From otrannounce at overtherhine.com Mon Feb 7 22:39:55 2011 From: otrannounce at overtherhine.com (Announcement list for the band Over The Rhine) Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:39:55 -0500 Subject: [OTR Announce] Over the Rhine's New Record: The Long Surrender (and more) Message-ID: Hello friends, Last year when an ice storm came through this part of Ohio, it turned our 5-acre field of waist-high frozen weeds into a junkyard of discarded chandeliers. Every growing thing was leaning over, bending a knee, covered in heavy glass. There it all was the next morning, sparkling in the sun. I had to squint my eyes. When my brother Conrad delivered milk in Holmes County, Ohio, I rode along with him one dark afternoon after an ice storm, and whenever his milk truck crashed into low-hanging ice-covered branches, it sounded like three dozen Pepsi bottles smashing on the windshield. It was deafening and fabulous. But beauty is always dangerous, and when the rain started freezing on our trees a week ago, we wondered what the outcome would be. Our Norway spruces slowly started to sag as ice formed on them from tip to toe. The red maple limbs reached low as if they were straining to pick something up out of the snow. When everything is coated with ice, I worry about the birds that winter here on the farm. We do leave the edges wild, and I think we amuse our neighbors by sometimes letting entire fields go to seed so cardinals and quail and mourning doves and finches have plenty of cover and plenty of winter food to forage. But what do the birds eat when everything is covered in a half-inch of ice? Karin encouraged me to fire up our generator before the storm so that we could power at least part of the house if the lights suddenly went out. She?s usually the one thinkin? ahead around here. It took a few pulls on the rope, but seemed to run fine after I put some fresh gas in the tank. We hunker down in the wintertime, me in a heavy Irish sweater made of un-dyed black sheep wool, Karin in layers too numerous to name, a thick ceramic mug of something warm nearby always. And my goodness the dogs sleep a lot. Our friend Justin described our dogs as alternating quite suddenly between Deep. Winter. Sleep. and UNBRIDLED ENTHUSIASM! It is often one or t?other come to think of it. Well folks, can you believe it?s February 7th? In our world, I?ll tell you what day it is: It?s the eve of the official release of our latest offering: The Long Surrender. Yes, that?s got a nice ring to it, if I say so myself. There?s fresh snow on the ground here at Nowhere Farm. We?re safe and warm. And grateful: Grateful that we?ve made it this far together; grateful that we?re all still here? What do you say we lift a glass of something good to the occasion? Again, our thanks to all of you who pitched in in advance to make The Long Surrender possible. Our thanks to all of you who will go out of your way to find this music, spread it around, give it a life. Without you, we?d be homeless, as my wife still likes to say. And special thanks to Joe Henry, engineer Ryan Freeland and all the musicians who blew the seams out of the songs. Here?s all the latest news, and we hope to see you soon! THE LONG SURRENDER ? OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE ? FEBRUARY 8, 2011: We officially release the new Over the Rhine project, The Long Surrender, into the world. If you?d like a CD in a deluxe digipak delivered directly to your door, order it from overtherhine.com, and we?ll ship it out immediately. If you haven?t yet heard The Long Surrender, it?s now streaming at overtherhine.com, from beginning to end in real time: ?The Laugh of Recognition,? all the way through ?All My Favorite People,? and ?Unspoken.? Play it loud. THE LONG SURRENDER ? DELUXE GATEFOLD VINYL ? FEBRUARY 8, 2011: We have a beautiful limited vinyl edition of The Long Surrender ? two 180 gram records in a striking gatefold jacket (thanks to the bold and gorgeous photographs of Michael Wilson). The vinyl edition is also available directly through overtherhine.com, and will ship immediately to your doorstep. THE LONG SURRENDER ? DELUXE BOXSET EDITION ? COMING SOON! We just heard from the factory that these will be shipping to us in the next few days. This is the hope chest version of the record ? a lovely box with both vinyl and CD copies as well as a large expanded book of Michael Wilson?s photographs that opens like an accompanying silent movie. Once we get these to the donors that ordered them, we?ll be making additional copies available at overtherhine.com. Stay tuned. Only 500 total copies exist. