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Blues: Meet the 2013 RFT Music Award Nominess

The 2013 Riverfront Times Music Showcase is this weekend! Think of it as St. Louis music's own official holiday and consider this the season. Throughout May we at RFT Music have been working hard to make our cases for all 130 bands and artists nominated for an RFT Music Award this year in 26 categor ... More >>

Long Lost Highlights from the Missouri 78 RPM Archive: Listen Here

In this week's Riverfront Times feature, "Hold the Phono," we pay a visit to the Missouri 78 RPM Archive, which encompasses more than a quarter of a million records spread over three houses in one neighborhood in Ferguson. The three collectors whose records make up the archive, Bruce Stinchcomb, Al ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From October 29 to November 4

Well I'm feeling pretty good about myself today. Over the weekend I managed to get myself kicked out of the Justin Bieber concert at Scottrade Center while working on a review, proving that even in my old age I still got it. In my youth I was actually quite capable of being kicked out of any and all ... More >>

8 More Cringe-Inducing Fan-Made Songs About the St. Louis Cardinals

Every sport has its fan-written songs, but in Major League Baseball today, it seems like no community seems to write as many as St. Louis Cardinals fans. And most of them are awful. See Also: - Cardinals World Series Fan Songs: A Remix, A Rally Squirrel And A Career High Point - A Whole New Ballga ... More >>

Gregg Allman

8 p.m. Tuesday, January 3. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Lucinda Williams at the Pageant, 10/12/11: Review and Setlist

Lucinda Williams' 2009 show at the Pageant. Photo by Jon Gitchoff.​Lucinda Williams | Over the Rhine The Pageant October 12, 2011 Note: If you shot good photos at the show and want to share 'em with our readers, please e-mail versions at least 550p wide, along with your name so we can credit ... More >>

Sunshine politics: An interview with folk icon Jonathan Edwards

Photo Credit: Stephen Ide​Folk troubadour Jonathan Edwards is a master of the less-is-more approach - so much so that his best known song, "Sunshine," still sneaks up on listeners as a catchy, acoustic pop ditty, and then, on repeated hearings, becomes a bold indictment of authority and war. T ... More >>

Win Warren Haynes Tickets

wikimedia commons​What is better than going to the Warren Haynes show tomorrow night at the Pageant? Going to the Warren Haynes show for free, obviously, and since we are all about improving your St. Louis music experience, we want to make that exact thing happen for two fans of Southern rock ... More >>

New Album Releases: David Lowery, The Go! Team, the Civil Wars and MEN Lead the Way

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) The Civil Wars' Barton Hollow​*The Civil Wars, Barton Hollow Paste gave the album an 8.0 rating: "Barton Hollow, the name of a nonexistent place, is largely ... More >>

New Release Highlights for January 18: Braids, Lady Lazarus, Shilpa Ray, Tennis, Young Prisms and other noise.

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Gregg Allman returns with Low Country Blues.​*Gregg Allman, Low Country Blues NPR said of Allman's new record, "[It] gets Allman back to the roots he and bro ... More >>

Band of Heathens

9 p.m. Thursday, March 11. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Gov't Mule

8 p.m. Saturday, February 6. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Boulevard.

Show Review: Ha Ha Tonka and Roman Candle at Off Broadway, Wednesday, August 26

Calvin Engel​ "This is how we know we're back in Missouri -- they don't do that shit out west. They don't stomp," Brian Roberts, lead singer of straight-out-of-the-Ozarks band Ha Ha Tonka, said last night as the crowd in cowboy boots and flip-flops alike dug their heels in to Off Broadway's wo ... More >>

Show Review Setlist Photos: Phish at the Fabulous Fox Theatre, Tuesday, June 16

Better than: Streaming last night's show via the Internet, as a friend was doing. Photo: Stew Smith Phish on June 16, 2009 at the Fox. View concert slideshow. It took about three hours for Phish's show last night at the Fabulous Fox Theatre to reach transcendence. This occurred at the precis ... More >>

Second Spin: Sea Level, Cats on the Coast

Blue Mountain explores the Southern-rock roads less traveled while the Mars Volta tries to shed its bad voodoo on the way to releasing The Bedlam in Goliath.

2008 Bonnaroo Lineup Announced: Metallica, Pearl Jam, Sigur Ros, Jack Johnson, Death Cab for Cutie, more

Gregg Allman and Friends

8 p.m. Sunday, January 14. Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard).

Loose Fur

Born Again in the U.S.A.(Drag City)

East Side, Best Side

A pub crawl along the Illinois riverbanks

moe.

Saturday, February 4; the Pageant (6161 Delmar Boulevard)

Pimping All Over the World

B-Sides gets gangsta with Burt Bacharach, imagines a rainbow of worldly bands and dissects the nuances of two trumpets

Lucinda Williams

Friday, September 16; UMB Bank Pavilion (14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights)

Schneidways

Unreal drops by to chat with Bob Schneider; we visit Africa and the Old School

Widespread Panic

Thursday, May 5; Fox Theatre (527 North Grand Boulevard)

In-Town Sounds

We're cleaning off our desk for another local CD roundup

Sweet Jane, You Ignorant Slut

These are the best rock & roll conversations in the world. No argument.

But No Cigar

Mama's Pride could have been a contender

Rockets From the Crypt

A new album, a new member and a new focus revive the Bottle Rockets

My Morning Jacket

It Still Moves (ATO Records)

Boyd Tinsley

True Reflections (RCA/Bama Rags)

Southbound

Iron Barley makes nostalgia taste so, so good

Stems and Seeds

Inhaling Schwagstock 18

Gov't Mule

Sunday, November 3; Mississippi Nights

Chris Robinson

New Earth Mud (Redline Entertainment)

Best Soulard Blues Guitarist

Steve Pecaro

The 2002 RFT Music Awards Showcase

The name has changed, but the song remains the same

North Mississippi Allstars and T-Model Ford

Wednesday, Nov. 14; Mississippi Nights

Judgment Day

Our intrepid reporter gets herself in a jam

Deep Banana Blackout

Thursday, Oct. 4; the Gargoyle (Washington University)

Losing Betts

The Allman Brothers' high-stakes gamble to replace a founding member pays off

Midlife Mettle

The Proclaimers celebrate the release of the aptly titled Persevere

The Ballad of Billy Joe

Hard times are nothing new to outlaw-country pioneer Billy Joe Shaver -- but they seem to have gotten harder in recent years

Shorty's Groove

Steeped in family and regional tradition, the brothers Dickinson create a variation on the hill-country blues for their North Mississippi All Stars

Single Serving

Willis Alan Ramsey recorded one classic record in 1972 and hasn't followed it up ... yet

Almost Famous

Written and directed by Cameron Crowe

Shining Path

Ben Harper's journey to musical stardom

QUICKIES

Beware of mysterious new bands bearing gifts; apologies to Devon Allman and the members of the Jerry Mathers

Sun Dance

Sound advice on the summer's hottest concerts

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