AQUABEAR LEGION

by Zachary Long

Ohio music lovers will be happy to know that the dates and line-up for the 2010 edition of the MusicNOW Festival in Cincinnati were announced this past week. The annual festival, now entering it’s fifth year, showcases some of the most forward-thinking artists in contemporary music. The event is curated by Bryce Dessner, a Cincinnati native who is better known as a guitarist for The National. The festival is held at Memorial Hall, a 150-year-old restored theater in Cincinnati’s historic Over-the-Rhine district.

This year’s festival kicks off on March 30th with a performance from harpist Joanna Newsom who will likely be playing material from her upcoming Drag City release, Have One On Me. On March 31st, St. Vincent will headline and the yMusic ensemble will premiere a commissioned piece penned by St. Vincent front-woman Annie Clark. The festival will close out on April 1st with a solo performance by Justin Vernon, better known for his work with the band Bon Iver
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The 4th annual Aquabear County Fair takes place March 4-6, 2010 in Athens, Ohio and we are thrilled to announce the lineups for that weekend! And this one is shaping up to be one of the best we’ve had…

Saturday, March 6th at The Union, 8pm
This Moment in Black History (Cleveland)
Makebelieves (Athens)
Men of Gentle Birth (Columbus)
Megachurch (Cleveland)
We March (Athens)
Sun God (Cleveland)
Weedghost (Athens/Dayton)

Friday, March 5th at Casa Cantina, 10:30pm
FREE SHOW!
Dragline Bros (Athens)
She Bears (Athens)
Manor Animals (Athens)
Chris Biester (Athens)

Thursday, March 4th at The (bruce) Manor, 7pm
Seascapes (Athens)
In Silent Movies (Athens)
Thx. Tiger (Columbus/Athens)
Dead Winds of Summer (Athens)

- And look for one more event on Saturday afternoon to celebrate County Fair weekend, more details soon!
- Holy crap this is going to be awesome

And don’t forget to become a “fan” of the new Aquabear County Fair Facebook Page…

Aquabear Pancake Breakfast and Noise Show
Pancake Breakfast from 1-5pm followed by a Noise/Improv Show upstairs.

Here are a couple songs from the Moon High performance at the Ohio Winter Folk Festival at Stuart’s Opera House last Saturday. Moon High will be performing at the Free Aquabear Show this Friday, January 22 at Casa Cantina. Recorded by Zachary Long.

On and On
Untitled

moonhighmusic.com
myspace.com/moonhighmusic

An eclectic good time:

Dragline Bros.
www.myspace.com/thedraglinebrothers

Moon High
www.myspace.com/moonhighmusic

Snarlas
www.dorisdorisdoris.com/musicdistro.html

Tim Race
www.myspace.com/manoranimals
www.myspace.com/russenorskband