Over the Rhine - Films for Radio

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Music Review: The Best Music the World Isn't Listening to
Rating: 4 Stars

This music group definitely received much more promotion than usual with "Films for Radio." The music on this release is slightly--slightly--more commercial-sounding than their previous work. The songs are more upbeat than their "Good Dog, Bad Dog" release from the mid 1990s--which many consider the standard "Over the Rhine" sound.I know I judge their other projects against "Good Dog, Bad Dog" but that doesn't mean I don't like "Films for Radio" any less than GDBD. I love it in a different way.

Bergquist belts out a powerful note right from the beginning of FFR with the song "The World Can Wait." Other songs like "I Radio Heaven", "Whatever You Say" and "If Nothing Else" provide catchy phrases I hum to myself over and over sometimes. "Give Me Strength" is the most rockin' number on FFR and sounds the least like the Over the Rhine I have listened to over the past ten years. I still like it, but it's different, and I would be disappointed if every Over the Rhine project sounded too similar to the other things they have done.

I have introduced people to the "Over the Rhine" sound through the years and they all fall in love. "I wish I had known about them sooner," they say. If this music group plays near you, go out of your way and catch them. OTR's live performances are excellent.

I have only positve things to say about Over the Rhine. Don't let my gushing turn you off. I admit I'm addicted, so you've been warned. It's the best music the world isn't listening to. Try them. They may not be as well known as they deserve, but you will enjoy OTR as your little secret. Let Karen Berquist's voice bewitch you. Let Linford Detweiler's lyrics entrance you. You won't regret it.

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