J Rosa is finally ready to be a light
After years spent sidelined by illness and self-doubt, the musician has returned with a new single, ‘Temperance,’ and a determination to finally tell listeners her whole story.
Music
Latest in Music
Columbus rapper Illogic prepares to turn back the clock
The emcee is set to revisit his seminal album ‘Celestial Clockwork’ 20 years after its release, performing alongside a full band for the first time in concert at Natalie’s Grandview on Saturday, Oct. 12.
The towering legacy of William ‘Big Skyscraper’ Richardson
Friends and fellow musicians recall the outsized life of the rapper known to his peers as Big Scrape, who died in early September at age 42.
Joey Blackheart and the grassroots work of harm reduction
Taking place this weekend at Cafe Bourbon Street, Blackheart Fest is both a tribute to the late Girls! guitarist, who one MASS member described as a harm reduction pioneer, and a reminder of the essential role grassroots communities play in navigating crises.
Deapscufa crawls out of the shadows with ‘Eternal Tranquility’
With the symphonic black metal band’s new album, Hilliard resident Nick Hadley is set to deliver an extreme music masterstroke that’s at once more atmospheric and more epic than its predecessor.
Music photographer Lynn Goldsmith continues to embrace the moment
Despite being drawn into a years-long legal case settled by the Supreme Court in 2023, Goldsmith’s passion for the form remains undimmed. The veteran photographer will visit the Lincoln Theatre to speak about her remarkable career on Thursday, Oct. 10.
Qamil Wright traverses time and space in launching the Ohio R&B Music Festival
‘It was fun to go through and pick people who have different ways of approaching [the music], because I’ve liked all of it at some point along the way.’
Knocked Loose always looks on the bright side of life
The Kentucky hardcore band, which headlines Kemba Live on Friday, Oct. 4, said the slight glimmer of hope in its most brutal, punishing batch of songs to date arrives via the narrators’ ability to endure life’s accumulated pains and still manage forward.
St. Lenox unspools the true tale of his ‘JD Vance Couch’
When musician Andrew Choi watches tonight’s vice-presidential debate, he’ll be seated on a sofa that once belonged to a former roommate of the junior senator from Ohio.
Divide and Dissolve engages heavy conversations on ‘Systemic’
Takiaya Reed brings her instrumental doom band to Rumba Cafe for a concert on Thursday, Oct. 3.
Columbus rapper Illogic prepares to turn back the clock
The emcee is set to revisit his seminal album ‘Celestial Clockwork’ 20 years after its release, performing alongside a full band for the first time in concert at Natalie’s Grandview on Saturday, Oct. 12.
The towering legacy of William ‘Big Skyscraper’ Richardson
Friends and fellow musicians recall the outsized life of the rapper known to his peers as Big Scrape, who died in early September at age 42.
Joey Blackheart and the grassroots work of harm reduction
Taking place this weekend at Cafe Bourbon Street, Blackheart Fest is both a tribute to the late Girls! guitarist, who one MASS member described as a harm reduction pioneer, and a reminder of the essential role grassroots communities play in navigating crises.
Deapscufa crawls out of the shadows with ‘Eternal Tranquility’
With the symphonic black metal band’s new album, Hilliard resident Nick Hadley is set to deliver an extreme music masterstroke that’s at once more atmospheric and more epic than its predecessor.
Music photographer Lynn Goldsmith continues to embrace the moment
Despite being drawn into a years-long legal case settled by the Supreme Court in 2023, Goldsmith’s passion for the form remains undimmed. The veteran photographer will visit the Lincoln Theatre to speak about her remarkable career on Thursday, Oct. 10.
Qamil Wright traverses time and space in launching the Ohio R&B Music Festival
‘It was fun to go through and pick people who have different ways of approaching [the music], because I’ve liked all of it at some point along the way.’
Knocked Loose always looks on the bright side of life
The Kentucky hardcore band, which headlines Kemba Live on Friday, Oct. 4, said the slight glimmer of hope in its most brutal, punishing batch of songs to date arrives via the narrators’ ability to endure life’s accumulated pains and still manage forward.
St. Lenox unspools the true tale of his ‘JD Vance Couch’
When musician Andrew Choi watches tonight’s vice-presidential debate, he’ll be seated on a sofa that once belonged to a former roommate of the junior senator from Ohio.
Divide and Dissolve engages heavy conversations on ‘Systemic’
Takiaya Reed brings her instrumental doom band to Rumba Cafe for a concert on Thursday, Oct. 3.