Arriving early at the Scarlet & Grey Café on that Monday night, found you facing a dimly lit stage set with blue lights shining perfectly on a drum set, saxophone, a few boards including a Roland Juno-60 and a Mac laptop. This small venue located on The Ohio State University campus at the corner of N. High St. and Norwich, started to fill in slowly to see the Grammy nominated producer Nicolay with The Hot at Nights. The folks slipping in seemed to be mainly comprised of music aficionados that really follow these artists, anxious to experience an intimate groove on this brisk January night.

The uber (yea I said uber) soul group, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings will be in Columbus on October 27th, at the Newport Music Hall. This will be my first opportunity to see them live so this is a must attend concert for me.

You can get tickets by clicking here.