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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...
Drew Layman
Oct 9, 20225 min read
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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...
Drew Layman
Sep 20, 202215 min read
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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...
Drew Layman
Sep 2, 20225 min read
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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...
Drew Layman
Aug 14, 20223 min read
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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...
Drew Layman
Aug 7, 20224 min read
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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...
Drew Layman
Jul 24, 20224 min read
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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...
Drew Layman
Jul 16, 20227 min read
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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...
Drew Layman
Jun 22, 20224 min read
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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...
Drew Layman
May 20, 20224 min read
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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...
Drew Layman
Apr 27, 20226 min read
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Strongbow
Every so often you hear an album for the first time that, no matter when it was released, immediately connects. Here’s an album which,...
Drew Layman
Mar 26, 20225 min read
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Harry Edison And His Orchestra – Sweets
When it comes to Columbus musicians, with the possible exception of Rahsaan Roland Kirk, there is no more towering figure than Harry...
Drew Layman
Mar 2, 20226 min read
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Spittin' Image
Spawned from the same thriving music scene at Zachariah’s Red Eye Saloon, Spittin’ Image’s rise to a major label deal would follow many...
Drew Layman
Feb 17, 20224 min read
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Scrawl - Nature Film
Although I’ve slowed down quite a bit, I still make and give away “mixtapes.” It’s always been a part of my love of music. A few years...
Drew Layman
Jan 22, 20226 min read
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The Gift… To The Homeless, From Local Artists
When it comes to Christmas music, I can handle it in relatively small doses. And only right around the holiday. That said, I tend to be a...
Drew Layman
Dec 23, 20215 min read
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J.D. Blackfoot - The Ultimate Prophecy
Who is J.D. Blackfoot ? There isn’t a simple answer. Cleveland-born Benjamin Franklin Van Dervort changed his name to J.D. Blackfoot, but...
Drew Layman
Dec 15, 20214 min read
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The Uneasy Coexistence of Ohio State Football and Columbus’ Music Scene
Ohio State football plays such a prominent role in Columbus culture that it is inescapable and disruptive of everything from weddings to...
Drew Layman
Nov 18, 20215 min read
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Rjd2 - Deadringer
Rjd2 is another Columbus artist I got into in a roundabout way. I’d been familiar with him for quite a while. My brother gave me one of...
Drew Layman
Nov 12, 20214 min read
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Rusty Bryant Plays Jazz
The artistic leap from Rusty Bryant’s first album, 1956’s America’s Greatest Jazz , to his second, 1958’s Rusty Bryant Plays Jazz , is...
Drew Layman
Oct 30, 20214 min read
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Aaron Lee Tasjan - Tasjan! Tasjan! Tasjan!
I began paying attention to Aaron Lee Tasjan in a somewhat backward way. I’d heard of him and I knew he grew up in the Columbus area, but...
Drew Layman
Oct 13, 20214 min read
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