From otrannounce at overtherhine.com Sat Nov 11 09:06:26 2006 From: otrannounce at overtherhine.com (Announcement list for the band Over The Rhine) Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 09:06:26 EST Subject: [OTR Announce] New Over the Rhine CD, Tour Dates and more... Message-ID: November 10, 2006 Hello, Hello, It's been awhile. (Might want to get comfortable, pour a glass of something? This could take a little time.) How have you been? It's an unseasonably warm November day today in Ohio. The fog snuck up all around the farmhouse in the wee hours this morning - we couldn't even see the barn from the upstairs, East bedroom window. It was like waking up in the sky. Most of the leaves have left the trees, and it's supposed to be a bright 70 degrees today. Fall in Ohio is soothing and delicious. We have turned our clocks back. In the early evening, the windows of the farmhouse glow warmly now as mist rises up on the fields. Night comes before the evening meal. The air is moist and alive. Chilly breezes kick up now and again and flirt with the pines. I've been meaning to write for some time. Sometimes it's important to be quiet for awhile. Listen deeply. Learn a little. Labor well in obscurity. Disappear. Lose your life to find it. It's harvest time on Nowhere Farm. We grow songs mostly. This is what we've got for you. 1. Snow Angels After talking about it for years, we have finally made a new Over the Rhine Christmas Record. We're on pace for one every decade. Snow Angels is our second. It's a record full of upright bass and piano and percussion and little surprises and of course Karin's increasingly soulful singing. I think it feels a little unlike any other Christmas Record I've heard. (Which might have to do with the fact that we wrote almost all of the songs.) We hope that Snow Angels is a record that becomes part of the landscape for small gatherings of people who love each other. A record that's a good companion for long winter afternoons spent alone. A backdrop for road trips across wide open spaces after dark. And we hope that you'll feel drawn to revisit various songs on Snow Angels all year round. If you're hungry for something a little different to pass out to friends and family this year, something soulful, something alive, please keep Snow Angels in mind. We hope this music gets itself shared. (We tried to package Snow Angels as beautifully as we could. Thanks to Clinton Reno for the wonderful illustrations, to Michael Wilson once again for stunning photographs, and to Owen Brock for helping put it all together. The package includes all the lyrics, extensive (characteristically rambling) notes, credits and more.) Snow Angels will ship in early December, rubbing shoulders with other presents in the US Mail, flying in planes over the Atlantic to points beyond. We're going to begin taking pre-orders very soon at overtherhine.com. (We'll send out a note and let you know when we're good to go). We've never done this before, but those that pre-order will be given a web address to a secret archive of Karin's Nowhere Farm sketches - Karin's earliest outlines of many of the songs that became Snow Angels. Fun. Those that pre-order can begin listening to these intimate performances right away. (Please note: If you're planning to see one of the first Over the Rhine Christmas Concerts this December, it may make sense to just pick up your copy (or copies) of Snow Angels at the show rather than having them shipped during a busy month?) We're making Snow Angels available directly to fans of Over the Rhine this December, and are planning a national release for this project in 2007. Check out overtherhine.com for more details. 2. LIVE From Nowhere Volume Two This is a new Over the Rhine tradition we've started. We signed and numbered 3000 copies (Oh, my hand?) of Volume One, which Sold Out. Now for Volume Two! Basically, we're going to gather the juiciest highlights we can come up with from our December 16 Taft Theater show, our Christmas Tour, and maybe we'll even pull a treat or two from our Sold Out tour of New Zealand earlier this year. (We also taped a couple of the concerts when we were out with Hem this Spring and Summer - so there's a lot to choose from.) If you enjoyed Volume One, we think we can make you real happy with Volume Two. (Due to various lengthy, earnest letters, not unlike this one, which we received from those who weren't able to get a copy, we are making Volume One available digitally at I-Tunes etc. But the real, signed, numbered copies of Volume One are no longer available.) We'll be taking pre-orders for Live From Nowhere Volume Two, which will ship in March of 2007. (We're giving ourselves a little breathing room.) Karin and I are going to sign and number 3500 copies this time around, and we'll include a small gift for those that pre-order. Get 'em while they last if you want 'em! Check out overtherhine.com for details. 