As someone who was unfamiliar with Wilco’s music, I tried my hardest to research the songs and become a fan, or at least understand why people were so obsessed with them and what gave the band that spark of greatness. Last night I found the spark.
Because of a two-hour rain delay, the second day of Nelsonville Music Festival partied on late into the night with headliners Cat Power and The Coup.
On Thursday evening, the Mid-American Conference honored former student-athletes and coaches by enshrining them in among the league’s all-time greats.
Thursday is all about the local artists. Or at least it was until Gogol Bordello's gypsy-punk style stole the show on the main stage.
A state budget amendment headed to a vote would change who serves on Ohio University’s Ridges Advisory Committee and dissolves the university’s contractual obligation to convene the group — a rule established when OU first received the property in 1988.
By Meryl Gottlieb| mg986611@ohiou.edu| @buzzlightmeryl
An Ohio University student wanted to commit an entire summer to helping others by doing something he enjoys.
With the Athens music scene heavily dominated by variations of folk and metal music, it would be easy for those behind the Nelsonville Music Fest to bypass other styles in favor of what’s popular.
Sounds of the South will fill the field nestled in the hills of Appalachia as the well-known Tex-Mex indie-rock band Calexico takes the stage.
A controversial amendment to the state budget that would have cost Ohio University about $12 million per year was removed from the budget this week.
An Ohio preservation organization deemed The Ridges’ Athens Asylum one of the state’s most endangered historic sites.
Normally, Gillian Welch and Black Sabbath would not be put in the same breath as musical companions, but that’s the sound The Hiders are aiming for at this year’s Nelsonville Music Festival.
Ohio University’s General Education Task Force is sticking to its schedule and conducting summer meetings with each college dean to re-evaluate the university’s general education.
Gritty guitars, driving rhythms and a do-it-yourself ethic combine in Old Light, a Portland band bringing its brand of rock ‘n’ roll to this weekend’s Nelsonville Music Festival.
Just more than a year after Bayern Munich lost the Champions League Final to FC Chelsea in penalty shootouts, the German Bundesliga champion returned to the final – this time against fellow German rival Borussia Dortmund.
During a yearlong Harvard fellowship south of the border, David Wax, lead singer of The David Wax Museum, immersed himself in Mexican folk rhythms to form the band’s signature style of “Mexo-Americana.”
Hailing from Los Angeles, He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister will take the Nelsonville Music Festival’s main stage Friday with its brand of music and showmanship.
On Friday, the third in a series of reunion shows for The Hitch-Hikers will benefit the city where the band was formed.
The fourth day of the Mid-American Conference Tournament was a soggy one, as rain rolled through Avon causing delay after delay.
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