An October Renaissance, Over the Rhine

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Welcome to "An October Renaissance, Over the Rhine." This station is first dedicated to my all-time favorite group, Renaissance. They existed from about 1970 to the early 1980's, with a reunion album a few years ago. Led by lead singer Annie Haslam, this English group seemed to transcend genres and have a truly unique sound combining classical and rock stylings. The only group in my mind that came close to Renaissance was the sadly, short lived, October Project of the late 1990s. Hence October as part of the title of this station. OP managed to capture for me some of the Renaissance magic offering a sweeping classically tinged sound with expressive lyrics. OP was killed largely by a corporate record company who pushed them to crank out another album too soon. The Cincinnati, Ohio based group, Over the Rhine, that I discovered this decade, to me is in the same family tree as the other two, combining a powerful female lead singer with expressive folk and classical tonal sound with deep, poetic lyrics. OTR rounds out the sound I am looking for in this station. I have added some of my other favorite, more mainstream, classical and folk rock sounds to the mix such as Kansas, the Moody Blues, Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds, Sarah McLachlan, Alan Parsons Project and a few others. I hope you enjoy "An October Renaissance, Over the Rhine."