3. Let's Throw a Little Soiree Sunday, December 17th, at 3pm, the day after our Cincinnati homecoming concert at the beautiful Taft Theater in Cincinnati, Karin and I are inviting you once again to join us at St. Elizabeth's in Norwood, Ohio, for some acoustic music, spoken word, festive food and drink, conversation, and basically a chance for us to have a little holiday gathering with our extended musical family before we call it a year. We really enjoyed this last December, and hope to see even more of you this time. Check out overtherhine.com for more details. 4. Over the Rhine Blend Just for grins and to keep life interesting: Join us for a cup of good coffee - the kind we now wake up with every morning at Nowhere Farm, specially blended for artists, writers, musicians, day dreamers and night walkers! Karin and I made an important discovery recently: fresh-roasted, organic, fair trade coffee roasted in small batches by someone who approaches the whole process like an artist is truly eye-opening. Fresh, organic, fair-trade, made in small batches - we hope it sounds suspiciously like Over the Rhine's music? This unique blend is fresh-roasted exclusively for Over the Rhine by Chuck Roast. You order, the beans are roasted the day they ship, Oh my. Order yours at overtherhine.com. (Coming soon.) 5. We're traveling to you. You're traveling to us. We're getting closer. (Or something like that.) We had an unforgettable year on the road in 2006. It started with two beautiful weeks in New Zealand where we had the time of our lives playing Sold Out shows and fraternizing after hours with French trapeze artists and Spanish flamenco dancers. We had a lovely time cavorting around the USA with Hem in the spring and early summer. Our songwriting workshop in Santa Fe this August was a truly charmed week (which alone could easily fill it's own separate letter. Thanks again to all who participated.) We got to play a benefit concert for Africa with Aimee Mann and the Indigo Girls a few weeks back, and performing at Tall Stacks down by the river in Cincinnati (with Wilco, John Hiatt, The Blind Boys of Alabama and dozens of wonderful musicians) was simply magic. Thanks to all of you who found us. But notwithstanding the above, for some odd reason, we look forward to these upcoming concerts all year long. Something about bundling up, dodging the snow (hopefully), coming in out of the cold, and making music with all of you ??- our extended musical family - at this time of year? Well, it's just our idea of a good time. We really hope you can join us. (This week: We're hopping on a train across Canada with Cowboy Junkies and others for some cozy evenings of music on the train as we make our way across the prairies and through the Canadian Rockies. We'll be looking out the window for the Northern Lights and I'll give a shout out to my old high school in Alberta as we sneak through Calgary. Come find us in Vancouver when we hop off if you can.) Wed Nov 15: Vancouver BC, Regent College, 8:00pm, all ages Fri Nov 17: Dayton OH, Canal Street Tavern, ages 18+ Sat Nov 18: Dayton OH, Canal Street Tavern, ages 18+ ***OVER THE RHINE Snow Angels Tour 2006*** Thu Nov 30: Columbus OH, Little Brothers, ages 18+ Fri Dec 01: Bloomington IN, Buskirk/Chumley Theater, all ages Sat Dec 02: Chicago IL, Double Door, 21+ Mon Dec 04: Holland MI, Hope College (Knickerbocker Theater), all ages Tue Dec 05: Kent OH, The Kent Stage, all ages Thu Dec 07: New York NY, Joe's Pub, all ages (Two Shows) Fri Dec 08: Philadelphia PA, Theatre of Living Arts, all ages Sat Dec 09: Annapolis MD, Ram's Head, 21+ Sun Dec 10: Washington DC, Jammin Java, all ages Thu Dec 14: Nashville TN, 3rd & Lindsley, all ages Fri Dec 15: Lexington KY, The Dame, 21+ Sat Dec 16: Cincinnati OH, Our Homecoming Concert at the beautiful Taft Theatre, all ages. Special Guest: Mary Gauthier. (If you haven't heard Mary's music, check out her CD, Mercy Now. You are in for a treat! Wow. Road trips are us - hope you can join us for this special evening.) Sun Dec 17: Cincinnati OH, Gathering/Soiree/Exclusive performance at St. Elizabeth's, all ages. You're all invited! Much more at overtherhine.com? Well I need to go pack for a train trip. And the Canadian Rockies. Hope to see you all soon, Linford -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From otrannounce at overtherhine.com Wed Nov 15 17:05:01 2006 From: otrannounce at overtherhine.com (Announcement list for the band Over The Rhine) Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:05:01 -0500 Subject: [OTR Announce] Thanks for Pre-ordering Over the Rhine's SNOW ANGELS! Message-ID: <8C8D7193B3543C0-FE0-6F2F@mblk-d42.sysops.aol.com> Dear Over the Rhine Fan, Hello and thank you for pre-ordering your copy of Snow Angels! As a gift for your kind support, we'd like to offer you free downloads