From otrannounce at overtherhine.com Tue Oct 26 12:36:03 2010 From: otrannounce at overtherhine.com (Announcement list for the band Over The Rhine) Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 12:36:03 -0400 Subject: [OTR Announce] Over the Rhine NEWS: THE LONG SURRENDER, Upcoming Concerts, Train ride, More Message-ID: Greetings friends, It?s a blustery fall day out here on Nowhere Farm. I made the coffee dark and strong, and Karin and I sat on the porch swing for awhile. Five deer crossed the road at the edge of our property. A redtail hawk was flying low over the fields. The leaves of the towering maples are mostly rosy or wine dark or fiercely yellow. Karin has been saying we need to pull out the leaf rakes. I tend to want to wait until every last leaf comes down before I roll up my sleeves. The last flowers of summer to bloom are the wild asters, and I brought in a huge white bouquet a few days ago, which Karin arranged on the dining room table. That?s the last wild bouquet of the year. Now we turn our attention to arranging our songs and setting out to find you, with hopefully a little of the same wild beauty still fresh in our minds. Living out here on our own is an ongoing experiment. We do love the deep solitude, but we weigh the isolation. Maybe someday we?ll have a dog friendly apartment on the edge of a park in a vibrant city, where we can surround ourselves more often with the flinty sparks of creativity of other writers, musicians, painters. But hopefully we can always keep our little Ohio farm. I was reminded of all the memories we?ve made out here when a chipping sparrow nest blew out of one of the maples this morning. The nest had been lined earlier this summer with Elroy?s hair. As for all the Over the Rhine news? this is the time of year when we squint our eyes and see all the way to New Year?s Day. THE LONG SURRENDER The brand new Over the Rhine record, THE LONG SURRENDER, produced by Joe Henry, which many of you helped us make is getting closer everyday to being let loose in the world. There?s a lot that goes in to getting this music wrapped up and ready, but we are just about there. We had a clandestine online listening party for all those who contributed and will be letting all of you (blood) donors download THE LONG SURRENDER very soon. Then we?ll be starting the presale for the rest of the world. The official release date is 1/11/11, but those who preorder can experience our latest labor of love much earlier. Stay tuned at OvertheRhine.com for all the details. Feels like it?s gonna be a good chapter in this ongoing story. THIS COMING WEEKEND Join Over the Rhine in the land of the Amish, apple orchards and frosty pumpkin fields for two very special fall concerts. We will be previewing many of the songs from THE LONG SURRENDER and much more as a sultry trio. (You?re going to feel it in the hips.) (Karin says I?m the only writer she knows who can get away with invoking sultry hips and the Amish in the same paragraph.) Friday, October 29, 2010, Goshen, INDIANA, Goshen Theater (with Julie Lee!) Saturday, October 30, 2010, Grand Rapids, MICHIGAN, Calvin College (the inaugural performance at the newly renovated Fine Arts Center, anxious to see their brand new venue, hope you can come find us) CONVERSATIONS ON A MUSICAL TRAIN November 5-10 There are just a few spots (2?) still available if you want to hop on board. We haven?t left the station just yet. Check out OvertheRhine.com for all the details ? some of our favorite people join us for a musical train ride through the great American Southwest. SANTA FE Please note that the following Santa Fe concert is open to the public. (We?ll all be hopping off the train for an evening. Hope you can join us!) Saturday, November 6, 2010, Santa Fe, NEW MEXICO, Santa Fe Brewing Company (with special guests Swan Dive and Lucy Wainwright Roche) WEST COAST ? THE LONG SURRENDER PREVIEW Karin and Linford will be bringing the aforementioned sultry trio West, rolling the grand piano out on stage and previewing songs from THE LONG SURRENDER in some of our favorite West Coast venues. Look for some special guests along the way in addition to our lovely supporting star, Lucy Wainwright Roche. We envision an extended, intimate evening of music and conversation. Hope to see you and yours! Friday, November 12, 2010, Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA, The Troubadour (former haunt of Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and many others) Saturday, November 13, 2010, San Francisco, CALIFORNIA, Great