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The complete low-down on this year's nominated acts

Comments (0) By Brooke Foster and Malcolm Gay and Roy Kasten and Jaime Lees and Kristie McClanahan and Andrew Miller and Dean C. Minderman and Kristyn Pomranz and Christian Schaeffer and Ben Westhoff and Annie Zaleski Wednesday, Sep 6 2006

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Bob Reuter
www.mphase.com/reuter1.htm; www.myspace.com/theedirtysouth
His solo shows are rare these days, his hellacious sets with Thee Dirty South climax in blues freak-outs he didn't write, and he's just as well-known as a KDHX (88.1 FM) DJ or a south-city photographer. But Bob Reuter is still one of the city's most dependable and significant songsmiths. His eye for detail is as precise as it is unforgiving, his voice a north-side-hillbilly paradox, and his command of rockabilly, country and pre-pre-packaged rock & roll unparalleled by any St. Louis songwriter not named Chuck Berry. (RK)
7 p.m., Riddles Penultimate Café & Wine Bar

Casey Reid
www.bigmuddyrecords.org/casey.html; www.myspace.com/caseyreid
The Tom Waits comparison is inevitable, so recognize it, but then do what Casey Reid has done to the obvious influence — listen to the voices inside him. The grit in his throat isn't artificial, and the blues in his folksy rock songs have been earned — not by paying his dues (he's 25) but by throwing all of himself, à la Jack White, into minstrelsy and coming out with an inspired mess of personal art, like a dark night of the juke-joint soul. (RK)
7 p.m., Cicero's

Jennifer Silverberg

Bennie Smith
9 p.m., 609

Johnny O & the Jerks
9 p.m., Halo Bar

Delmar Loop

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Jonathan Cour
www.jonathancour.com; www.myspace.com/jonathancour
In just a few short months, Jonathan Cour has made quite a name for himself within the city — from a sold-out Duck Room show to an opening slot for Cowboy Junkies and Shelby Lynne at the LOMA festival. But the doe-eyed songwriter deserves all the attention he's receiving for his pensive tunes, which capture the heartbreak, uncertainty and general confusion of the college years and just beyond — thanks to soaring electro-acoustic music reminiscent of Switchfoot, the Fray and Howie Day. (AZ)
9 p.m., Blueberry Hill's Duck Room