Frank Johnson recently spoke by phone with Ricardo Averbach, Director of Orchestra Studies at Oxford's Miami University about a recording he conducted of the Seattle Symphony. The orchestra performed AR Rahman's composition, " The Flying Lotus ," and a cd of it was released this fall.

Elaine Diehl's thoughts on this zany Christmas show on the west side of Cincinnati at Jim & Jack's on the River located at 3456 River Road. You'll hear "a collection of holiday songs performed ala The Rat Pack by Curly & the Cueballs. Here's a link to their YouTube video from their past Christmas performance.

The Fillmore Wind Program will present their 2017 holiday concert on Saturday, December 2nd, at 7pm at Mt. Healthy High School with special guest vocalist Nancy James. Frank Johnson recently spoke with their artistic director, Dr. James Daughters, about the Program.

Bob Ross sat down in the WVXU studio with Ron Esposito Monday afternoon, October 30th, to talk about his musical career which started at the age of 14 and was influenced by Metallica. Bob honed his guitar style while studying at Morehead State University and also in Philadelphia. He talks about guitarists Jimmy Bruno and Pat Martino as well as his approached to sound and music.

Ron Esposito sat down in the WVXU studio with the three teenage members of the group, Triple the Trouble. They recently opened up for Smashmouth, Uncle Kracker, and Spin Doctors, so they're definitely talented and having fun on stage.

I don’t think it is hyperbole to say that Mad Anthony is the hardest working band in Greater Cincinnati. When you combine a regular schedule of touring - both in the US and internationally - with a massive recording project that involves releasing one song every week for a year -- plus elaborate video production - the three members of this band give their heart and soul into producing some great hard-hitting music.

Lisa Biales , who lives in Oxford, Ohio, and has been performing and recording for a number of years, has been notified that her album, The Beat of My Heart , has been nominated for a Grammy award in six categories.

Here’s a review of Radney Foster ’s new cd and book of short stories by WVXU’s singer/songwriter Roberta Schultz.

Trans-Siberian Orchestra is bringing their classic holiday rock opera to Cincinnati's US Bank Arena for two shows on Thursday, December 21st. Their lead guitarist, Joel Hoekstra , who's been with them since 2010, recently spoke by phone with Elaine Diehl about TSO and some of his other musical projects.

Root Cellar Xtract is a country-rock band deeply connected with the Laurel Canyon, California sound of the 1970’s that produced such bands as Buffalo Springfield, Little Feat, Poco, The Eagles and Pure Prairie League.