Author: Tom Ingram

Looking for some great live music to move you through the sultry month of June? Start with these shows:   Second Annual Barks and Blues Festival PAWS Humane, a non-profit organization that relies solely on the private support of our community, invites you to the 2017 Barks and Blues Festival. Hosted at the PAWS center on Milgen, the music begins at 1 p.m. with Skyler Saufley, followed by Tracy Stephens, Crossroad Disciples, and at 4:45,…

…Each CD review is guaranteed to be a full one hundred words, because sometimes ninety-nine and a half won’t do.   by Curtis Lynch   Billy Strings “EP” www.billystrings.com   You might have missed this 2016 release. I sure did. Lucky you, I’m here to remedy that problem for you. Billy Strings, twenty-five years old and straight out of Michigan via Kentucky, is a flat-out talented guy, whether you’re talking about singing, flat-picking, or banjo…

Catch the heavy-hitting 80’s band June 24 at Legends   by Keith Northington   When children are asked, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” most offer the expected answers: doctor, lawyer, astronaut, and a few might even aspire to president. But there is another answer, one that makes mothers tremble with fear and fathers shake their first and curse the sky. That answer? Rockstar. Columbus has a rich music scene, deep…

It’s tough to see live music when you’re under twenty-one. Lance Wisham, founder of The Estate, a do-it-yourself music venue at 1231 Midway Drive in Columbus, knows this well. He remembers playing in the punk shows at Flat Rock Park, when there was almost nowhere else for under-age bands to gig. Lance spent seventeen years playing music, and ten years touring the country and spending very little time at home. As he toured, he began…