Jim Manion

Jim Manion has been writing about music since 1973 for such Bloomington publications as Primo Times, The Ryder, and The Bloomington Independent, as well as for No Depression and Paste magazines. He has been music director of WFHB since the community radio station launched in 1993.

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Members of the Blockhouse Bar Call & Response House Band before a show. | Photo by Chaz Mottinger

‘Wednesday Is Jazz Night’ — A Conversation with Drummer Ben Lumsdaine

Jim Manion, Chaz Mottinger

With Bloomington’s jazz pedigree, it’s fitting that one of the hottest acts in town is a jazz band. On Wednesday nights at Blockhouse Bar, the Call & Response House Band features local and national jazz artists. Jim Manion, music director at WFHB, talked with C&R leader and drummer Ben Lumsdaine about the weekly jazz series. Click here to read the full story.