"What's the name of these guys?" a man asks me, nodding toward the band setting up on stage. I tell him it's Marvin and The Experience. "Are they any good?" asks the man, who looks to be in   

In 1956, Elvis was the coolest thing on the face of the planet. The slicked back hair. The sneer. The frantically played tunes that scared the hell out of almost everyone over the age of 30. Songs  

For more info on the CEA's click here. "What's goin' on, Big Joe?" bass player Ed Conley asks. "Ain't nothing goin' on but the weather, time and old age," Big Joe Duskin replies. With a  

Do you recall the first time you heard a song and said to yourself, "This Rock & Roll -- it's for me"? Maybe you heard the song via an older sibling or at a friend's house or maybe during a lo  

The Vans Warped Tour (aka "Punk Rock Summer Camp") made its Cincinnati stop at Riverbend Music Center Aug. 16. It's the largest national tour to feature several local acts, offering wider expo  

In the late 1960s/early 1970s, American filmmakers like Arthur Penn and Martin Scorcese filmed homages to the outlaws of the 1920s with their movies Bonnie and Clyde and Boxcar Bertha. Those movie  

The history of Blues music is liberally populated with figures that just quite can't overcome their own worst character traits due to a variety of conscious choices. It's equally -- if not more   

Soul Casket is your average Metal band. Singer/lyricist J-9 says there are no curse words in their lyrics. Guitarist Skratte (rhymes with rat-a-tat-tat) thinks that porn could be more artistic. Ke  

The Gravity Car's vocalist and guitarist, Stephen Sunday, knows he's found kindred spirits. "I walked in to band practice and said, 'I'm writing a musical based on a translation of the work o  

Here in Cincinnati, there's a rather intense rivalry between bands that play original music and bands that play cover songs. It's a debate that rages in the clubs, on the streets, in people's h