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 - RELEASE DAY FESTIVITIES: At 1:30pm Eastern, Karin and I will be doing an interview with John Patrick at WNKU, 89.7, 104.1 and 105.9 fm. You can stream the interview live at wnku.org. NPR: All Things Considered will be running Melissa Block?s interview with Karin and Linford Tuesday, early evening, February 8th, during their national broadcast. FREE RELEASE DAY CONCERT: Tuesday, February 8th: At 7pm, Karin and I, along with Nick Radina, will be performing a free, living room concert at Joseph-Beth Booksellers, 2962 Madison Road in Cincinnati, playing many of the songs from The Long Surrender, and more? (We?ll be signing CD?s and giving away posters to all in attendance. Hope to see you!) ADDITIONAL FEBRUARY DATES: (Check out overtherhine.com for all the details?) Wednesday, February 16, Memphis, Tennessee, Folk Alliance, (Sirius/XM live concert broadcast) with Paul Thorn and Ruthie Foster (tickets available) Friday, February 18, Louisville, Kentucky, Noon: Free LIVE LUNCH concert at WFPK. (Listen online at WFPK.org) Friday, February 18, Louisville, Kentucky, 6pm: Free in-store performance at Ear X-tacy! Saturday, February 19, Nashville, Tennessee, 5pm: Free in-store performance at Grimey?s! Sunday, February 20, Nashville, Tennessee, Third & Lindsley: Live concert broadcast on WRLT. With very special guest, Kim Taylor. Tickets available now. Over the Rhine MARCH AND APRIL TOUR DATES (full six-piece band) ? posted at overtherhine.com, tickets on sale now: *March 25, Boston, MA, Caf? 939 at Berklee March 26, New York, NY, Highline Ballroom, An evening with Over the Rhine *March 29, Philadelphia, PA, World Caf? Live *April 1, Pittsburgh, PA, Mr. Smalls Funhouse April 2, Akron, OH, Musica, An evening with Over the Rhine *April 5, Ann Arbor, MI, The Ark *April 7, Milwaukee, WI, Turner Hall *April 8, Chicago, IL, Lincoln Hall *April 9, Madison, WI, Majestic Theater *April 10, Minneapolis, MN, Cedar Cultural Center *With very special guest, Lucy Wainwright Roche April 29 and 30, Cincinnati, OH, Aronoff Center, Over the Rhine performs with the Cincinnati Ballet: featuring many of the songs from The Long Surrender as well songs from Drunkard?s Prayer, OHIO, The Trumpet Child and more. (Three different choreographers offering world premiers.) And skipping ahead? September 22-30, New Mexico and Colorado: Over the Rhine ? Conversations on a musical train. We?re teaming up with the fine folks of Roots on the Rails for another unforgettable train adventure. We?ll be joined by our friends Mary Gauthier, photographer Michael Wilson, naturalist Lynn Neal, and more TBA. Join us for a truly unforgettable week. Tickets available at: http://www.flyingunderradar.com/ Hope to see you! (Stay tuned for more 2011 tour dates!) Well, I think I?ll venture out for a night walk in the ?close and holy darkness? and then head on up to bed. Big day tomorrow? Peace like a river, Love like an ocean, Linford and Karin PS Please pass the above information around and share freely: Orphaned believers, skeptical dreamers, you?re welcome. You can stay right here. You don?t have to go. From otrannounce at overtherhine.com Tue Feb 8 09:18:12 2011 From: otrannounce at overtherhine.com (Announcement list for the band Over The Rhine) Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 09:18:12 -0500 Subject: [OTR Announce] Kiwis gonna to be in the USA May/June, hoping to see you perform, where??? In-Reply-To: <009b01cbc743$335732c0$9a059840$@com> References: <009b01cbc743$335732c0$9a059840$@com> Message-ID: Brian, good news - we'll be playing some shows in late May. Still firming up details. Stay tuned at overtherhine.com. Hope to see you! OtR Sent from my iPhone On Feb 7, 2011, at 10:49 PM, "Focus New Zealand Photo Library" wrote: > > > Hey guys > > > > Buried under snow? > > > > Hope to hear from you?. > > > > brianm > > > > From: Focus New Zealand Photo Library [mailto:photos at focusnewzealand.com] > Sent: Wednesday, 2 February 2011 2:41 p.m. > To: 'otrhine at aol.com' > Subject: Kiwis gonna to be in the USA May/June, hoping to see you perform, where??? > > > > G?day from New Zealand > > > > I hope we might be able to catch you somewhere during the above period; we?re going to be in the Southwest mostly but moving around and very willing to travel to see you live?.. > > > > > > Hope you might be able to give me any dates/locations in those months?not on your website yet. > > > > > > Your work has a light to it that just expands in the clear South Pacific air we enjoy??keep it coming, huh? > > > > With hugs from the whole country?.hey, how about coming down and seeing us? > > > > Best > > > > Brian Moorhead > > P save a tree.......consider the environment before printing this e-mail. > > ______________________________________ > > Focus New Zealand Photo Library Limited > > Box 84 153, Westgate, Auckland, 0657, New Zealand | T:+64 9 411 5416 | F:+64 9 411 5417 > > E: photos at focusnewzealand.com | www.focusnewzealand.com > > The information contained in this e-mail message and any attachment hereto is privileged and confidential, and is intended only for the use of the > recipient and others who have been specifically authorised to receive it. 