The Quiet One

After leaving Big Back Forty, Steve McGann became an attorney and got into artist management. One of the artists he managed early in her...

Although I never saw them live, Big Back Forty was one of the first Columbus bands I truly became a fan of. My brother was already a fan...

Before there was a Columbus band called The Godz, there was Mixed Water. Based on the strength of a demo they sent to Elektra Records,...

After looking at a hot off the press release from Twenty One Pilots in my last post, let’s pivot back over 65 years to one of the...

My plan as I began a blog focused primarily around Columbus music was that I’d begin with the higher-profile stuff - label releases from...

I was young enough when I was bitten by the vinyl bug that I’d ride my bike down to High Street with my buddies before I was old enough...

In June 1959, singer Nancy Wilson hopped on a train (back when you could do that sort of thing in Columbus) and went to New York City to...

Columbus has a remarkable pool of talented Hammond B-3 organ players. Bobby Floyd, Tony Monaco, Linda Dachtyl, and Nate Hollman are just...

Before he was Rahsaan and before he’d left Columbus, where he was still known as "Ronnie," Roland Kirk recorded his first album, Triple...

Howlin' Maggie's Honeysuckle Strange turned 25 yesterday. It’s hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that it’s been 25 years. I...

I was picking up carry out on a recent random weekday evening. The juke box at Villa Nova was blaring McGuffey Lane’s “Long Time Lovin’...

As a somewhat rabid hockey fan, it’s been an amazing experience to be a fan from day one of the Blue Jackets franchise. As a fan of the...

In 1956, Elvis had the number 1 song with Heartbreak Hotel and Columbus was a very different place from today. Saxophonist Rusty Bryant...

I’ve never really known what my ideal pursuit would be. If I ever had any aspiration at all as a kid, I guess being a writer for Rolling...