of Karin's Nowhere Farm acoustic sketches - the early acoustic demos of many of the songs that ended up as Snow Angels. Listen to them, enjoy them... hopefully they'll tide you over until Snow Angels arrives safe and sound in your hands. To download the songs, please go to: http://overtherhine.com/music/recordings/cd15/sketches.html These are intended exclusively for folks who pre-ordered Snow Angels, and will be available for the pre-sale period only. Please do not forward this email, or this URL. We appreciate your integrity. And again, we appreciate your support. Sincerely, Over the Rhine ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. From otrannounce at overtherhine.com Wed Nov 15 18:01:06 2006 From: otrannounce at overtherhine.com (Announcement list for the band Over The Rhine) Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:01:06 -0500 Subject: [OTR Announce] Apologies Message-ID: <8C8D72110FFF038-FE0-7428@mblk-d42.sysops.aol.com> Dear Over the Rhine fans, Please accept our most sincere apologies - in our efforts to get everything up and running for the pre-sale of Snow Angels, we inadvertently sent out an email with erroneous information about where to download the Acoustic Sketches. We're sorry to clutter your inbox with more chatter. On a more positive note - the early difficulties are past us and the pre-order process for Snow Angels and Live From Nowhere, Volume 2 are in full swing. If you had any difficulty purchasing these in the past couple days we again apologize and implore you to try, try again. And of course, once you pre-order your copy of Snow Angels you will be emailed the correct address to download the the Nowhere Farm Acoustic Sketches as our way of saying thanks. This concludes your inbox interruption. Now back to regular programming. Sincerely, Over the Rhine ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. From otrannounce at overtherhine.com Sat Nov 25 13:23:25 2006 From: otrannounce at overtherhine.com (Announcement list for the band Over The Rhine) Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:23:25 EST Subject: [OTR Announce] Over the Rhine -- The Good Stuff Message-ID: Hello again, Hope you all had a good Thanksgiving. We've been having beautiful Indian Summer weather in Ohio. Sunny, mild? At night the stars have been bright and close, Orion's sword pointed at the roof of the farmhouse. We've seen one twinkling star or planet (we're overdue for a refresher map of the night sky) winking white, green, red and blue. This morning the dogs did it again (for the second time since we've lived here): we were walking on the paths as the mist was disappearing from the fields, the sun just getting started, a few winter birds flitting through the bushes, all peaceful, when Elroy spotted a big whitetail buck and a doe about 50 yards away to the East, silhouetted by the sun like a picture you'd see on an old hardware store calendar. I didn't know whether to be proud or pissed off as our Great Dane mix (who looks like an oversized Greyhound when he runs) and our year-old Weimaraner (sleek, rippling muscles, the nose of a blood hound) took off full-bore, wide open, flat out, everything on ten after the offending wildlife. The deer waved their white tails around a bit and began loping away. But then the buck realized that these dogs weren't going to lose interest anytime soon - in fact they singled him out and these dogs were damn fast - and he changed his tune pretty quickly and began covering some ground real quick, rack tucked back and hoofs blazing away. Have you seen a large animal with antlers try to outrun a pack of wolves recently? It awakens certain latent primal instincts. I watched the chase for about a half a mile before the dogs and the buck disappeared over a grassy slope and down into a wooded creek area. I'm sure once the buck got into his element, and jumped a fence or two, the outsmarted dogs found themselves with nothing but burning lungs and mud-splattered tummies. But in the meanwhile, it's an odd feeling to be standing on the edge of a small farm that once had beloved dogs and suddenly has none. I ran slowly about a mile through the fields toward the East, whistling, calling. Elroy! Shakey! Nothing. A large hawk flew down out of one of the tree lines and circled away toward the north, the sun making the white feathers on the inside of his wings flash like mirrors. About 15 minutes later, just as I'm starting to wonder what life will be like without them and begin circling back, I see the black and white head of a loping Dane begin to appear over a small grassy hill in the distance like the head of a distant trotting horse, and then here comes the rest of him and shortly thereafter a Weimaraner, tongue flopping out the side of his grinning mouth, ears waving hello. Well, Karin had said this would be a good day to give them a final pre-winter bath, so