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While we have all been dealing with our quarantine however we have been dealing with it. Some of us have had to still work, and some are not and are at home trying to figure out if that table really needs to be cleaned again, I mean it’s been an hour? Music has been there for us. To keep us sane amidst a pandemic the likes of which we have never seen before.

Matt Waters, Naked Karate Girls, and The Recipe will be performing LIVE at the Starlite Drive-In Theater tomorrow! This event is the first of its kind in our area!

Get ready to cheers with Kristen and MayaLou, the authors of Rocktails: An Amped Up Spin on Mixology on CincyMusic LIVE tonight at 5p!

Few artists have been more captivating, for me, than M. Ward. A bunch of years ago I saw him on a VHS tape that had his Austin City Limits guest appearance on it. He played on a few songs with Bright Eyes / Conor Oberst. I had never heard anything like that before and being under the influence of some things I made sure to make a mental note of this guy’s name: M. Ward.

Eastside producer, studio engineer & musician Johnny Chords released a playful first single from his emotional pop record & solo debut!

Let’s talk about what’s happened to live music, what’s happening now, and what needs to happen in the future, both in the short and long-term.

This Saturday, Thrive Stream with CincyMusic LIVE will be hosting a cooking class with Madeline Ndambakuwa of The Welcome Project at 6p!

CincyMusic and Inhailer Radio have teamed up for two nights of Live Streaming music from bands to benefit the employees of MOTR Pub and The Woodward Theater on Friday, May 22nd and Saturday, May 23rd!

Another New Morning, the latest from Cincinnati music veteran Jim Pelz, opens with a hot steel guitar lick over a cut time snare drum, and my first thought was, “Hot damn, a real country music record!”

Hagfest started as a tribute to Merle Haggard in 2017, a year after the day he passed, which was also his birthday, April 6th. Merle had a profound impact on Joe Macheret as a musician, songwriter, performer, person, etc. so he wanted to do something in Merle's name to bring together a bunch of his talented friends, and raise some money for a causes Merle would be fond of. Hagfest 2020 will streamed "live" at 6pm (EST) Saturday, May 16th, from the Hagfest Facebook and YouTube pages!

These are strange times for all of us. As we are adapting, we have to look for the helpers. Thrive Stream with CincyMusic LIVE is a way to provide entertainment for all of us while shouting out the organizations who are helping others in these strange times.

Frontier Folk Nebraska got together from their remote locations to cover Nirvana's, "About A Girl." FFN started playing because of music like this, and music like this has always grown in independent venues, and that they hope folks will reach out with financial aid to places like The Southgate House Revival and The Woodward Theater and other clubs around the country they have played and want to play again.