Aretha Franklin

Out Every Night: The Best Shows in St. Louis from April 15 to 21

Record Store Day approacheth! I won't say much this week. I have to reserve as much energy as possible with these vinyl-skimming digits, after all. Outside of all the events and after parties revolving around dear RSD, there's plenty to get out and see all week. Click ahead for our recommendations, ... More >>

The Best Concerts in St. Louis This Week: January 7 to 13

Monday mornings are weird when you have to share your home bathroom with nine or so near-strangers. Such was the case today after housing a couple of bands from a particularly noisy and awesome show last night. I'm not exactly sure how it happened, but officially as of today, my life is shows, shows ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From December 17 to 23

Plenty of excellent shows this week; particularly as we enter the weekend -- local releases galore. We'll get into that in more detail on the weekend post though. Supposedly, the world is ending this weekend as well. I know what you are thinking, and I don't really buy it either, but then again the ... More >>

Five Surefire Moves for Karaoke

Karaoke can be a dangerous endeavor. What can you sing that won't make friends shun you? How can you go balls-out during your next performance? Each week in "Ask a Karaoke Host," RFT Music writer and professional karaoke host Allison Babka answers your burning questions about maximizing your melodio ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From August 27 to September 2

Did everyone survive LouFest? Surrounding this post is our extensive coverage; be sure to read up. Rain be damned, the whole thing seemed to go off without a hitch. More big outdoors shows populate this week's post, for those of you that didn't get enough over the weekend. Tonight Verizon Wireless ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From August 13 to 19

LouFest is this weekend, but you will not find it listed within this post. This is because St. Louis's favorite outdoor festival will already see plenty of press this week -- hell, I'd be surprised if this blog post isn't surrounded on either side by bigass advertisements for the event. Point is, yo ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From May 29 to June 3

Summer is upon us! The pools are open, the temperatures are high, and my stomach is still recovering from the barrage of barbecue it was assaulted with over the three-day weekend. Another sign of the season is the increasing number of great shows coming to town; summer tours and outdoor festivals ab ... More >>

Out Every Night: The Best Shows From April 16 to 22

Ok folks, this week is insane -- the number of excellent shows that did not make the cut for this post could easily fill another, if not for the nagging reality that time is finite. We don't want to short-change you though, so here's the runner-up rundown: Crowbar at Fubar on Monday, Cursive at Off ... More >>

Ruthie Foster

8 p.m. Thursday, March 29. Old Rock House, 1200 South Seventh Street.

The 33 1/3 Series is Accepting Submissions

​Earlier this month, Spin announced that it is moving most of its album reviews to Twitter. Music writing is getting shorter, not longer, and yet the 33 1/3 Series, which has the gall to publish entire books on albums that aren't even current, soldiers on. There are 85 installments in print n ... More >>

Remembering Donny Hathaway, Soulful Trailblazer

Wikimedia CommonsSt. Louis native Donny Hathaway assisted in building careers of his musical compatriots. He also had a successful career that included a partnership with Roberta Flack.​Donny Hathaway was something of a musical bricklayer. Even though he wasn't in the spotlight his entire care ... More >>

Musicians, venue owners and organizers found new ways to make people care this year

Think About What You're About to Eat From Big Lots

Think. Think about what you're about to eat from Big Lots.​Times are tough. No doubt about that. The economic free fall explains why there's a new discount or closeout store every single half-block. While it might be tempting to purchase reduced-price food along with off-brand electronics, De ... More >>

The Peabody reopens in a new St. Louis Music market

Peabody Opening Gala, 10/1/11: Review, Photos, Setlist

Peabody Opening Gala Aretha Franklin | Jay Leno October 1, 2011 After closing its doors twenty years ago, the Peabody Opera House (formerly Kiel Opera House) officially re-opened Saturday night and hosted a posh gala featuring the inimitable Aretha Franklin and comedic heavyweight Jay Leno. From ... More >>

Aretha Franklin, Dead Prez Lead This Week's Show Announcements

​Yowza! Aretha Franklin is re-opening the Peabody Opera House with a little known feller named Jay Leno on October 1. The living legend and infamous chin are headlining a night called "An Encore 77 Years in the Making," once the $78.7 million dollar restoration of the historic opera house is c ... More >>

