Columbus, OH
Music connected to Columbus
About Columbus
- • Simone Biles, the decorated gymnast, was born in Columbus, Ohio.
- • Wendy's fast-food chain was founded in Columbus by Dave Thomas in 1969.
- • Its central location and transportation routes made it Ohio's capital in 1812.
- • The city has an underground tunnel system connecting buildings downtown.
- • The Great Flood of 1913 devastated the city, leading to major infrastructure changes.
- • Named for Christopher Columbus, it was established as Ohio's capital in 1812.
- • With 905,748 residents, it's the 14th-largest city in the U.S.
- • Its 768 feet elevation gives it slightly cooler summers than expected.
- • Healthcare, retail, and government are the top industries in the city.
- • It feels like a vibrant blend of Midwestern charm and youthful energy.
- • The Columbus Blue Jackets won their first playoff series in 2019, sweeping Tampa Bay.
- • Ohio State's football rivalry with Michigan, "The Game," is legendary.
- • The bedrock is primarily limestone and shale formed during the Devonian period.
- • The Clear Creek Metro Park, with its deep ravines, lies about 30 miles southeast.
- • The Scioto River flows through the heart of the city.
- • White-tailed deer are commonly seen in the wooded areas and parks.
- • Ohio buckeye trees, the state tree, are prevalent throughout the region.
- • The Hopewell culture built earthworks near present-day Columbus centuries before European arrival.
- • Ohio became the 17th state in 1803 and Columbus became its capital in 1816.
- • The Ohio Statehouse, designed by several architects, was completed in 1861.
- • The Ohio Theatre is rumored to be haunted by a former stagehand.
- • U.S. Route 40, also known as the National Road, passes near Columbus.
Artists From Columbus
10 Ahead
2 Die 4
A Band Called Dreamland
A Go Go
A Song Remains
A.C. Forehand
Aaron Diehl
Abbey Church
Abyssal Rift
Advanced Placement
AJ Hirsch
Al Gamble
Al Son del Iya
Alex Grey
All Star Jammerz
Allard & The Lost Souls
Allen McKenzie
Alwood Sisters
Andicus
Andrew Tibbs
Andrew Wood
Anointed
Antonia Franceschi
Art Ryerson
Artie Kane
Asadi
Avery Bradshaw
Barrelhouse Chuck
Basic Black
Bassholes
Beartooth
Bebo Norman
Beetkeepers
Behemoth, Ohio
Betty Machete and the Angry Cougars
Beverly D'Angelo
Big Back Forty
Bigfoot
BlacksmithTCB
Bob the Drag Queen
Bobby Byrne
Bobby Hendricks
Bobby Pierce
Boombox Riot
Bootleg Whiskey Band
Bourbon Legend
Bourbon Train
Boys From Nowhere
Brad Hatfield
Braden Detelich
Brasileira
Brent Harding
Brian Lane Green
Brittle Foundries
Burn Barrel
C.U.R.E.
C/O Hotboyz
Cadaver Dogs
Camu Tao
Cane Toads
Capital Sound
Capital Tragedy
Carpe Diem String Quartet
Chaley Rose
Chaos Theory
Charii
Charles Fredericks
Charles “Chop” Cooper
ChickenHawk BirdGetters
Chief Johnny Lonesome
Chris Douridas
Christian Howes
Christon Gray
ChubbySlim
City Lights
Clemens & Co
Cliffs
Colin Gawel and the League Bowlers
Confined by Silence
Conrad Reeder
Conscious Pilot
Corey Davis
Cowboy Hillbilly Hippy Folk
Coxey's Army
Cozen
CRASH RARRI
Cream Camino
Crosstown Traffic
Crowtalker
CT-4
CuteWhenDead
Dallas Austin
Dan Rieser
Dance Like the Dead
Danny Whitten
Dark Arts
Dave Workman Blues Band
David Kolin
David Reed
David Shaffer
Day Creeper
Dean Francis
Dean Stevens
Deborah Brevoort
Decrepit Keep
Delorean TapeDeck
DeMarco Brothers
Derek Han
Desperately Seeking Fusion
Dexter Wesley & Red Hot Lava
Dexter Wesley's Electric House
Di Di Mao
Dingo Dango
Dirk Westphal
Discarded Mischief
Disquieting
Distorted Silence
Doc Robinson
Dogrocket
Dogwood Road
Don Patterson
Downtowns on Fire
DSTRSSR
Eagle Nebula
Early Empire
Early Man
Earwig
Easy Tiger
Ebb Tides
Ekthros
El Jesus De Magico
Elsie Janis
Envenomist
Ephemerus
Estee Louder
Evan Oberla
Evil X
Fat Dog
FBK
Feral Housecats
Fever Nest
Flashback Humor
Flesh Field
Forest & the Evergreens
Fox 'n' Hounds
Frame by Frame
Fred Wesley
G. Finesse and the NS
Gary LeFebvre
Gary LeVox
Gathering Stars
Gene Cotton
Gene Walker
Ghengis Green
Gibson Bros.
