We got Pride, Juneteenth, and 614 Day this weekend. Also arts festivals in Grove City and Worthington, a Jazz Festival in Gahanna, an air show at Rickenbacker, plus more.

Juneteenth:
Juneteenth on the Avenue (June 15 - Mount Vernon Avenue between St. Clair Ave. & 17th St.)
Jubilee Day (June 16 - Ohio History Connection)
Juneteenth Ohio Festival (June 15 & 16 - Genoa Park)
Reynoldsburg (June 18 - Huber Park)
Bexley (June 19 - Jeffrey Mansion Carriage House)
Hilliard (June 19 - Roger A. Reynolds Municipal Park)
New Albany (June 19 - Hinson Amphitheatre)
King Arts Complex (June 19)
Freedom Fireworks (June 19 at Dusk - Columbus State Parking Lot in Discovery District)

Pride:
Festival & Resource Fair (June 14 & 15 at Goodale Park)
Parade (June 15 at 10:30 SHARP)
Bat N Rouge Softball (June 16 at Dodge Park)
CAPA presents Pride Anthems (June 16 at the Southern Theatre)

This show features new post-punk sounds that I'm so fond of and then mixes it up a bit with other pop sub-genres in the second half. Full playlist, as always, is below with bandcamp links.

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Roy Hargrove - Whisper Not - Diamond in the Rough
Nancy Wilson - You'll See Me (Feat. Bill Watrous) - R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal)
George DeLancey - Complaint - George DeLancey
Patrick Williams - Times (feat. Bill Watrous) - Dreams and Themes
Craig Handy - Jogral - Split Second Timing
Mark Masters Ensemble - I Love to Say Her Name - Wish Me Well
The RH Factor - Out of Town - Hard Groove
Adam Blackstone - True Praise (feat. The Origin Band) - Legacy.
Ohio State University Jazz Ensemble - Fourth Floor Walk-Up w/Bill Watrous - Jazz At Mershon - 1976/2/21 [Disc 2]

The Jazz Defenders - Fuffle Kershuffle - Memory in Motion
The Singers Unlimited - The Trouble With Hello Is Goodbye (feat. Bill Watrous) - Friends
Tony Monaco - Ceora - The Definition of Insanity
Ohio State University Jazz Ensemble - Zip City w/Bill Watrous - Jazz At Mershon - 1976/2/21 [Disc 2]
Bill Watrous - Quiet Lady - The Tiger of San Pedro
Bill Watrous - Unforgettable - Bone-ified
Art Pepper, Bill Watrous - Just Friends - Art Pepper Presents "West Coast Sessions" Vol. 4
Willie Jones III - Jackin' for Changes - Fallen Heroes
Dominick Farinacci - Somebody That I Used To Know - Short Stories
Brian Bromberg - Solar - Lafaro
Snorre Kirk Working the Night Shift Top Dog

https://columbusfreepress.com/article/does-sinkane-still-belong-columbus...

Sinkane’s new album is called We Belong, released by City Slang records.

Where you’re from, and where you belong are fundamental ideas of existence. For a reader, so is deciding if Sinkane is in their realm of music. Where does Sinkane We Belong in music?

Sinkane previously released music from LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy label DFA. Is Sinkane a dance hipster with alternative rock radio possibilities? Sinkane’s latest, We Belong falls under wherever his Okay Africa culture could take someone in American music.

I’ve found amusement that North American College Community radio, or NACChart.com, considers Sinkane college R&B. Consider the Weeknd, Sinkane’s friend Solange, sister Beyonce and Erykah Badu’s influence on music over a mass of music over a sustained period.

College R&B is a genre with interesting possibilities. Kids starting bands in school, and then releasing underground DIY R&B records like punk bands until labels sign them?

Bilal is featured from We Belong’s second song “Another Day” trading verses with Stout and harmonizing with Sinkane about black peoples’ past 400 years.

Bilal’s worked with Dr. Dre. Bilal was in the Soulquarians with D’Angelo, Questlove, Dilla, Badu, Roy Hargrove, James Poyser, Common, Q-Tip, Talib Kweli, and Mos Def. Perhaps NACC’s College R&B is a product of the intent of 1996-2002’s the Soulquarians.

“Another Day” exemplifies the difference of We Belong from previous Sinkane efforts. Sinkane now exists as a R&B producer playing arrangements while singing with other vocalists. We Belong sounds like Sinkane is leading a contemporary Earth, Wind and Fire or some other 1970’s R&B group. Sinkane doesn’t sound retro.

pat radio awakens from his sleep with a new show called The Ear Opener, which is Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. Here's last night's show, which features mostly new post-punk with a little dub, electronic and international music for good measure.

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