Cincinnati, MP3s and MusicNOW       

One of the great things about the MusicNOW festival is how it not only attracts great musicians every single year, but also how those great musicians have such a great experience in Cincinnati during their time here, most want to return.

 Cincinnati and MusicNOW       

Here is a little gem taking place during MusicNOW weekend that you might not have heard much about. On Sunday afternoon, the same day The National will be headlining Music Hall and closing out the festival, there will be a workshop screening for the forthcoming National documentary “Summer Lovin’ …

 Cincinnati and MusicNOW       

As we jump into MusicNOW 2011, I thought it would be fun to not only preview the festival this week, but also look back at some of the festivals from years past. Today, I wanted to dig up something from last year’s festival which is very relevant to a …

 Cincinnati and MusicNOW       

Sharon Van Etten, Justin Vernon, Brad Cook & Phil Cook. Photo by Jeremy M. Lange
The 6th annual MusicNOW festival gets underway just one week from today at Memorial Hall in Cincinnati and delivers another outstanding lineup. One of the most intriguing parts of this years performances is taking …

 Cincinnati and MusicNOW       

Great news about the imminent MusicNOW lineup announced today. Justin Vernon, who is of course best known for his Bon Iver guise, and was a huge hit at last years MusicNOW, will be joining this years lineup as well. Vernon will be playing Friday night with Megafaun during …

 Cincinnati, Music News and MusicNOW       

Hot on the heels of the announcement that The National are coming home to Cincinnati to play at the MusicNOW festival in May along with a cast of friends, comes news of a brand new song. Not only is it a great tune, but it features another MusicNOW collaborator, …

 Coming To Cincinnati and MusicNOW       

I know lots of you have been waiting and wondering about the status of our beloved MusicNOW festival here in Cincinnati. Well today, in case you have not already seen it, the festival is back and ready to announce the performances for what should be its biggest year yet. …

 Music News, MusicNOW and Videos       

We are still having a bit of a MusicNOW hangover and some of our coverage is still rolling in. Today, we have a video of Justin Vernon and St. Vincent performing on the final night of this years festival.

 Cincinnati, MusicNOW and Videos       

MusicNOW 2010 is over but we still have some great content to share this week here at ENS. First up, it’s some video that our usually still image expert Keith Klenowski show during the first night of the festival. The video is of two songs, the latter of …

 Cincinnati and MusicNOW       

MusicNOW 2010 wrapped up last night to another sold out crowd at Memorial Hall in Cincinnati. The night was certainly one to remember and afterwards, quite a few people told me it was their favorite MusicNOW concert in it’s five year history. While I’m not quite ready to agree yet, (memories of Sufjan, Kronos, Grizzly Bear and Andrew Bird come to mind) it might end up going down as the best, and even if it does not, it was an amazing night of music.