现在的Over The Rhine是一个纯正的夫妻乐队：妻子Karin Bergquist身兼乐队的主唱和吉他；丈夫Linford Detweiler负责贝斯和钢琴的部分，偶尔也客串一下吉他手。 最早先乐队刚成立的时候，一共有四名成员，加上吉他手Ric Hordinski和鼓手 Brian Kelley。这四个人分别来自美国的俄亥俄州和辛辛那提州。他们的乐队名字“Over The Rhine“实际上是两个州之间的一片地区，就叫”Over-The-Rhine“。那个地区从前多是德国移民居住，他们中的很多人常常要经过迈阿密州和辛辛那提州之间伊利运河上的桥；于是这些德国佬就想象着把运河当作莱茵河，把河对岸的那片地叫做” Over-The-Rhine“。乐队取这个名字，蕴含了“像彩虹一样搭起莱茵河两岸的桥梁来维系友谊”这样的希望。 Karin1984年高中毕业后，考入Malone College，在那里遇见了她未来的爱人Linford。这支成军于1989的乐队前几年一直在大学附近的酒吧驻唱。那时来酒吧听他们唱歌的人实在不多；另一方面，酒店的舞台条件也很寒碜。结果Linford和Karin两个人反而索性点起蜡烛，到距离观众很近的地方弹唱，颇有氛围。他们的最初的名声就是靠一点一滴这么累积起来的。签约到了Scampering Songs，发行了Debut Album《Till We Have Faces》，他们的名气渐渐传开，获得了为一些大牌的歌手譬如Bob Dylan、Adrian Belew作演唱会的开场的机会。Cowboy Junkies甚至邀他们作为附属成员（Adjunct Members）跟着到处巡演。等到03年的以家乡命名的专辑《Ohio》发行之前，他们已经积累了相当的人气，显然已经不是从前的三流酒吧乐队了。这张在Virgin唱片的Back Porch Records厂牌下发行的专辑，收获的几乎都是积极的评论。《Paste Magazine》杂志甚至把它的第一个五颗星评价给了这张专辑，赞誉《Ohio》为“真诚的忏悔杰作”。05年3月，乐队发行了又一张真情之作《Drunkard‘s Prayer》。专辑名字听上去像一匹赛马，而专辑的封面正好也是一匹优美的白马。Linford解释说，人生就像赛马，虽然获胜的可能微乎其微，但是还是要毅然决然的把所有赌注押上去。专辑里的歌曲给人的感觉就像是讲述两个几乎失去一切的人走上回家的路。 07年8月21号，Over The Rhine预订发行新专辑《The Trumpet Child》。这张水准依旧的专辑也是电影《Coen Brother》的电影原声。互联网上早就已经有提前泄露的版本。Karin依旧一副是绝好的爵士嗓，慵懒但是充满爱意，让我想到PJ Harvey。\r \r Over the Rhine had already developed a large and intensely loyal following in its native Cincinnati, OH, before they independently released their first two albums, Till We Have Faces (1991) and Patience (1992). Their music, which they aptly dubbed post-nuclear, pseudo-alternative, folk-tinged art-pop, is difficult to pigeonhole. They have been compared to 10,000 Maniacs, the Innocence Mission, U2, and Shawn Colvin, but the bands personality seems to owe more to their literary influences (which include Dylan Thomas, C.S. Lewis, and T.S. Eliot). They drew attention to their independent albums with their attractively arty CD packaging, and when IRS signed them in 1992, Patience became the first album in the labels history to be re-released with its original indie cover art. But 1994s Eve would end up the only album the band would record on an IRS budget (with the exception of a slightly touched-up re-release of Till We Have Faces in 1995). When the label was bought out in 1996, Over the Rhine escaped from its five-record contract, fearing a loss of artistic autonomy. By the end of the year the band had released two imaginatively sparse acoustic CDs on its own: Good Dog Bad Dog and The Darkest Night of the Year, a melancholy Christmas album. 1996 also saw significant personal changes for all four bandmembers: Over the Rhines chief songwriters (bassist/pianist Linford Detweiler and classically trained lead singer Karin Bergquist) were married in October. In December, guitarist Ric Hordinski left to devote more time to his own band, Monk, and drummer Brian Kelley followed (before he changed his mind in 1997). The group issued Besides, a fan-club-only compilation of rarities, in early 1997; the official album Amateur Shortwave Radio appeared in 1999. The bands sixth studio effort Films for Radio appeared in early 2001. Two years later, Detweiler and Bergquist returned with Ohio. This double-disc set, which marked Over the Rhines tenth album overall, reflected the bands Midwestern connections. Following a tumultuous year of heavy touring, the band returned to the studio (Bergquist and Detweilers living room, to be precise) and recorded their next album, Drunkards Prayer, which came out in 2005. They released a career retrospective, Discount Fireworks, in February 2007, followed by the all-new Trumpet Child later that summer.\r