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<\/h1>\n<\/h1>\n\u201cWith every record, we\u2019re hoping to make our best album. If I felt our best work was behind us, I\u2019d lose interest,\u201d says Over the Rhine\u2019s keyboardist and guitarist Linford Detweiler. The band he fronts with wife Karen Bergquist just released their latest set\u2014the group\u2019s 13th album\u2014Meet Me at the Edge of the World<\/i>. \u201cWhat makes this project different is that Karen and I are singing together more,\u201d Detweiler says. \u201cThat\u2019s a big deal for us. I always had a stumbling block about singing, because Karen\u2019s such a great singer. But putting our two voices together opened up new terrain.\u201d<\/p>\n
Named after their former Cincinnati neighborhood, Over the Rhine has been mining indie musical environs for nearly 25 years\u2014and Edge of the World<\/i> is being released on their own label, Great Speckled Dog, with financial support by fans who paid $15 for the record in advance. They also embraced other indie promotional strategies, including offering the opportunity to host an exclusive house concert for $5,000, and charging\u00a0$100 tickets for a private performance at their Ohio farmhouse, built in the 1830s.<\/p>\n
In fact, the house itself inspired several songs on the album. \u201cWe were always city folks, and here we were on this old farm that was in various states of disrepair,\u201d says Detweiler. \u201cIt was a spooky, weird place in the middle of nowhere. We were amazed to find weeds, wildflowers and birds we\u2019d never known before. Once we were describing things properly, that led to the songs.\u201d<\/p>\n
With noted producer Joe Henry at the helm, the couple and special guests\u2014Aimee Mann, Van Dyke Parks, drummer Jay Bellerose, pedal steel player Eric Heywood, and guitarist Mark Goldenberg\u2014recorded 10 songs in three days, and another nine in the three days after, leading to the second double album of OTR\u2019s career. \u201cI remember saying Saturday evening, \u2018Why don\u2019t we come back Monday? It feels like we made a record, but why don\u2019t we see if we can make a better record next week?\u2019\u201d Detweiler recalls. \u201cThings were firing on all cylinders. It was an organic, easy record to make.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the last two or three years, it\u2019s finally begun to sink in that this is our vocation,\u201d Detweiler concludes. \u201cWe\u2019re not switching gears anytime soon. I feel we\u2019re on solid ground, and it\u2019s really encouraging.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013Lee Zimmerman<\/p>\n
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