Wilco at the Peabody: Ticket Presale and Other Show Information

​You can start buying Wilco tickets on Thursday, and we're guessing you'll want to act quickly. For those of you just tuning in, Wilco is playing at the Peabody Opera House on October 4th in support of its new album, The Whole Love. That comes out on September 27th, so you'll have plenty of ti ... More >>

Big Hits, Big Hair

Big Hits, Big Hair

The Ten Best Moments of the 2011 Grammy Awards

​Miss the Grammys telecast? Couldn't care less about the awards? Either way, A to Z watched the entire show - and even some of the pre-show -- so you didn't have to. Here are ten highlights from the night. Mavis Staples winning her first Grammy If you weren't watching the pre-show telecast, y ... More >>

Fantasia/Kandi Burruss/Eric Benet

8 p.m. Saturday, January 1. The Fox Theatre, 527 North Grand Boulevard.

Big Muddy Blues Festival Celebrates Its Fifteenth Year on Laclede's Landing With Moreland & Arbuckle, Eric "Guitar" Davis, More

The BIg Muddy Blues Festival will be back on Laclede's Landing for the fifteenth straight year this Labor Day weekend. Artists announced so far for the two-day event include Moreland and Arbuckle, Nick Curran and the Lowlifes, Magic Slim and the Teardrops and Eric "Guitar" Davis. Local luminary Kim ... More >>

Top Sellers at Area Record Stores: Week of November 23 - November 29

Euclid Records 1. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Live Anthology 2. Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures 3. Bob Dylan - Christmas In The Heart 4. Tom Waits - Glitter And Doom Live 5. Bottle Rockets - Lean Forward 6. Swell Season - Strict J ... More >>

First Party, Party First

Voices Carry: Shirley Brown, the forgotten soul sister, sings on

Second Spin: Aretha, "Jumpin' Jack Flash"

Artist: Aretha Franklin Album: Jumpin' Jack Flash From: Vintage Vinyl Year: 1986 Label: Arista Records What it sounds like: Aretha Franklin slurring her words like Mick Jagger over "street" renditions of the classic Stones song.

Unreal's Minute-By-Minute Inauguration Coverage

Umm, Unreal was a bit confused about the start time for today's event. We thought it began at 10:30 p.m. CST. Who the hell throws a party at this hour of the morning? We haven't even had our first Bloody Mary. Thankfully, our limo pulled onto the National Mall just as things were getting under ... More >>

B-Sides considers campaign songs and talks costumes with Dressy Bessy

Hump Day Slow Jam of the Week: Whitney Houston, “Saving All My Love for You”

B-Sides gets personal with Alicia Keys, as she is, and examines the parallels between Metallica-worshippers Apocalyptica and Harptallica

Bettye LaVette's an old soul, through and through

2008 Grammy Awards: The Liveblog

Beat the Crowd

Glastonbury

Happiness Comes at a Price

(But it's a small one)

Don't Just Sing It

Wing it!

Ask a Negro Leaguer Column

Week of February 16, 2006

Shiver We Timbers

Yarr! Unreal's a-searchin' for booty (but, please, not those VH1 Divas Live CDs). Plus, we go gaga over a QVC pitchman and meet a local blogger who needs to get something off her chest.

Soul Sisters

Floetry keeps it honest

I�ll Show You Mine...

If you�ll show some love for the local scene at the Riverfront Times Music Showcase

Smells Like Indie Spirit

Music that made the world safe for the word "alternative" again.

Joss Stone

Mind, Body & Soul (S-Curve)

Summer Film Previews

Our critics enter the summer-movie fray

Kim Massie and Denise Thimes

Saturday, March 27; the Pageant

Boardroom Blitz

It's all sex, drugs and systems analysis for corporate rock bands

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Grand Funk

Wildly successful restaurateur Eddie Neill does it again -- or does he?

Bobby "Blue" Bland

Sunday, Sept. 16; Ambassador

Irma Thomas

My Heart's in Memphis: The Songs of Dan Penn (Rounder Records)

Fair to Poor

Critiquing that haven of musical has-beens, Fair St. Louis

D'Angelo

Voodoo (Virgin Records)