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The Stuff of Staying Together: Over the Rhine’s Linford Detweiler on Drunkard's Prayer

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The Stuff of Staying Together: Over the Rhine’s Linford Detweiler on Drunkard's Prayer

Over the Rhine’s album Drunkard’s Prayer continues to dazzle and delight fans and newcomers. But the story behind it... of the near collapse of the marriage of Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist, and the remarkable salvation of their relationship and music, is a moving one, and a challenge

Anne and I are Coming to Santa Fe, NM.

Have you considered The Glen Workshop? Poetry - Andrew Hudgins, B.H. Fairchild Fiction - Erin McGraw Spiritual Writing - Paula Huston Playwriting/Screenwriting - Arlene Hutton Seminar - Elmer Yazzie Life Drawing - Barry Moser Mixed Media - Barry Krammes Watercolor - Laura Lasworth Musicians-in-Residence - Over the Rhine

Christianity Today

CT on Over the Rhine, the album, the tour, the marriage

Another interview... this time with just Karin ... about saving the marriage, the music, and Over the Rhine.

So long, Over the Rhine... Biola, here I come!

Thanks to Greg Stump for volunteering to get me from the airport to a hearty lunch and then to Biola for the beginning of a marathon of interviews and meetings! Got off to a great start by warming up with Over the Rhine at the Tractor Tavern last night, where

New Records by Beck and Over the Rhine Arrive

If you have a surround sound DVD system, do not buy the new Beck album Guero on CD. Instead, purchase the DELUXE DVD version!! It has the entire album, plus several extra tracks, videos for the songs, and more. The surround sound experience is fantastic. Beck clearly conceived of these

Linford and Karin on The New York Daily News

My favorite album of last year, A Boot and a Shoe, was born from divorce. It was a heartbreaker. This year, what may well be my favorite album has come from a marriage that's been saved. And The New York Daily News is taking notice.

Over the Rhine - Drunkard's Prayer - March 29 - Tour!

I've just heard from Linford Detweiler of Over the Rhine. The new album is coming (no longer titled "Born"), and the band's ready for an ambitious tour. They will be at the Cornerstone Festival this summer (and I hope to be as well). Here&

New Over the Rhine Album Next March

Here's a letter from Linford Detweiler of Over the Rhine from the band's Web site! Hello fellow travelers, It's a rainy November Saturday night in Ohio. Big moon last night behind naked oak branches. Roaring fire in our back yard under crisp star-sprinkled sky.

Changes come

On Changes Come, Over the Rhine sounds like a band playing their last concert, pouring every last ounce of energy and passion into making these songs as brilliant as they can be. The result is a performance so intense, soulful, soaring, and astonishing that it will make everyone hope this

Over the Rhine's new live album

The Over the Rhine live album Changes Come is now available for order at Paste Music! My favorite American band has just delivered an album of live recordings from what I found to be an astonishing tour. If you love them, you'll love this. If you've

Over the Rhine's New Live Album

Changes Come, a new live album from Over the Rhine, WAS available for a few fleeting moments at Paste. But now the page appears only through a Google cache link. I hope this means it's just momentarily delayed. The tour during which this was recorded was, for this

Coming Home to Ohio: Linford Detweiler on OTR’s double album

Coming Home to Ohio: Linford Detweiler on OTR’s double album

This interview was originally published July 30, 2003, at the original Looking Closer with Jeffrey Overstreet website.

Making Songs Out of Stories: Over the Rhine's Linford Detweiler on 10 Years of Songwriting

Making Songs Out of Stories: Over the Rhine's Linford Detweiler on 10 Years of Songwriting

Here is my in-depth interview with Linford Detweiler about Over the Rhine from the year 2000.

Over the Rhine‘s Ohio: A Double Dose of Brilliance

Over the Rhine‘s Ohio: A Double Dose of Brilliance

At first listen, this epic Over the Rhine double album sound like one perfect record and then a second one full of stunning encores and more adventurous new ideas.

Overstreet's Favorite Recordings: 2003

Looking Closer's Annual Favorite Albums Lists

Overstreet's Favorite Recordings: 2003

1. Over the Rhine.....Ohio Over the Rhine celebrate their tenth album by making it a double. What we get is one of the most powerful discs they've ever recorded — Volume One — the soulful gospel/folk/rock that they do best. That disc is followed by another, more