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Annunciation School’s Summerfest This Weekend

By Jeff Wilson | Published: June 4, 2013

Annunciation School’s first-ever Summerfest takes place this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Festivals are nothing new for Annunciation School (located at 3545 Clifton Avenue), but this one falls at the perfect time weather-wise, when everyone wants to be outside. Co-chair of the event Alice Derrick filled me on the details. “We’re going to kick it off [...]

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Special Events Every Night on Ludlow Avenue!

By Jeff Wilson | Published: May 10, 2013

Did you know that there are special events and special prices seven nights a week on Ludlow Avenue? Here’s something to stick on your fridge: once-a-week special events and specials that take place every week on Ludlow Avenue in Clifton. Sundays Sitwell’s serves Belgian waffles from 8am to 4pm. Mondays Habenero’s serves $5 burritos + [...]

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New Jimmy McGary CD

By Jeff Wilson | Published: April 22, 2013

For decades Jimmy McGary was the premier tenor saxophonist in Cincinnati. He passed away twenty years ago, but his music is still very much alive, and I’m happy to report that a new CD has been released that consists of a performance he recorded at the Hyatt back in the 1980s. (To purchase it, call [...]

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William Ackerman Interview in The Absolute Sound

By Jeff Wilson | Published: March 28, 2013

I began writing for a magazine called The Absolute Sound about five years ago. For those of you who haven’t heard of The Absolute Sound (hereafter referred to as TAS), it was founded in 1973. Primarily TAS focuses on audiophile stereo equipment; it also contains a music section, and I publish reviews, interviews and feature [...]

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Annette Shepherd, Eclectic Torch Pop Singer

By Jeff Wilson | Published: March 24, 2013

For the first time ever I stepped foot in The View Cucina Friday night, and as soon as I walked in I thought, why haven’t I come here before? A lounge-y kind of cocktail-y vibe quickly came over me, to the point where I half-expected Dean Martin or Julie London to come peeking out from behind [...]

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A New Delivery Service – What a Great Idea!

By Jeff Wilson | Published: March 18, 2013

(Update: The Midnight Express has now expanded its hours: service now begins at 5 pm. The phone number, again,  is 513.462.1562.) A door hanger ad appeared on my doorknob a couple days that, when I looked at it, sparked this thought: Shazam, that’s a good idea! It’s one of those ideas that many of us [...]

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Guitarist Peter Banks Passes Away

By Jeff Wilson | Published: March 12, 2013

Today I learned that Peter Banks, the original guitarist for Yes, passed away a few days ago. Because Banks belonged to Yes before The Yes Album, their first big-seller, he’s not nearly as well-known as his successor, Steve Howe. A musical footnote he is not, however, as I learned when, ages ago, I purchased a [...]

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New Nelson Slater LP Out on Vinyl!

By Jeff Wilson | Published: January 18, 2013

Last night my friend Nelson Slater dropped by accompanied by his loyal and sometimes cantankerous canine Riley Martin. The three of us chilled out and played records, which is nothing new, except this time something special was on the turntable. More than 35 years have passed since Nelson released his first LP, Wild Angel. The record [...]

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The New iswhat?! Album is Called things that go bump in the dark

By Jeff Wilson | Published: January 11, 2013

things that go bump in the dark is the new full-length release by Cincinnati’s iswhat?!, a hip-hop band that has toured the US and Europe and performed with major jazz artists, among them Archie Shepp, Oliver Lake and Hamid Drake. It’s a fine record, and I’m happy to report that, along with being available as [...]

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A New James Brown Biography

By Jeff Wilson | Published: December 27, 2012

I recently finished RJ Smith’s The One: The Life and Music of James Brown, and the impression I came away with was that by the time JB’s first single came out every day of his life was action packed. In fact, I would guess that some days contained so many plots and sub-plots an entire [...]

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Gotta Groove Records

By Jeff Wilson | Published: November 26, 2012

My theme this week is records, which are coming back with a vengeance, as the 1st Annual Northside Record Fair indicates.  In 2007 sales of new LPs dipped to below a million, but by 2009 sales jumped to 2.5 million, and the number climbed to 3.9 million in 2011—and that’s just for LPs that have [...]

