When alumni Sam Miller and Ryan Hauldren met freshman year through Ohio State’s Freestyle Rap and BeatBox Club, they had no idea they would become the high-energy, six-piece band Fortune Orange. The two began working on music together, united by their love of rap, ...

After a seven-and-a-half year stint in nursing at Wexner Medical Center, local country artist Troy Alan Thrash left his nursing career in pursuit of his dream of becoming a professional musician. Thrash started chasing his music career full-time in October. Since then, he has released ...

Christopher Robin might seem like a fitting name for a band whose members have known each other since early childhood, but it actually has nothing to do with the “Winnie The Pooh” character.   The band’s name is a tribute to a middle-school math teacher ...

Although they’re the same person, there’s a clear distinction between John Britt and JTB: One is the songwriter and the other is the performer. The 18-year-old’s decision to use a stage name came from a desire to set up a clear distinction between himself as ...

Brandyn Morit and David Stone have been all over the musical map together. Play as an acoustic demo? Been there. As a rock band heavy on guitar? Been there, too. Morit and Stone crossed another destination off the list last fall when they started a ...

During the week, the four men who make up Matter of Planets, a local progressive-metal band, look like pretty regular guys. Aside from a few piercings and gaping holes left behind from ear gauges, they work day jobs, have families and live normal lives. But ...

In music reviews and band profiles, the term “cult following” is normally used to describe an artist who has a small but dedicated following. Columbus musician Michael Ramey said that with his solo project, Golden Death Music, he encountered a different kind of cult following. ...

  Each week Lantern Arts and Life profiles a band local to Columbus. In addition, the bands perform a couple of songs in The Lantern studio.