Okkervil River frontman discusses most recent ‘play’ of art By Alan Sculley One gets the feeling that when Will Sheff walks through a museum he doesn’t look at a painting as a “work” of art. “I’ve always felt like art should be like play,” Sheff said in a recent interview. “I remember dating this girl […]
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The next right thing
Seth Glier brings his unique sound to Canal Street Tavern By Alan Sculley On many days when singer/keyboardist Seth Glier is on tour, he and guitarist Ryan Hommel will go to a veterans’ hospital, children’s hospital or some other health facility to play for patients. “Mostly we’ll go for an hour or an hour and […]
Altering Dayton’s X-Fest
Alter Bridge comes to X-Fest at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds By Alan Sculley When Creed broke up in 2003, three of its members — guitarist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall and drummer Scott Phillips — formed the group Alter Bridge, wasting little time in moving forward after losing the band that had made three hit […]
Digging a little deeper
My Morning Jacket performs at PNC Pavilion in support of Circuital By Alan Sculley My Morning Jacket has always had the same goal going into each of its six albums – don’t repeat what the band did on its previous CD. “You want every record to be a different experience for us and hopefully for […]
Getting out alive
Steve Earle By L. Kent Wolgamott The last time Steve Earle hit the road he was playing songs from his Grammy winning Townes by himself, on an acoustic guitar. He’s got company this time as he hits the road for a tour behind his new CD, I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive. He […]
Blessing the martyr anew
The Chariot cleans out the Attic By Alan Sculley Vocalist Josh Scogin caught a lot of hardcore music fans by surprise when he left the band Norma Jean after that band’s first CD, Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child. In a recent interview, Scogin said he has never felt like there was a backlash […]
I’m with the Crüe
Worth the Trip: Mötley Crüe invades Cincinnati By Alan Sculley The guys in Mötley Crüe admit that for a long time, doing a tour with a band like Poison would have been unthinkable. But that’s what’s happening this summer as Mötley Crüe heads up a triple bill that also includes Poison and opening act, the […]
Pull over for directions
Worth the Trip: Maps & Atlases in Cincinnati By Alan Sculley Maps & Atlases is often described as an experimental folk/pop band, and a group whose adventurous approach to sonics would suggest the band members are no strangers to effects, processors or other high-tech studio magic. It turns out this is one time when their […]
Give me iron, give me wine
Worth the trip: Iron & Wine come to Cincinnati’s Madison Theatre By Alan Sculley It’s ironic to think that one of the largest bands on the road this spring will be Iron & Wine. It’s the group that began a decade ago as Sam Beam, making stripped back, nearly solo, acoustic albums. Beam is still […]
Holiday Cheer
Trans-Siberian Orchestra Returns To Nutter Center By Alan Sculley The Tran-Siberian Orchestra of today is a marvel of success and a one-of-a-kind entity on the music scene. The combination progressive rock band and orchestra routinely sells more than a million copies of each of its CDs – despite existing in a time when downloading has […]
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Forum Center: If a person objects to a police search but is not home to state it, do the police still […]