[OTR Announce] New Over the Rhine CD, Tour Dates and more...

[Announcement list for the band Over The Rhine]

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 
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