I have a Joker card in my hand. On the face of it, Dana Hamblen has written "Melissa Fairmount" and a phone number. She has invited me to travel with her band to Columbus for a show. So at 3 p.  

It's a packed house as the band takes the stage. Girls are lined up in the front two rows screaming, before the first note is played. I turn to my friend and say, "Geez -- you'd think it was Th  

Local music vanguard Dana Hamblen has been performing her unique brand of Rock for more than a decade. I asked her recently about her own history in music, how far she thinks women in music have c  

Through friendship, turmoil, division and reconciliation, Cincinnati duo Me or the Moon have been creating their unusual brand of "rhythmic storytelling" for the past few years. I sat down recen  

10. Drinking too many $1 beers at the most fun press conference I've ever been to. Sean Rhiney and Bill Donabedian know how to throw a great party. Not only was the MidPoint Music Festival this y  

The Reaction is so new, it hasn't even officially had a "first show" yet. So why is CityBeat doing a story on an as yet unproven band? Because of its stellar line-up of established musicians, t  

Erika Wennerstrom is a woman of few words, unless she's got a guitar on her shoulder and she's singing. In the liner notes of the band's demo, she writes, "I've wanted to be a songwriter and   

Combining influences from Gospel (singer/guitarist Amy Combs grew up singing it, and Dad is a Pentecostal minister) to Delta Blues (Reuben Glaser of Pearlene is one of their guitarists) to Hip Hop  

You might know The Not are nominated for New Artist of the Year at the 2003 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards. You might also know they've released a self-titled debut album on Shake It Records (th  

It is early on a Saturday evening and I am having coffee with one of Cincinnati's busiest men -- Sammy McKee. When he isn't performing in his solo electronic project, Fotos, he can be found drum