Some names trickled out a few weeks ago, but we can exclusively reveal the Twangfest lineup for this year's model, which takes place
from Wednesday, June 10, through Saturday, June 13.Wednesday (Pageant)Alejandro EscovedoHot Club of Cowtown
TBA
Thursday (Duck Room)
Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys Bruce Robison Eilen Jewell
Brothers Lazaroff Friday (Duck Room)
Andre Williams Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles TBA
Jon Hardy and the Public Saturday (Duck Room)Jason Isbell and the 4
Pageant
*Alejandro Escovedo, Wednesday, June 10
*MOE., Thursday, July 16
*Joan Baez, Sunday, July 19
Family Arena
*A Flock of Seagulls/The Romantics/Survivor/Tommy Tutone/Naked Eyes, Saturday, June 13
BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups
*Alvin Jett and the Phat Noiz CD Release, Saturday, May 2Firebird
*Death Vessel, Friday, May 29
*The Koffin Kats, Saturday, May 30
*Chuck Ragan/Young Widows, Saturday, June 6
*Starlight Mints/Evangelicals, Saturday, June 13
*The Creepshow/The Brains, Tuesday, June 16
*The
flickr.com/photos/hammhawkEscovedo playing last year's New Orleans' JazzFest.St. Louis' annual indie music celebration Twangfest announced yesterday the line up for its June festival. Headlining the kickoff party at the Pageant on Wednesday, June 10, is the incomparable Alejandro Escovedo. The singer/songwriter last played in St. Louis a few years back. (He canceled a show last summer at the Duck Room.) Last month, Escovedo cleaned up at the Austin Music Awards that kick off SXSW -- winning musi
Twangfest 13 starts tonight at the Pageant with Amy Lavere, Hot Club of Cowtown and Alejandro Escovedo, but the Twangfest eBay Auction, an annual charity event for KDHX Community Media, has been rolling for a week, with many items ending this afternoon. Lots of cool and rare music stuff. Check it out: http://stores.ebay.com/twangfest. Highlights include:
Vintage Twangfest 5 Poster
Blame Bonnaroo for tonight's insanity. Does the weekend start on Wednesday this week? Apparently so. Shows going on tonight:
*Aerosmith, 3 Doors Down, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater *White Rabbits, The Subjects, Jon Hardy & the Public, Firebird *Alejandro Escovedo, Amy Lavere, The Hot Club of Cowtown, The Pageant
*O.A.R./The Wailers, The Fabulous Fox
*Jones Street Station, The Feed, Wheels on Fire, Off Broadway
*Portugal.The Man, Duck Room
*Eric Hutchinson, Meiko, Pop's
Here's a YouTube clip of Alejandro Escovedo headlining Twangfest last week at the Pageant. Escovedo prefaces the song "Sensitive Boys" with a recollection of a wild night (or two) he spent playing the old Cicero's club back when he was with the band The True Believers.
