· Sad news for the local Blues scene this past weekend. Police reported that a body found wrapped in a blanket on Gilbert Avenue on Jan. 5 was Paula Wolfe's, a local Blues harmonica player who   

A new music series kicks off in a big way with the first "One More Girl On A Stage" multi-artist concert at the Southgate House this Saturday. The show is the brainchild of local musician Kelly Thom  

Local crew Pearlene's amazing new album, For Western Violence and Brief Sensuality, gets the local CD release party treatment Saturday at the Northside Tavern. For the free show, the band will be jo  

· Like Over the Rhine's annual Christmas show at the Taft Theatre, local Jazz great Steve Schmidt's yearly "Christmas Spectacular" has become a Cincinnati music tradition around the holidays. T  

· This Saturday, local faves Over the Rhine return to downtown's Taft Theatre for their annual hometown Christmas concert, something they've been doing since 1994. Continuing their trend of hav  

The Beau Alquizola Band celebrates its debut release, Unbalanced, Saturday at downtown's Poison Room. Joining the group for the release show are Wojo, The Newbees and Ryan Adcock. Alquizola moved t  

The Cincinnati music scene lost one of its giants on Nov. 26, when local Blues legend H-Bomb Ferguson died of complications from emphysema. Ferguson (whose real name is Robert) had been a constant p  

Instrumental Indie Rock trio Ampline released its latest long-player, Rosary, on Nov. 14 through the locally based, nationally-distributed Shake It Records. Wednesday night at the Southgate House, t  

Liquid Fire, a local five-piece that mixes Metal and Hard Rock influences into their boot-stomping Country mix (they are nominated in the County category for this year's Cincinnati Entertainment Awa  

This Friday brings the return of "Brink: A New Music Showcase" to Newport's Southgate House. The event was started a few years back, in conjunction with the Cincinnati Entertainment Awards, as a way  

Locals patientZero return this week with the follow-up to Seemingly So ..., their debut long-player from last year. Inflatable Ape Nation gets the release party treatment Friday at the Madison Theat  

· Halloween without howling, undead Bluegrass miscreants Hogscraper is like Christmas without Santa Claus. This Saturday, the treacherous trio brings its outlandish stage show and hell-bound De  

Local fivesome Wojo returns this week with its first album since 2003's How To Try Without Succeeding. The band's new Borderlands gets its official release this Sunday at legendary downtown bar, Arn  

Our deepest condolences to the friends and family of Brad Andress, bassist for the hard-working local Pop/Punk group Close to Home. Andress passed away Oct. 6 after a battle with cancer, something h  

We've been lucky to have some great music festivals this summer/early fall (including Desdemona, Lite Brite, MidPoint Music Festival, Cincy Blues Festival and Macy's Music Fest), but none are as big