John Morgan Quartet

JOHN MORGAN QUARTET
Saturday, July 27, 2024
7-9:30 p.m.
“A Band With No Name” *

July 20, 2024Posted inLive Music
John is an excellent fingerstyle guitarist, songwriter and singer, recording artist – and a wonderful entertainer! He performs throughout Columbus, and also leads our great Tuesday night jams at JC. His music has been played on NPR and on numerous TV shows. In addition, John has been a teacher and Artist-in-Residence at Riverside Hospital for twenty years. He has written a wonderful book about his experiences there, Notes in the Key of C. * A BAND WITH NO NAME (Pop, rock, blues, bluegrass, gospel and original music) - features John, DAVE HEINMILLER (top dog of Heindog and Stadz), and DON and DEBBIE (Flower) SMITH who have been with numerous bands, including the Fishouse Fellowship Band.
Shohei Toyoda

SHOHEI TOYODA
Saturday, July 20, 2024
7-9:30 p.m.
International guitar champion from Japan

July 13, 2024Posted inLive Music
Shohei is a virtuoso guitarist and an excellent singer/entertainer. He was born in Japan, raised in Dublin, OH, educated in Boston (performance major at Berklee College of Music) - and started out at Java Central! An all-time JC favorite. First Prize and Best Arrangement Award - Japan's National Finger-Picking Guitar Contest Grand Champion of the "Home of the Legends" International Thumb-Picking Contest in Mulenburg, KY Back on US tour, we are proud he's back for another great show!
The Castros

THE CASTROS
Saturday, July 13, 2024
7-10 p.m.
Award-winning Westerville singer/songwriter duo
with GAVIN STROUP and BEN PIPER/BOLIVAR ZOAR

July 6, 2024Posted inLive Music
Award-winning Westerville singer/songwriter duo, Marco and Sara Castro, perform wonderful originals (Pumpkin Pie, My Dear) and creative covers (Billie Jean). They tour central Ohio, to NYC, Austin, Chicago, Florida, Nashville, and New Orleans. and even Europe. They are fun, upbeat and a favorite of JC! Joined by Blues/Folk singer/songwriter GAVIN STROUP and BEN PIPER/BOLIVAR ZOAR.
Lil' Red and the Rooster

LIL’ RED and the ROOSTER
Saturday, July 6, 2024
7-9:30 p.m.
Blues! (and just back from Chicago)

July 1, 2024Posted inLive Music
Upbeat award-winning classic and original blues and jazz. JENNIFER MILLIGAN is a wonderful vocalist and songwriter and is originally from Westerville; PASCAL FOUQUET is one of France’s top blues guitarists. A favorite at Buddy Guy’s Legends club in Chicago and past winner of both the Columbus and Cincinnati Blues Challenges! Upbeat and great fun.
Long Tall Deb and Colin John

LONG TALL DEB &
COLIN JOHN
Saturday, June 29, 2024
7-9:30 p.m.
Award-Winning Blues

June 22, 2024Posted inLive Music
Texas-bred blues vocalist and songwriter Long Tall Deb and Hawaiian Big Island slack key guitarist/singer Colin John. Best described as "genre-bending" and "refreshingly original", the richly-textured layers of their music incorporate world influence with a soul-blues base picked up on their travels throughout India, Nepal, Hawaii and the American South. Their latest CD, "Dragonfly" climbed high on the Blues charts.
Dave Hawkins

DAVE HAWKINS
Saturday, June 15, 2024
7-9:30 p.m.
Singer/Songwriters from Nashville, Cincinnati and Columbus

June 8, 2024Posted inLive Music
DAVE is an excellent singer/songwriter from Nashville, Cincinnati and Columbus who tours nationally and has nine CDs out. Besides his great original story songs, his repertoire also includes Americana - country, roots rock, folk, and other styles, including Celtic-crossover tunes. Dave has performed and recorded with such international stars as Sam Bush, Aoife Clance, Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), and Peter Yarrow (Peter Paul & Mary). He loves the energy and intimacy of smaller, less formal venues such as JC.
Starlit Ways

STARLIT WAYS
Saturday, June 8, 2024
7-9:30 p.m.
Chris and Rose

June 2, 2024Posted inLive Music
Starlit Ways/Chris and Rose is one of the top groups at Java Central - and in all of central Ohio. ROSE is a wonderful song stylist with great flair - and sings some beautiful fluent French (she is from French Gabon). CHRIS plays a mean guitar and adds excellent backup and lead vocals of his own. Together they are a dynamic musical duo singing a diverse program from standards and jazz to pop to Broadway, and even Country!
Lil' Red and the Rooster

LIL’ RED and THE ROOSTER
Sunday, June 2, 2024
3-5 p.m.
Blues! (and just back from France)

June 1, 2024Posted inLive Music
Upbeat award-winning classic and original blues and jazz. JENNIFER MILLIGAN is a wonderful vocalist and songwriter and is originally from Westerville; PASCAL FOUQUET is one of France’s top blues guitarists. A favorite at Buddy Guy’s Legends club in Chicago and past winner of both the Columbus and Cincinnati Blues Challenges! Upbeat and great fun.