Ekoostik Hookah Getting back to the land with some of their friends at Hookahville.

Columbus-based jam band Ekoostik Hookah once again hosts its twice-a-year hippie music festival, Hookahville, when it presents its fall Hookahville event, Hookahville XXVI at Legend Valley (formerly Buckeye Lake Music Park), east of Columbus in Thornville Friday, September 1-Saturday, September 2. The band hosts the two-day, multi-band events in the spring and fall with the fall events tending to be smaller and more intimate. As usual, Hookah performs both nights, sharing the stage with an array of bands that includes the Family Stone Experience, Great American Taxi, Vince Herman, Liquid Soul, Oakhurst, the Big Wu, Crackers and Jam, Sandwal Schultzy, Jeff & Gregg Bell and Backwoods Drifters. Of course, there's camping and vending, and attendees are invited to bring acoustic instruments and jam around their campfires. Event passes are $60 with kids under 10 free. (There is a special kids' activities area in case they don't share mom and dad's musical tastes). Go to hookahville.com or call 740.323.1485 for info and tickets. — Anastasia Pantsios

Berklee bound

Cleveland-area lawyer John Kellogg, who has been attorney for area R&B singer Gerald Levert, his Cleveland-based Trevel Productions and Levert's father's group, the legendary O'Jays, for over two decades, has a new gig. He's been named assistant chair of the music business/management department at Boston's famed Berklee School of Music, one of the country's top schools for contemporary music. Although Kellogg continues to represent Levert and Trevel, teaching has been his mainstay recently. He just completed a four-year stint at the University of Colorado-Denver's music and entertainment studies department, where he helped to develop the student-run label, CAM Records, which launched Colorado-based band the Fray. Before going to law school, Kellogg was a musician himself, playing with noted funskters Cameo. Kellogg started at Berklee on August 1. — A.P.

A first for Rounding 3rd

Warren/Youngstown-based pop-punk trio Rounding 3rd will celebrate the release of its latest CD at Cedar's Lounge (17 Hazel St., Youngstown, 330.743.6560) at 10 p.m., Friday, September 1. Together five years, the band recently played on the Ernie Ball local band stage at this year's Vans Warped tour stop at Tower City Amphitheater on August 11. Although it claims flippantly on its MySpace page (myspace.com/ rounding3rd) that it's influenced by the likes of Barry Manilow, William Hung, Sheryl Crow and the Dixie Chicks, its energetic, melodic, almost anthemic songs perfectly reflect the standard Vans Warped sound. A Voice like Rhetoric and Wesker open the show. Admission: $7. — A.P.

All About Bob

Ever wonder how Bob Dylan hooked up with Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler for 1979's Slow Train A-Comin'? Curious about how many Hank Williams songs the guy's recorded and performed over the course of his seemingly endless career? Want the lowdown on Dylan's use of Ecclesiastes over the years? Answers to all these things can be found in Michael Gray's über-comprehensive Bob Dylan Encyclopedia. Called "Dylan's most assiduous critic," Gray painstakingly documents all things Dylan in his exhaustive, 700-page tome, which is the culmination of 30 years of research. Gray will be on hand to talk about assembling the book at 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 30, at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. It's free, but reservations are required; call 216.515.8426. — Jeff Niesel

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