we're going to get the hose out and wash them down. Karin will say things like, Elroy, Did you run away from your forever home?! And the dogs will listen, and we'll wonder how much they understand, and they will flop down on the porch and gaze out into the open air happy on the farm. (And you know you live in the country when your dogs chase a buck over the horizon and you come home and tell your wife and she asks, How many points?) +++ Well, it's about time for those of us in Over the Rhine to chase our dreams over the horizon as well. They always outsmart us, but they make us happy. We come home with the musical equivalent of burning lungs and muddy bellies. Here's a recap once again of what we've got for you. SNOW ANGELS. With eleven original songs, we think you'll find Snow Angels a quintessential Over the Rhine recording. We had a great time recording this one, our 2nd Christmas CD in ten years. If you order your copy (which will ship in early December) at OvertheRhine.com now, we'll send you an address where you can download eight of Karin's Nowhere Farm sketches: early, bare boned versions of many of the songs that eventually became Snow Angels. (And if you just can't wait, Snow Angels is available now on i-Tunes, E-Music etc.) LIVE FROM NOWHERE VOLUME TWO. A little tradition we started last year? We collect the best 2006 concert highlights we can come up with onto a limited edition, signed and numbered CD. Pre-order yours at OvertheRhine.com. (Volume One is sold out, but is available for download on i-Tunes etc.) Volume Two will ship in March with a small treat for those that pre-order. OVER THE RHINE CHRISTMAS GATHERING. Karin and I would like to invite you to join us on December 17th at 3pm (the day after our Taft Theater Homecoming Concert) for a holiday gathering featuring an acoustic performance, some spoken word, some conversation and of course some festive food and drink. We did this last year as well, and it's a great way to end our working year, surrounded by our extended musical family. See OvertheRhine.com for directions and more details. OVER THE RHINE BLEND. We're now up and running: Join us for a cup of good coffee - the kind we now wake up with every morning at Nowhere Farm, specially blended for artists, writers, musicians, day dreamers and night walkers! This unique blend is fresh-roasted exclusively for Over the Rhine by Chuck Roast. You order, the beans are roasted the day they ship, Oh my. http://overtherhine.com/catalog/blend.html ***OVER THE RHINE Snow Angels Tour 2006*** Thu Nov 30: Columbus OH, Little Brothers, ages 18+. Take a dive with us! It's always amazing to us how you transform this piss and vinegar club into a warm, inviting room full of music, laughter and conversation. Consistently one of our favorite crowds anywhere. Fri Dec 01: Bloomington IN, Buskirk/Chumley Theater, all ages. This lovely theater in one of the Midwest's best-kept-secret towns is a beauty. Bloomington features no Interstate Hwy, and the widest array of Int'l Cuisine that you'll find just about anywhere. Two Tibetan Monasteries, great Thai food, our favorite recording studio - you can be sure we'll be taping this concert for LFN Volume Two. Join us for a special evening (an easy, beautiful drive from Cincinnati). Sat Dec 02: Chicago IL, Double Door, 21+. Time to turn the volume back up. This was one of our favorite evenings on the OtR/Hem tour earlier this year. Mon Dec 04: Holland MI, Hope College (Knickerbocker Theater), all ages. Come find us in a quaint Northern town, where the sun sets early this time of year. Tue Dec 05: Kent OH, The Kent Stage, all ages. Another one of our favorite theaters with red velvet seats and a piano with a broken heart. Thu Dec 07: New York NY, Joe's Pub, all ages. (Two Shows). This venue is a regular stop for everyone from Emmylou Harris to Nellie McKay. Our first time - come find us in the Big Apple at Christmastime. Order dinner, stay awhile. Fri Dec 08: Philadelphia PA, Theatre of Living Arts, all ages. One of our favorite venues, this is the first year we get to play a Christmas Concert at TLA. Sat Dec 09: Annapolis MD, Ram's Head, 21+. Last time we played Ram's Head it snowed and snowed and snowed. We'll see what the grand piano can conjure up this time. Sun Dec 10: Washington DC, Jammin Java, all ages. Cozy room, great food and drink. Thu Dec 14: Nashville TN, 3rd & Lindsley, all ages. Look for a musical guest or three. Fri Dec 15: Lexington KY, The Dame, 21+. We love that hat shop next door, and we love the warm folks that find their way to The Dame whenever we show up. Sat Dec 16: Cincinnati OH, Our Homecoming Concert at the beautiful Taft Theatre, all ages. Special Guest: Mary Gauthier. (If you haven't heard Mary's music, check out her CD, Mercy Now. Wow. Road trips are us - hope you can join us for this special evening.) Sun Dec 17: Cincinnati