Cincinnati and Live Reviews       

(all photos by Keith Klenowski)
It seemed that everyone was at Northside Tavern Thursday night to see The King Khan & BBQ Show.  The bar was packed, even for the tour’s opening band,Tennessee-based Those Darlins.  Everyone seemed enraptured by the twangier, Southern-style Sleater-Kinney as they ripped through their set.
What I came …

 Music News       

Lo-fi fans, unite!  Singer-songwriter Bill Callahan -  formerly known as Smog or (Smog) -  is coming to Lexington next week in support of his latest album, Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle (Drag City).  His unique, melancholy folk is a perfect start to the winter – just make sure …

 Cincinnati, MP3s and Music News       

(photo by Chris Bergman)
Cincinnati’s own Peter Adams is already known for his talent. After all, he has released two excellent albums in his short time as a musicians on the local scene, both of which garnered praise on a local and national level. Earlier this year, Adams and …

 Best Of The Decade and Cincinnati       

What do you get when you combine two obsessive creative songwriter types and ask them to share the stage? Well, surprisingly, you don’t get loads of conflict, but instead, every now and then, you get the perfect storm. Thats what happened when Cincinnati area musicians Cameron Cochran (aka …

 Cincinnati and Music News       

Recently the city of Cincinnati, Ohio erected a plaque at 811 Race Street to commemorate the former site of Herzog Studios where the great Hank Williams recorded his first mega-hit “Lovesick Blues” in December 1948. At the time of his first recording session in Cincinnati, Hank had already enjoyed some …

 Best Of The Decade, Cincinnati and Music News       

By now, every educated Cincinnati music fan knows the story of the Heartless Bastards. Everything from taking their name from a bar-room electronic game, to their Dayton/Cincinnati roots, to their subsequent breakup and Erika’s move to Austin, Texas, where she reformed the group with a new band of musicians. The …

 Coming To Cincinnati and Tour Dates       

King Khan’s raging garage funk and James Brown-esque theatrics are coming to Northside Tavern this week for a FREE show.  The King Khan & BBQ Show hit Northside Tavern on Thursday for what I guarantee will be a ridiculous show.
King Khan, who has been playing with his band The Shrines …

 Giveaways and Music News       

It’s almost time to start thinking about Christmas shopping isn’t it? Well today here on ENS, not only do we have something that you might want to keep for your own stocking, but it could make an awesome gift for that classic music lover on your list. We …

 Cincinnati, Tour Dates and Videos       

When I see a hometown show like this on the calendar, it really makes me miss Cincinnati. Tonight at our beloved Southgate House in Newport, three great bands will be taking the stage to kick off the holiday weekend. Yeah, you know you don’t have to work tomorrow, …

 Live Reviews and Music News       

(photo credit, from previous nights show in Austin)
Last week Elvis Perkins brought stopped through Louisville and brought along with him a merry band of players which was a really nice surprise as we walked into Zanzabar. Given that his first album, Ash Wednesday, was so quiet and set in solitude …