American Music Hall (former haunt of burlesque dancers and bootleggers, still beautiful and wild around the edges, a perfect venue for our infamous love songs) Monday, November 15, 2010, Eugene, OREGON, WOW Hall (a lovely old community theater in an amazing town) Wednesday, November 17, 2010, Portland, OREGON, Aladdin Theater (a beautiful neighborhood theater in one of our favorite progressive cities, a city full of great coffee and books, see you at Powell?s etc) Friday, Saturday, Sunday, November 19, 20, 21, THREE SHOWS!, Seattle, WASHINGTON, The Triple Door (great sounding room, amazing hospitality, roomy stage, the wine dark sparkle of polished glasses in dim light) Over the Rhine DECEMBER TOUR Come in out of the cold and join Over the Rhine for some warm evenings of music as we not only preview songs from THE LONG SURRENDER, but dip into The Darkest Night of the Year, Snow Angels and beyond. We are putting together a world-class band this year to bring our touring year to a close, and it won?t be the same without you. Friday, December 3, Marion, OHIO, Palace Theater (a first for us) Saturday, December 4, Kent, OHIO, Kent Stage (red velvet seats, piano with a broken heart) Sunday, December 5, Ann Arbor, MICHIGAN, The Ark (coziest listening room in America) Tuesday, December 7, Columbus, OHIO, Lincoln Theater (a first for us, and a long overdue return to Columbus ? hope to get more than a little reacquainted) Friday, December 10, Louisville, KENTUCKY, Bomhard Theater (gorgeous theater in a very musical city) Saturday, December 11, Chicago, ILLINOIS, Old Town School of Folk Music, TWO SHOWS: 7pm and 10pm (our favorite venue in Chicago, beautiful 400 seat theater, fabulous holiday neighborhood) THREE DAY CINCINNATI HOLIDAY WEEKEND: Friday, December 17, Jarson-Kaplan Theatre (In the beautiful Aronoff Center), Cincinnati, OHIO: Special world premiere performance of THE LONG SURRENDER (featuring some of the musicians who played on the record as well as our producer Joe Henry). We are going to perform the new record from beginning to end. Yes, we are keeping alive one aspect of our Great Speckled Dog fundraising campaign: LIVE IT. This special performance on Friday is being offered only as part of an exclusive three-day package that INCLUDES admission to The Taft the next evening, as well as our Sunday afternoon Soiree at St. Elizabeth?s in Norwood. Check out OvertheRhine.com for all the details. Proceeds will assist us in operating our own Great Speckled Dog record label, as we prepare to officially release THE LONG SURRENDER. Thank you. Saturday, December 18, Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, OHIO: Our annual homecoming concert will feature very special guest, Joe Henry, the producer of our latest record, and an extended cast of musicians. (Tickets available separately or as part of a three-day pkg.) Available at OvertheRhine.com? Sunday, December 19, St. Elizabeths: Join Karin and Linford for an acoustic performance, some conversation, and festive food and drink in a ragged but lovely cathedral in Cincinnati. Tix available separately or as part of three-day pkg.) Details on all the above at OvertheRhine.com... And that will bring our 2010 touring year to a close. Thank you for being a part of it. Without you, we?d be homeless. Peace like a river, Linford and Karin From otrannounce at overtherhine.com Fri Nov 12 14:47:08 2010 From: otrannounce at overtherhine.com (Announcement list for the band Over The Rhine) Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:47:08 -0500 Subject: [OTR Announce] Over the Rhine's West Coast Tour Begins Tonight Message-ID: Over the Rhine?s West Coast Tour Begins Tonight Greetings friends, What can I say about our train trip that recently came to an end? We had folks fly in from Sweden, Germany, England, Canada, Alaska and all over the USA, for a musical ride through the American Southwest. A beautiful group of people - so many memorable conversations, much laughter, and I?ll be the first to admit a few tears were shed along the way at the wonder of it all. In the night desert a few of us would hang off the last car in the open air and there were so many bright stars it almost hurt our eyes. Yes, we lifted glasses as we rolled through the night. We watched friendships form in front of our eyes. All the rail cars were built in the 1950?s including the old dome car with the glass roof, so there was a rhythm to everything that was felt deep in the bones. There were a few small miracles. I met the daughter of my