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URL: From otrannounce at overtherhine.com Tue Mar 22 23:54:08 2011 From: otrannounce at overtherhine.com (Announcement list for the band Over The Rhine) Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:54:08 -0400 Subject: [OTR Announce] Over the Rhine Spring Update: Concerts, New album, Trains Message-ID: Hello from Ohio, Hope you?re enjoying Spring so far. This past Saturday night, we gathered with a few friends on Nowhere Farm to watch the swollen perigree moon rise. And rise! Then we moved to what Karin likes to call her Winter?s Funeral Pyre. Earlier, we had gathered up armloads of fallen branches out of the woods, and then hauled a few loads of split wood, and finally arranged them all carefully in the fire pit around last year?s Christmas tree. After the moon was well up, we struck a match (Ohio Bluetip Strike Anywhere) and watched winter go up in sparks and flame. We told a few tall tales. Laughed in the cool night air. Eventually, we lifted our glasses and said goodbye to the long winter and fully embraced the idea of spring. And sure enough Sunday I was out walking after dark. There was a warm breeze blowing. An owl was calling. The peepers were holding their first round of auditions. And now the daffodils are in bloom. The red maples are budding. The grass is trying to remember what green feels like. We?re believers. And with the sap rising all around, we have packed our suitcases full of songs from The Long Surrender, and will soon venture out to find you. See if we can chime in and help something bloom; help the season change. The band and crew arrived in Cincinnati today. It was time to blow the dust off. I always forget how good it feels, leaning into the songs. Leaning into a good band is like leaning into a good dancing partner. All of a sudden you want to stay up late. You want to see what happens. We certainly hope to see you. Soon. Here?s the dirt. Over the Rhine?s MARCH AND APRIL ~ LONG SURRENDER TOUR DATES (with full six-piece band): This Friday (!) March 25, Boston, MA, Caf? 939 at Berklee This Saturday, March 26, New York, NY, Highline Ballroom, *Sunday, March 27, Washington DC, The Birchmere *March 29, Philadelphia, PA, World Caf? Live *April 1, Pittsburgh, PA, Mr. Small?s Funhouse April 2, Akron, OH, Musica *April 5, Ann Arbor, MI, The Ark *April 7, Milwaukee, WI, Turner Hall *April 8, Chicago, IL, Lincoln Hall *April 9, Madison, WI, Majestic Theater *April 10, Minneapolis, MN, Cedar Cultural Center *With very special guest, Lucy Wainwright Roche! (Some of you have heard that we were planning a short tour of Japan in mid-April. Those plans are currently on hold. Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the noble people of Japan during this time of ongoing loss and recovery. We?ll post more info as we?re able.) INFAMOUS LOVE SONGS: April 29 and 30, Cincinnati, OH, Aronoff Center, Over the Rhine performs with the Cincinnati Ballet: 20 songs from The Long Surrender, Drunkard?s Prayer, OHIO, The Trumpet Child and more. (Three different choreographers offering world premiers.) (And check out OvertheRhine.com for more dates in May. Fear not if your city isn?t yet included. More to come.) GOOD DOG BAD DOG Live: And now this! As part of our fundraising efforts last year, we performed GOOD DOG BAD DOG from beginning to end in front of a generous audience in Ric Hordinski?s beautiful Monastery Studio. It was a hot and sweaty June night, and we taped every note. We are now making the recording of this special concert available for download here: http://overtherhine.portmerch.com/stores/home.php?cat=325 Hard to believe that 2011 marks the 15th Anniversary of the release of Good Dog Bad Dog, a record that has continued to surprise us with its life force again and again. We think you?ll dig the show! (And we hope to mark GDBD?s anniversary at various points throughout the year.) Lookin? forward: OtR TRAIN RIDE, Colorado Mountains, Music, Hot Springs, Anyone? September 22-30, New Mexico and Colorado: Conversations on a musical train. We?re teaming up with the fine folks at Roots on the Rails once again for another train adventure. Last year we had fellow travelers fly in from Germany, Sweden, the UK, Canada, Alaska and from all over the USA. We?ll be joined by two incredible songwriters: Mary Gauthier