Willie Pooch Remembered:

On Sunday, May 16, 2010, WCBE broadcast a live special during the first hour of *Blue Collar* in memoriam of Columbus's authentic bluesman, Willie "Pooch" Johnson, who passed away in early May after a brave battle against diabetes.

K.C. Jones, longtime Pooch guitarist Rick Collura and Jack Marchbanks, all of whom knew the man, played a lot of Willie Pooch's music. Read more...

It's Only Rock and Roll:
The Rock Hall's Party With A Purpose

If you enjoy multi-generational musical mash-ups, you owe it to yourself to attend the next "It's Only Rock and Roll" Benefit for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.

It's a grand party with a great purpose. Rock Hall of Fame member musicians and potential future inductees deliver inspired live performances, trying to outdo each other and, if they are not yet inductees, trying mightily to impress the Rock Hall board members in attendance. Read more...

NEA 2010 Jazz Masters Ceremony & Concert: Greats Glow In Gotham

If great music is light, and in a way, it is illumination to the soul, then the sumptuous sounds emanating from the Lincoln Center on Tuesday evening, January 12th beamed a beacon into the heavens brighter than all the combined marquees in Manhattan.

The National Endowment for The Arts honored seven jazz greats and one great jazz benefactor by bestowing upon them the rare title of “Jazz Master.” Read more...