“We’ve seen the landfill rainbow, we’ve seen the junkyard of love. Baby it’s no place for you and me...”
Over the Rhine borrowed their name from one of Cincinnati’s most colorful and controversial neighborhoods. From its earliest days, the area served as a port-of-entry for immigrants and, over the years, has become a melting pot where people strive to make better lives for themselves. It’s here in this storied neighborhood that Karin Bergquist and Linford Detweiler first began making their music, somehow imbuing it with the tattered but lovely craftsmanship and sense of history that surrounded them.
The band first began performing together in 1990 in local Cincinnati clubs and gathering places. Their first show at Sudsy Malone’s — on a Monday night — drew about 20 people and most of them friends. But even from these somewhat humble beginnings, audiences immediately believed they had stumbled onto something special. Enveloping their listeners like family, Karin and Linford kept them close to the fold with simple candle-lit stages and playful handwritten newsletters. But above all else, it was the band’s songs that drew in more and more eager fans. Karin Bergquist’s voice, full of longing and love, seemed to pierce the soul and became the unmistakable focal point of Over the Rhine’s richly spiritual music. Over the Rhine homepage
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