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Vanessa Collier Is Coming to Blow the Roof Off BluesFEST

Posted on October 23, 2026October 23, 2026 by Editor - the Local

The powerhouse saxophonist, vocalist and songwriter makes a rare Georgia appearance Oct. 24, closing out a full day of music, history and connection in Talbotton. By Monica Jones If Vanessa Collier isn’t already on your radar, October 24 would be a pretty good time to change that. She’s a powerhouse saxophonist, vocalist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose music moves through blues, soul and funk, and she’s earned a reputation for doing all of it with one…

Public Service Above Position

Posted on October 7, 2026October 7, 2026 by Editor - the Local

Avett Brothers bassist Bob Crawford brings John Quincy Adams back into the conversation with a debut book about principle, power and an extraordinary second act By Monica Jones For Bob Crawford, American history did not begin as a career plan. It began with books on a tour bus and a question big enough to keep him reading: Was there a line connecting the nation’s founding to the America he was living in? Crawford, best known…

Where the Blues Still Live

Posted on October 6, 2026October 7, 2026 by Editor - the Local

Six years after a handful of musicians planted the seed, Talbotton BluesFEST is growing into a regional celebration of music, history and the people determined to preserve both. By Monica Jones There is a moment along the drive from Columbus to Talbotton when the traffic thins, the sky opens and West Georgia really begins showing off. The roads curve through farmland and tall pines. Small towns appear and disappear. Less than an hour from Columbus,…

Turn It Up, Columbus

Posted on September 14, 2026September 14, 2026 by Editor - the Local

By Monica Jones There is a particular kind of magic in discovering a band before everybody else. Maybe it’s three songs into a set when you realize you haven’t checked your phone in an hour. Maybe it’s a band you’ve never heard of playing a song that suddenly catches you, and leaves you reaching for your phone to look up again later. Maybe it’s simply October in Columbus, the air finally behaving itself, music spilling…

Still Riding Together

Posted on September 2, 2026September 2, 2026 by Editor - the Local

Bikes Off Broadway brings 25 years of fellowship, remembrance and one hell of a good time to Woodruff Park By Monica Jones It began on Broadway in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, when members of Columbus’ motorcycle community came together to honor those who had fallen and create a new space rooted in fellowship, remembrance and service. Twenty-five years later, the name has changed and the gathering has moved a few blocks toward the…

Strangers in a Strange Land

Posted on August 10, 2026August 10, 2026 by Editor - the Local

BB Palmer and the Boys Play Pasaquan By Frank S. Etheridge IV The Gospel According to BB Palmer spreads like a shared secret. Handed to you like a joint passed between buddies, rolled up real nice with the good news, discovering the mystical bent of BB’s genius craftsmanship for sho-nuff country music is a life-changing revelation. Though packing the potential power of an opiate for the masses, a bucket of warm buttery popcorn for the…

You Know the Words

Posted on August 7, 2026August 10, 2026 by Editor - the Local

Gotta Sing Brings the ’80s Back to Columbus After filling the room with Broadway favorites earlier this summer, Gotta Sing Events returns to The Loft for a night of big songs, shared memories and absolutely no pressure to sing them well. By Monica Jones When Gotta Sing Events made its Columbus debut earlier this summer, no one in the room had to be persuaded to join in. The first song began, the lyrics appeared on…

More Than a Choir

Posted on July 9, 2026July 9, 2026 by Editor - the Local

On July 17, a room full of people will gather at The Pearl in downtown Columbus to sing. By Monica Jones Some will be experienced musicians. Some will be former choir kids. Some will know exactly what they’re doing. Others may be stepping into a choir for the first time. There will be food, drinks, laughter, a little friendly competition, and a room full of people making a case for their favorite song in this…

Springer Gets on the Good Foot for Juneteenth

Posted on June 17, 2026June 17, 2026 by Editor - the Local

I Feel Good: An Homage to James Brown brings soul, swagger, and Southern music history to the Springer stage By Monica Jones The Springer Opera House is bringing the funk to Juneteenth. This year, the theater’s annual Juneteenth celebration turns its spotlight toward one of the most electrifying performers American music has ever produced with I Feel Good: An Homage to James Brown, a high-energy tribute to the Godfather of Soul. For audiences who moved…

Zac Young: Still in the Signal

Posted on June 9, 2026June 9, 2026 by Editor - the Local

From dive-bar childhood to Nashville road miles, Zac Young is still making music with the people and places that raised him. By Monica Jones Zac did not know he was being interviewed. We had been meaning to do this for years. Columbus is like that. Everybody knows everybody, everybody means to catch up, and then suddenly eight years have passed, three venues have changed names, six bands have evolved, and somebody’s phone is full. So…

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