleveland expats in a pre-gentrified-Brooklyn studio in 1992, !!Destroy-Oh-Boy!! may be the closest thing to an iconic...
Drew Layman
Sep 23, 20234 min read
Sally Fingerett – Encl/sf (Enclosed)
When Sally Fingerett was announced as one of the artists selected to appear on the second Q-FM-96 hometown album in September 1980, she’d...
Drew Layman
Jun 21, 20235 min read
The Piano Of Terry Waldo – Sounds Of Ragtime & Vaudeville
Ragtime is one of the most under-appreciated and misunderstood forms of American music. Considering it was popular for a relatively short...
Drew Layman
Jun 2, 20234 min read
Hank Marr Trio + 3 – Teentime Latest Dance Steps
By all accounts, organist Hank Marr and tenor saxman Rusty Bryant had a tight personal and professional relationship. But after a March...
Drew Layman
May 9, 20236 min read
Red Wanting Blue - From The Vanishing Point
Surreal probably doesn’t do justice to the experience singer/songwriter Scott Terry and his Red Wanting Blue bandmates had when they...
Drew Layman
Apr 22, 20235 min read
Blueprint – Iron & Niacin
In the liner notes of Iron & Niacin, Columbus hip-hop artist Blueprint notes that it isn't an “album.” Originally released in 2005 as...
Drew Layman
Mar 26, 20233 min read
Salt Horse - The Best Of Times?
A couple of years ago, I took on one of those “20 albums in 20 days that made an impact” Facebook threads. It was probably started by...
Drew Layman
Feb 26, 20234 min read
Watershed - Three Chords And A Cloud Of Dust - Live
Recorded at the Newport Music Hall, filled with photos of the venerable campus venue, and with a title alluding to Woody Hayes’ offense,...
Drew Layman
Feb 12, 20234 min read
McGuffey Lane – Aqua Dream
By the spring of 1981, McGuffey Lane was flying high. Their self-titled debut continued to sell briskly after being reissued on Atco....
Drew Layman
Feb 3, 20236 min read
J. D. Blackfoot - The Song Of Crazy Horse
After Mercury released The Ultimate Prophecy in 1970, J. D. Blackfoot went through many changes personally and professionally in a...
Drew Layman
Jan 21, 20235 min read
Introducing Roland Kirk
By 1960, it had been three years since King Records released his debut Triple Threat album and Roland Kirk had left Columbus for good. He...
Drew Layman
Jan 7, 20237 min read
Zero One - Darwin's Finch Vs The Flying Saucers
One recurring theme I've noticed as I delve into Columbus music is the negative experience that bands who sign with record labels often...
Drew Layman
Dec 22, 20226 min read
Dwight Lenox - This Christmas
Christmas music encompasses virtually every genre, but it exists in its own world. Some people don’t consider themselves music fans but...
Drew Layman
Dec 8, 20223 min read
Willie Pooch’s Funk-N-Blues
While not necessarily known as a blues music hotbed, Columbus has never been short of blues fans and first-rate blues musicians. We’ve...
Drew Layman
Nov 27, 20225 min read
The Mighty Morton
When it comes to music, I’m pretty much up for anything. So, when my brother told me he had an extra for the Mighty Morton Organ Festival...
Drew Layman
Nov 14, 20223 min read
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