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| Featured Artist Link REALLYMUSICRADIO presentsOver the Rhine
Over the Rhine borrowed their name from one of Cincinnati's most colorful and controversial neighborhoods. From its earliest days, the area served as a port-of-entry for immigrants and, over the years, has become a melting pot where people strive to make better lives for themselves. It's here in this storied neighborhood that Karin Bergquist and Linford Detweiler first began making their music, somehow imbuing it with the tattered but lovely craftsmanship and sense of history that surrounded them.
The band first began performing together in 1990 in local Cincinnati clubs and gathering places. Their first show at Sudsy Malone's drew about 20 people and most of them friends. But even from these somewhat humble beginnings, audiences immediately believed they had stumbled onto something special. Enveloping their listeners like family, Karin and Linford kept them close to the fold with simple candle-lit stages and playful handwritten newsletters. But above all else, it was the band's songs that drew in more and more eager fans. Karin Bergquist's voice, full of longing and love, seemed to pierce the soul and became the unmistakable focal point of Over the Rhine's richly spiritual music. Many people who heard Over the Rhine had the strong intuition from the very beginning that these songs were going to be around for a long time. Over the Rhine landed a publishing deal with MCA a few months after their first show at Sudsy's and received an invitation to open a handful of shows around the Midwest for Bob Dylan. They toured 25 cities with Adrian Belew on their first national tour, and played at festivals in Holland and England. Karin and Linford realized that they were definitely no longer a local band when FILMS FOR RADIO, their 2001 Back Porch release, actually sold more copies in Paris, France, than it did in the entire state of Ohio. The band followed in 2003 with a two CD set named after their home state. OHIO won the duo rave critical reviews and appeared on numerous top ten lists in the U.S. and the U.K. Paste magazine called OHIO "a true confessional masterpiece." Performing Songwriter described it as "a record of disarming beauty and stunning emotional focus." For their new album, DRUNKARD'S PRAYER, Over the Rhine re-immerse themselves in profoundly deep waters, opening the floodgates of their personal relationship. A relaxed, emotionally vulnerable record made in their living room, the album showcases the sonic warmth that can come from recording at home. "There's a lot of love on this one." |
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