Here's Another One From OHIO

[OTRhine at aol_com]

Hello everyone,

It's been a long time. Hope you're all doing well this summer.

Just a short update for now. Over the Rhine has finished a new double album. 
It's called OHIO. OHIO contains 20 new songs and over 90 minutes of music. If 
you have as much fun listening as we had recording, it's going to be a good 
year all around.

Virgin/Back Porch will release OHIO August 19th in the USA, and across Europe 
and in South Africa on September 8th.

You may recall that we had thought maybe we would record two projects 
simultaneously: one more sparse, the other full-bodied. In the end, it felt like the 
songs belonged together, so we surrendered ourselves to our first double album.

OHIO is our tenth project overall, and we will be doing a special edition on 
vinyl in a gate-fold jacket. Much more on all this later.

I'm not sure what happened, but while we were recording OHIO, we made peace 
finally with the idea that this music has a lot to do with why we're here. 
Writing and recording songs is just what we do, and I think we're letting go of 
the suspicion that maybe there is something more important lurking around the 
corner. While we were making OHIO, I had the calm but happy realization that 
barring some unforeseen catastrophe, we'll still be making records 20 years from 
now. It's good to know what it is that you're meant to be doing.

It looks like we'll be touring all of the USA once again this Fall, and we're 
looking forward to seeing all of you again. Our booking agent is confirming 
dates now. In a few weeks, you'll start to see some routing posted at 
overtherhine.com. We're planning a release concert at Bogarts here in Cincinnati on 
August 30th. Then we'll start in the Midwest, head East, then out to the West 
Coast and South through Texas, New Orleans etc. Stay tuned for more at 
overtherhine.com.

In the meanwhile, if you're planning on seeing the band at Cornerstone this 
Friday at midnight, you'll hear some of the new songs from OHIO for the first 
time. We've got a wonderful five-piece band with us that we're considering for 
the Fall tour, and we're feeling pretty cathartic these days, so hang onto 
your chairs. Karin and I are also performing an acoustic set on Thursday at 6pm, 
and we're doing a songwriting workshop Thursday at 4pm. So, stop by and say 
hello if you're in the vicinity.

Also, our good friend and mentor Dave Nixon is looking after our booth this 
year. We've got some fine new t-shirts hot off the presses to check out, and if 
you're just in need of some good company, feel free to stop by for a little 
conversation. Dave is one of our all-time favorite people.

There have been hundreds of details beckoning in regard to the impending 
release of OHIO, but I think things will start to settle down in a few weeks. 
We'll get the website updated and begin taking advance orders for OHIO, in case 
you'd like to reserve a signed copy with a few special treats thrown in.

In the meanwhile, I'm off to proofread the liner notes and credits one last 
time before we let them go.

Till we meet again,

Linford Detweiler for Over the Rhine

ps Discussion list folks: Do you have any favorite double albums? Least 
favorite? It's hard to imagine the history of rock 'n' roll without The White 
Album, London Calling, Exile on Mainstreet, Songs in the Key of Life etc. Where 
have all the double albums gone? 





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