The Quiet One

Columbus music and culture

Ripe!

Going through my mom’s things after her passing in 2023, I came across a Columbus Dispatch article she’d saved from January 20, 1993. I was in my third year at Ohio State then—about as dialed in to the campus music scene as I’d ever get—and seeing that piece again snapped a whole era back into focus. The article covered ripe! , a Columbus compilation assembled by Abbe Turner , and it reminded me just how much was happening here at the time. Ripe! Thornapple Records – TS 107

Drew Layman

Apr 136 min read

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