father?s best friend on board, and we exchanged many stories and memories of Henry and John. And when we arrived at the amazing La Posada Hotel in Winslow, Arizona, we met the owner, a prolific painter, Tina Mion, and discovered that she had often listened to the music of Over the Rhine while she worked. We toured her studio and private gallery space and marveled as she beautifully deconstructed her paintings in front of our eyes. She had worked on one triptych for 54 days without talking to another soul. An artist totally immersed in her work? It was a true adventure, and we?re already talking about next year so stay tuned. Thanks to Swan Dive and Lucy and Mickey and Michael and Lynn for joining us, and to Charlie for dreaming the whole thing up, and to all who made the week unforgettable. With our feet back on terra firma we now begin our tour up the West Coast. Please come find us as we preview songs from our soon-to-be-released new record, THE LONG SURRENDER, and pull a few faves out of an old, well-worn hat. It wouldn?t be the same without you. Peace like a river, Linford and Karin +++ THE LONG SURRENDER PREVIEW TOUR (Special guest for all shows: Lucy Wainwright Roche) Tonight! Friday, November 12, 2010, THE TROUBADOUR, Los Angeles, CA. Some really good rumors: Joe Henry, our producer, is going to join Karin on a few songs. Another very special guest is planning to sing a duet with Karin - a song called Undamned. (Hint: she sang on the new record.) And Loudon Wainwright is planning on sitting in with Lucy on a song. It?s shaping up to be a very special night. Doors 8pm. Lucy 9pm. OtR 10pm. Join us at this historic musical landmark. Saturday, November 13, GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL, San Francisco, CA Monday, November 15, WOW HALL, Eugene, OR Wednesday, November 17, ALADDIN THEATER, Portland, OR Friday, Saturday, Sunday, November 19, 20, 21, THE TRIPLE DOOR, Seattle, WA Pls visit OvertheRhine.com for more. (Including dates in December.) Lookin? forward! PS Please share these dates with cousins, siblings, friends, parents, sons, daughters, love interests and so forth. Tweet, post and forward freely. Bake some molasses crinkles and fold a copy on top of the cookie jar, the kitchen smelling of ginger and cloves. Slip the dates in a pocket of a well-worn raincoat. Hang them on the refrigerator door along with pictures of the border collies. And finally, our favorite, line the bird cage with these words on crisp white paper and let the white doves crap all night long. From otrannounce at overtherhine.com Fri Nov 12 16:07:34 2010 From: otrannounce at overtherhine.com (Announcement list for the band Over The Rhine) Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:07:34 -0500 Subject: [OTR Announce] =?utf-8?q?Over_the_Rhine=E2=80=99s_West_Coast_Tour?= =?utf-8?q?_Begins_Tonight?= Message-ID: Over the Rhine?s West Coast Tour Begins Tonight Greetings friends, What can I say about our train trip that recently came to an end? We had folks fly in from Sweden, Germany, England, Canada, Alaska and all over the USA, for a musical ride through the American Southwest. A beautiful group of people - so many memorable conversations, much laughter, and I?ll be the first to admit a few tears were shed along the way at the wonder of it all. In the night desert a few of us would hang off the last car in the open air and there were so many bright stars it almost hurt our eyes. Yes, we lifted glasses as we rolled through the night. We watched friendships form in front of our eyes. All the rail cars were built in the 1950?s including the old dome car with the glass roof, so there was a rhythm to everything that was felt deep in the bones. There were a few small miracles. I met the daughter of my father?s best friend on board, and we exchanged many stories and memories of Henry and John. And when we arrived at the amazing La Posada Hotel in Winslow, Arizona, we met the owner, a prolific painter, Tina Mion, and discovered that she had often listened to the music of Over the Rhine while she worked. We toured her studio and private gallery space and marveled as she beautifully deconstructed her paintings in front of our eyes. She had worked on one triptych for 54 days without talking to another soul. An artist totally immersed in her work? It was a true adventure, and we?re already talking about next year so stay tuned. Thanks to Swan Dive and Lucy and Mickey and Michael and Lynn for joining us, and to Charlie for dreaming the whole thing up, and to all who made the week