Americana is a term that’s gotten all the life sucked out of it, pulled every which way by hyphenated subgenres, and oddly enjoying a festival-headlining renaissance that Uncle Tupelo would’ve deemed unimaginable two decades ago. But with Hurray For The Riff Raff, we have a queer-positive...

Reality Check with KT: Michael Moeller goes out on his own with new release! In April I was invited to play a show with local, country boy, Noah Smith.  I really enjoyed the show and the energy of the crowd.  Michael Moeller (who also plays in Noah’s band) opened the night with a really great...

The 2014 Honda Civic Tour is taking a new turn in its 13th year – with not just one, but three successive tours and three distinct genres of music, as well as becoming a significant pillar of the new Honda Stage Music platform. Each year the headlining act customizes a Honda Civic which is...

Barefoot, sleeveless and sweaty, Whiskey Shivers frontman and fiddle master Bobby Fitzgerald never stops smiling on stage. It's almost impossible to watch him perform more than a song or two without cracking a smile yourself. His exuberance is contagious, and it bleeds through into the music....

Jason Isbell has been a busy man. His Ohio River Throwdown appearance on Saturday is his 92nd show of 2014, with 18 more to go beyond that. This will be his third show in the Cincinnati area since the Southeastern tour began in June of last year (he headlined last year’s Whispering Beard), in...