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and you can click on the banner above to peek in on life on the road with OtR with Karin's Tour Diary. Share their experiences via words and photographs as they travel down the great American highways, you too can follow them from town to town...
"if a song could be president" @ WUTK Radio/Knoxville
"if a song could be president" @ WDVX-knoxville
"i don't wanna waste your time" - flevo festival
"i want you to be my love" - the unofficial video
"i'm on a roll" - in studio on WNKU radio
"who'm i kiddin' but me" solo - featuring mickey grimm
Praise for The Trumpet Child:
Thanks to the listeners of 89.7 fm, WNKU, for voting The Trumpet Child their 1 CD of 2007. See WNKU'S website (wnku.org) for the complete 2007 countdown.
“this album amounts to a shout of joy…inspired by cabaret singers from a bygone era, the desperate good-time mythology of New Orleans' spirit, and a suave decadent intelligence" -All Music Guide, Aug 2007
“These eleven songs are swanky, jazzy, and generally calibrated to conjure a pre-1950s late night, cocktail-swilling feel, without sacrificing nuances of lyric. It's a paean to enduring American songcraft.” - No Depression, Sep/Oct 2007
"Over the Rhine has always had a deep affinity for all American musical styles and with The Trumpet Child's expansive, simple and exquisite arrangements and top-of-their-game songwriting, they prove that they are not merely interpreters of the great American songbook but a fascinating chapter unto themselves." - CityBeat, Aug 2007
“The band interweaves seemingly incongruous stylistic threads, evoking its many influences. From the Stephen Foster-style overtones of “I Don't Wanna Waste Your Time” to the spare, Tom Waits-ish plunk of “Nothing Is Innocent. A wonderfully concise American music sampler. (Four Stars)” - PASTE, Sep 2007
“11 new originals that earmark some of the most interesting eras of the American songbook -- Over the Rhine blends them into a sound all their own.” - Mother Jones, Sep/Oct 2007
VISIT “ROCK THE VOTE!" HERE… Rock the Vote is a non-profit, non-partisan organization, founded in 1990.
Rock the Vote engages youth in the political process by incorporating the entertainment community and youth culture into its activities. From actors to musicians, comedians to athletes, Rock the Vote mobilizes young people to create positive social and political change in their lives and communities. The goal of Rock the Vote's media campaigns and street team activities is to increase youth voter turnout. Rock the Vote coordinates voter registration drives, get-out-the-vote events, and voter education efforts, all with the intention of ensuring that young people take advantage of their right to vote.
Rock the Vote empowers young people to create change in their communities and take action on the issues they care about. Regardless of whether signing petitions, running for office, contacting their elected officials, or taking up a sign in protest, they are all rocking the vote.
This is Over the Rhine's "official" site and is maintained and handled with care by Bill Ivester for Over the Rhine.
see the new "Desperate For Love" (from "The Trumpet Child") video HERE!
ORDER LIVE FROM NOWHERE - VOLUME 3 HERE! The Wait Is Over! Live From Nowhere, A little tradition we started a few years ago… We collect the best 2007 concert highlights we can come up with onto a limited edition CD. Pre-order yours now and receive an extra treat with your shipment. Just click on the coverart above to order, shipping NOW.
Download OtR Rarities & Unreleased Gems Just click on Linford's hands and you can (legally!) download songs from a collection of rare and/or previously unreleased tracks, directly from the band. Enjoy.
PURCHASE THINGS!! Stop in at Over the Rhine's ONLINE STORE to fill in the holes in your OtR Catalogue. You'll find everything Over the Rhine including hard-to-find T-Shirts, Posters, Tickets to upcoming shows and of course, CD's (even digital versions of out of print titles). It's all there! Click here (or on the banner above) to visit the store.
WAKE UP WITH OVER THE RHINE! Click on Perky to order your fresh supply of Over the Rhine Blend coffee.
And YES! OVER THE RHINE digitally on iTunes!
THE TRUMPET CHILD
2007 - Over the Rhine return with their 10th studio album and career-best. A collaboration with ultra-talented Nashville producer/arranger Brad Jones. The Trumpet Child celebrates American music in the most richly imaginative ways.
SNOW ANGELS
2007 - 11 original Christmas-inspired compositions that show Karin and Linford at the height of their powers as songwriters. This soulful recording is sure to become an Over the Rhine classic.
LIVE FROM NOWHERE, VOLUME 2*
2007 - The second in a new Over the Rhine tradition! We've gathered the juiciest highlights from our annual Taft Theatre show, our Christmas Tour, and our sold out tour of New Zealand earlier this year plus a rare studio recording or two...
*Limited Edition CD is sold out, available exclusively @ iTunes.
DISCOUNT FIREWORKS
2007 - A new collection of Over the Rhine favorites – includes the brand new track Last Night on Earth (Again).
LIVE FROM NOWHERE, VOLUME 1*
2005 - The first in a series of limited edition compilations, a gathering of live performances, songs that convinced Karin, Linford and the band "to pack their bags, leave home, venture out into the great unknown, be surprised"
*Limited Edition CD is sold out, available @ the store @ overtherhine.com or on iTunes.
DRUNKARD’S PRAYER
2005 - The most intimate offering from Over the Rhine thus far... Unforgettable songs, beautiful, real, close to the bone.
CHANGES COME (Live)
2004 – A cathartic, electric night on the OHIO tour. Turn it up, up, up, and feel the room explode into love.
OHIO
2003 - A sprawling double album that critics referred to as "a cry from the ravaged heartland" and "necessary, ambitious pop music" Hear for yourself.
THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR
2002 - A deeper look at the music of Over the Rhine during the few years that surrounded the release of Films For Radio. Includes a rapturous, post-9/11 version of Neil Young's Helpless.
FILMS FOR RADIO
2001 - A richly arranged project that took Over the Rhine to over 13 countries… "Metaphysical, earthy, sensual... Well-crafted, intimate tales of spiritual longing"
GOOD DOG BAD DOG
2000 - This is the re-mastered, nationally released version of Good Dog Bad Dog, our "little record that could." Contains Over the Rhine classics, Latter Days, All I Need Is Everything, and Poughkeepsie. *This is currently unavailable on CD, but you can still purchase via download @iTunes.
AMATEUR SHORTWAVE RADIO
1999 - Happy Birthday to us: a musical cake baked from scratch that celebrated a decade of musical exploration.
BESIDES
1997 - Our first behind-the-scenes collection of oft-requested Over the Rhine moments that were never officially released.
THE DARKEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR
1996 - An alternative to jingly, syrupy fare, this after dark collection "conjures some of the real mystery of Christmas, snowy open spaces, frozen stars, warm lamp-lit rooms."
For more information - and all things OTR - visit OvertheRhine.com
I saw you in Madison on Saturday... You were amazing! I'm a Cincinnati native... lived in Over The Rhine, behind the SCPA. Also used to live a block away from Sudsys.... did my laundry there. I'm so proud to be from the same hood! And I also have drawn a lot of inspiration from your music over the years... training my voice along with your tunes. Thanks for adding so much beauty to the world. I'm enheartened that your new CD is so uplifting and whimsical. Wondering if you are happier folk since the days when you did Ohio, which was so haunting and melancholy (and just as beautiful...)?
