Emily Strand was, until late last year, mainly a solo acoustic performer in Cincinnati (where she was born and raised) and Dayton (where she now lives and works). Before that, she honed her chops  

They rise from the earth. They sing. They mate. They die. No, it's not a VH1 Behind the Music -- it's cicadas, and they're due to arrive in the Cincinnati area in a few weeks. Five billion of t  

First, let's get the pronunciation straight -- it's not "No rust" as in, "There is no rust on the prow of the ship." It's "nor rust," as in ... the name of the band. "It comes from Neil  

As most know, Cincinnati has a rich history of Rhythm & Blues and Soul music. There's King Records and James Brown's session there in the label's heyday. Every summer, for 40 years (until 2002)  

Michael Bond is a man of many hats. In fact, he might just have invented additional hats for himself to wear somewhere along the way. Along with Tim Heyl and Matt Dennewitz, he's one of the main   

Mike Detmer, local songwriter and musician extraordinaire, heads up The Spectacular Fantastic. The former trio features Detmer on lead vocals/guitar, Jon Sheperd on vocals and guitar, Doug Baum on  

In mid-December, CityBeat asked 22 area women musicians (including one sound technician) to participate in a panel discussion about women in music at the York St. Café. Timed to the emerging  

CityBeat: What's the history of Chicks RockFest (CRF)? Jen Schmidt: It's a festival that I put together kind of as a joke at first in 2000 -- the "First Annual Chicks RockFest." I just wante