The Global Village

Press play on any of the songs from Lee Fields' new album, Emma Jean. It'll take just a few moments for you to connect his sound to that of decades past — but in all fairness, he's lived through it. Now 63 years old, Fields has been pumping out soul, funk and Southern blues since he was a teenager.

This project of Jordan Beckett has had songs on TV and cinema. Currently touring the USA, their Columbus show will be that evening at the Rumba Cafe.

Listen to music from Bootstraps, on 90.5 WCBE FM And HD Columbus, 106.3 FM Newark, and online at wcbe.org.

Local group Devil's Lettuce will play a few songs for us ahead of their upcoming set at the Dark Star Jubilee coming up May 23-25th at Legend Valley! 

Tune in for a live session with the Ben Miller Band ahead of their American Whiskey Wednesdays event that night over at Park Street Patio from 6-9PM (FREE EVENT)!

Keller Williams & More Than A Little will be playing a few songs for us during the Global Village before they head on over to The Dark Star Jubilee at Legend Valley!

Nashville's Neulore will be joining us for a live set at WCBE ahead of their show that night at The Rumba Café with Bootstraps and Spencer Saylor! 

Atlanta's Drivin' N' Cryin' will be playing a few songs for us during the Global Village before their show that night at The Rumba Café! 

The Rumba Café is supporting WCBE again by holding a benefit on Tuesday, May 27th with a night of performances by many amazing local musicians including:

Legendary songwriter and singer Rodney Crowell will return to WCBE to play a few songs during the Global Village!

The Denver, CO. native Rob Drabkin is currently out on the road for a radio tour in support of his latest release Little Steps and will be making a stop by WCBE!

WCBE presents Americana Whiskey Wednesdays every week at Park Street Patio! 

These are FREE events and will take place from 6-9PM!

Park Street Patio is located at 533 Park St. Columbus, OH  43215

Artist Schedule:

5/7     Holy Ghost Tent Revival

5/14   Rice Bros. w/ Clear Blue Sunday

Austin's Max Frost is doing a radio tour in support of his new Low High Low EP and will be making a stop by WCBE!

*Congratulations to WCBE listener Andrea Craig!  Andrea was randomly selected as the winner for the Forecastle Giveaway. Stay tuned for more details for the the next Monthly Music & More Giveaway!*

The Greensboro, NC group Holy Ghost Tent Revival will play a few songs during the Global Village ahead of the kick off night for Americana Whiskey Wednesdays at the Park Street Patio!

The music of Pacifika draws you in almost immediately: The Vancouver trio's musicianship is superb, buoyed by a voice that stopped me in my tracks the first time I heard it. Pacifika's sound has been labeled as world fusion, but that label is more of a restriction than a description. The group's acoustic base and subtle electronic flourishes provided a great way to start its musical journey, but Amor Planeta raises the stakes with an electric-guitar bite that adds a crucial dimension.

Lykke Li is a pop star looking to change the pop conversation. The Swedish singer's new third album, I Never Learn, forms the final installment in a conceptual trilogy — and it's extraordinary as both a collection of songs and a tactical re-wiring of her genre's circuit board.

Many young singers are stalked by an ill-fitting, virtually unshakable descriptor, whether it's a limiting and vaguely dismissive adjective ("quirky," for example) or a limiting and vaguely dismissive noun ("songstress," to pick one that should be banished from the language and buried under 10,000 pounds of rock salt). For Nikki Lane, that descriptor seems to be "outlaw country" — a generally defensible expression, but one that can subtly imply an element of posturing, even posing.

The cover art of Dolly Parton's latest album looks like an airbrushed T-shirt design you might find in a souvenir shop at Dollywood. Both her flawless, beaming close-up and the mountainous skyline behind are her ringed in artist-rendered ribbons of mist, and the rising sun has a painterly, paradisiacal look to it. What gives her Smoky Mountain theme park its character is a combination of rural resilience, commercial sheen and aspirational sensibility.

The creators of pop music are usually able to break down the fundamentals of their craft — that search for the clever rhyme, the killer beat, the singable chorus. They are less articulate, understandably, about the other quest, the one that powers those everyday searches: the pursuit of ecstasy in sound. There's something almost paranormal about that part of the creative process, yet we know those moments, instantly, when we hear them.