Email Author Christian Schaeffer

2011 Stories by Christian Schaeffer

• Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt

  published June 16, 2011

  Earlier this year, the Fox Theatre played host to an evening with outlaw icons Kris Kristofferson and Merle Haggard, the two songwriters who... More >>

• R. Kelly

  published June 16, 2011

  When R. Kelly was last in St. Louis for a show at the Fox Theatre in December 2009, he took time out of his bump-and-grind jams to pay... More >>

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  Jam for Joplin Concert to Benefit Tornado Survivors is Tonight

  published Jun 08, 2011

  In the two-and-a-half weeks since a massive tornado leveled the town of Joplin, Missouri and left over 140 people dead and scores more injured and homeless, the enormity of the event is still staggeri... More >>

• Homespun: Ptarmigan, The Forest Darling

  published June 9, 2011

  Make no mistake: The Columbia, Missouri, trio Ptarmigan has made a fine album of dreamy pop music that's well-suited for a warm summer evening.... More >>

• The Antlers

  published June 9, 2011

  Soul baring and indie rock don't normally go hand-in-hand — save that pap for the singer-songwriters and stick to carefully postured... More >>

• The Breaks

  published May 26, 2011

  No music is as crucial to the formation of identity and aesthetic taste as the music one listens to as a teenager. Whatever angst, lust or... More >>

• Beyond Schlafly: Three microbreweries for the St. Louis summer

  published May 26, 2011

  Click here to return to the rest of the RFT Summer... More >>

• Uh Huh Her

  published May 19, 2011

  As far as homage goes, Uh Huh Her could have done a lot worse than to name itself after a PJ Harvey album. But the band name's... More >>

• Theodore

  published May 19, 2011

  Theodore singer, guitarist and songwriter Justin Kinkel-Schuster has always had more songs at his disposal than readily available releases with... More >>

• One Night in Athens

  published May 5, 2011

  Shakespeare was no stranger to injecting a little meta-level drama into his works — consider the "mousetrap" play in Hamlet that... More >>

• Homespun: Pelvic Girdles

  published May 12, 2011

  The blues-tinged rock trio Pelvic Girdles has been playing together since 2001, but this year's Sad Hammer marks the group's first... More >>

• Here We Go Magic

  published May 5, 2011

  As a singer-songwriter living and working in New York, Luke Temple had achieved success in the densely populated sensitive-dude-with-a-guitar... More >>

• Homespun: Mikey Wehling

  published May 5, 2011

  While vinyl fetishists may have breathed new life into an old medium with their limited edition seven-inches and multicolored wax and what have... More >>

• Colin Hay

  published April 28, 2011

  If Colin Hay existed only as a "Where Are They Now?" relic from the '80s, the adulation would still be well deserved. Born in Scotland,... More >>

• John Henry & the Engine

  published April 28, 2011

  Boot-stomping harmonies and sweet, ragged fiddle lines populated I Don't Wanna Know, John Henry & the Engine's 2009 three-song... More >>

• The Civil Wars

  published April 21, 2011

  With a movie star's good looks and a knack for alternating hushed and forceful harmonies, it's no surprise that Joy Williams and John Paul... More >>

• Rural Alberta Advantage

  published April 21, 2011

  File Nils Edenloff's wonderfully pinched delivery somewhere between Jeff Mangum's evangelical bleat and Billy Corgan's nasally proclamations.... More >>

• The Arcade Fire/The National

  published April 21, 2011

  After taking home the Grammy for "Album of the Year" earlier this year, the Arcade Fire created a beautifully perverse moment of... More >>

• Rockwell Knuckles

  published April 21, 2011

  Taking its name from the "inspirational" audiotape autobiography narrated by Eastbound & Down's feckless Kenny Powers, You're Fucking... More >>

• Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars & Toubab Krewe

  published April 14, 2011

  It's fairly easy to become a fan of the Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars even before you hear a note of the band's music. The group's... More >>

• Homespun: Jonezy

  published April 14, 2011

  Rapper Justin "Jonezy" Jones has the necessary bravado to rock the mike with authority, but he never lets his ego — or his rock-star-size... More >>

• Homespun: Ocean Rivals

  published April 7, 2011

  There's something comforting about Ocean Rivals, a no-frills quartet that plays peppy, straight-ahead rock & roll without pretension or... More >>

• The Cave Singers

  published April 7, 2011

  If you needed more proof that bucolic folk music remains a dominant strain of modern indie rock, look no further than the chameleonic career of... More >>

• Juanita Place

  published March 31, 2011

  B.J. Rice isn't just the singer, keyboardist and principal lyricist for R&B/rock outfit Juanita Place. At several points on Her Hero,... More >>

• BeBe & CeCe Winans/Mary Mary

  published March 31, 2011

  No clan since the Staples has mixed R&B, gospel and good genetics as successfully as the Winans family. The Detroit-based brood has produced... More >>