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Q-FM-96 Hometown Album Project
Considering that three of the acts would go on to sign major-label deals and that the first pressing of 5,000 copies quickly sold out, I feel comfortable saying that the Q-FM-96 Hometown Album Project is the most successful compilation of Columbus music—both commercially and artistically—ever released. While we’re fortunate today to have great non-commercial stations that still support local music, like WCBE , this project happened before deregulation hollowed out commercia

Drew Layman
Jan 128 min read


Watershed - Twister
Long before there was a Watershed Distillery in Columbus, a band called Watershed was rocking at The Distillery (sorry, believe me I...

Drew Layman
Jul 17, 20214 min read


Willie Phoenix
If you’ve been in Columbus long at all, and you're a live music fan of any sort, you’ve at least heard of Willie Phoenix. Often described...

Drew Layman
Jul 9, 20214 min read
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