On this eve of Thanksgiving, we just wanted to express our gratitude once again to those of you who have helped us make music in this broken, beautiful world. As Karin (the quotable one in the family) still likes to say, Without you, we’d be homeless.

So thank you.

It’s been a long road with many twists and turns, and there is more ground to cover before night falls.

In these uncertain, often disorienting times, we can say one thing for certain: we have never in our lives been more thankful for music than we are today.

We’ll be writing more about this in coming days.

But here is another thing we know: we are feeling the deep, undeniable impulse to (with your help) flood the world with more music. It is time.

This river is going to rise.

Stay tuned. More soon.

In the meanwhile, just a few questions:

Will we see you in these coming days? We fly West on Monday for two weeks. We have a few suitcases full of reality Christmas songs, and they feel as timely and subversive as ever. Let’s be together.

Over the Rhine WEST COAST CHRISTMAS TOUR:

November 29, SAN DIEGO, CA, Belly Up
November 30, LOS ANGELES, CA, The Troubadour
December 2 & 3, SEATTLE, WA, The Triple Door
December 4, PORTLAND, OR, Aladdin Theatre
December 6, EUGENE, OR, WOW Hall
December 8, BERKELEY, CA, Freight & Salvage
December 10, PHOENIX, AZ, Musical Instrument Museum

HOMECOMING CONCERT:

December 20, CINCINNATI, OH, Taft Theatre ~ Over the Rhine in concert with the CINCINNATI POPS ORCHESTRA! Hear the full orchestra lean in with us for this special concert featuring songs from all three of our Christmas records:

The Darkest Night of the Year
Snow Angels
Blood Oranges In The Snow

Plus a few traditional tunes and more…

NEW YEAR’S EVE:

December 31, CHICAGO, IL, Old Town School Of Folk Music, We are going to let the year wind down with a special concert of infamous love songs, torch songs, the sound of a voice and piano on the edge of the world.

(There are more 2017 tour dates listed at overthehine.com: Florida, Ohio, Michigan, The Netherlands, The UK (announcing soon), Virginia, Maryland and beyond.)

FEELING FESTIVE

Make plans with your family and friends to join us Memorial Day Weekend, May 27 & 28, in the beautiful green space we call home for a weekend of music, art and conversation that feels like a family reunion.

We are having a friends and family sale: VIP and Two Day Full Nowhere Else Festival 2017 Passes are now available for 40% off!

Visit Nowhereelsefestival.com for the ticket link.

Please help us spread the word. We’ll begin announcing the lineup very soon…
Kids 12 and under are admitted free. Hope to see you on the farm!

SONGWRITING WORKSHOP

Give yourself, a friend, or a dear family member the gift of music…

Come join us on our farm for an intensive, restorative long weekend of songwriting, February 17-19, 2017. We’ll share some meals together, talk about the most important things that Karin and I have learned as writers, uncover why we’re drawn to certain songs over and over… We’ll do some writing together, find some new tools for the toolbox, laugh and shed a few tears (the good kind). You will see new songs bloom in front of your eyes like little miracles.

All ages and skill levels welcome. Email otrhine@aol.com for more info, and write SONGWRITING WORKSHOP in the subject line.

Please share the above info freely.

We do hope you have a meaningful Thanksgiving.

Peace like a river, love like an ocean,

Linford and Karin