Nov
21
2011
Late November in Cincinnati can mean only one thing for the local music community – the annual Cincinnati Entertainment Awards ceremony honoring the best of the best as decided by fans and critics alike. Now in its fifteenth year, the red carpet was once again rolled out in front of Covington’s Madison Theater on …
Jul
12
2010
The annual Forecastle Festival in Louisville, Kentucky wrapped up late Sunday evening (technically it was early Monday morning), to a crowd of just over ten thousand people who fought through three days of sweltering temperatures to see any number of the one-hundred plus bands that were on the bill, including headliners and jam band road warriors Widespread Panic and alternative rock …
Jul
07
2010
Against Me! The Florida folk-punk band released their fifth studio album (White Crosses) last month and are playing Sunday on the East Stage from 10:30-11:50 Bassnectar The heavy tempo, electronica project of Lorin Ashton is playing Saturday on the West Stage from 9:00-10:15 CAKE The California alt rock band who was an integral part of …
Jul
05
2010
Tuesday, July 6 Santana and Steve Winwood Riverbend Music Center 7:30 pm $35-103 Friday, July 9 Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band PNC Pavilion 8 pm $38-142 PNC/MidPoint’s Indie Summer Fountain Square Why?, State Song, Fists of Love and Kasparov 7 pm Free Saturday, July 10 500 Miles to Memphis, The Melismatics, Noah Sugarman …
Feb
27
2010
Nearly a thousand people came out to support the 500 Miles to Memphis CD release show last night at Newport’s Southgate House. The historical/haunted venue sold out just before 500 Miles took the stage around 11 pm, and some were even turned away. The bill featured a number of other bands, some of 500′s local …
Feb
25
2010
Rarely is there a time when a handful of some of Cincinnati’s finest musician’s are hosting releases parties all on the same weekend. First, there’s 500 Miles to Memphis. Led by a Cash/Ramone-like Ryan Malott, the country-punk outfit recently released the highly-anticipated/long-awaited We’ve Built Up to NOTHING, which sees the addition of a backing orchestra …
Feb
16
2010
Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore Dear Companion Cold Spring’s very own Daniel Martin Moore has teamed up with renouned cellist Ben Sollee (of Abigail Washburn’s Sparrow Quartet), for a collaboration seemingly sent from the heavens above. Recorded close to home, the two focus on “the problem of mountaintop removal coal mining and its impact on the people and …
Sep
28
2009
I’ll get the Weekly Concert Calender back up and running tomorrow, but for now here are a couple of things going on tonight: In Kentucky… Southgate House Parlour Pokey LaFarge (Kentucky-born) Blues/Country/Roots Andy Friedman & the Other Failures (Brooklyn) Country/Folk/Rockabilly Margaret Darling (of The Seedy Seeds. Look for her in Junebaby as well, a band that features members of Pomegranates …