“Beautiful” is the first single from Jess Lamb and The Factory's newest album, You Are.

To the Faithful Departed, a tribute to the music of Dolores O’Riordan and The Cranberries, a concert honoring the much-beloved band and its late lead singer, will take place this Saturday, June 30, in the Sanctuary at The Southgate House Revival. Ticket proceeds will benefit Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health.

Midpoint Music Festival has released their daily lineup (below)! This year’s festival will take place the weekend of September 23-25 in Over The Rhine. In all, the event will feature over 60 local, regional, national and internationally recognized acts including a diverse mix of up-and-coming...

JULY 1ST, 2ND, 3RD & 4TH! FREE! ALL AGES!Just past the park entrance, the pavilion at Hoffner Park will be transformed into a festive Beer Garden. A step beyond festival goers will emerge into a captivating playground of great original music, Fire Breathers, a carnival side show featuring Sword...

The 20th Anniversary Best of Cincinnati Celebration is next Wednesday March 30th! Over 40 vendors will gather at the Horseshoe Casino to provide some of the best of the best to those in attendance. The night will feature intimate Best of Cincinnati performances at the top of every hour on the...

The 2016 Cincinnati Entertainment Award winners are in! Last night was proof that this music community has a wealth of talent. We want to congratulate all the winners, nominees, and remind everyone that this is a celebration of local music & not a competition.  World Music/Reggae: The...

The nominees for the Cincinnati Entertainment Awards have been announced! The 19th annual CEAS’s will be held on Sunday, January 31st at Madison Theater.  The Cincinnati Entertainment Awards is THE event to attend to support our local music community. One night of the year that everyone...

AYE Music & Art Festival 2015 will take place THIS WEEKEND in the bustling city setting of Over-the-Rhine.  AYE has tapped The Woodward Theater, MOTR, The Drinkery, Maudie’s, Cincy By The Slice, and Mr. Pitiful’s as venues for this year’s festivities.  3 days -...

This weekend is absolutely packed with great events, ranging from Pride to the Northside Music Festival. But if you're up for a relaxing and pastoral change of pace, it may be worth checking out the second annual Pollination Festival at Treasure Lake in Petersburg, KY. Just a half hour from...

Salt Year was probably the best album you never heard in 2011. The culmination of ten years of hard work by Ann Arbor’s Chris Bathgate, the record is full of recurring lyrical phrases and musical motifs, with complex but uncrowded arrangements that suddenly bloom into bursts of guitar noise...

Local Cincinnati musicians, stakeholders, and fans gathered at The Madison Theater in Covington last night to celebrate a very solid year of local musicianship. A huge thanks to the folks at CityBeat for continuing to organize this event for our community! The results are below:  View Photos...

If you went to a live show in the Cincinnati area this year - chances are that you saw one of our many contributing photographers. 2014 was a year of variety - new venues, new talent, new festivals, and even a few new photographers. We take great pride in capturing the ever changing and ever...

CityBeat has announced the nominees for the 2015 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards! This year, the organization did things a little differently allowing the public to weigh in on the nominees before deciding on the artists we will all be able to vote for. Remember, not everyone can be nominated. This...

I appreciate artists (and people) who have the ability to be transparent without being overly direct.  I like inferences and thought provoking lyrics, with music that causes your mind to dig a little deeper.  Such is the case with the music of singer-songwriter, Molly Sullivan. I sat down with...

Reality Check with KT: The Perfect Children; This Time it’s Personal I love interviewing other musicians for CincyMusic.com.  I love talking with them about their songwriting, influences, how the heck they came up with their band name and listening to their music and trying to somehow create an...

MidPoint Music Festival has released their full performance schedule for the festival that takes place in downtown Cincinnati, September 25-27, 2014. MidPoint has always been the place to discover new indie music on our own turf, and we are more excited for this year than ever! The festival...

MULTIMAGIC is an indie dream-pop band featuring singer/guitarist Coran Stetter, keyboardist Brian Davis, bassist Trent Russelburg, and drummer Chris Cox. The band came together in Cincinnati, Ohio in early 2014, where they recorded their first single “Let Go” with producer Eric Tuffandsam in...

Happy Record Store Day Cincinnati! Record Store Day is an annual holiday celebrating the independent record store. In honor of this holiday, artists and labels print special releases available exclusively at indie record stores. Cincinnati is a lucky city as we have a plethora of independent record...

Each week we will highlight a few of our picks for the weekend. Some may be local, some may not, but as long as you are seeing live music in Cincinnati you are contributing! Our picks are below, but you can choose for yourself with our calendar here. (Or download our iPhone app here). Friday,...

The Bunbury Music Festival has announced that Empire Of The Sun will join Fall Out Boy, Paramore, and The Flaming Lips in headlining the third annual event on the banks of the Ohio River July 11-13. In addition, Cage The Elephant, Dead Sara, and The Black Cadillacs have been added to the already...

Bunbury Music Festival announced today the lineup for its return to downtown Cincinnati’s Sawyer Point and Yearman’s Cove for three power-packed days of music across six stages on Friday, July 11; Saturday, July 12 and Sunday, July 13, 2014! Fall Out BoyParamoreThe Flaming LipsFitz And The...

Each week we will highlight a few of our picks for the weekend. Some may be local, some may not, but as long as you are seeing live music in Cincinnati you are contributing! Our picks are below, but you can choose for yourself with our calendar here. (Or download our iPhone app here). Friday,...

The 2014 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards winners are in!  World Music/Reggae: The Cliftones  Jazz: The Faux Frenchmen Singer/Songwriter: Molly Sullivan Country: Jeremy Pinnell and the 55’s Punk/Pop Punk: The Dopamines Blues: Ricky Nye Indie/Alternative: DAAP Girls Folk/Americana: The...

Nominations for the 17th Annual Cincinnati Entertainment Awards (CEAs) were announced today by CityBeat.  Nominees were determined by a committee of dozens of Greater Cincinnati music experts. This year’s list again reflects the talented community of music makers across various genres...

Six musically talented female soloist pulled together by Kelly Fine of Young Heirlooms perform a free concert, Sunday at MOTR Pub entitled Daughters of the Midwest. The artists hope to foster community and fellowship among themselves and their fans as they vocalize their stories and adventures....