Courtney Phenicie's Profile

The DevouGrass Music and Arts Festival may be a little more than a month away, but fans can support the cause starting Friday, August 21st from 6-9pm at Covington’s Braxton Brewing Company during the tapping release party for DevouBrew - Braxton’s Golden Cream Ale, Storm, infused with...

Last year Royal Holland released his first EP “Volume One - The Maze”, which he recorded with local music great Brian Olive, and released to critical acclaim including winning the Ohio Music Award for “Best Folk Album”. He also spent a good portion of the year traveling the...

Sylvan Esso is an addicting indie pop duo. Comprised of singer/songwriter Amelia Meath (of the Appalachian indie folk trio Mountain Man) and producer Nick Sanborn (who performs under the moniker Made of Oak and plays bass with psych-rockers Megafaun), the pair hail from Durham, North...

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. kicks off this year’s festival with a free concert at 6 p.m., Friday, September 25 in the new MidPoint Indie Craft Village in Washington Park.  With the festival now operating Friday through Sunday for the first year ever, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. will commence...

Def Leppard, STYX, and Tesla played Riverbend Music Center on Monday, August 17th. If the concert did not sell out, it surely was close. The lawn and pavilion were jammed packed with a sea of admiring fans. First, I need to mention the fans. The people watching was on point last night. Old school...

The Foo Fighters are out on tour, but will be skipping Cincinnati. They play Pittsburgh Tuesday August 25 and Indianapolis Thursday August 27 with a day off in between. School of Rock Mason will make sure that Cincinnati gets its Foo Fighters fix by presenting a Foo Fighters Tribute Show on...

JSPH aka Joseph Nevels is a musical force not to be reckoned with. Nevels earned his Juris Doctorate at Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law, where he focused on entertainment and contract law. He was a former football standout in Northern Kentucky. As a redshirt freshman at the...

Craft Beer and Music Event to Benefit Boys and Girls Club  Across the country Boys and Girls Clubs provide a safe place for kids. A haven for structure, caring adults and even food when some children go hungry. In Butler County, the club is so busy it has kids waiting to join. This month, a...

Bully is a band that has quickly developed a reputation for its ferocious live shows. It's a curious name for a Nashville quartet that is transforming familiar '90s alt-rock into smart, sharp-edged millennial indie rock, but "bully" is certainly an apt description for the band's churning guitars,...

Sharon Udoh is a Nigerian who began her music career right here in her hometown of Cincinnati. She has played with dozens of people in Cincinnati, developing and changing stylistically as she went. Now living in Columbus, she performs under the name Counterfeit Madison, and likes feeling all the...

The Taste of OTR will be taking over Washington Park on Saturday, August 29th from 11a to 11p. It will be showcasing local craft beer, restaurant and food truck tastings, and shopping that make OTR a vibrant cultural center of Cincinnati. This event is produced by Tender Mercies to benefit...

Rockstead will be releasing their highly anticipated EP Rise on Friday, August 14th at MVP’s in Silverton, OH. They have invited their friends Eyeris Wide and Elementree Livity Project to help them celebrate!  The Cincinnati reggae-rock band, Rockstead consists of Jake Burns (lead...