October Project at Bogarts, Cincinnati Ohio, April 5, 1996

October Project at Bogarts, Cincinnati Ohio, April 5, 1996

This is a review of the April 5, 1996 concert given by OCTOBER PROJECT at Bogarts in Cincinnati Ohio. LONG (and how!)

OTR (Trio) Concert at Southgate House 26-August-2001

OTR (Trio) Concert at Southgate House 26-August-2001

REVIEW BY: Bruce Lachey. The show last night at Southgate was really fun, great sound. Kim Taylor opened, and she was WAAAY better than I thought she’d be. It seems hard for me to retain interest in a live performer after 6 or so songs…

OTR Concert at Taft Theatre, December 8, 2001

OTR Concert at Taft Theatre, December 8, 2001

I like the Green Yellow Swallowtail song more and more. At the SouthGate House show (in September) it seemed very eerie because they had cut their backroads tour short within a week or two because Karin’s mother had a stroke. The line something like “mother’s…

OTR Taft Show & Lostee Gathering

OTR Taft Show & Lostee Gathering

I didn’t know whether to do this or not…but what the heck…my thoughts on this past weekend (now that I have a moment to catch my breath). I must say first of all that, despite how excited I was to do the weekend, I was…

Over The Rhine: FILMS FOR RADIO

Over The Rhine: FILMS FOR RADIO

Over The Rhine, the Cincinnati-based band fronted by husband & wife team Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist, have been meandering. Their latest offering, FILMS FOR RADIO on Virgin’s Backporch label, bears the fruit of these wanderings. Over The Rhine has been producing underground CDs for…

A Tribute to OTR — June 27, 2002

A Tribute to OTR — June 27, 2002

“this is not the greatest [concert] in the world… this is just a tribute.” A review by Dan Temmesfeld. A Tribute to Over the Rhine York Street Int’l Cafe – Newport, KY 11 artists, each doing one Over The Rhine cover and one original each.…

Crosley: OFF THE LAUNDRY

Crosley: OFF THE LAUNDRY

Crosley’s freshman offering, OFF THE LAUNDRY, is a great collection of pop songs. The music is tight, the writing is fun and catchy, and the riffs will stick with you. Vince’s voice soars on songs like GIRL LIKE YOU and SOUL SURVIVE, and the first…