Cincinnati, Music News and Tour Dates       

Orchestral folk group The Ridges return to Cincinnati on Thursday for a free show at MOTR Pub as part of their brief Midwest tour. The band, whom I first caught at MPMF.11, opens for MPMF comrades Paper Thick Walls. The MOTR show is the Ridges’ first Cincinnati show since the …

 MusicNOW       

Phillip Glass will be making his first MusicNOW appearance
MusicNOW returns in 2012 for what promises to be another amazing weekend of music. This year, the festivities fall on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and we think there are plenty of reasons to be in attendance each night. …

 Videos       

Not only am I a little surprised to see Wilco tossing a music video out, their first since the late 90′s, but the video itself is a pleasant surprise. It’s a really fun video that gets the 1930′s animated treatment, and actually stars the cast of Popeye. The …

 Cincinnati and Videos       

Old Dogs, New Tricks:
They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but three veterans of the Cincinnati artistic community are doing just that in this new video. The song is from Jeremy Pinnell and a band calling themselves the 55′s. The song and video features former …

 MP3s, Music News and Videos       

The album from The War On Drugs from last year was in our opinion, one of the best records released during 2011. It’s a record that is easy to put on the turntable and just let the whole thing play out. Well, the band has kicked the new …

 Cincinnati, Music News, Tour Dates and Videos       

The Heartless Bastards had a great New Years announcement for us all yesterday. Letting the masses know they will be coming to their city with a newfound energy and a new case full of songs. The band are releasing their latest album, Arrow on February 14th. And …

 Cincinnati and Interviews       

Happy New Year! To kick off 2012, I’m happy to introduce a new contributor to ENS, Jonathan Goolsby. Jonathan co-hosts Salina Underground on Cincinnati’s own WVQC already, and I think after you read this piece you’ll be impressed with his writing skills as well. Enjoy!

Taking a Chance …

 Cincinnati and Music News       

Just in time for the new year comes the release of a Daytrotter session from a great local band, The Ridges. I just finished listening to the five song session and I have to say it’s some of the best stuff I’ve heard from the band. Of course …

 Cincinnati, MP3s and Music News       

We are big fans of the boys in Frontier Folk Nebraska, and you should be too. They continue to be one of the most consistent rock bands in the area. The guys have something for you for the holidays today too, a free download of a tune that …

 Best Of 2011       

If you’ve read ENS at all, especially at the end of a year, you know I like lists. This year wasn’t the best for albums in my humble opinion, but there were still some excellent albums that kept my attention. I like to clarify too, that I don’t …