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Check out The Daytrippers: A Night with the Beatles at Fresh Festival KY Day 2 at Alexandria Brewing Company at 8:30PM.

The Daytrippers are a collection of musicians from Alexandria KY, and the surrounding area. Brett Scharf started the project back in October of last year. He wanted to play with some of the musicians that he has worked with before, either live or in his studio. Many of the musicians come from playing different genres of music. Brett found the one thing they all had in common was their love for the Beatles. After having their first practice back in December, they knew they had something special. To start the set off, The Daytrippers will be playing a set that consists of early Beatles songs. Half way through the set, The Daytrippers will then be playing a set that consists of later Beatles material. Come take a stroll down memory lane with us.

Gary Bertsch is playing the drums for The Daytrippers and singing vocals as well. Gary plays guitar and sings in his band Gary Bertsch. You can find Gary playing around town with his son and other various musicians.

Zac Roe and his wife Jenna are playing for the Daytrippers as well. Zac will be playing guitar and singing along side Jenna. You can find Jenna and Zac singing and playing around town as a duo.

Chris Rebholz is playing bass for the Daytrippers. Chris used to be in the band Spindle and is currently playing in various projects around town.

Ryan Branch is playing keys for the Daytrippers. Ryan has played in various projects around town and was a former student of Brett Scharf.

Brett Scharf will be playing guitar and singing in the Daytrippers. You can find Brett in the band Orchid in the Ivy.

Pictured clockwise from Top Left -Gary Bertsch, Brett Scharf, Zac and Jenna Rowe, Ryan Branch, Chris Rebholz.

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Check out Dreaded Mids at Fresh Festival KY Day 2 at Alexandria Brewing Company at 4:30PM.

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Dreaded Mids are a 4-piece band from the Cincinnati/NKY area. The band formed in 2021 and put out their debut record ...Too Slow on the Draw. Dreaded Mids play all original music (with a cover or two). Check out their social media for upcoming shows. 

Get in touch with the band at thedreadedmids2021@gmail.com.  Dreaded Mids is - Dave Cahill - Guitar and Vocals, Ty McKeehan - Guitar and Vocals, Dale Neu - Drums and Vocals, and Brent Umberg - Bass and Vocals

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Check out The Harmed Brothers at Fresh Festival KY Day 1 at VFW Post in Alexandria at 9PM.

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"The Harmed Brothers’ story can best be traced by the highways and byways of the United States and beyond. From the plains of Ray Vietti’s boyhood home of Missouri, to the hustle and bustle of Alex Salcido’s Los Angeles upbringing, molded in the foothills of North Carolina’s Appalachian Mountains and seasoned in the woodsy luster of the Great Northwest and everywhere in between--the Harmed Brothers have most often called the road home. 

Over a decade ago, singer/songwriter Ray Vietti first encountered Los Angeles transplant, song-smith and multi-instrumentalist Alex Salcido. The two soon came to recognize each other as kindred spirits in both vision and song, and began creating a universe in which The Harmed Brothers would tell their stories. 

The duo recorded and released their independent debut, “All The Lies You Wanna Hear,” in 2010, building the foundation of the Harmed Brothers catalogue with tales of love, loss, hard-drinking and redemption.

The Harmed Brothers’ evolution as songwriters as well as a growing full band shone through in their 2011 sophomore effort, “Come Morning.” Released on Oklahoma City label Lackpro Records, “Come Morning” sways easy with the rhythms of the road and the forlorn waltzes of America’s dimly lit dive bars and dance halls. 

By 2013, years of constant cross-country touring led the Harmed duo to St. Louis’ Native Sound Studio. With a full band in tow, they offered their most ambitious work to date, “Better Days”. 

Released in late 2013 by Portland, Oregon’s Fluff and Gravy Records, “Better Days” draws themes of personal growth and redemption alongside the hurdles, heartbreaks and mishaps that have always accompanied the traveler in their search for enlightenment. Praised as “honest and inspired, devoid of posturing and pretense,” “Better Days” features some of the Harmed Brothers’ deepest grooves and their most plaintive and enduring tunes.

2017 brought the self-titled LP, “The Harmed Brothers,” quick off the heels of 2016’s “A Lovely Conversation”. Both are ambitious collections of songs new and old, marking the band’s evolution into the indie rock fervor which best describes their sound. Released on Fluff & Gravy Records, the albums together made a statement on how far the Harmed Brothers have come and how high they are willing to leap. 

Now, at ten years old, the Harmed Brothers have landed in the river town of Ludlow, Kentucky where they’ve transplanted their sound and rooted themselves into the quaint, art-centric community. 

In early 2019, the Harmed Brothers crossed the river into downtown Cincinnati’s historic Herzog Studios to record their fifth LP “Across the Waves” - released in 2020 on Fluff and Gravy Records. “Across The Waves” is the culmination of the band's decade long journey through themselves, their country and the world around them - a meditation on loss, doom, nostalgia, true love and most importantly, peace and acceptance. From the Friday night urgency of album opener “Skyline Over,” to the weary, existential closure of “Where You’re Going” and album closer “Time,” “Across the Waves” finds the Harmed Brothers at their most mature, confident and adventurous - sharing a unified vision looking back on one incredible decade while looking out to the next.

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Check out Ralph Martin and the Poole Boyz at Fresh Festival KY Day 1 at VFW Post in Alexandria at 5PM.

Ralph Martin and The Poole Boyz will showcase the finest bluegrass around at the freshest festival around - Fresh Festival KY!

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Our geography shapes our lives in ways we cannot know without the necessary time to reflect.  

Wallace Woods is a neighborhood on the east side of Covington, KY.  Tucked in its own corner of the city and across the street from the Licking River, Brian Martin was privileged enough to spend his childhood here.  

Starting off on the piano his mother bought when she was 19 years old, he "borrowed" his brother's guitar when he went to college and soon after began writing.  The time spent in college at the University of Kentucky was filled with the study of physics and the universe as well as honing his song writing.

Soon after he would find himself fronting and touring with the band Heroes & Madmen (formerly Fickle).  Life provided its share of challenges during this time as well.  Now with the time he has had to reflect on life, childhood, and the area that helped shaped him, he pays homage in his songs not just to his origins, but to what they mean:  Home

Wallace Woods kept it Fresh at Fresh Fest Friday on 5/3 at The Globe in Covington.

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WallaceWoodsBand.com

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