Music, KY

A follow-up to Batiste's "Beethoven Blues" album, "Black Mozart" presents a dialog between Batiste and some of Mozart's best loved melodies.

Ryker Asher, a student at Bush Elementary School, earned the top honor with a colorful design featuring a smiling sun, rolling green pastures, a blue outline of the Commonwealth, and the words “Kentucky Proud!” His artwork was selected after more than 3,500 votes were cast during this year’s Kentucky State [...]

Mariemont Players celebrate the opening of their 90th Season with Joseph Kesselring’s classic dark comedy, Arsenic and Old Lace! This beloved dark comedy follows the charmingly eccentric Brewster family, whose hospitality hides a deadly secret. Fast-paced and delightfully macabre, this classic farce never loses its bite. A masterclass in comic timing and theatrical absurdity. A […]

September 2026 marks the centennial of John Coltrane’s birth. To honor the enduring legacy of one of jazz’s most transcendent voices, the Branford Marsalis Quartet and Dianne Reeves will release a tribute album that revisits Coltrane’s seminal 1963 collaboration with Johnny Hartman (coming in the fall of 2026 on Blue Note Records), to be followed […]

The KSO closes its 32nd free Summer Series in the parks on Labor Day weekend with a nostalgic and final salute to the Sestercentennial with “Living in America” — Patriotic Pop hits from the 1950s-2010s.  Music Director J.R. Cassidy previews the concerts in today’s Spotlight.

Discover Beethoven’s lifelong passion for wine through five European wines paired with live selections from five of his string quartets.  Concert Nova Artistic Director Brianna Matzke previews the event. concertnova

Missed Free Shakespeare on the Radio: Much Ado About Nothing, or want to hear it again? The special live performance will be available later this week. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company brought Much Ado About Nothing to Cincinnati Public Radio for a special performance before a live studio audience. The one-hour production marked the first time a Cincinnati […]

FOOTLIGHTERS presents the historical musical, “1776,” opening September 10th.  This production features several unique perspectives. Director Libby Beiting-Lipps previews the show in today’s Spotlight. https://www.footlighters.org/1776

A fascinating album of piano miniatures from one the great pianists of our time, including severral of Hough's own arrangements.