Cincy Groove

CINCINNATI, OH – January 27, 2012: This year’s Winter Blues Fest in Over-The-Rhine features the best local Blues musicians, and also includes headliners who have toured nationally and internationally. But fans will also be treated to some familiar faces from the past, as well as artists who are new to the Winter Blues Fest.

“We play like it is going to be the last time we play…every time.”

Greg Schaber, Ron Esposito and Jeff Dobbins — formerly of High Street Rhythm Rockers, and Greg Schaber & High Street – will perform as the Greg Schaber Band on Saturday night, February 11, at the Drinkery.  Read the rest of this entry →

ekoostik hookah with the John Mullins Band
20th Century Theater, 3021 Madison Rd., Cinti., OH  513-731-8000
Date: Fri. Feb. 10th
Time: Doors 8pm/ Show 9pm
Tickets: $13 advance/ $16 dos. Tickets available at 20th Century or www.frontgatetickets.com
All Ages.
After many years of performing in Cincinnati, this will be ekoostik hookah’s first appearance at 20th Century Theater. The band is very excited to be playing one of Cincinnati’s premier music venues. This is a special show having John Mullins Band opening. John is the former lead singer and founding member of Ekoostik Hookah.

One of the most original and energetic acts around today, ekoostik hookah is the nucleus of a family drawn to its lucid, improvisational treatment of psychedelic rock ’n’ roll, blues, funk, jazz and bluegrass layered with rich harmonies. Born early in 1991 in a smoky basement bar, the band has been continually evolving, cultivating a sound that has perked the ears of contemporaries and attracted fans who travel miles to hear them play. Read the rest of this entry →

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL, the world’s largest touring heavy music festival is back for its fifth year, assaulting the senses of United States heavy metal music fans. The ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL is proud to announce this summer’s artists. The main stage will be our strongest ever with the headlining slot occupied by multi-platinum Iowa legends SLIPKNOT. Next up will be legendary thrash metal kings SLAYER and then a major special guest will be playing in the third slot whom will be announced on March 5th. The main stage will also spotlight a ferocious mix of today’s best artists in a rotation, including THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, AS I LAY DYING and ASKING ALEXANDRIA.  Read the rest of this entry →

Human Nature

Photo Credit: Denise Truscello

HUMAN NATURE, Australia’s #1 pop vocal group with millions of albums sold worldwide, is storming America with their first-ever U.S. National tour, a new album release, The Motown Record, a spectacular PBS TV Special and a new DVD.

The chart-topping quartet and their seven-piece band, The Funk Foundation, is embarking on a U.S. tour this spring. “Human Nature: The Motown Show presented by Smokey Robinson” kicks off March 24 in Detroit and will travel to 33 U.S. cities. This outstanding evening of hit-driven entertainment features Motown’s greatest music, inspiring audiences young and old to be “dancing in the street” and the aisles. Tickets for all tour appearances go on sale to the public January 27. For complete tour schedule and ticket information, visit www.humannaturelive.com. Read the rest of this entry →

Bad Veins

New York, NY – Cincinnati duo Bad Veins is set to release their highly anticipated new album The Mess We’ve Made on April 24th via a new deal with Austin, TX’s Modern Outsider Records.  The new album was recorded over a three month period at Audiogrotto, a church turned recording studio, in Newport, Kentucky and is the follow up to their breakout self-titled debut album that was released on Dangerbird Records in 2009. Read the rest of this entry →

Stephane Wrembel

Photo by Michael Weintrob

French–born guitar virtuoso Stephane Wrembel – whose original theme song for Woody Allen’s smash hit Midnight in Paris is currently topping charts – announces stops in select markets this winter. For these one-off shows, Wrembel – who has been called “a revelation” (Rolling Stone) embodying “a John Coltrane-ish search for a moment of musical nirvana” (Variety) – will be backed by his band: Roy Williams on guitar, David Speranza on bass, Nick Anderson on drums, and David Langlois on washboard, fondue pot and musical saw! Find the complete list of currently confirmed tour dates listed below. Read the rest of this entry →

Gringo Star

GRINGO STAR with FISTS OF LOVE
Friday, February 17, 2011
MOTR Pub, 1345 Main St., Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati, Ohio; 513-381-6687
FREE, 21-and-up, 10pm
www.motrpub.com

Boiling up from the independent musical cauldron Hotlanta has become, here comes Gringo Star with its follow up to 2008′s critically acclaimed debut,  “All Y’all.  The band now comes into its own with “Count Yer Lucky Stars, ” a collection of catchy and instantly classic pop music.  You won’t be able to stop humming this spate of new and bright tunes, music that lifts the spirit. Read the rest of this entry →

The Salty Caramels

The Groove Radio Show #4 – Jan 22, 2012 – Featuring The Salty Caramels by cincygroove

The Groove Radio Show #4 – Jan 22 2012 – Featuring an interview with The Salty Caramels and audio from their show on Jan 20, 2012 Arnold’s Bar, Cincinnati, OH

Check out The Salty Caramels at http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Salty-Caramels/130000057060458

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Ha Ha Tonka

More Photos – Ha Ha Tonka, 1/21/12, 20th Century Theater, Cincinnati, OH

http://www.hahatonkamusic.com/

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