Over the Rhine to perform Ohio at Cincinnati event

Over the Rhine will perform at the opening of Cincinnati’s new National City Pavillion on May 24, christening the park with a special performance of their critically acclaimed double album Ohio.

Husband and wife duo Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist and their bandmates Jacob Bradley and Mickey Grimm will take a break from their current Trumpet Child tour to play all 21 songs from 2003’s Ohio “from the first note to the last.” The performance will be the first, and likely only, time the band performs the album as a single composition.

Detweiler and Bergquiest are Cincinnati natives, and said that their home state had more influence on their 2003 album then just its title. “Ohio celebrated the music that Karin and I grew up with,” Detweiler said in a statement. “It’s a Midwestern melting pot of rock ‘n’ roll, gospel, old country and western, and R&B. It marked a little bit of a creative revival for Karin and I, so it’s a special record for us.”

In addition to Over the Rhine, the National City Pavillion’s season lineup also includes the Raconteurs, Stevie Nicks and Merle Haggard. Tickets for the inaugural event go on sale April 19 at all Ticketmaster outlets.

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