unforgettable. With our feet back on terra firma we now begin our tour up the West Coast. Please come find us as we preview songs from our soon-to-be-released new record, THE LONG SURRENDER, and pull a few faves out of an old, well-worn hat. It wouldn?t be the same without you. Peace like a river, Linford and Karin +++ THE LONG SURRENDER PREVIEW TOUR (Special guest for all shows: Lucy Wainwright Roche) Tonight! Friday, November 12, 2010, THE TROUBADOUR, Los Angeles, CA. Some really good rumors: Joe Henry, our producer, is going to join Karin on a few songs. Another very special guest is planning to sing a duet with Karin - a song called Undamned. (Hint: she sang on the new record.) And Loudon Wainwright is planning on sitting in with Lucy on a song. It?s shaping up to be a very special night. Doors 8pm. Lucy 9pm. OtR 10pm. Join us at this historic musical landmark. Saturday, November 13, GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL, San Francisco, CA Monday, November 15, WOW HALL, Eugene, OR Wednesday, November 17, ALADDIN THEATER, Portland, OR Friday, Saturday, Sunday, November 19, 20, 21, THE TRIPLE DOOR, Seattle, WA Pls visit OvertheRhine.com for more. (Including dates in December.) Lookin? forward! PS Please share these dates with cousins, siblings, friends, parents, sons, daughters, love interests and so forth. Tweet, post and forward freely. Bake some molasses crinkles and fold a copy on top of the cookie jar, the kitchen smelling of ginger and cloves. Slip the dates in a pocket of a well-worn raincoat. Hang them on the refrigerator door along with pictures of the border collies. And finally, our favorite, line the bird cage with these words on crisp white paper and let the white doves crap all night long. From otrannounce at overtherhine.com Sun Dec 5 17:10:21 2010 From: otrannounce at overtherhine.com (Announcement list for the band Over The Rhine) Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2010 17:10:21 -0500 Subject: [OTR Announce] New Over the Rhine CD: THE LONG SURRENDER Message-ID: Hello friends, I?m sitting in an Irish Pub in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I can hear the distant hum and roar of Sunday football up by the bar, but I found a quiet corner in the back near the fireplace, which is crackling happily. Strands of white Christmas lights are strung above the stone hearth. A few families are tucked into booths nearby still having late Sunday lunch. But I sit alone with my keyboard and write this letter, and I?m happy for the solitude. And lo! My bowl of hot chili arrives with some hearty looking Irish bread and butter on the side. All is well indeed. Wanted to take a moment and pass along the latest: OVER THE RHINE?S DECEMBER TOUR Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, we are on the road. This is my favorite time of the year to tour. I don?t know, there?s something about the dark evenings, the snow flurries, the breath from warm lungs making ghosts in the night air, people coming in out of the cold and peeling off scarves and hats in search of a soulful song ? it all works, it?s all in the wheelhouse of our calling. And we?ve tried once again to rise to the occasion. We?ve got an exhilarating 6-piece band that we get to lean into every night. There are 11 of us touring together at present (band and crew) all in the interest of making a memorable evening of music worth leaving home for. It?s a deeply communal enterprise, which thanks to you, continues to somehow thrive. (Thanks to all of you who have found us so far on this run.) Please check out overtherhine.com for details on upcoming shows in Columbus, Louisville, Chicago and a very special three-day weekend (December 17-19) in our hometown of Cincinnati. We hope to see you. OVER THE RHINE?S NEW RECORD: THE LONG SURRENDER Over the Rhine?s new record, THE LONG SURRENDER, produced by Joe Henry, has arrived and is available NOW exclusively at overtherhine.com. Whenever a new CD arrives for the very first time, it?s always a pregnant moment: all of a sudden, there?s no turning back. So we opened up a box and lifted one out with a certain degree of nervous anticipation: Wow. They are beautiful. Friends, it?s for real. We didn?t just dream the whole thing. WE MADE A RECORD! Order your copy of THE LONG SURRENDER, and you can download all the songs immediately. And if you?re still checking off your gift list, please consider picking up some extra copies for friends or family. We will ship them to you pronto. (If you already pre-ordered, they are already