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,...
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Drew Layman
- Feb 3, 2023
- 6 min
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....
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Drew Layman
- Jan 21, 2023
- 5 min
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...
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Drew Layman
- Jan 7, 2023
- 7 min
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...
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Drew Layman
- Dec 22, 2022
- 6 min
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...
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Drew Layman
- Dec 8, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Drew Layman
- Nov 27, 2022
- 5 min
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...
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Drew Layman
- Nov 14, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Drew Layman
- Nov 10, 2022
- 4 min
Royal Crescent Mob - Omerta
On October 28, tickets quietly went on sale for the first Royal Crescent Mob shows since 1994. The shows are on December 16 in Columbus...
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Drew Layman
- Oct 18, 2022
- 6 min
əkoostik hookah – Under Full Sail
If you never experienced the late South Heidelberg in person, some scene setting is in order. The old south campus institution was...
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Drew Layman
- Oct 9, 2022
- 5 min
Lil’ Bow Wow – Beware Of Dog
When Reynoldsburg’s Shad Moss woke up the morning of September 8, 1993, he had no way of knowing that his life would be forever changed...
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Drew Layman
- Sep 20, 2022
- 15 min
Megan Palmer - Forget Me Not
By the time Megan Palmer performed with club owner Dan Dougan’s band The Wahoos at Little Brother's one Wednesday night in 2002, she’d...
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Drew Layman
- Sep 2, 2022
- 5 min
Nancy Wilson – Something Wonderful
Five months after her debut album was recorded and one month after it was released, Nancy Wilson was back in Capitol Studios with Billy...
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Drew Layman
- Aug 14, 2022
- 3 min
Caamp - Lavender Days
As I get older, I seem to reflexively tune out pop culture. The constant churn of trends gets increasingly exhausting. Even for things I...
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Drew Layman
- Aug 7, 2022
- 4 min
Donna Mogavero - Acoustic
One of the stalwarts of Columbus music, Donna Mogavero had been performing regularly for over ten years when she decided to finally...
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Drew Layman
- Jul 24, 2022
- 4 min
Rusty Bryant – America's Greatest Jazz, Vol II
By 1961, when Rusty Bryant’s America’s Greatest Jazz, Vol II was released, Dot Records' experiment with jazz was all but over. Dot had...
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Drew Layman
- Jul 16, 2022
- 7 min
The Toll - The Price Of Progression
I’ve always been intrigued by The Toll. I was too young for the clubs when they were at their peak and I never stumbled onto them like I...
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Drew Layman
- Jun 22, 2022
- 4 min
Paul Brown’s Science Gravy Orchestra
I’m not positive when I first saw Science Gravy Orchestra - probably at a Comfest, or maybe at the old 501 Club. But that doesn’t mean it...
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Drew Layman
- May 20, 2022
- 4 min
Jeanette Williams - To You
Columbus lost a treasure and true legend of the music community when Jeanette Williams passed away in March. One of a small handful of...
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Drew Layman
- Apr 27, 2022
- 6 min
The Bellows
Summer ‘88. Red White & Boom. My friends and I were walking back to our car after the fireworks when we stumbled onto a band playing in...
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