May 13 • 20th Century Theatre
0 Comments · Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Justin Furstenfeld may not have invented the concept of
“living out loud,” but he certainly embodies it with an enviable zeal.
The Blue October frontman has never hesitated to identify his long
struggle with a bipolar condition as the main grist for his songwriting
mill.
May 9 • Taft Theatre
0 Comments · Tuesday, May 7, 2013
While his music is uniquely stylized, Lyle Lovett
was Americana before Americana music was cool. When he appears at the Taft Theater this
week, he will be with his all-star Acoustic Group, playing cuts off his
new album, Release Me, and more.
by Mike Breen
05.02.2013
47 days ago
Veteran Cincinnati singer/songwriter presents "listening party" tonight in Oakley
Tracy Walker has been such a consistently popular presence on the live music scene, it’s hard to believe the Cincinnati singer/songwriter hasn’t put out a new release in a decade. Ten years after her excellent sophomore album, All This Time, Walker finally entered the studio with super-producer Erwin Musper and, now, she is ready to start celebrating her third full-length release, Coetaneous Vibrations. The album is available for download now through Walker's site here (under the "Music" tab) or you can order a hard-copy CD from CD Baby here.Walker has the kind of voice and writing talent that just feels natural, so recording her might seem like an easy job. But Musper, as a really good producer should, truly pulls a lot out of Walker, showing her to be an even more dynamic artist and performer. Previously, Walker’s recorded material was always hard to describe, with elements of Folk, Pop, Soul and Rock dancing together for her own singular style. But on Vibrations, Musper fleshes out many of the tracks with a classic Soul/R&B vibe, enlisting some top local players to create the crisp musical backdrop to Walker’s spine-chilling vocals and songs (a handful of which were re-recordings from prior releases). Opening track “All My Life” has the vintage punch of seminal Soul artists from the ’60s and ’70s (and many of today’s revivalists), complete with a punctuating horn section, while the ballad “Blue” drips with emotion over a slow-burning Blues groove and tracks like “Hard Way” and “Brand New Life” are more upbeat and Pop/Rock-like, suitable for radio airplay.Tonight at 6 p.m., Walker will host an album release/listening party at The Art of Entertaining (2019 Madison Ave., Oakley). The event will include snacks, wine, beer and live acoustic music from Walker. Tickets are $30. Seating is limited; for reservations, call 513-871-5170. You can also catch Walker live around town in the coming weeks. Visit tracywalker.com for local dates and more info on Coetaneous Vibrations.Here's the new album's lead-off track, "All My Life," which appeared in an earlier form on Walker's 1998 solo debut, Naked:
“Trash Pop” trio Tweens has quickly become Cincinnati’s most buzzed-about unsigned band
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In a short time, Cincinnati "Trash Pop"/"Nasty Doo Woppy" band Tweens has become the most talked about unsigned band in Cincinnati. And the music industry is watching too
May 4 • Bogart's
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Olly Murs makes pure Pop gold. His third No. 1 single, “Dance
with Me Tonight,” is as perky and dance-ready as music can be. (Expect
to hear it on Cincinnati radio sometime in 2014.)
May 2 • Southgate House Revival
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Lucero frontman Ben Nichols seems destined to be a Rock
& Roll lifer, a guy who revels in playing 200 shows a year for a
relatively small but passionate fan base.
April 30 • Southgate House Revival
0 Comments · Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Billy Bragg has been proffering his brand of topical Folk
Rock for more than 30 years now.
Curiously, Bragg’s first album in five years, Tooth & Nail,
is a wistful, less politically inclined affair anchored by the tasteful
production work of Joe Henry.
April 27 • Bogart's
0 Comments · Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Forget “love at first sight.” A cappella group Pentatonix had harmony at first sight. Recently,
they found viral-video success with “Evolution of Music,” a medley of
music from Gregorian Chants to contemporary Pop. Now, let them wow you.
April 27 • MOTR Pub
0 Comments · Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Billed as primer for the Chicago quartet Disappears’
fourth full-length, to be released later this year, the freshly minted
three-song EP Kone is a hypnotic dose of psyched-out Post Punk, an ominous soundtrack to a world that seems as dangerous and disturbing as ever.
April 25 • Mayday
0 Comments · Tuesday, April 23, 2013
It is always a fun endeavor to go to a smaller venue and
see a band on the rise, to take in a group that has the potential for
bigger and better things. That is the scenario for this week’s concert
by Ivan & Alyosha at the Mayday in Northside.