Glare
Glen Duncan
Go Robot, Go!
God and Texas
Good Reverend
Good Time Music
Gooseboys
Gower
Grafton
Gravity 44
Gravy
Grayhawk
Great Plains
Greenhorn
Hank Marr
Happy Chichester
Harry “Sweets” Edison
Harvest Kings
Heatwave : The Music of Linda Ronstadt
Hoo Doo Soul Band
Hosea's State of Mind
House of Heroes
Human Sufferage
Idle Tribe
Ilija Necovski
Illogic
Intermittent Animals
Into the Briar Patch
Invultation
Irie
J. Rawls
Jack Burgess
Jack Smith
Jacobs Dream
James Thurber
Jarrod Pinkerton
Jasmine Murray
Jay DeMarcus
Jay Joseph
Jermaine Stewart
Jimmy Bennington
Joe
Joe Carter
Joe Oestreich
JoeLius DuBois Porter
Joey & Jessica
John Reuben
John Sheridan
Johnny Franck
Josh Dun
Jovial Flow
Justin Giesey
Kashkeni
Kevin Turner
Kim O'Connor
Kim Pensyl
Kosher Spears
Kyle, Barton and Friends
Log
Larry Darnell
Late Arrival
Level Up!
Like Moths to Flames
Lilybandits
Lisa Combs Carrington
Local Color
Lois McMaster Bujold
Lost Boyz
Lovely Day
Lovin' Mouthful
Loyal Divide
Luasa Raelon
Lucas Cruikshank
Lungu Vybz Reggae
Ma Rainey
Macho Man Randy Savage
Magically Delicious
Magnolia
Manda and the Marbles
Marion Black
Marion Mann
Marionna
Mark Andrew Baker
Mary Adam 12
Max Mathews
McGuffey Lane
McSwagger
Mellow Jeremy
Men of Leisure
Meta Chroma
Michael Feinstein
Michael Fitzpatrick
Midwest Crunch
Mike "Rep" Hummel
Mike Rep And The Quotas
Miller Kelton
Mojo Theory
MojoFlo
Monster Truck Five
Monster Zero
Moonfire
Mortimur
Mount Carmel
Moviola
Moxie
Mr. Yuk
My Ticket Home
Naked Skinnies
Necrotic Disgorgement
Necuratul
Neil Jay
New Basics Brass Band
New Bomb Turks
New City Gypsy
New Modern
Night of Pleasure
Nine Shrines
Nomuzic
North to Nashville
October Ember
Orion and The Constellations
OsamaSon
Our Cat Philip
Our Flesh Party
Outworld Cats
Paper Airplane
Parallel Structures
Pat Parris
Paul Nini
Paul O’Dette
Perennial Rye
Peter Nelson
Pettibone
PhAMILY BANd
Phantods
Phoenix Rising
PocketDog
Poets of Heresy
Printz Board
Psychedelic Horseshit
Quan Howell
R. L. Stine
Race of Devils
Radio City
Radio Tramps
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Rascal Flats
Rascal Flatts
Rat Bastard Syndicate
Ray Curenton
Ray Whitley
Razor Penguins
Rebecca Kite
Red Barber
Red Mountain String Band
Reflex Machine
Reggie Jackson
Reverend Love and the Profit$
Rick Gruly
RK Maroon
Robot Lords of Tokyo
Roger Cichy
Ronald Borror
Rootabaga
Roots Society
Ross Edwin Barbour
Ross Smith
Roswell Beach
Royal Crescent Mob
Rudolph Johnson
Rudolph O. Erlebach
Russ Lossing
Ryan Hamner
Rymocerous
S.A. Smash
Sam Messenheimer
Sanguisugabogg
Sanitarium
Saving Jane
Scarlet and Grateful House Band
Scott Lee & the Wanderers
Scrawl
Screaming Urge
Sean Prather Band
Second State Butchers
Selldretti
Sgt. Peppercorn's Beatles Marathon
Sherry Harris
Shrub
Sixwonfour
Sloynt
Smokin' Section
Sneaky Pete and the Players
Sonic Visions Quartet
Soul Position
