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Say what you will about some of the biggest songs of the 1980s — go ahead and badmouth electric pianos, and by all means bemoan the prevailing production quality — but the decade continues to cast a long shadow over popular music. Given its enduring popularity on dance floors and on radios, not to mention the rise of '80s-emulating singers like Gotye, you could do far worse than look to that decade for tips on connecting with audiences.

Local group The Shazzbots will perform live during the Global Village. 

As the European editor of Rolling Stone, Jonathan Cott spent his time interviewing legendary musicians like Mick Jagger and Pete Townshend. But in 1968, he finally got the opportunity to meet his hero, John Lennon. Cott was nervous.

"He said, 'There's nothing to be nervous about,'" Cott recalls. "'It's going to be OK, and we're doing it together, and that's what really matters.'"

L.A.'s soulful four-man band will play a few songs for us during the Global Village a day after their show opening up for The Who at The Schottenstein Center!

This D.C. based singer-songwriter is coming to Columbus, and will perform at WCBE during the 11am hour.

It's a part of his "I can feel it" tour 2013.

He will play at Woodlands Tavern that night.

That's Justin Jones on 90.5 FM and HD Columbus,

and online at wcbe.org

Tune in for a live session with Benjamin Francis Leftwich during the Global Village! 

Known as the queen of rockabilly, Wanda Jackson is widely considered the first woman to record a rock 'n' roll song: 1958's "Let's Have a Party." A singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist, Jackson became a pioneer for her mix of country and rockabilly music. This approach served her well in the mid-1960s, as rockabilly began to decline in popularity.

Baltimore's Ballyhoo! will play a few songs live during the Global Village ahead of their show that night at Woodland's Tavern!  Tune in for live music, conversation and a chance to win tickets to the show that night with Kayavibe and Tropidelic!  Listen here!

Performing a mix of rootsy, jazzy, americana and more, Miss Tess will be traveling to Columbus from her home base of New York.

She will perform at Natalie's Coal Fired Pizza on Saturday Feb 16th, but you can hear her perform on WCBE this Thursday during the 11am hour.

That's on 90.5 FM and HD, WCBE Columbus, and online at wcbe.org.

Coming up on Saturday Feb. 16th it's the eighth annual Music In The Round benefiting the Rafiki AIDS Orphanage School of Muziki. 

The progressive bluegrass outfit the Punch Brothers will perform live during the Global Village ahead of their show that night at The Southern Theatre with Anais Mitchell. 

After nearly 30 years of prolific genre-avoidance, the indie-rock trio Yo La Tengo returns with Fade, its first studio album in almost four years. The record, the band's 13th full-length release, features "Before We Run," a six-minute piece of orchestral pop showcasing Yo La Tengo's stately side.

Micah Schnabel and Shane Sweeney of the local band Two Cow Garage will join us live during the Global Village in the 2PM hour.

These guys have some new songs, and will be playing at Woodlands Tavern that evening, as a part of the
 Woodlands Tavern Live Music Fan Appreciation Night.

Many other bands will be there as well.

Hear new music from Cowboy Hillbilly Hippy Folk, and find out what they've been up to lately.

That's on 90.5 FM and HD WCBE Columbus, and online at wcbe.org

James Hunter has spent his life learning how to tell soul's stories in fresh and personal ways. Born in 1962 in Essex, England and mentored early on by Van Morrison, he embarked on a career with many ups and downs before breaking through in America in his forties. Now the Grammy-nominated Hunter has made his first album in the States, where the music he loves was born.

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This is just about the most surprising album in recent memory, and a complete joy. The singer for Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry has also enjoyed a long solo career, both as an interpreter of songs by others — Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, Sam Cooke, Cole Porter, Lou Reed and many more — and as an extraordinary songwriter who's released 13 solo albums, each with its own strengths.

New Orleans' Dash Rip Rock will perform a few songs live during the Global Village!