Grunge Dad started as a channel for new drummer Emma Headley to get more practice time. Headley had been drumming for just a month when she met Lisa Brokaw at a concert last April. Headley made an offhand comment about how fun it would ...
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Columbus’ Own: The Original Soundtrack won’t be defined by labels
Since its inception, The Original Soundtrack has evolved from a duo into a four-piece band, but at its core, it remains the same: a group of people who love making music for the sake of music. The band first formed when frontwoman Lindsy Yi-Kennedy and ...
Read More »Columbus’ own: Lily In The Weeds takes it slow to get it right
Without the internet, psychedelic blues-rock band Lily In The Weeds probably wouldn’t exist. Vocalist Alex Burnsides and guitarist Mike Furman met on Tinder and later connected with drummer Matt Bailey and bassist Andy Bailey, whom are twins, on Craigslist. Burnsides said she was skeptical of ...
Read More »Columbus’ own: Distance can’t stop Wild Things
For Ben Cain, a fourth-year in journalism, it was his love of writing that first led him to music. The music Cain wrote when he began playing in eighth grade was sad, something he said he thinks is common for young, hormonal teens. Now, Cain ...
Read More »Columbus’ Own: Count on me, The Castros’ love created by music
Six months after moving to Savannah, Georgia, from Costa Rica in 2006, Marco Castro met his current wife Sara Castro, and the music quickly followed. It wasn’t until 2009, though, that their band officially formed, when they played their first gig at the Crimson Cup ...
Read More »Columbus’ Own: Fortune Orange blends genres for high-energy sound
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, ...
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Columbus’ Own: Former Wexner Medical Center nurse, Troy Alan Thrash, embarks on country music career
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 ...
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Columbus’ Own: Christopher Robin: Old friends make new music
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 ...
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