Spontaneous Corruption
Stacy Garrop
Stadium 11
stare
STARSET
Starving Goliath
Steve Potts
Stillcastle
Stolen Goods
Stomp Gordon
Straw & the Scarecrow
Strongbow
Sundown
Susan Johnson
Swagg
Sweetheart
Symphony in Peril
T.C. and the Cats
T.J. Fowler
T.J. Massaro
Taelor Gray
Tammer Laine
tana
Tash
Tater
Teeth of the Hydra
Tennessee Williams
Terribly Empty Pockets
Terry Glaze
Th' Flyin' Saucers
The 7th Floor
The Ark Band
The BaXters
The Beatdowns
The Big Creak
The Bittertones
The Black Swans
The Brian Clash Band
The Brother's Rap
The Bygones
The Cinema Eye
The Circus of Cool Combo
The Clark Twins Band
The Damn You's
The DAMNits
The Dead Revival Band
The Deadlys
The Deal Breakers
The Deeptones
The Deltones
The Dogz
The Dukes
The Edicates
The Epics
The Everlasting Happiness
The Evolution Control Committee
The Fabulous Johnson Brothers
The Fifth Order
The Flex Crew
The Four O'Clock Balloon
The Goldsberrys
The Great State of Ohio
The Kyle Sowashes
The Load
The Lost Revival
The Main Street Gospel
The March Ahead
The Media
The Mighty Troubadours
The Molars
The Muffetts
The Muswell Villebillies
The Orphan The Poet
The Pink Flamingos
The Possums
The Pretty Filth
The Quasi Kings
The Rebounds
The Receiver
The Repo Pilots
The Rider Band
The Spikedrivers
The Stepford Five
The Street Players
The Sun
The Vague
The Wake
The Wet Bandits
The Whiteouts
The Worryin' Kind
The Yips
Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments
Throat
Tiddy
Tim Wilson
Timeless Legend
Times New Viking
Titonton Duvanté
Toast
Tollcross Lane
Tom Poston
Tomb Sentinel
Trachete
Triggahappy
TrigNO
True Color
Truman Carter
Tuml
Turnpike Earth
Twenty One Pilots
Two Cow Garage
Two Hour Trip
Tyler Joseph
Urban Tropic
V-3
Van Dale
Velveteens
Vicious Abuse
Vulning
Waves Colectivo
Waves de Aché
Waxy Monx
Way Yes
Wayne Brady
Wednesday Wine
Wee
Whirlybirds
Whisker
Whitley Jean and the Attic Cats
William Cochran
Wing & Tusk
Wolfman and the Airship Captain
Woosley Band
X-Rated Cowboys
Yaves the Street Pastor
yawner.
Yowler
Attack Attack!
Songs About Columbus
Nearby Places
10 Ahead
2 Die 4
A Band Called Dreamland
A Go Go
A Song Remains
A.C. Forehand
AJ Hirsch
Aaron Diehl
Abbey Church
Abyssal Rift
Advanced Placement
Al Gamble
Al Son del Iya
Alex Grey
All Star Jammerz
Allard & The Lost Souls
Allen McKenzie
Alwood Sisters
Andicus
Andrew Tibbs
Andrew Wood
Anointed
Antonia Franceschi
Art Ryerson
Artie Kane
Asadi
Attack Attack!
Avery Bradshaw
Barrelhouse Chuck
Basic Black
Bassholes
Beartooth
Bebo Norman
Beetkeepers
Behemoth, Ohio
Betty Machete and the Angry Cougars
Beverly D'Angelo
Big Back Forty
Bigfoot
BlacksmithTCB
Bob the Drag Queen
Bobby Byrne
Bobby Hendricks
Bobby Pierce
Boombox Riot
Bootleg Whiskey Band
Bourbon Legend
Bourbon Train
Boys From Nowhere
Brad Hatfield
Braden Detelich
Brasileira
Brent Harding
Brian Lane Green
Brittle Foundries
Burn Barrel
C.U.R.E.
