At the center of a stage full of people are two men with the kind of presence that comes from years of playing their songs.  On the fiddle and occasionally a mouth bow he calls a “claw stick”, Uncle Mike Carr leans into the old songs he has played for as long as he’s been playing music. ...

Leave behind the fast-paced, busy today, and travel to a time when people played music on their back porches for the simple love of music, and family and friends entertained each other through sing-alongs.  Since 2007, the Tillers have been doing just that.  Beginning on Ludlow Street in Clifton,...

Since the release of Logan Brill's breakout debut album 'Walking Wires,' it's been quite a year for the 23-year-old Knoxville native, to say the least.  Brill seemed right at home performing in front of 15,000 fans alongside The Band Perry in Virginia Beach a couple of weeks ago, and has since...

If you are looking for a remedy to ail your music needs, Old Crow Medicine Show is the answer.  The quintet (Critter Fuqua, Keven Hayes, Morgan Jahnig, Ketch Secor, and Willie Watson), all from different states, formed in New York fifteen years ago.  After busking on the streets of New York and...

Meet Lonesome Jared; Old Country with a Modern Appeal Some years back, 5 maybe, there wasn’t all that much country music happening here in town.  We’re always heavy with Indy, Rock and Americana music, but other than Dallas Moore, Straw Boss and a few others, not too many bands were...

Cincinnati-based country trio Jamison Road has enjoyed success locally and nationally with their blend of country vocals, soaring harmonies, and driving guitar work.  Their sophomore album Let It Rain, due for release August 12 of this year, captures the balance of each member’s own influences...

You can feel Southern Ohio in Noah Smith’s music.  American Rock and Roll with a country accent fills the room when Smith takes the stage. The singer/songwriter musician has been writing and signing since he was just 12 years old growing up along the banks of the Ohio in Brown County.  Now the...