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The Smashing Pumpkins at Schottenstein Center Concert Review & Photo Gallery – As Rome Burns
The Smashing Pumpkins at the Schottenstein Center / Value City Arena Concert Review and Photo Gallery – As Rome Burns by Cassandra Lee There are few bands that can tap into ‘90s nostalgia as intensely as The Smashing Pumpkins. As the opening sound of their first song “1979” echoed through the Schottenstein Center in…
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Lost Lands Music Festival Review & Photo Gallery – All Who Wander Are Not Lost
Lost Lands Music Festival 2026 Review and Photo Gallery – All Who Wander Are Not Lost by Liam Joy Lost Lands is where pure PLUR is found! The love and energy shared amongst the nearly 100,000 attendees was electric. With over two hundred artists representing every corner of the world including Ohio, the ninth annual…
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First Light by Tropidelic – Album Review
First Light by Tropidelic – Album Review by Julie Kurzenberger After an energetic and uplifting live set from Cleveland’s own Tropidelic playing their original funky reggae tunes, it was only natural to be drawn to check out their newest album release, their tenth studio creation First Light, published in June 2026 on the Ineffable…
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Gratefulfest at Nelson Ledges – Festival Preview: Paradise Waits
Gratefulfest at Nelson Ledges – Festival Preview: Paradise Waits by Bill Kurzenberger This coming weekend Gratefulfest, Ohio’s iconic and longest-running festival dedicated to the memory of the Grateful Dead, returns to the idyllic Nelson Ledges Quarry Park in Garrettsville. This year, some of the foremost Dead-family and Dead-adjacent musicians of this era from coast…
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fIREHORSE by Tim Easton – Album Review
fIREHORSE by Tim Easton – Album Review by Bill Kurzenberger Renowned Ohio-grown guitarist/singer/songwriter Tim Easton recently released his fourteenth studio album, the noteworthy fIREHORSE. Born and raised in Akron, Easton has been widely recognized as a quintessential North American troubadour from the Buckeye state to his home base in Nashville, and far beyond. Before…
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Grassfire at Nelson Ledges – Festival Preview: Something Old, New, Borrowed and Blue
Grassfire at Nelson Ledges – Festival Preview: Something Old, New, Borrowed and Blue by Bill Kurzenberger On the semiquincentennial anniversary weekend marking the United States’ 250 years of independence from a tyrannical government (the past year or so notwithstanding) there are over a hundred festivals around the Buckeye state celebrating the 4th of July…
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The Community Festival’s Concealed Connections to Wexner’s Power and Influence
The Community Festival’s Concealed Connections To Wexner’s Power And Influence Comfest, Central Ohio’s All-Volunteer-Run Fest Since 1972, Persists Through Untenable Ties To Billionaire Les Wexner by Bill Kurzenberger On June 26-27-28th, the Columbus Community Festival – also known as Comfest – returns to its longtime home at Goodale Park in the Short North. Long…