in the mail.) Thanks for all the lovely feedback so far. We?ve been having a great time airing out songs from THE LONG SURRENDER on this latest tour. Rave on. OVER THE RHINE HOLIDAY CD?s: THE DARKEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR/SNOW ANGELS Don?t forget that we?ve recorded two Christmas CD?s that hopefully can put more than a little warmth into a room this time of year. Strings of lights above the bed, curtains drawn and a glass of red? we?re gonna pull through. OTHER OVER THE RHINE TREATS: Again, if you?re still looking for some unique gifts for loved ones, don?t forget about our fab Over the Rhine blend fresh-roasted coffee, The Trumpet Child Songbooks, collectible posters, playful OtR tees?they are all available at overtherhine.com? Well, we want to thank you again for the part you play in this ongoing conversation. We are grateful. As my wife still likes to say: Without you, we?d be homeless. Alright. They will soon be calling me to the piano at The Ark for soundcheck this evening. I better run along for now. With any luck, later tonight we?ll walk on stage, the room will lift off the ground, float up into the sky, blow apart, and we?ll discover we have a nice new view of things. Peace like a river, love like an ocean, Linford and Karin PS Please share these words freely with all, orphaned believers, skeptical dreamers etc etc. From otrannounce at overtherhine.com Tue Dec 14 21:00:39 2010 From: otrannounce at overtherhine.com (Announcement list for the band Over The Rhine) Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:00:39 -0500 Subject: [OTR Announce] Over the Rhine Big Weekend/New Record Message-ID: Hello friends, I?m sitting alone at the Iris Book Caf? on Main Street in the neighborhood of Over-the-Rhine on a dark, December, Tuesday night. Baby It?s Cold Outside. Karin is running her bundled errands in the city. We spent her birthday at home yesterday, happy to be back safely from Chicago, unpacking, doing laundry, getting the dogs to bay excelsior from time to time in the kitchen. They can make a racket if we put them up to it. What an amazing string of concerts that was. It?s all still ringing faintly in my ears. Thank you to all you who found us and completed the circle so beautifully. Amazing. Really. The apartment I kept for 10 years is about a block south of here. It was in that third-story bedroom overlooking Main Street that we pushed the ?record? button for the very first time to see what would happen if we did. This neighborhood was like a foreign country to me then. I had grown up in a family with a father who would pull the car over to the side of the road to admire an old growth deciduous tree, but here on Main Street, back in the day, I couldn?t see a single tree from my apartment. When my father visited me that first spring, he planted flowers in all the third-story window boxes to give us something green to look at. But there was music inside us and when we pushed that red button, little did we know we would blow our hearts wide open and spend the rest of our lives trying to pick up the pieces. Ah, but you?ve come along, so it?s all good, right? We?ve had more than a few dances in the kitchen together, spilled some good wine, helped the sun rise a few times. And we?ve got several warm evenings of music waiting for you before we call it a year. And we?ve got a brand new record all wrapped up. Yes. Thanks to you, we ain?t washed up just yet. __ All the Over the Rhine news worth noting at present: THIS (LONG) WEEKEND: It?s a big one. This Friday night, December 17, THE LONG SURRENDER ? LIVE: We?re playing our new record from start to finish for the first time at a stunningly beautiful theater at The Aronoff in downtown Cincinnati. We?ve got 7 musicians on board, and Joe Henry, our producer, will be keeping a close eye on the proceedings. (This show is only available as part of a Great Speckled Dog package that includes all three wknd events. Tix on sale through this Thursday at noon at overtherhine.com?) This Saturday night, December 18, it?s our annual holiday concert at The Taft Theater, with very special guest, friend and ally, Joe Henry. We?re going to blow the seams out of the songs with a six-piece-plus band, lean deep into THE LONG SURRENDER, and pull a few familiar songs from Snow Angels, The Trumpet Child etc into the mix. Finally, this coming Sunday afternoon, December 19, we?re hosting our soiree at St. Elizabeth?s in Norwood with Latte?s made in front of your eyes (you?ll be drinking artwork), true Belgian