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2011 Stories by Roy Kasten

• Milk Carton Kids

  published September 15, 2011

  In time, the Milk Carton Kids will outgrow the unbearable tweeness of its name. In sound and song, the duo of Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan... More >>

• Glen Campbell at the Bezemes Family Theater, 9/9/11: Review and Setlist

  published Sep 10, 2011

  Glen Campbell The Bezemes Family Theater at the J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts September 9, 2011 The sound sailed out across the theatre. It was the last note of the last song of the last encore ... More >>

• Eilen Jewell

  published September 8, 2011

  Eilen Jewell could have so easily slid into the safe coffeehouse scene. And judging by the precisely appointed acoustic folk of her debut,... More >>

• The Potomac Accord

  published September 1, 2011

  Whatever direction piano-oriented indie rock takes in St. Louis, the Potomac Accord will be there, if only unconsciously, in shadows and echoes.... More >>

• Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion

  published August 25, 2011

  With Bright Examples, Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion's third studio album, the duo gets as eerie as Iron & Wine, as country-pop as the... More >>

• LouFest Interviews: Kings Go Forth's Andy Noble on Rhythm and the Purity of Failure

  published Aug 22, 2011

  On Andy Noble's answering machine there's a message encouraging callers to leave their number and information if they have records to sell. He doesn't sound desperate, not remotely. Last year, the b... More >>

• David Olney

  published August 18, 2011

  He's been on the road for some 30 years; David Olney knows motel rooms. He'll count his take, read some Coleridge, work on a short story or a... More >>

• Rum Drum Ramblers

  published August 11, 2011

  If ever an album deserved to be set in the microgrooves of 150 gram vinyl, it's Mean Scene by St. Louis band Rum Drum Ramblers.... More >>

• Sarah Jarosz at Blueberry Hill's Duck Room, 8/4/11: Review and Photo

  published Aug 05, 2011

  Sarah Jarosz | Cassie Morgan and the Lonely Pine Blueberry Hill's Duck Room August 4, 2011 My short-term memory isn't what it used to be. One example: I can't remember the last time I was wrong. S... More >>

• The Chitlin' Circuit and the Road to Rock 'n' Roll: An Interview With Author Preston Lauterbach

  published Aug 02, 2011

  The story of American popular music is forever being told and yet there's always more to tell. Just published by W.W. Norton, The Chitlin' Circuit and the Road to Rock 'n' Roll, written by Preston Lau... More >>

• Sarah Jarosz

  published August 4, 2011

  The subgenre "new folk" or "neo folk" arises from the generation gap between grizzled keepers of the Greenwich Village flame and the songsters... More >>

• Colourmusic

  published July 28, 2011

  Oklahoma, one of the most reactionary states in the union, has given rise to a handful of the most notoriously progressive rock bands.... More >>

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  Josh Ritter at Off Broadway, 7/22/11: Review and Setlist

  published Jul 23, 2011

  Josh Ritter and the Royal Family Band | Yellowbirds Off Broadway July 22, 2011 "This will be the world's first protozoan slow dance," Josh Ritter said, squinting against the sweat, bringing the band... More >>

• Josh Ritter

  published July 21, 2011

  Newly minted novelist Josh Ritter is at heart a folkie, writing songs ever under the spell of Townes Van Zandt and John Prine. But... More >>

• Susan Cowsill

  published July 14, 2011

  The most remarkable quality of Susan Cowsill's 40-plus-year career is its sanity. A child performer with the Cowsills — the fabled... More >>

• Dave Alvin with the Skeletons at Off Broadway, 7/7/11: Review, Setlist

  published Jul 08, 2011

  Dave Alvin and the Guilty Ones | The Skeletons Off Broadway July 7, 2011 Just a few hours before the show, F-4 tornadoes flirted with the far outskirts of the metro area, thunderstorms capable of pro... More >>

• Dave Alvin

  published July 7, 2011

  The more rock & rollers take themselves seriously, the more their music becomes a joke. Dave Alvin is the exception that proves the... More >>

• Centro-Matic

  published June 30, 2011

  Once the most prolific of the experimental, lo-fi rock bands to ever fall under the Guided by Voices spell, Centro-Matic left the manic... More >>

• Elvis Costello

  published June 30, 2011

  Nothing is sacred to Elvis Costello: not Euro-pop, Nashville country, scabby punk, string quartets, Memphis soul, piano jazz and now,... More >>

• "One Person Going Through It Too": An Interview with Chris Mills

  published Jun 23, 2011

  You can take the kid of out Collinsville, Illinois, but you can't take Collinsville out of the kid. A certain sense of Midwestern, small-town alienation pervades the music of singer, songwriter and or... More >>

• 2011 RFT Music Awards Winners Best Pop Band: Tight Pants Syndrome

  published June 23, 2011

  Sounds Like: Pure power pop should sparkle and shine, and the band, led by singers Brian McClelland and Jenn Malzone and guitarist and... More >>

• 2011 RFT Music Awards Winners: Best New Band: Dots Not Feathers

  published June 23, 2011

  Sounds Like: Dots Not Feathers takes the bookish side of indie-folk collectivism seriously but not severely. At times the four singers... More >>

• Chris Mills

  published June 23, 2011

  Chris Mills started out in the '90s in Collinsville, Illinois, where he soaked up some of the same country and punk influences as his... More >>

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  Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears at Off Broadway, 6/16/11: Review and Setlist

  published Jun 17, 2011

  Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears Off Broadway Thursday, June 16, 2011 My first encounter with Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears was 2008 in Austin. The band played outdoors at one of those warm-be... More >>

• Robert Plant and Band of Joy at the Fox Theatre, 6/15/11: Review and Setlist

  published Jun 16, 2011

  Robert Plant and Band of Joy with Luther Dickinson The Fabulous Fox Theatre June 15, 2011 The lobby of the Fabulous Fox doesn't look so fabulous as of late. A maze of poles and beams supporting scaffo... More >>