C/O Hotboyz
CRASH RARRI
CT-4
Cadaver Dogs
Camu Tao
Cane Toads
Capital Sound
Capital Tragedy
Carpe Diem String Quartet
Chaley Rose
Chaos Theory
Charii
Charles Fredericks
Charles “Chop” Cooper
ChickenHawk BirdGetters
Chief Johnny Lonesome
Chris Douridas
Christian Howes
Christon Gray
ChubbySlim
City Lights
Clemens & Co
Cliffs
Colin Gawel and the League Bowlers
Confined by Silence
Conrad Reeder
Conscious Pilot
Corey Davis
Cowboy Hillbilly Hippy Folk
Coxey's Army
Cozen
Cream Camino
Crosstown Traffic
Crowtalker
CuteWhenDead
DSTRSSR
Dallas Austin
Dan Rieser
Dance Like the Dead
Danny Whitten
Dark Arts
Dave Workman Blues Band
David Kolin
David Reed
David Shaffer
Day Creeper
DeMarco Brothers
Dean Francis
Dean Stevens
Deborah Brevoort
Decrepit Keep
Delorean TapeDeck
Derek Han
Desperately Seeking Fusion
Dexter Wesley & Red Hot Lava
Dexter Wesley's Electric House
Di Di Mao
Dingo Dango
Dirk Westphal
Discarded Mischief
Disquieting
Distorted Silence
Doc Robinson
Dogrocket
Dogwood Road
Don Patterson
Downtowns on Fire
Eagle Nebula
Early Empire
Early Man
Earwig
Easy Tiger
Ebb Tides
Ekthros
El Jesus De Magico
Elsie Janis
Envenomist
Ephemerus
Estee Louder
Evan Oberla
Evil X
FBK
Fat Dog
Feral Housecats
Fever Nest
Flashback Humor
Flesh Field
Forest & the Evergreens
Fox 'n' Hounds
Frame by Frame
Fred Wesley
G. Finesse and the NS
Gary LeFebvre
Gary LeVox
Gathering Stars
Gaunt
Gene Cotton
Gene Walker
Ghengis Green
Gibson Bros.
Glare
Glen Duncan
Go Robot, Go!
God and Texas
Good Reverend
Good Time Music
Gooseboys
Gower
Grafton
Gravity 44
Gravy
Grayhawk
Great Plains
Greenhorn
Hank Marr
Happy Chichester
Harry “Sweets” Edison
Harvest Kings
Heatwave : The Music of Linda Ronstadt
Hoo Doo Soul Band
Hosea's State of Mind
House of Heroes
Human Sufferage
Idle Tribe
Ilija Necovski
Illogic
Intermittent Animals
Into the Briar Patch
Invultation
Irie
J. Rawls
Jack Burgess
Jack Smith
Jacobs Dream
James Thurber
Jarrod Pinkerton
Jasmine Murray
Jay DeMarcus
Jay Joseph
Jermaine Stewart
Jimmy Bennington
Joe
Joe Carter
Joe Oestreich
JoeLius DuBois Porter
Joey & Jessica
John Reuben
John Sheridan
Johnny Franck
Josh Dun
Jovial Flow
Justin Giesey
Kashkeni
Kevin Turner
Kim O'Connor
Kim Pensyl
Kosher Spears
Kyle, Barton and Friends
Larry Darnell
Late Arrival
Level Up!