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The Cincinnati Film Festival Returns September 6 – 14

By Jeff Wilson | Published: September 2, 2012

The Cincinnati Film Festival is returning to Cincinnati on September 6-14. Today I had a chance to talk to Executive Director of the festival, Katharine Steele, about the event. For this, the third year, the primary (but not the sole) location will be the Esquire Theatre in Clifton, and as I talked to Katharine it became clear that along [...]

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Blues Merchants Return with Tattoed with the Blues

By Jeff Wilson | Published: August 24, 2012

Blues music is tricky. We’ve all been to shows where blues artists tear through a set like nobody’s business, yet when you get home and listen to their albums their recordings don’t do them justice. Somehow the energy that comes through when a fired-up audience is on hand up just doesn’t translate to the studio. [...]

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Lisa Biales Interview; She’s Playing Seasongood Pavilion This Friday

By Jeff Wilson | Published: July 25, 2012

This Friday, June 27, at Seasongood Pavilion in Eden Park, a free concert will take place as part of the Edensong series. The artists performing that night will be Lisa Biales, Neil Jacobs, Noah Wotherspoon & Jessi Bair, The Tillers and Ricky Nye. The show starts at 8 pm and ends at 10 pm—and make [...]

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John Ray Is a Rock Star

By Jeff Wilson | Published: June 10, 2012

In a recent blog I discussed how I sought out music that challenged me, and apparently I feel same way about drama, because I was quite fond of The Sweet, Burning Yonder by John Ray. Yes, he had given me a synopsis of the play, and yes, I read the program before the performance, but knowing what [...]

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Meditations on Radiohead at Riverbend (part 2)

By Jeff Wilson | Published: June 8, 2012

MEDITATION #2: RADIOHEAD IS A BAND Radiohead is a band. I mention that because quite often bands break down into separate islands that never quite connect. Sometimes this happens when a newly-formed “supergroup” fails to focus its energies, and sometimes it happens when a band that has been together a long time starts to splinter; [...]

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Meditations on Radiohead at Riverbend (part 1)

By Jeff Wilson | Published: June 8, 2012

         MEDITATION #1: KEEP IT COMPLEX AND ATONAL, GENIUS “All things are a-flowing/Sage Heraclitus said,” but rock musicians and rock journalists keep pounding home the same theme: rock and roll should be raw and basic, and whatever you do don’t clutter it up with your fine little subtleties. When Jack White waxed [...]

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Radiohead at Riverbend Video

By Jeff Wilson | Published: June 7, 2012

Tonight: Videos Tomorrow: A Review These are some songs I videotaped from the Radiohead show last night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2Wy-VQsV_M&list=UUR7H-xlvgr8ZNV4nNjuE-mg&index=7&feature=plcp   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHwYhYO__1Y&list=UUR7H-xlvgr8ZNV4nNjuE-mg&index=3&feature=plcp   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjTZavXJDBg&list=UUR7H-xlvgr8ZNV4nNjuE-mg&index=1&feature=plcp  

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The Listing Loon in Northside: Craft Beer and (Soon to Be) More

By Jeff Wilson | Published: May 10, 2012

Quite often the challenge for a new business is staying afloat until people start walking in the door. That seems to be a non-issue, however, at the Listing Loon, a new craft beer and more store on the main drag (4124 Hamilton Ave.) in Northside. When I dropped in the first time to ask how [...]

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Jimmy Webb at St Xavier High School

By Jeff Wilson | Published: May 6, 2012

A few months ago I attended a Jimmy Webb concert that took place in Cincinnati. This was a very rare opportunity to see a unique and extremely talented artist, and although some time has passed since the event, I’m assuming there are some music lovers floating through cyberspace who might find this of interest.  Because [...]

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Annunciation Gala April 28 (This Saturday!)

By Jeff Wilson | Published: April 23, 2012

Tickets still remain for the Fifth Annual Annunciation Gala taking place this Saturday at Annunciation School, located at 3545 Clifton Ave. Today I asked the school principal, Cindy Hardestry, a few questions about the event.

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Bohemain Hookah Cafe (Part 2)

By Jeff Wilson | Published: April 2, 2012

You may recall me mentioning in Bohemain Hookah Cafe Part 1 that a band was slated to perform one evening, although I had no idea who they were. When I slipped inside I came to learn that they were the Last Boppers (what a great name for a band), who I’d heard of but never [...]

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