Influences: Bill Withers, Elliot Smith, “and a lot of other ones. I think I fit between the two of them, mostly. I’m definitely influenced by show tunes, jazz and indie rock.” What’s in a name?: ...

The guy who frequents Ukrainian Village coffee shop Atomix is much more than a guy named Phil. He’s actually Phillip-Michael Scales, a Ukrainian Village resident and frontman of Briar Rabbit, a local ...

Briar Rabbit is the solo project of Phillip-Michael Scales, a singer/songwriter now based in Chicago. His latest release is Briar Rabbit and The Company You Keep. It’s a collection of well crafted pop ...

This Saturday, Oct. 12, at 2 PM, we'll broadcast a recent performance by Briar Rabbit on "Java Blend." Ben Kieffer will chat with Briar throughout the broadcast to find out more about making his first ...

ZANESVILLE – When it comes to shooting a clay disc out of the air with a shotgun, it’s all about timing. And clay shooter Bill “Batman” Mayer, who is looking to win his 10th Ohio Sporting Clays ...

He may be B.B. King’s nephew, but don’t expect Briar Rabbit (known to close friends as Phillip-Michael Scales) to follow in his uncle’s bluesy footsteps. A self-described “thought-pop” musician, ...

Grounded in a firm belief that pop music and intellectual lyrics are not mutually exclusive, Briar Rabbit coined the phrase "Thought-Pop" to describe his sound. "A lot of times [pop music] feels like ...