Email Author Roy Kasten

2009 Stories by Roy Kasten

• Show Review: Lambchop and Theodore at Off Broadway, Friday, January 23, 2009

  published Jan 24, 2009

  Outside on the Off Broadway smoking patio, the whole hope thing was getting out of hand. "Do you have any jointsr" some random dude inquired as I huddled next to the propane heater. "Jointsr Pluralr" ... More >>

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  Interview: Rockabilly Hall-of-Famer James Intveld

  published Jan 20, 2009

  If James Intveld wasn't such a nice guy, you'd want to kill him. The L.A.-born rockabilly and country singer acts, directs, writes, produces and can play any instrument you throw at him. Last year's H... More >>

• All I Have To Do Is Dream: Lambchop clears the way for its first St. Louis appearance in a decade

  published January 21, 2009

  On the phone from his home in Nashville, Tennessee, Kurt Wagner sounds nothing like Kurt Wagner, the songwriter, singer and founder of the... More >>

• Todd Snider

  published January 21, 2009

  It's tempting to think of Todd Snider as the slacker generation's answer to Phil Ochs. The east Nashvillian smart-ass sings the... More >>

• Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

  published January 21, 2009

  Born out of pickup sessions in a Santa Monica, California, guitar shop, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band became the most instrumentally acute... More >>

• James Intveld

  published January 14, 2009

  In a long line of heart-throbbing rockabilly crooners, from Gene Vincent to Dwight Yoakam, James Intveld is one of the finest best-kept... More >>

• Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks

  published January 14, 2009

  Of all the folk-rock freaks and skewed blues hippies who came of age in San Francisco in the '60s, Dan Hicks was second only to Doug... More >>

• Cedric Burnside

  published January 7, 2009

  The Hill Country of Mississippi is synonymous with the deep trance blues of the late R.L. Burnside, a grinding, stoned-out-of-the-skull groove... More >>

• Yourself and the Air

  published January 7, 2009

  It's not too late for the indie-pop kids in Yourself and the Air to reconsider their band's name. Formed in 2006, the Chicago group (the... More >>