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Regional soft drinks, including Barq’s Red Creme Soda and Wagner’s Vichy mineral water, started in Cincinnati.

Discover Ale-8-One: Kentucky's Iconic Green Glass Soda | A Rite of Passage Since 1926 | Watch the Fascinating Ale-8 Manufacturing Process

Discover Ale-8-One: Kentucky's Iconic Green Glass Soda | A Rite of Passage Since 1926 | Watch the Fascinating Ale-8 Manufacturing Process

In 1926 the now iconic Kentucky soft drink was introduced -- Ale-8-One -- and 97 years later the city of Winchester is still celebrating.

If these items aren’t on your grocery list, are you even from Cincinnati?

Back in January, California lifted its ban on outdoor live music. It was only for outdoor venues where food is being served, and social distancing and masks were still required, but the good news is were now in the red tier, which means indoor concerts at 25 percent capacity for venues that serve food. In short, live music is coming back, as evidenced by four shows this Friday and Saturday. You can kick things off on Friday, March 5, when "Bring a mask, a friend, and a jacket, and enjoy...

Diary Of A Fugue Year Can a lifetime of close listening prepare a person for a year like 2020? I. Short Circuiting On the first day of December in the year of our collective dread 2020, my editor called me to have the annual conversation. How, Jacob wanted to know, do you plan to write about this year in music? Our back-and-forth fluctuated between the general — NPR Music was about to publish its lists of 2020s best songs and albums — and the personal. He talked about listening to sad disc...

Renee Klahr / NPR / Armon Dauphin / Getty Images I. Short Circuiting On the first day of December in the year of our collective dread 2020, my editor called me to have the annual conversation. How, Jacob wanted to know, do you plan to write about this year in music? Our back-and-forth fluctuated between the general — NPR Music was about to publish its lists of 2020s best songs and albums — and the personal. He talked about listening to sad disco while taking long summer runs in...