and Richard Shindell. Photographer Michael Wilson and naturalist Lynn Neal will also be on board. Join us for a truly unforgettable week. Tickets available at: http://www.flyingunderradar.com/ Finally, again, we owe a debt of gratitude to all of you who pitched in last year to help make The Long Surrender. (And, of course, our immense thanks to all who have embraced this new music, and helped to give it a life.) We thought you might like to read a few excerpts of what critics have had to say about this record that we couldn?t have made without you. It?s always important to take reviews with a grain of salt, but on the other hand, if there are people that listen deeply and have affirming things to say about the work itself, it certainly helps get the word out. Enjoy. If you helped make this record, these are your reviews too. (And by the way, Please feel free to pass this letter around and share freely: Orphaned believers, skeptical dreamers, you?re welcome. You can stay right here. You don?t have to go.) Peace like a river, love like an ocean, Linford (and Karin) +++ Press Quotes: Over the Rhine | The Long Surrender ?Twenty years after their recording debut, rural Ohio-based singer/songwriters Linford Detweiler and wife Karin Bergquist and their associates have delivered a set of mature, graceful and sad songs that in a just world will win them wider recognition. Working with producer Joe Henry, they use intimate, soulful arrangements to showcase Bergquist?s achingly beautiful voice.? ?USA Today ?There may be no more soothing voice in music than Karin Bergquist?s. She could be interpreting jazz standards, but fortunately she applies that balm to her and husband Linford Detweiler?s beautifully languid originals, which invoke hard times and celebrate the survival of the least fit . . . when a Lucinda Williams duet isn?t even The Long Surrender?s high point, things have gone very right.? ?Entertainment Weekly ?a marvelously evocative effort, one that recalls the torch song epiphanies of Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn and Ella Fitzgerald . . . Sparse, sultry and yet undeniably mesmerizing, The Long Surrender is a clear victory for all concerned.??Blurt 9.2 (out of 10) ?the most emotionally raw and musically nuanced [album] of the band?s fine career . . . Over the Rhine have pieced together a lovely, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting musical mosaic.? ?Paste * * * * (out of four) ?a work as exquisitely beautiful as Van Morrison?s most graceful efforts.? ?Los Angeles Times ?vintage Over the Rhine ? introspective, hook-filled songwriting, drawing on a diverse musical heritage anchored by Karin Bergquist?s gorgeous emotive vocals. It is a formula that has served the husband-wife team of Bergquist and Linford Detweiler well . . . The production is one of the band?s more intricate, polished efforts thanks to producer Joe Henry.??The Cincinnati Enquirer ?Over the Rhine is one of the best husband/wife duos since Richard and Linda Thompson, and The Long Surrender proves it.? ?Ink19.com Imagine a sultry songbird who?s at the same time ballroom-elegant and back-alley mysterious . . . [Bergquist?s] cracked, unbridled emotion drives such pieces as the sexy ?Rave On,? just one perfectly dramatic example of the duo?s uncommon wordplay. Detweiler plays diamond-chip piano notes, and the brilliant accompanists include string genius Greg Leisz and muted beat-keeper Jay Bellerose . . . Eventually, there?s no denying any of the sweeping magnificence of Over the Rhine.? ?Hittin? the Note -more- * * * * (out of five) ?The songs of The Long Surrender are country-based, atmospheric treasures full of passion and featuring nothing but the finest musicianship . . . If you?ve never heard of or listened to Over the Rhine, The Long Surrender is an excellent starting point.? ?bullz-eye.com, esdmusic.com ?aggressively beautiful, like those ?60s protesters who confronted soldiers with flowers . . . it becomes useless to resist The Long Surrender.? ?Newsday ?one of the most literate bands in indie rock. Joe Henry . . . is the perfect producer for the group?s melancholy chamber cabaret . . . Heartbreakingly beautiful.? ?Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Hear Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist interviewed by host, Melissa Block, on NPR?s All Things Considered: http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=133595205&m=133595204 If you?d like to hear Rolling Stone Contributing Editor Anthony DeCurtis discuss The Long Surrender with Claudia Marshall on NYC radio station WFUV, check out: http://www.wfuv.org/music/musicreview In the meanwhile, we?ll keep celebrating ?the survival of the least fit?? THANK YOU. L&K