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Show Review: The Tillers with the Dirt Daubers and Al Scorch

nate — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:38:46 +0000

(photo courtesy of the Southgate House) Nearly one year ago to the day – 364 days to be exact – the Tillers celebrated the release of their sophomore effort, By The Signs, with a sold-out show at Newport’s Historic Southgate House. They had quite a busy and exceptional 2010, winning “Best Americana/Roots Band” at the Cincinnati Entertainment Awards (CEA), …

Mark Utley Announces Music For The Mountains

nate — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 03:28:51 +0000

(photo courtesy of Magnolia Mountain and Scott Preston of CincyGroove) “If coal was found in the Rockies or the Sierras, full scale mountaintop removal coal mining would never be tolerated, so it’s a mystery to me why it’s tolerated here in Appalachia” – Daniel Martin Moore Mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining has long been a problem in …

Five Halloween Shows To Know

nate — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:23:19 +0000

Musicians Offer Up Tricks and Treats This Weekend Who says you have to be a kid to dress up and have some fun on Halloween? Certainly not I and certainly not anyone that plays in a band. Years ago I discovered the joy of celebrating Halloween by drinking at a bar and taking in a …

25 Acts to See at Louisville’s Forecastle Festival

nate — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:53:20 +0000

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 …

Local Band Hits the Big Stage

nate — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:06:15 +0000

One of the coolest things recently happened to one of my favorite Cincinnati bands. The Tillers, an acoustic roots trio made up of Mike Oberst on banjo and Sean and Aaron Geil on guitar and upright bass, were asked to open for the one and only Willie Nelson at Riverbend’s PNC Pavilion on Wednesday, May …