Like Moths to Flames
Lilybandits
Lisa Combs Carrington
Local Color
Log
Lois McMaster Bujold
Lost Boyz
Lovely Day
Lovin' Mouthful
Loyal Divide
Luasa Raelon
Lucas Cruikshank
Lungu Vybz Reggae
Ma Rainey
Macho Man Randy Savage
Magically Delicious
Magnolia
Manda and the Marbles
Marion Black
Marion Mann
Marionna
Mark Andrew Baker
Mary Adam 12
Max Mathews
McGuffey Lane
McSwagger
Mellow Jeremy
Men of Leisure
Meta Chroma
Michael Feinstein
Michael Fitzpatrick
Midwest Crunch
Mike "Rep" Hummel
Mike Rep And The Quotas
Miller Kelton
Mojo Theory
MojoFlo
Monster Truck Five
Monster Zero
Moonfire
Mortimur
Mount Carmel
Moviola
Moxie
Mr. Yuk
My Ticket Home
Naked Skinnies
Necrotic Disgorgement
Necuratul
Neil Jay
New Basics Brass Band
New Bomb Turks
New City Gypsy
New Modern
Night of Pleasure
Nine Shrines
Nomuzic
North to Nashville
October Ember
Orion and The Constellations
OsamaSon
Our Cat Philip
Our Flesh Party
Outworld Cats
Paper Airplane
Parallel Structures
Pat Parris
Paul Nini
Paul O’Dette
Perennial Rye
Peter Nelson
Pettibone
PhAMILY BANd
Phantods
Phoenix Rising
PocketDog
Poets of Heresy
Printz Board
Psychedelic Horseshit
Quan Howell
R. L. Stine
RK Maroon
Race of Devils
Radio City
Radio Tramps
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Rascal Flats
Rascal Flatts
Rat Bastard Syndicate
Ray Curenton
Ray Whitley
Razor Penguins
Rebecca Kite
Red Barber
Red Mountain String Band
Reflex Machine
Reggie Jackson
Reverend Love and the Profit$
Rick Gruly
Robot Lords of Tokyo
Roger Cichy
Ronald Borror
Rootabaga
Roots Society
Ross Edwin Barbour
Ross Smith
Roswell Beach
Royal Crescent Mob
Rudolph Johnson
Rudolph O. Erlebach
Russ Lossing
Ryan Hamner
Rymocerous
S.A. Smash
STARSET
Sam Messenheimer
Sanguisugabogg
Sanitarium
Saving Jane
Scarlet and Grateful House Band
Scott Lee & the Wanderers
Scrawl
Screaming Urge
Sean Prather Band
Second State Butchers
Selldretti
Sgt. Peppercorn's Beatles Marathon
Sherry Harris
Shrub
Sixwonfour
Sloynt
Smokin' Section
Sneaky Pete and the Players
Sonic Visions Quartet
Soul Position
Spontaneous Corruption
Stacy Garrop
Stadium 11
Starving Goliath
Steve Potts
Stillcastle
Stolen Goods
Stomp Gordon
Straw & the Scarecrow
Strongbow
Sundown
Susan Johnson
Swagg
Sweetheart
Symphony in Peril
T.C. and the Cats
T.J. Fowler
T.J. Massaro
Taelor Gray
Tammer Laine
Tash
Tater
Teeth of the Hydra
Tennessee Williams
Terribly Empty Pockets
Terry Glaze
Th' Flyin' Saucers
The 7th Floor
The Ark Band
The BaXters
The Beatdowns
The Big Creak
The Bittertones
The Black Swans
The Brian Clash Band
The Brother's Rap
The Bygones
The Cinema Eye
The Circus of Cool Combo
The Clark Twins Band
The DAMNits
The Damn You's
The Dead Revival Band
The Deadlys
The Deal Breakers
The Deeptones
The Deltones
The Dogz
The Dukes
The Edicates
The Epics
The Everlasting Happiness
The Evolution Control Committee
The Fabulous Johnson Brothers
The Fifth Order
The Flex Crew
The Four O'Clock Balloon
The Goldsberrys
The Great State of Ohio
The Kyle Sowashes
The Load
The Lost Revival
The Main Street Gospel
The March Ahead
The Media
The Mighty Troubadours
The Molars
The Muffetts
The Muswell Villebillies
The Orphan The Poet
The Pink Flamingos
The Possums
The Pretty Filth
The Quasi Kings
The Rebounds
The Receiver
The Repo Pilots
The Rider Band
The Spikedrivers
The Stepford Five
The Street Players
The Sun
The Vague
The Wake
The Wet Bandits
The Whiteouts
The Worryin' Kind
The Yips
Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments
Throat
Tiddy
Tim Wilson
Timeless Legend
Times New Viking
Titonton Duvanté
Toast
Tollcross Lane
Tom Poston
Tomb Sentinel
Trachete
TrigNO
Triggahappy
True Color
Truman Carter
Tuml
Turnpike Earth
Twenty One Pilots
Two Cow Garage
Two Hour Trip
Tyler Joseph
Urban Tropic
V-3
Van Dale
Velveteens
Vicious Abuse
Vulning
Waves Colectivo
Waves de Aché
Waxy Monx
Way Yes
Wayne Brady
Wednesday Wine
Wee
Whirlybirds
Whisker
Whitley Jean and the Attic Cats
William Cochran
Wing & Tusk
Wolfman and the Airship Captain
Woosley Band
X-Rated Cowboys
Yaves the Street Pastor
Yowler
stare
tana
yawner.
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