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This Friday, Ohio University kicks off its 2012-2013 Performing Arts Series season with a vocalist who has regional roots.
Logan, W.Va., native Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr. came to national attention after winning the sixth season of the popular NBC show.
WOUB's Colin Roose reviews the Southeast Engine frontman's solo performance at Ohio University's coffeehouse. (VIDEO)
Zydeco music is one of those uniquely American roots music genres born in the melting pot of Southwest Louisiana.
It's an amalgamation of Cajun music, blues and R&B, sung in French or English, instrumentally led by a rocking accordion and percussively driven by a metal rubboard.
C.J. Chenier, the son of Zydeco pioneer Clifton Chenier (also known as the "King of Zydeco"), joined his father's band in 1978 at the age of 21. He played the saxophone in that prestigious ensemble, The Red Hot Louisiana Band, until his father's death in 1987.
Plenty of roots-rock, surf-rock, retro-rock and just plain old rock was on display last night at The Union when Portland, Oregon's Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside held court with support acts Samantha Crain and the The D-Rays. (PHOTOS)
WOUB's Colin Roose reviews the Charleston, W.Va., band's Sept. 7 show at Casa Cantina.
The Ohio University School of Music has announced that Solungga Fang-Tzu Liu, assistant professor of Piano at Bowling Green State University, will present a piano recital at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 11, in the Glidden Recital Hall.
The recital will feature works by Jan Ladislav Dussek, Leoš Janáek and Charles Tomlinson Griffes.
These days it seems like local music fans are spoiled for choice, and this weekend is no exception.
Blackout Booking and Peacock Productions, both known for bringing stellar entertainment to Southeast Ohio, will present Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside with special guests Samantha Crain and The D-Rays this Sunday, Sept. 9, at The Union.
Emily Votaw delves into Animal Collective's new assortment of dense, washed-out, bizzare--and captivating--songs.
