Moose Gronholm's Profile

Erin Coburn: Plenty of Heart and Big Dreams

A couple weeks ago I received a text message from a friend of mine to check out this young lady named Erin Coburn. As I sat and watched these videos of this barely teenage gal strum and solo on the guitar and ukulele I was enthralled. Whether it was her up on a stage at some bar or her at home...

The Difference Between Making it and Not is Don’t Stop

Jamestown Revival is Jonathan Clay and Zach Chance and they have recently released their first full length album, Utah. Which is fitting as the album was recorded over a two week period in a cabin within the Wasatch Mountains in Utah. I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Jonathan over the...

Dexter L. Roush: A Man Who Smiled All the Way Home

Dexter L. Roush was a father, a son, a brother.  To many of the musicians around town and others, he was a friend. It seemed that just as quickly as he came into our lives, he was gone. It is truly amazing how in a short period of time a man can touch so many lives. I did not know Dexter for many...

Arlo McKinley & The Lonesome Sound Will Strike a Chord Within

In the fall of 2011 Tim Carr put together a band with some friends. Over the next three years members came and went, but lucky for us he eventually found the members that work. The name of the band, Arlo McKinley, was taken from Tim's two grandfather's Arlo and McKinley. Enlisting the help of Tyler...

Buffalo Killers Headed to MOTR to Rock

Buffalo Killers are a homegrown rock 'n' roll band from right here in Ohio. Andrew Gabbard (vocals and guitar), his brother Zachary Gabbard (bass guitar), and drummer Joseph Sebaali make up this band that is heavy on the hooks but not lacking the rock. These three fine musicians came from a band...

Shoot Out The Lights: Let’s Get Lost

Shoot Out The Lights, or SOTL, is a rock and roll band formed here in Cincinnati, Ohio circa 2009. Josh Muddiman is on raspy throaty vocals and guitar, Elaina “Laney” McCormick on vocals and keys, Matt “Mook” McCormick is lead guitar, Joshua Howard bass and vocals, and Alan Topolski on...

Ben Knight & David Faul: The Apple Hill Sessions

Over the course of November and December of 2013 Ben Knight from Ben Knight and the Welldiggers and David Faul formerly of Terminal Union and now with Josh Eagle and the Harvest City, got together to work on some Travis style picking arrangements and songs. These sessions went so well they decided...

Chicago Farmer: A Mid West troubadour

Chicago Farmer comes from a small town in Illinois and brings his folk songs via the interstate and state roads that he drives on to each and every show. These roads he travels have become a main source of inspiration and have taken him back to a young age, where at 17 Cody Diekhoff, better known...

Blur the Line: Those Darlins gut Rock N Roll and Make it New Again

Those Darlins are hitting the road with the release of their third album! Those Darlins formed in Nashville in a college town just outside of their hometown, Murfreesboro, TN. Their hometown had a pretty good music scene and through that scene they were able to meet, find similar interests and...

Mutts, Your Favorite MPMF Discovery

Mutts are a band based out of Chicago. They bring a style of blues, jazz, and rock through Mike Maimone tickling the keys, Bob Buckstaff on the doghouse (or Upright Bass), and Chris Pagnani on the skins or drums. These three fellas have come together to create not only music but art. A wall of...

Ambassador of Whispering Beard Recaps the Event

\The drive from the West side of Cincinnati down Route 50 west to Friendship, Indiana (located between Versailles and Dillsboro, Indiana) was much needed this year. As I began to get closer to this sleepy little town nestled in a valley the sun’s rays peeked through overcast clouds and seemed to...

Ben Knight and the Well Diggers Album Release!

In January of 2012 Ben Knight moved up to Cincinnati and decided that when he got here after being in school that it was just not for him right now. By pure chance he went to Molly Malone's in Covington, Kentucky where The Tillers were playing. Ben hung around for a little bit and began talking to...