Busking as a street performer can be a great way to really discover who you are as a musician and songwriter. Northern Ohio's Michael Jantz knows this as well as anyone. Frustrated with the "ban  

It's an Indie Rock spectacular Saturday at the Southgate House, as local Indie instrumental group Ampline (which features two-thirds of the local group Thistle), return from a two-week tour for a  

If you think energetic horn sections went out with the Ska explosion a few years back, think again. Columbus based six-piece Fenster inject their soulful, groovy sound with enough horny augmentati  

If you've ever wondered why Cincinnati doesn't have more live Hip Hop shows, this week Corryville club Top Cat's makes a run at being the top local source for the best of the genre. Besides Sat  

Groovy, acoustic Roots rockin' band The Recipe have all of the makings of a great "Jam Band." The Morgantown, West Virginia-based group tours relentlessly, puts out its own CDs, hosts a big fes  

As a high school dropout and teen mother who began her musical career in her late thirties (and in the shadow of her brother, Steve), Stacey Earle has plenty to write songs about. Most often liken  

Switching between alto and soprano saxophones is as easy for Virginia native and New York-based STEVE WILSON as it is to change gigs as a sideman for Mulgrew Miller, Ralph Peterson or Diane Reeves. J  

For Nearby Stars by New York City's VPN (formerly Very Pleasant Neighbor) is one of the finest Indie Pop albums of the past year that didn't show any overt Beatles/Big Star/Beach Boys influences  

West Coast alto saxman Shawn Loescher is an upcoming "Young Lion" on the Jazz scene, drawing the attention of Jazz critics and fans worldwide. At just 27, Loescher has been lauded with awards an  

Jam Band fans will want to be on hand for the return of Ft. Wayne, Indiana's finest, Might As Well, as they celebrate/promote their newest release, To Whom, Brother. The band, whose own style res  

If you're looking to stave that New Year's Eve hangover off well into the new year, we highly recommend the debauched Rock & Roll swagger of Detroit's bastard sons The Trash Brats. Live, the gr  

Columbus-based Rock quartet The Stepford Five returns to Cincy in support of their new album, The Art of Self-Defense, the follow-up to last year's fine Mesh. The record is a highly textured affa  

With oodles of singles and compilation appearances (and four full-length records) in their wake, Columbus-based Moviola have emerged as one of the best Indie bands to come out of the Buckeye state  

Mixing Hip Hop influences, organ-fed grooves, Acid Jazz tinges and traditional Jazz roots, SoCal-based saxman Karl Denson's latest release, Dance Lesson #2 (Blue Note Records) is a study in the a  

While Boston's Cave In began their musical life in 1995 exploring their Metal urges, the band's latest CD, Jupiter, shows just how far they've come from their vocal-shredding, head banging days