OH, Gathering/Soiree/Exclusive performance at St. Elizabeth's, all ages. You're all invited! Check out OvertheRhine.com for maps and more details. Please pass along this info to any family and friends who might be interested. STREET TEAMS. We've always known that our music couldn't survive without your help. If you'd like to assist us in getting the word out about upcoming concerts (namely, print out and post some fliers up at your favorite neighborhood haunts) please join our street team. (Please note, we're starting a separate mailing list for those that join - you'll be the first to hear about upcoming concerts, and we'll try to have some fun along the way.) More info and downloadable fliers at: http://www.overtherhine.com/team/index.html MERCH VOLUNTEERS; We need at least two volunteers for each of our Christmas concerts to help manage the Imaginary Apple Orchard Boutique. Lots of music, t-shirts, hand-screened posters - the good stuff. It's a good opportunity to meet some great people, and we appreciate your help. We'll give you tickets to the concert, and you can help make it all work. Please e-mail Brandon at overtherhine.com with the words ?OtR MERCH VOLUNTEER [City/State]? in the subject line. If you don't hear back from us, don't worry - it just means we're already covered. Well, I think that's about it for today. Make sure the people you love know they are loved. And hope you can join us - we'll see you soon. Linford for Over the Rhine -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From otrannounce at overtherhine.com Sun Dec 10 15:52:08 2006 From: otrannounce at overtherhine.com (Announcement list for the band Over The Rhine) Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 15:52:08 EST Subject: [OTR Announce] Snow Angel preorder goodies Message-ID: Hi - Sorry you didn't get the link earlier - here it is. www.overtherhine.com/nowheresketches Enjoy and Merry Christmas! OtR customer care -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From otrannounce at overtherhine.com Thu Dec 14 17:20:20 2006 From: otrannounce at overtherhine.com (Announcement list for the band Over The Rhine) Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:20:20 EST Subject: [OTR Announce] Over the Rhine Dates and New CD Message-ID: Hello fellow travelers, Just a quick hello and a note to let you know what's shakin'... We've had a great time on the road these last few weeks and in spite of the fact that there's a nasty bug going around, we're fighting back. We're strong when we're together. And we're lookin' forward to seeing many more of you this week as a good year winds to a close. Hope you can join us. OVER THE RHINE IN CONCERT: Tonight, Thursday December 14: Over the Rhine with special guest Swan Dive at 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville, TN. Friday, December 15: An evening with Over the Rhine at The Dame in Lexington, KY. Saturday, December 16: Our holiday homecoming concert at The Taft Theater in Cincinnati, OH. Mary Gauthier joins us at this beautiful, historic venue just a few blocks from The Genius of Water. Sunday, December 17: Our 3pm gathering at St. Elizabeth's with wine, coffee and festive food. It's not too late to get your name on the guest list. There'll be music and conversation and general conviviality -- we really enjoyed ourselves last year. Hope you can make it. Check out OvertheRhine.com... (If you order a ticket, or have done so recently and it hasn't yet arrived, don't worry, we have your name on the guest list. And your welcome to bring a friend or your family along.) *** All Snow Angels CD pre-orders have shipped and it's not too late to order copies for family or friends. Eleven original Over the Rhine songs, with genuine Over the Rhine, thrift store-clad super-heroes on the cover, extensive liner notes and more. File it under: "And now for a little something different..." Check out OvertheRhine.com for details... (If you're in Cincinnati, you can pick up a copy at Shake It Records, Everybody's Records, Joseph Beth Booksellers or at Barnes and Nobles.) And the word is in: People love our Over the Rhine Blend: organic, fresh-roasted, fair-trade coffee shipped direct to your door! And we love the fact that it's got y'all talkin'... Y'know, real conversation and what not. It's a great stocking stuffer, and we guarantee it will be the best smelling stocking in the room. Order yours at OvertheRhine.com... You can also pre-order your signed limited edition copy of Live From Nowhere Volume Two at, you guessed it, OvertheRhine.com... Thanks for a great year. And hope we see you this week. (The weather they're calling for in Ohio this week is beautiful, sunny, mild. Spontaneous road-trippers welcome.) Peace, All of us in Over the Rhine PS (And we're currently workin' on rescheduling the DC and Annapolis shows in January.) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: