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Shiny Old Soul folking up the Findlay Market Biergarten!

Every Sunday this summer in the Biergarten (located on Elm St. in the back of the market) Findlay Market will be having live music as part of the Biergarten Summer Series. Findlay Market is a gathering place for people from all over the city. It routinely attracts perhaps the most socially,...

Good old-fashioned boot-stompin’ with Shiny and the Spoon

Shiny and the Spoon portray the intimacy of Johnny Cash and June Carter, with head-turning vocals and a vibrant acoustic core, complimented by sprinklings of ukulele, guitar, harmonica, and good old-fashioned boot-stompin’. Shiny and the Spoon offers a sound that blends the heart of American folk...

Rock Legend Patti Smith pays homage

Never before exhibited in the U.S., the visual and poetic exhitbition opens tonight by the one and only Patti Smith. The exhibit will remain on display until November but tonight only will the legend be in attendance. Smith will perform The Coral Sea along with her daughter, Jessie Paris Smith on...

The 6th Annual Northside Music Festival tonight!

The 6th annual Northside Music Festival promises to deliver another stellar line up of local and touring bands from many different genres, including The Sights (Detroit), Joan Shelley & The June Brides (Louisville), and local Sub Pop recording artist Daniel Martin Moore.  The festival will...

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Interview: Mad Anthony at tSGHR Tonight!

Mad Anthony is returning home to The Southgate House Revival tonight! They have been on a 65 day tour that took them from Cincinnati, through Ohio, Michigan, into Canada, all the way east of Maine to Sydney, Nova Scotia and back again through the states out west past Lincoln, NE. The homecoming...

Cincinnati greats The Upset Victory to play Bunbury!

Recharged and reloaded with more firepower than ever, The Upset Victory are proving yet again they are the up and coming champs of the Cincinnati indie music scene. In the past few months, they have celebrated their 7 year anniversary, released their 3rd music video, and their 7th studio album,...

Bunbury Preview: New Vega

New Vega are busy bees this summer! Set to not only release the newest album, Exit Ocean, but also playing Bunbury Music Festival and constant touring. Alex Rundle, Chance Campbell, Adam Sabin, and Zach Sabin all come from a diverse musical background encompassing jazz, rock, folk, pop and...

MOTR hosts The Lonely Wild tonight!

The Lonely Wild has hauntlingly beautiful vocals that will take your breathe away. Not to mention the lead up to thunderous tribal beats and explosive energy. The band is currently on tour in support of The Sun As It Comes. The Lonely Wild are on the rise fast and on their way I was lucky enough to...

Jonathan Z...out of discrimination comes inspiration!

Last summer, Jonathan Zeng made national headlines in Cincinnati, Ohio after being rejected from a music teaching position because he is gay. Out of that discrimination came inspiration, Jonathan was inspired to write his own music for the first time. The award winning performer and music educator...

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Interview: He's My Brother She's My Sister at MOTR tonight!

He's My Brother She's My Sister puts on a super solid, energetic live show with one very unique element you will not find anywhere else…a tap-dancer acting as percussion! Their debut album, Nobody Dances In This Town has put them on the list for bands you need to know this year. Brother and...

People’s Champs w/ DJ's NoahlMean and Eyes at The Comet tonight!

Brooklyn-based band People’s Champs featuring Cincinnati native JORSCAN are on tour for a Single Release Tour and are stopping at The Comet tonight. People's Champs will share the bill with hot local DJ's NoahlMean and Eyes. The band's highly anticipated single, "Humanity", just...

Carnival The Day Away in Washington Park tomorrow!

Bring your family and friends to Washington Park for the day, it’s free! Carnival games, stilt-walkers, jugglers, magicians, acrobatics, life size connect four, face painting, bouncy slides, live music and much more!  Bands to play Carnival:Gold ShoesThe Happy MaladiesThe PassThe HidersHeavy...