Cincinnati Wrapped: Top 15 Releases by Cincinnati Artists in 2024

This list is in no certain order other than what flowed best like a handpicked mix from CityBeat to you, the readers, to celebrate just some of the best sounds that the city had to offer from singles or albums released this year.

These are the songs that were written, then pieced together in studios, bedrooms and basements, in most cases in and around Cincinnati, by someone down the street, released and in the racks of your local record stores. 

It’s the music you heard at venues across the city on nights out or discovered online, over the airwaves from local radio or over the speakers in a hip coffee shop or bar in the know. 

This is a snapshot of the city’s music scene right now, or at least a fraction of it, the sound of a culture alive that is Cincinnati’s own — our own.

Listen to these tracks to get out and find it.

This story is featured in CityBeat’s Dec. 25 print edition.