Waffles, festive refreshments of various sort, sparkling beverages, acoustic music and conversation in a ragged cathedral. Join us as we bring our touring year to a close, lift a glass together, grinning. All of the above is designed to warm up a heart real good, make sad people happy and vice versa, and Lord knows we need it. THE LONG SURRENDER: Our brand new record, THE LONG SURRENDER, produced by Joe Henry, with an amazing cast of musical conjurers is available now exclusively at overtherhine.com. It doesn?t officially hit record stores until the first week of February, 2011, but we?ve got CD?s now for the faithful. If you order, you can download the music immediately, and the CD?s ship immediately as well. Also, we expect to have the first shipment of THE LONG SURRENDER on deluxe GATEFOLD VINYL in our hands by this friday. If you?d like to order the vinyl, we?re quite sure you?ll have them to you in time for Christmas. Drop the needle on a snowy night. (Please note, the deluxe Box-Set version of THE LONG SURRENDER is still in the pipeline, but will ship as soon as they arrive. Stay tuned.) OVER THE RHINE HOLIDAY CD?s: THE DARKEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR/SNOW ANGELS Don?t forget that we?ve recorded two Christmas CD?s that hopefully can put more than a little warmth into a room this time of year. There was a blind girl with braids and a black dress, lived next to me I could tell you the address? Snow angel, someday we?re gonna fly? OTHER OVER THE RHINE TREATS: We have a brand new t-shirt available, designed by Ohio artist Rob Seiffert that has, All My Favorite People Are Broken, tucked into a broken-hearted piano. And there?s fresh-roasted OtR blend coffee, and Trumpet Child songbooks, and a few spare instrumental records that can make a room feel right on a winter night. Thanks for the part you?ve played in sustaining this labor of love for so long. Well, yes, it?s about that time. I?m gonna head on back to the farm and curl up early with a Jon Katz book in bed. We?ll see you on the other side. Peace like a river, love like an ocean, Linford (and Karin) __ Pls share the above freely. Orphaned believers, skeptical dreamers, you?re welcome. You can stay right here. You don?t have to go. PS If you?re coming into Cincinnati from out of town this wknd, photographer Michael Wilson has an amazing collection of portraits in a gallery just across the river in Covington. Drop us a note on facebook and we?ll get you the info if you?re interested. And Maurice Mattei has his Pictures from Italy up here at The Iris Book Caf? ? another beautiful show well worth seeing. Enjoy. From otrannounce at overtherhine.com Wed Dec 22 12:43:45 2010 From: otrannounce at overtherhine.com (Announcement list for the band Over The Rhine) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:43:45 -0500 Subject: [OTR Announce] Thank You Message-ID: Dear friends, We are home at last to a snow-covered farm, drinking our own coffee, sleeping in our own beds, loving on our own dogs. There was a milky fog blurring the edges of everything this morning. Our pre-civil war farmhouse hovered on an island near the edge of the world. Thanks so much to all of you for such a great weekend in Cincinnati. Special thanks to Joe Henry (and family) for joining us and for lifting a glass brim full of music: An amazing way to celebrate the making of the THE LONG SURRENDER, and the great good gift of friendship. We are certainly still basking in the afterglow. Thanks to our amazing band members and crew mates for all the miles covered, and for all who pitched in to make our Sunday Soiree happen. And of course, thanks again to all of you who continue to find us along the way, give the music a good life, pass it around, complete the circle. We are grateful. We are off to get our tree today. Got the trimmings down from the attic earlier. Karin already has the old bannister festooned. Have a blessed Christmas and here?s to a brand new year looming just around the bend. Much love, Linford and Karin ++ PS And our Great Speckled Dog team reminds me to say, Don?t forget about all the OtR treats available for less than $20 at overtherhine.com: OtR Blend coffee THE LONG SURRENDER (Deluxe Digipak CD or Gatefold Vinyl) (Not available in stores until Feb) The Trumpet Child Songbook "All My Favorite People" T-Shirts OHIO Posters Snow Angels and The Darkest Night of the Year: Our two holiday/winter CD's Our Catalog: Drunkard?s Prayer, OHIO, Films For Radio, Good Dog Bad Dog and much more. Enjoy and thanks again.